Rødungstøl Høyfjellshotell AS — Hotel in Ål

Because you really cannot beat the location which is splendid. The views from several of the rooms across the lake towards the mountains called Hallingskarvet is magnificient and the hiking possibilities are really good with both easy terrain and more advanced. Also plenty of cycle paths. BUT, and here is the depressing downside to it all. The staff do not really have a clue on how to be nice to people and my impression after two visits is that they do not really care either. They obviously own the place, and it would appear to be convenient for them to run the hotel as a means to stay. Also, as others have mentioned, the food is really disappointing apart from breakfast which is quite nice, but this is probably due to the fact that the rest of the family (quite a huge family, appearantly) partakes in the breakfast. If you do decide to stay here, make sure to ask for the renovated rooms which are really much better and the beds are very much better. Also, if you do not fancy going to sleep accompanied by the music served by a musician on keyboard, ask for a room away from the main sitting area. The walls are paper thin in that part...

This guesthouse-hotel BRINGS YOU BACK TO THE 50s+60s !||It is in HALLINGDAL off THE MAIN ROAD ("RIKSVEI 7") TO BERGEN.||You take off to the right at "Gullhagen" and a shop: "Hyttebutikken" a few km before ÅL (AAL)||Drive for about 20 minutes UP+UP+UP !||The road brings you finally to the middle of the Norwegian mountains.||A fantastic view and a variety of activities from walking/cycling/fishing/horsebackriding/mountaineering etc||in the middle of the mountains with lots of small lakes parallelled only by Switzerland !||This guesthouse lies next to the first and largest one and is almost isolated in the winter !||The road is held open most the winter with huge snowplows-and you might need a snowscooter or Wiesel when stormy winter weather !||That just adds to the exciterment.||DONT LOSE OUT BY MISSING THIS GUESTHOUSE-HOTEL IN THESE SPLENDID...

We were there in August. Really nice place with great landscape. Good place for hiking. The hotel is not up to date, but you get a really good value for the price.||||The breakfast buffet is decent and varied choices.||||The food for dinner was not that great : The first evening was really disappointing, with over cooked trout and potatoes out of the freezer, the same stuff we have in our cantine at work. The dessert was ok. The next day there was a buffet, the little choice did not make for the same bland taste. The dessert was the best of.||I don't except 5 stars food in such a location, but simple good food. It wouldn't require a lot of effort...