Hotel Rival, Stockholm

The staff was very friendly and helpful. Great location!

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Great location. Front desk staff was really helpful. Good breakfast spread.

Very nice.

Great location, wonderfully helpful and friendly employees, super breakfast and comfortable bed/room. Definitely coming back!

The fact that the hotel has its own theatre stage is cool. Also the friendly and professional staff, the feel of the bar and the very tasty drinks enjoyed. The standard double room was lovely, cosy and comfortable. The room has a selection of books, music and movies. The breakfast was exceptional, worth it just to have breakfast!

Great location. Delicious breakfast. Good bar with tasty bites and friendly staff.

Second amazing stay at this superb hotel in a great location. Everything was excellent. Particular shout-out for the breakfast buffet and to all the friendly and helpful staff we encountered.

Can't fault anything!

The room was lovely and clean. Beautiful decor. Staff were wonderful and the breakfast was exceptional. Would definitely stay again. Superb.

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All the staff were so friendly and helpful I really appreciated the recommendations I received when I checked in on surrounding places to visit. wide-ranging. The room was spacious and spotlessly clean. The bed was super comfortable with various high-quality pillows to choose from. I also loved having my bed turned down in the evening. The breakfast is delicious and wide-ranging to satisfy all palettes. We visited in February, so not balcony weather really. And yet it was mild enough one evening to sit out there briefly and enjoy the night air and view over Mariatorget. Thank you that there was furniture there and even flower boxes. All-in-all a fabulous stay. My husband and I regularly treat ourselves to long weekends away, testing different hotels in Stockholm, and Hotel Rival is one we will definitely return to.

Very good hotel, well located. Easy to walk to the city and metro nearby. Good restaurants around. The staff is amazingly nice and professional, the room was clean and comfortable, breakfast is really good. We will come again to Rival hotel without a doubt

The hotel was located in a great spot - an easy walk to multiple train lines or even walking distance to Old Town. The hotel was comfortable and the breakfast was especially great (and open until noon)! Plenty of options including some hot items you could order (for free). Would stay here again!

Nothing really - we enjoyed our stay

Hotel Rivals location was great, Södermalm is a lovely place with lots of restaurants and bars to visit. Also very easy to get to from Arlanda Central. The hotel and staff were excellent and the breakfast had loads of choice too.

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Lovely staff, perfect location close to the train and many shops, cafes etc. Breakfast was very varied and there was a huge selection of made to order plus Buffet selections.

Cocktails were pricey.

The staff are exceptionally friendly & make you feel like home

There is not too many choices of restaurants or food, only the breakfast was amazing

We upgraded and had a wonderful room overlooking the small park at the front of the hotel. Bed and pillows wee exceptionally comfortable.The bathroom is quirky - but everything worked well. Breakfasts were amazing and food in the taverna was also very good. Staff were exceptional and we loved the boutique style of the hotel. The coffee station on the 4th floor is also a great touch. The hotel is in a very good area with lots around to explore away from the main tourist areas - but the old town is a pleasant 10 min walk and upmarket shopping is 20 mins stroll along the water. There are some very good cafes, bars and independent shops in the local area. Stockholm is a fabulous city to visit.

We would have appreciated being able to eat or have a drink a little later in the hotel as it is room service only after 11pm - even the Taverna shuts around 9pm. Opening hours are different in the warmer months.

Breakfast was excellent and a fabulous array of different types of food, all included in the room tariff. The hotel is located in beautiful historic surroundings and a short 20 minute walk to Gamla Stan. Also very convenient to metro connections and buses.

The overall hotel is good. There is no specific point to mention.

Great accommodation, lovely breakfast and cute bar for drinks and food.

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I recently had the pleasure of staying at Rival in Stockholm for one night, and I can confidently say it was one of the best hotel experiences I've ever had! From the moment we arrived, the front of house staff, Cecille and Svedje, went above and beyond to ensure our stay was nothing short of fantastic. Their warm welcome and attentive service made us feel right at home. The hotel itself is a lovely, cozy retreat in a fantastic location, making it easy to explore all that Stockholm has to offer. Our room was beautifully appointed with crisp, fresh bedding that provided the perfect sanctuary after a day of sightseeing. It truly felt like a little haven in the city! After such a wonderful experience, we decided to rebook at Rival for later in the week, even canceling our other hotel plans. It’s hard to find such a gem in the city center, and we knew we wanted to return to the comfort and hospitality that Cecille and Svedje provided. If you're looking for a charming hotel with an unbeatable location and exceptional staff, look no further than Rival. We can’t wait for our next visit! Highly recommend! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Lovely comfortable room - great breakfast. Nice and quiet .

