Viking Aqua Wellness Resort

We picked up our keys at the Spa Wellness Resort, but our rooms were in Hotel Viking City, Vestergade, in the pedestrianised part of the town. We had to park in a car park some 100 meters from the accommodation and drag our cases over cobbles. The rather drab building where we stayed was just 10 rooms and was totally unmanned. The key to the outside door nearly took the skin off my thumb as I turned it because of the way the lock had been fixed. The staircase was smelly. There was no room numbered 310. In the end we decided it must be 3-10, counting the ground floor as floor 1. So we took up residence in Room 10 after getting the cases all the way up the stairs. The room was very basic with sloping ceiling so that we kept banging our heads. There were no shops around where we could get something for breakfast. We got out of the place as soon as possible in the morning and found an out-of-town garage which sold delicious filled rolls.

Price and quality does not match at all. At the dinner restaurant, I paid 230 kr. for half a (filled) potato, which was cold, un-seasoned and plain boring. I also got a tiny piece of marinated pork, which was dry, flavourless, fell off in lumps and wasn't even properly tender or tasty. My partner ordered a vegan risotto, and was served a sour and bitter porridge-like mix of wheat kernels and mushrooms. We sent it back, and next time she got a bowl with boiled wheat kernels, which was as dry as my cold potato, but at least with a few tasty pieces of mushrooms. We sent it out again, and apparently the chef gave up and made a mix salat instead. During this ordeal we could at least enjoy the good beers. At this point we gave up, canceled the dessert and walked to the nearby diner pizza place, where our hunger was satiated and the food tasted as expected compared to the price.

The culinary experience during my stay at Hotel Viking was one greatest. Both days we had the 3 course meal and the bar was set very high! The composition of fresh ingredients was incredible whilst managing to capture and include the local essence of Sæby. Last but not least the service during dinner was extraordinary very articulate, professional and a great ability to keep vicinity at its highest level. With my utter sincerity I recommend a stay at Hotel Viking combined with the 3 course dinner if you are looking for a relaxing and pleasant stay a long with a local culinary experience at its best.

This is the only Spa and Wellness center in Saeby but on a worldwide scale this is average in facilities and treatments.

Nice hotel. Really nice rooms and good service. Delicious food.