I spent 2 nights at the Smarthotel from December 15th to 17th while in town for business. If you are looking for a clean, economical option in Stavanger, especially if you are visiting the Forus area, this is an excellent option for you.

Room: I would best describe my room (#415) efficient and functional. My single had a twin bed (comfortable mattress with a good duvet to keep warm), a small desk with free hard wired internet connection, and mid-size flat screen TV (approximately 8-10 free channels, including a few in English such as BBC World; you could pay for 5-6 more premium channels). There was no closet, instead the hotel provided a half dozen hooks (and a few hangers) to hang clothes and jackets. The bathroom was a small pod featuring a very small shower stall, toilet, and small sink. The room was approximately 10’ by 10’ if I had to guess – not overwhelmingly claustrophobic for one person for a few nights however if you need more space, this might not be the hotel for you.
The price was SUPER for Stavanger at only 629 NOK per night (approximately $105 USD). I’ve paid 2 ½ times that for virtually the same room in downtown Stavanger.

Food: The hotel offers self-service food throughout the day (i.e. prepackaged stuff that you can heat up). Breakfast is 85 NOK per day and features breads, juices, cereal, coffee, yogurt, etc. It’s a basic Continental breakfast. I thought it was slightly overpriced at roughly $14 USD per day however it’s convenient and easy. For lunch or dinner, the Kvadrat shopping mall is directly across the street. Getting in is a little tricky – it’s easiest just to walk up the parking garage auto ramp. However, there are literally dozens of restaurants (fast food, supermarket, table service, etc.) in the mall offering all types of foods and thus I would say the hotel’s offerings would only be an option for late night hunger.

Getting Around: There are some office parks within walking distance of the hotel but more likely than not you’ll need a taxi or rental car to get around. The hotel has a little gadget at the front desk that automatically requests taxis from Sandnes Taxi. Taxis are frankly outrageous in Stavanger (I guess not surprising since a gallon of gas was approximately $8 USD while I was there) and thus you should be prepared to pay if this is your mode of transport. Ordered taxis start at 66 NOK ($11 USD). Expect a trip to the airport to run something in the neighborhood of 225 NOK ($40 USD).

Other: The hotel offers a complimentary ironing room on the first floor for guest use (ask reception for access). All of the front desk folks that I talked to were friendly, helpful, and spoke good English. There are no hair dryers in the bathrooms.

Overall, the Smarthotel was exactly what I needed in Stavanger – clean, functional, and reasonably priced.

My business trip to Stavanger put me in the 'business' side of town. Stayed in the Smarthotel which was very convenient to the office I was visiting. The hotel rooms were small but very basic. It is designed as an a la carte experience to allow you to be very basic/ inexpensive. Internet and television both require payment for use. I bought a wifi package for the week which was the least expensive per day and worked fine. Rooms/bath was very clean. Bed and linens very comfortable and I slept like a rock which is very unique for me anywhere let alone in hotels.
the automat style cafe is self serve with some good snacks and such and good coffee and breakfast especially. Across the street from large shopping mall in Norway so did a bit of walking around after work and ate dinners in resturaunts in the mall.
I would not make this my destination as a vacation but was a functional and reasonable destination for work related business trip.

stayed here for 1 night as i had an early flight out of stavanger. Bedroom was small but bed comfortable. shower was small but sufficent for what i needed it for. Hotel was hi-tech with everything booked out with a swipe card. didn't even speak to anyone when checking in or out- was all computerised. there were staff around if you needed assistance though. Very good value at around £45, booked online a couple of hours before i arrived. Would recommend for a quickstopover.

We arrived in Stavanger on a Sunday morning with not a thing open. We were on our way to Lysbotn, Norway (need to bring food provision) and since there is NOTHING open for food we had no choice but to stay in town before heading out our original destination. In through the rain we see a non-descript hotel call smarthotel[-] with 3 smart cars parked in front. (For Americans: Smart cars are the 2 or 4 door little cars made by Mercedes in cooperation w/ Swatch. Mercedes also makes an A version that is very impressive. Mercedes is supposed to decide any day if they will bring the little cars to the states soon. I'm hoping yes. I've been infatuated with these odd little vehicles for years now.) So we ask about rooms for the night and agree to check in. They only charge 489 kc a single plus half if 2 person in a room, which is us. Not a bad price.
We get our key card which is made out of heavy paper more like a movie/concert ticket and head up the elevator to the 4th floor. As we are walking down the hall we notice a the room doors are very close to each other, we also notice that there are around 40 rooms per floor. When we key into our room we are flashed back to college days....dorm room Ikea style. Kitschy but highly functional. There is a queen size bed that is on the level of "dream beds" Sheraton/Hilton. Very very comfortable w/ 2 normal size pillows and 2 extra large square pillow and accompanied by 2 twin size comforters. (no flat sheet just the fitted sheet...European style...I still don't get this set up but at least I no longer have room service send me an extra sheet.) Night stand, computer desk, w/ free high speed internet, tv w/ internet. Bathroom consists of tight but once again very functional shower w/ door and tini corner sink and normal size toilet. No closet but hooks and 3 hangers on the wall. With two roller boards and two back packs there was no much room to move around the room. But once again the room was very Ikea. The only negative about the room is no air conditioning. Didn't need it but had to sleep with the double paned window open and could hear light traffic at night.
The staff are friendly, polite and very much willing to assist. The lobby lounge food area is bright clean and efficient, once again very Ikea. It looks like the hotel has only been open since February so it has the not been abused feel yet. The only people staying here it appears are college age young men but w/ out all the drinking etc. etc.