Expert reviews
“Oslo’s largest hotel (810 rooms spread over 13 floors) impresses with its emphasis on contemporary art; its rooftop garden of herbs and microgreens; Norda Restaurant, where consultant chef Marcus Samuelsson delivers his version of Nordic fusion; and the Bon Bon cocktail bar.”
What guests liked
- Top location
- Private parking
- Free Wifi
- Swimming pool
- Friendly staff
- Excellent breakfast
All you need to know
Spectacular views, stunning design details, and an unbeatable location await at Clarion Hotel The Hub. This hotel is only a short walk from nearby bars, restaurants, cafes, and shopping, not to mention it’s only two minutes to the Oslo Central Station, where you can access the tram, subway, and airport express train.
Clarion Hotel’s vast lobby welcomes guests with glistening decor, open spaces, and high-end art, creating an atmosphere of contemporary elegance. The Hub is a large hotel encompassing over 800 rooms, which include a 55” Smart TV, a minibar, WiFi, and tea and coffee-making facilities. Many rooms have incredible panoramic views, private terraces, and separate living areas. Clarion Hotel also has three private floors available for high-security guests, which are closed off to the public.
Clarion Hotel The Hub is perfect for work conferences, events, and business travelers – the building has 23 flexible meeting rooms with a total capacity of 2,000 guests. This hotel even has ample green space on the roof, featuring 200 square meters of microgreens, vegetables, and outdoor space for guests.
This hotel has two restaurants, Norda and Calmeyers Hage, where you can enjoy Nordic fusion food and cocktails while admiring the surrounding city views, showcasing Oslo Fjord and the Opera House. With warm lighting, cozy furnishings, and indoor greenery, the hotel restaurants feel comfortable, yet high-end. Floor-to-ceiling windows make these panoramic views extra spectacular.
You can also grab a coffee or cocktail at Hub Bar, located on the ground floor. On the lower ground floor, you’ll find a fitness center and relaxation space featuring a complimentary pool for hotel guests.
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Recent guest reviews
8 July 2025
Very good
I really enjoyed my stay and appreciated the overall quality of the service. However, I’d like to suggest a few small improvements that could make the experience even better. In the bathroom, the shower glass doesn’t fully reach the floor, so adding a small step or barrier could help prevent water from flooding the area. Regarding breakfast, the sweet options were good, but I think it would be great to offer larger croissants and to serve items like spreads and yogurts in hygienic dispensers instead of open jars. I would also suggest rearranging the breakfast layout—placing the sweet section at the beginning, near the coffee station, and the savory options further back. This might help guests who are not used to savory breakfasts feel more comfortable. One last note: the room was a bit too cold. It would be helpful to have a climate control system with a remote, allowing guests to adjust the temperature themselves, especially if they prefer a warmer environment. Kind regards, A guest from Italy
7 July 2025
First family trip to Norway
Location is near to tramp, Royal palace, many restoran etc
Many stairs, a little difficult for bringing large luggage . Air conditioners control in my room is not friendly use.
6 July 2025
Well located hotel with nice rooms and great staff.
Location is very close to central station. We had a superior double room which was large with a good sized bathroom. Rooms are well appointed. Comprehensive breakfast with barrister coffee. The restaurant/bar on 13th has nice views of the Oslo fjord. Great front desk staff particularly Frida.
It’s a large hotel so it’s busy at breakfast.
4 July 2025
Fabulous
loved the sauna and pool area
3 July 2025
Great stay!!
Incredibly great breakfast with omelette station, etc., etc. Great lobby decor and loved all the elevator animations. Great workout area - lots of treadmills!!
The lighting in the room was so dim. It was hard to see what was in your suitcase.
2 July 2025
Fabulous
Breakfast was very good. Staff were communicative and friendly.
30 June 2025
A mixed bag in Oslo.
The breakfast buffet was very good with a huge choice of food and they catered really well for gluten- sensitivity. Reception was very helpful when asked a question. They all spoke English fluently.
The room was a bit dark even with the blinds up. The hotel was enormous with hundreds of rooms so it was crowded all the time. The hotel was very expensive for what you got.
30 June 2025
Exceptional
Location Breakfast Buffet Outstanding staff
30 June 2025
Very good
Convenient location with an amazing breakfast buffet.
Room was a little small. Had difficulties opening 2 large luggages at the same time
30 June 2025
We would return to the Hub. Very pleasant staff.
Clean and comfortable.
