OverviewLocated about a 10-minute drive from Stockholm's city centre and a 6-minute walk from T-bana Metro Station, the Clarion Collection Tapto is suitable for travellers who require an economical hotel with a free breakfast, a free evening meal and easy access to public transit.
This hotel has 140 air-conditioned guest rooms and suites, each offering free Wi-Fi, cable TV, a mini-bar, a desk, an iron and ironing board and a hair dryer. Standard rooms offer two twin beds or one double bed, while rooms with a coffeemaker, a trouser press, an iPod docking station, a DVD player, a seating area, a bathrobe for each guest and/or wheelchair accessibility are also available. Some rooms offer a sofabed.
The hotel also offers a free weekday newspaper, a business centre, a sauna, a bar, guest laundry, currency exchange services and a free continental breakfast. A free afternoon tea is served daily, as well as a free evening buffet, which is available from 6 pm to 10 pm daily. There is no parking available on site. Pets are permitted for 250 kr per stay.
Stockholm Stadium is about an 8-minute walk west of the hotel, while Rosendal Palace is a 14-minute drive southeast. Gallerian offers shopping roughly 20 minutes away via public transit, and Swedavia AB Stockholm-Bromma Airport (BMA) is a 25-minute drive west. (All distances and travel time estimates: Google Maps)
The GoodThe majority of the reviews sourced for this analysis were positive, with much praise going to the hotel's value, staff, food, location and rooms.
Many guests felt the hotel provided good value. They described the rates as well priced, excellent, budget friendly and reasonable, and also cited the free breakfast, free afternoon tea and free evening buffet as contributing greatly to the hotel's overall worth.
The hotel's staff were the source of numerous compliments by reviewers, who characterized them as friendly, helpful and efficient. One guest remarked, "Staff were friendly and efficient and all seemed to speak several languages, something that always impresses me when I'm in Europe".
Many guests praised the hotel's food, describing it as excellent, delicious, plentiful and tasty. One reviewer noted, "The food provided was plentiful, fresh and enjoyable and breakfast, afternoon tea and dinner inclusive, which is a major factor in an expensive city as is Stockholm".
Several lodgers enjoyed the hotel's location, and found it to be quiet, as well as close to public transit, downtown, Gamla Stan, the waterfront, the Army Museum and Ostermalm Market.
The hotel's rooms were also praised by several guests, who described them as clean, spacious and well designed, with comfortable beds.
The Bad
There were very few negative reviews of this hotel, however, of the ones sourced for this critique, a few guests found the rooms to be on the small side, and also mentioned there were no laptop safes in their rooms.
Booking.com guest reviews rated the hotel 8.7 out of 10 from 429 reviews.
TripAdvisor.com guest reviews ranked the hotel #8 out of 161 Stockholm hotels with a 4.5 out of 5 average rating from 221 reviews.
Expedia.ca guest reviews rated the hotel 4.3 out of 5 with a 100% recommendation rate from 27 reviews.
