Thorbjornrud is an older hotel that has a couple of additions made to it. This is not a modern sleek hotel. It is the type of hotel that immerses one into the history of the location as well as the comfort of scandinavia. The hotel and especially the rooms were spotless. The beds were comfortable. The breakfast that was included was very good. There were many visitors the day we stayed so the chefs were scrambling to keep up, which to their credit, they did. Situated on a beautiful Norwegian lake, the hotel offers views and walking paths in all directions. We saw many people walking to the outdoor water recrecreation center that sits on the lake in a cove next to the hotel. The local people have a stronger constitution than I because it was only 16 degrees out and cloudy. It looked like fun though. A smart move on the owners part was to add glamping. Each of the glamping stations in set up on a wooden platform looking out to the water. They were full with families enjoying the long summer day and sunshine still at 10:30 pm. Thank goodness for the blockout curtains in my room. If I had more time in the area I would have enjoyed staying longer and taking in the surrounding community. If you have the opportunity to visit, you will be doing yourself a favor. Enjoy.

The additions are single floor long buildings that means one has a long walk to the room pulling suitcases. But that is not really a negative, just an obsertvation.

The location is great, calm close to the lake, nice surroundings and close to visit fantastic Kistefos museum! The staff was great, friendly and very helpful and helped me to upgrade my room in a very fast and efficient way. I had a very nice view from my room and breakfast was even though not many choices it has good quality :)

there isnt something particular i didnt like, perhaps some details in the rooms need to be upgraded, it feels somehow old in some aspects.

climate, place, you must go around the area. Note - there is an identical address in Oslo (!) and when copying the address from booking to google maps, navigation leads to ... Oslo

the only weakness was the terrible soundproofing between the twin rooms with numbers of "a" and "b". Every single word was heard, waking up in one room meant waking up in another and involuntarily participating in discussions of the neighbors. luckily they didn't have sex all night ;)

Friendly and accommodating staff. We booked 30 minutes before we arrived (at 20:30 on a Saturday). The restaurant was about to close but they still managed to serve us, the food was full of flavour and delicious, felt like fine dining. Great staff, both in the reception and in the restaurant. Comfortable beds, clean room and quiet. Breakfast was splendid! I highly recommended this hotel. The park outside was lovely.

This was an unexpected surprise. The building lands on a flat hill who is 50mts from the beach,surrounded by green areas and very peaceful.We had a quiet and sunny room on the backyard and we really enjoyed the big windows, the calm and the room size,a little superior than the average and then,more comfortable.The bathroom is essential but functional, everything worked properly.The day after we enjoyed a wide choice for our breakfast in the restaurant hall.It definetely was a happy choice between our hadeland glassverk visit and the very very near Kistefos Museet with his stunning mix of modern art and wild. The reception service was also very nice to find us a room with 2 single beds as last minute request,thank you!

As in many not recently update structures,i would suggest to update the tv with internet connection ones for those who have children or want to spend a movie night during their stop over.But really,this is not essential for fast stops like mine

Location by the lake was excellent. It was interesting to find a lot of artworks in the halls of the hotel. Good breakfast.

A small detail about the bafhroom: the toilet feeder was hanged in a way that made it uncomfortable to use the toilet.

Lake view is amazing on a good summer night. Sunday to Monday fairs are a good deal

- poor lighting, just 3 small lamps for the entire room makes it difficult to organize things at night - coffee machine on the room didn’t t work at all - water cooker missing

Calm, relaxing atmosphere. Helpful staff. Great restaurant and service. Great breakfast. Comfortable lounge areas indoors and outdoors. Shore next to the hotel - nice for walking or just enjoying. I was lucky enough to have a room with ocean view - best room with the view and sunset possible!

Heard the neighbours now and then, but it was not disturbing.

Hotel staff were nice and friendly and helpful. Very convenient location to Hadeland Glassverk (5 min. walk) and Kistefos Museum (5 min. by car), and magnificent view of Randsfjorden lake.

Walls between rooms were so thin that you can hear voices and noises from next doors. No fridge, no safe box in the room.

Breakfast and dinner where good. Staff very friendly and helpful. Near a lake.

Old fashion and simple but can possibly be considered part of the charm. Could not adjust the temperature in the room.