The pool isn’t really for swimming.
29 June 2025
Perfect week in an awesome hotel
Reception were really lovely and helpful and gave us a perfect room for my husbands birthday, complete with birthday card!!! Thank you so much! Breakfast is amazing; definitely the best breakfast of any hotel we have stayed in. Highly recommended. Great staff, great gym, great views and great proximity to the festival we attended.
Nothing!! All perfect
27 June 2025
Across from train station, great breakfast, small room
Right across from Oslo Central train station, so very convenient. Amazing breakfast buffet wit many choices, including fresh fruit.
My room was tiny and I only discovered two books on te wall te day I left, so it was hard finding a place to hang my clothes. The breakfast room is massive and very busy at peak times, not suitable for those who ave trouble manoeuvring in crowds.
27 June 2025
Beautiful hotel upstairs and rooms Meal delicious
Halls downstairs needed painting
27 June 2025
Great location, breakfast buffet and friendly and helpfulstaff.
Breakfast buffet was outstanding. Staff very friendly and helpful. Great location.
Standard room a little austire and small. Room temp could not be controlled and room was too warm. No shower door.
22 June 2025
Good location
Excellent location when taking the train in from the airport.Easy to walk to all the main sites and restaurants in town. Fantastic breakfast buffet.
A very busy hotel, many groups. Tell me why hotels only put 1 luggage rack in a double room!
15 June 2025
Very good
Best breakfast we’ve experienced in Europe. Magnificent.
14 June 2025
Lovely hotel, excellent and friendly staff, good location
Lovely hotel, staff were excellent and very helpful. Very clean bedrooms and comfortable beds. Food was good, but breakfast times can be chaotic and very busy.
Breakfast was chaotic, and even though we went early, it was difficult to find a seat.
13 June 2025
Great hotel in the centre of Oslo
Room, staff, location, cleanliness , breakfast
8 June 2025
Fabulous
Location was the main thing, but the look and feel of the whole hotel was spot on, the breakfast options and variety was perfect too.
Room wasnt the biggest, and there is a glass wall between the toilet and bedroom so your partner watches you in the bathroom. other than that no issues.
6 June 2025
Overal a good stay couple of minor points
It was a good hotel
No room service at 10pm, and also breakfast is cleared away dead on 9.30, so you have to get all the food, including hot, by then.
6 June 2025
Exceptional
Great location. Very helpful staff. Wonderful breakfast
Working on street in front of hotel with jackhammers at seven in morning. Ouch!
4 June 2025
Great stay
Breakfast was excellent. There were plenty of options to choose from, and plenty of seating even with a large convention going on at the same time. The location was very convenient, too. The staff was very friendly. They also held several bags for us after checkout while we explored the city.
The rooms were on the small side, especially for the price. However the beds were comfortable.
1 June 2025
Fabulous
A variety choices of food..
The room is quite small...
30 May 2025
Perfect stay at Clarion Hub!
Hotel is very nice, clean and quite calm event though it is next to the train station. Great sauna space and the best gym I’ve seen in a hotel! Staff is very friendly, and it is by far the best breakfast I’ve experienced, you can find everything you like!
Nothing to mention here, everything was perfect 👌
28 May 2025
Exceptional
The location is central and walkable to almost everywhere Clean property Great breakfast Friendly staff Comfortable room
Nothing
28 May 2025
Excellent location
The location is excellent, particularly if arriving and/or departing by train. Plenty of sights and restaurants within walking distance. The staff were all pleasant and helpful, and the general feel of the hotel is clean and modern. The breakfast buffet is the best I've ever seen with massive choice and great quality. The mattress on the bed was comfortable and we had a great view of the opera house and beyond from our 9th floor room.
The only negative were the pillows. On each bed there was one that was too large and deep to sleep on, and another that was too flat.
27 May 2025
Very good
Needs an aircon
27 May 2025
Fantastic stay at the Clarion Hub in Oslo
Beautiful hotel. Great decor. Excellent breakfast Central location. Spa is peaceful. Special thanks to Anxo who looked after us so well when we came down too late for breakfast!
Not the hotel's fault at all but, my God, Oslo is expensive!
19 May 2025
Exceptional
Too cold in the rum.
19 May 2025
Fabulous
Great location - very central. Close to tram stops but everything is within walking distance. Breakfast selection is amazing. Staff were vey helpful - our first room didn't have any aircon so they moved us to a bigger room. Pillows are very good.
