We only stayed here for one night whilst touring by car and thought this an excellent place to stay. Although it is near the main road, traffic noise was not bothersome, we had a lovely view up the valley from our room. The interior of the hotel is typical Norwegian wood style. The staff were very helpful and friendly. And the dinner was superb - expensive but just excellent (smoked salmon then crayfish soup then reindeer)Just "up the road" along the Sognefjellet road, there is still masses of snow and beautiful frozen lakes even in June. We even saw a moose cross the road just before entering Lom.

Stayed a night here in one of the appartments. No complaints there. However breakfast the next morning was the worst I ve ever experienced. It wasnt particularly busy and there was still a half an hour of breakfast time to go. There was no warm food and minimal cold buffet. People were queing up for food. Staff didnt seem particularly interested in getting food from the kitchen. Sour faces on them when repeatedly asked to fetch food.
Would absolutely recommend you give this place a miss.

My boyfriend and I stayed at the Fossheim in September for 5 nights. We were on a modest budget so we opted for the annex double rooms for 4 nights ( see photo. The annex is also called "America" by the owners due to being constructed for the US tourist types in 1965). These were still quite expensive, even by Norwegian standards, considering the standard of the room: over 1000NOK per night.

Let's start with the good aspects of the annex room:
* the size was very good, plenty of space, and it contained a small sofa and table as well as the usual bedroom furniture.
* there was a television and the shower was brilliant: really hot and powerful!
* very clean standard and well maintained over our 4 days there
* plenty of power sockets all over the room
* gorgeous views over the valley (see photo).

However there were a number of bad aspects:
* the decor was basic, with unvarnished wood panelling and a rather grotty old carpet, and badly fitting lamp shades.
* paint peeling or badly done around the windows. Broken curtain-holder.
* no kettle or fridge.
* the room is about 15 feet from the main road so it can be noisy!
* three out of four window latches were broken...!! However the windows could be kept shut with a bit of fiddling.
* ventilation fan in bathroom was missing, now just a hole in the ceiling.
* the traditional "twin or double" bed problem - two single beds were pushed together, with separate single sheets and duvets.

On the whole we were not impressed with the annex room considering it cost well over 100 pounds per night! I would give the annex a two-to-three star rating.

On our last night we spent an extra 40 pounds to stay in the main building. The room was absolutely lovely: even better view as it was on the third floor (fourth if you count the ground floor as 1) and a far superior standard of decor. The bathroom in particular was excellent, "wet room" style, and the windows were absolutely huge (see photo). I wish we could have stayed in this room longer! I would give the room a four star rating, if it had a kettle and cost closer to 100 pounds per night I would give it 5 stars!

BREAKFAST: this was the bit I was most impressed with. I know Norway is good at breakfasts (although I am baffled at the complete lack of buttered toast), but this was the best we had during our holiday. Each morning the breakfast buffet consisted of:
Fresh fruit (three types of melon, grapes, plums, apples and oranges),
pancakes (like a thicker version of a French crepe, not like the american style),
at least two types of "jam" (not quite like UK jam, this is more like a thick coulis),
fried eggs and bacon,
hard and soft boiled eggs,
several types of cheese (both pre-sliced and on the block),
salami, ham,
smoked fish in tomato sauce,
crackers (including gluten-free),
tomatoes and cucumber,
several freshly-baked loaves of bread (olive bread, granary loaf, brown and seeded, for example).
There was also tea, coffee, orange juice, apple juice, milk.
This was perfect fuel for a week's mountain walking!

The restaurant in the Fossheim is supposed to be the attraction for visitors: we ate in there twice and it was lovely. Expensive, of course as it is Norway, but they have a good system going there - every night they have one 3-course meal, one three-and-a-half course meal, and one 7-course meal on a set menu. This allows them to produce higher quality food and serve it faster, as they know exactly what they are going to make that night! The portion sizes were perfect for me (and I am usually left feeling hungry at fancy restaurants...).

On our first night we ate the 3-and-a-half-course meal which was 495NOK (just over 50 pounds each). It included a superb fillet of white fish cooked to perfection and served in a crab sauce, a delicious reindeer steak, and finally a chocolate pudding served with plums in saffron syrup and a berry sorbet.
On our last night we ate the same set menu, this time consisting of a divine fillet of salmon in a pungent creamy sauce (I still dream of this!), a steak of ox (yes really), which was tender and served in a red wine sauce, and lastly a cloudberry pudding served alongside creme brulee and another black berry sorbet.
The wine list is excellent, even the cheapest bottle at 300NOK (which to our shame, was what we drank with this fabulous meal) being a very delicious wine indeed.

The hotel staff were very friendly and helpful, particularly over email when I had many questions for them! The restaurant staff were polite and spoke perfect english, but were a bit unhurried at the end of the night - leaving us for 30 minutes after finishing our food, with only two other tables occupied, until we had to go and find one of them in order to pay!

In conclusion:
The Fossheim is a lovely hotel and very well placed in Lom, near Jotunheim National Park, and has fabulous views across the valley. It also provides an awesome breakfast. The restaurant is very good, and considering the general cost of eating in Norway, not badly priced - don't forget that even a McDonalds meal will set you back more than twice what it costs in England! - the food was well prepared, quickly served and the portion sizes were perfect.
The main hotel building rooms are very good, if a bit over-priced, but the annex is definitely one to avoid. If you want a basic room, you will find one much cheaper than this (or, frankly, you could use a tent!).

We stayed in one of the apartments which were very large and with a nice view. The staff was helpful and friendly too. Nice food at the restaurant and beer on tap was cool too.