Scandic FrontvsIbsens Hotel
Both Scandic Front and Ibsens Hotel are praised by writers. On balance, Scandic Front scores slightly higher than Ibsens Hotel. Scandic Front comes in at 86 with endorsements from 10 reviews such as Condé Nast Traveler, Michelin Guide and The Telegraph.
Scandic Front
Sankt AnnAe Plads 21, Copenhagen 1250, Denmark
From $84/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
Michelin Guide
"Contemporary harbourside hotel with pleasant lobby-lounge, airy function rooms and well-equipped fitness area."
Frommer's
"On the inside, however, it's one of the hottest and most appealing hotels in town." Full review
Concierge
"An offspring of Copenhagen's frostiest grande dame, Hotel D'Angleterre, the Front feels less like a lady-in-waiting than a parody of the pandering boutique hotel."
Travel + Leisure
"The fitness center, on the first floor of the all-glass Front Hotel, overlooks the modern Copenhagen Opera House designed by Henning Larse." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"All the rooms are lavish in their comforts, with deep beige and brown accents, Barcelona chairs, and flat-screen TVs, as well as tiled bathrooms with vanity mirrors."
Condé Nast Traveler
"The first thing you notice is the Guest Wall, a floor-to-ceiling blackboard on which previous visitors have scribbled messages in colored chalk." Full review
Star Service
"With the queen as its neighbor, this hotel is located on an elegant street near museums, art galleries, Kongens Nytorv (The King's New Square), chic shops and Stroeget (the walking street)." Full review
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Oyster
Upscale
"The 132-room middle-range Scandic Front is in a quiet location close to the city center, and has a fitness room the size of a small public gym." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"The waterfront setting is the big draw at this central four-star hotel, where the recently refurbished rooms have big windows and contemporary grey-toned décor. " Full review
Lonely Planet
"Conveniently plonked to the rear of Nyhavn and overlooking the harbour, Front is light, bright and sexed-up with a bold colour scheme." Full review
Ibsens Hotel
Vendersgade 23, Copenhagen 1363, Denmark
From $90/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Laundry Service
- Restaurant
- Fitness Center
- Multilingual
DK Eyewitness
"Set within a classic French-style apartment building, this modern boutique hotel has individually styled rooms, ranging from modern Scandinavian to classical English."
Rough Guide
"Arty hotel situated on a Nansensgade street corner with bright and airy rooms spread over five floors in two interconnected nineteenth-century apartment buildings."
Oyster
Mid-Range
"On the edge of Copenhagen's tourist district in the Nansengade, the...Ibsens Hotel is within a five-minute walk of the University of Copenhagen's Botanical Gardens and the Norreport metro station." Full review
The Telegraph
7.0
"An early 20th-century building turned modern, arty hotel. Ibsens has quite a cool, creative feel with simple but sensibly designed rooms and a convenient central location." Full review
Frommer's
"Although it dates from 1906, the Ibsens is hardly aged—this excellent moderately priced property keeps current by embracing the middle-class Bohemianism of the surrounding Nansensgade neighborhood" Full review
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"Part of the Brøchner Group (which also includes Hotel Fox and Hotel Kong Arthur), the recently revamped Ibsens is a three-star hotel with boutique finesse." Full review