The lighting in the bathrooms is awful - so unflattering. There are not enough hooks to hang things in the room or in the bathroom. I have stayed here before and the aircon didn't work properly in that room either so I think it is an issue in general.
18 May 2025
A comfortable hotel with great facilities and in a great location
Great location. Close to the train station. Staff were helpful and friendly.
16 May 2025
Beautiful room in a great location.
Very nice room in great location.
Nothing.
4 May 2025
The best beds
The beds, the products (Rituals). Big TV was great, room was clean and comfortable. Big selection for breakfast. I liked that it was quiet, didnt hear anything from other rooms.
The room was a bit too cold for my liking. The breakfast was okay but crowded and it was kind of hard to get some of the food types. Not the most streamligned buffet layout. Wish they had room service in the evening too, so you dont have to order foodora and go all the way down to the lobby to pick up the food
4 May 2025
We loved the central location, the attractive decor and the comfortable room
Great location. Lovely environment. Great breakfast. Responsive and friendly staff.
Would have liked a shelf in the shower for my own toiletries and a bar to hold onto.
3 May 2025
Good Oslo hotel
Wonderful breakfast. Great easy to access location
Poor information from one staff member.
28 April 2025
Very good
Friendly staff, neat room and a lot of variety at breakfast.
27 April 2025
Exceptional
Central location, great view for bar/ restaurant, clean and really friendly staff.
The rooms were quite small.
26 April 2025
Brief time in Oslo but hotel location was perfect and so convenient.
Breakfast was great. Wish we’d been told it started earlier than normal on Saturday 7 instead of 7:30. Glad they moved it up earlier since we had an 8:25 train to catch.
16 April 2025
A hotel to which we would return
Overall a good experience, but air conditioning did not work.
15 April 2025
Very good
Modern good food
Noise from the tram
14 April 2025
Great location for short stay
The hotel's location is excellent, and the entrance ambiance is very pleasant. The high level of technological functionality is also impressive. The breakfast offers a wide selection, and everything is great.
What I didn’t like was the cramped and small room, as well as the overly soft bed and two pillows — one of which was too big and too high, while the other was too small and too soft. Additionally, the worst aspect of the hotel is the 'spa' — one sauna was out of order, while the other was too small for the hotel’s capacity and located right next to the pool, so everyone inside was wearing swimsuits and often without towels. The pool itself is very small, and the so-called 'relaxation area' barely fits 10 people. The gym equipment is excellent, but to get to the gym, you have to walk past the pool area, where everything is wet, and you end up bringing that moisture into the gym with your sneakers. Overall, for a hotel of this level, the fitness and spa area left quite a poor impression.
14 April 2025
Expensive but nice
The room was tiny for the price but it was convenient as our cruise was starting from there. Shower did not drain well and was not fixed despite notifying staff immediately.
10 April 2025
Excellent value and superb breakfast.
Location is excellent and staff are very friendly. Breakfast was outstanding.
Bottled water in the room would have been a nice touch. There were a lot of glowing or blinking lights in the room at night.
10 April 2025
Exceptional
breakfast
9 April 2025
Nice hotel , nice location
The location was great and close to major attractions
The long corridors to reach the rooms
9 April 2025
The Clarion was central, very modern, great food and bars. The rooms very fresh and modern.
Breakfast was amazing, a great variety and great quality
Twin duvets on a queen bed
8 April 2025
Relaxing
Great location. Awesome breakfast.
8 April 2025
Extremely convenient and good facilities
Central Location
Nothing
8 April 2025
Good
Rooms were somewhat dark.
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Snack bar
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits (additional charge)
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Business centre
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
- - Lockers
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Sauna
- - Fitness centre
- - Hammam
- - Indoor pool
- - Indoor pool (all year)
- - Nightclub/DJ
- - Public Bath
- - Steam room
- - Spa lounge/relaxation area
- - Fitness
- - Fitness/spa locker rooms
Outdoors
- - Terrace
- - Outdoor furniture
General
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Heating
- - Allergy-free room
- - Non-smoking throughout
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Trouser press (additional charge)
Parking
- - Parking garage
- - Accessible parking
Accessibility
- - Wheelchair accessible
- - Toilet with grab rails
- - Lower bathroom sink
Pool and wellness
- - Plunge pool
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming Pool
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key card access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals
- - Face masks for guests available
11 July 2025
The staff, facilities, atmosphere and food were all excellent!