Coal Miners Cabins

Surprising good value given the location. Excellent wifi. Nice rooms - too warm at night. Lots of bathrooms on each landing. Charming staff.

Once you accept that anything on Svalbard costs more than you might expect the Coal Miners Cabins are actually a good price. The buildings have been tastefully converted with good beds, brilliant heating and mining themed decor. The bathrooms are described as "shared", this could sound like they are communal facilities, this is not the case. They are large individual rooms down the corridor with a toilet, basin and large walk-in shower. Towels and robes are provided. Our building had a communal kitchen, lounge and laundry facilities. It was very clean and warm. WiFi is free and good. Breakfast is served in the main building and has a wide range of typical cold Scandinavian options. Loads of bread, endless coffee and orange juice. The bar and restaurant are good and very busy in the evenings. We thoroughly enjoyed our four night stay.

The accommodation and facilities are fairly basic and a bit tired, but this is easily the cheapest accommodation with own room that I could find in Longyearbyen. All I needed was somewhere to sleep and shower, and that's what I got. I could have paid double to say somewhere flasher. The restaurant bar is really good, and the included breakfast was great.

I had missed my flight out and needed a not too expensive place for one day until I could catch a flight the next day. This is the most basic of rooms, with no TV and a communal bathroom. The location is on the outskirts of Longyearbyen. The room and the bathroom were clean, well tended and the building was warm on a cold rainy night. The price was less than half of what the motels in town charged. The onsite restaurant was favored by the locals and was great food at a reasonable price.

At the back end of town and spread in 5 different buildings is not ideal, but the costs reflect that.

The breakfast buffet was great. Front desk staff was helpful. The hotel is 20-30 minutes walk from town center but the airport shuttle makes it very easy to get to/from the airport. The only downside for us was that the shower ran out of hot water in just a couple of minutes.

Showers were mostly cold, but shared bathrooms were clean

The hotel is great and has a modern retro feeling. Amenities are basic but adequate. Shared bathroom/toilets are large and well kept. It is shared but private i.e. only 1 person at a time. About 2 bathrooms on my floor. The restaurant serves burgers,ribs and steak with draft beers from their local brewery. Note: do note that it is quite a distance (2km) from town center, either a leisure 30mins walk downhill (from hotel to town) or taxi. there is no public transport.

Not my first visit and pleased to find that at the intended level of fairly basic facilities the Cabins performed well. Breakfasts excellent and other meals good but expensive

Great place and nice Bar/Restuarant too. Food was great. Fairly large room and clean with good storeage. Alot better than i expected it to be. Fabulous staff at Reception/Bar