Everything but especially the staff

Busy at show times

Great location. Extremely helpful staff!

Very good room space, delicious buffet breakfast and super friendly and helpful staff: Cecilia and Michele (frontdesk) and Eveline and Jennie (breakfast buffet).

Location, staff, bars downstairs, size of the room

Old property albeit refurbished, beds are too softs, very dry air (likely due to heating)

Everything about Rival is outstanding. Michelle on the front desk was extremely helpful in our local trip planning as were other staff members.

Nothing to dislike.

Great Location, nice design details in room, good staff and very good breakfast.

Low floor room towards park was loud. I was then move to a high floor which was very quiet and nice.

breakfast and comfy beds were very good

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Great overall hotel

Super convenient location and delightful neighbourhood - wonderful restaurants

Michelle at the registration desk was exceptional. Very helpful of agttraoff the veateb track and transportation advice. All staff very cordial and friendly

Excellent location, good breakfast. Comfortable bed.

The shower products had a very strong fragrance, might not suit everyone. Lighting in the room might have been an issue during darker half of the year.

We were tickled by nearly everything about this hotel. We booked a balcony room overlooking the park across the street, and it was great. The room was wonderfully comfortable, and we're still talking about the breakfasts. The staff were always friendly and helpful. And the neighborhood of Södermalm around the hotel is very lively and comfortable. We actually stayed here twice. We had booked in sight unseen for our first weekend in Stockholm and another hotel for our second weekend. We ended up canceling the second hotel and rebooking at Rival for our second weekend.

The internet was a bit pokey in our room, but serviceable. In any event, one of the wonderful people at the front desk set me up in a conference room so I could participate in a Zoom call.

The service was outstanding. Thank you Michele 😊

Amazing staff. Very attentive to detail

Outstanding hotel, with almost every little detail thought about in...especially lots of storage and wall hooks, which so many hotels seem to forget about. Our room was stylish, comfortable and the shower in particular was fabulous. We were warmly welcomed on arrival and the front desk staff were exceptionally professional and friendly...especially the lovely lady that checked us in. This hotel will be our first choice whenever we are back in Stockholm.

Other than the breakfast offerings not being quite to our taste and the breakfast staff being a little hit and miss (some friendly and attentive, others not so much), we struggled to find fault with this hotel.

Loved the decor the room was amazing comfy beds powerful shower and so clean

Tea and coffee facilities in the room there was a machine on the 4th floor but I would have preferred it in my room.

Excellent breakfast, good location

amazing breakfast. loved the room style. Tub was great. Staff had great recommendations for dinner and activities.

Incredible stay. much better than most 5 star hotels I’ve stayed in internationally. lovely check in. great room. delightful location. careful turndown. excellent breakfast. great gym next door. very sensibly set up with nice touches like functioning iron and fold out board.

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Breakfast was great as there was a good selection of healthy options plus sweet treats. You could order from a menu as well as help yourself at the buffet. Our room was spacious and comfortable. The staff were always ready to help with a smile.

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Breakfast was just awesome. Great hotel and bar.

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Good location. Friendly staff. Beds were comfortable. Air conditioning actually worked.

It was a bit small.

We loved staying at hotel Rival as all the staff were polite, we had coffee biscuits fruit near our bedroom which came in handy . There were restaurants and bars in the hotel and so much do nearby too. We would definitely stay again I couldn’t fault anything

I couldn’t fault anything

This was the great hotel in a central location in Stockholm. We could walk to all major attractions. Room was quirky and beds super comfortable. Breakfast was incredible. Best we had from everywhere we went on our trip.

they need to change their carpet. There is so much coffee and other crap spilled on their carpet it makes your feel like you are walking in to a cheap dodgy hotel when you get out of the lift. This definitely drags down the feel of what is otherwise a really top hotel.

The friendly staff, the location, the breakfast buffet and the spacious room with gorgeous district views.

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Everything about our stay!

In a neighbourhood where you get to eat in restaurants and pubs with local residents (others might prefer to be on more touristy strips on waterside). Easy to get to from airport and train stations. Excellent breakfast room. Clean Scandi design of room.

I loved everything about this hotel! Location, room, bed, pillows!!!!! The breakfast was fantastic, and the staff was extremely helpful. Would return in a heartbeat!

The bed was super comfy, the location was great, staff were helpful and friendly. We booked bikes through the hotel and they told us where to book kayaks. We had a great time and everything was so easy!

Fabulous breakfasts, excellent staff and great location. Highly recommended