Stayed a week in one of the studio apartments in Punavuori. Clean, quiet apartment, reasonably…read morepriced. Superb customer service, very responsive owner-manager. Convenient system to pick up keys. This will be my home-away-from-home in Helsinki!

Every vacation we take, there is always a hotel that stands out during our trip…read more This hotel was beautiful! The rooms were spacious and elegant! This hotel reminded me of something like the Marriott World Center, or a convention hotel. It was beautiful! They also had an Excellent buffet selection for brunch. I remember doing this for one of our day trips. It's also in walking distance of the old Helsinki Olympia park, which was amazing to visit. I definitely recommend this hotel. For those looking for an upscale stay in the area.

I have to admit I didn't personally choose this hotel for our local accommodations in Helsinki. Two…read morenights at the Scandic Park came as part of a Baltic Sea cruise/hotel package I reserved for me and Jamie W., so when I looked for it on a Helsinki city map, I let out an audible sigh presuming it would be a bit too far from the city center. However, once we arrived, the hotel turned out to located conveniently on Mannerheimintie, a major boulevard where Helsinki's public tram system operates one of their main lines efficiently late into the night. It turned out to be just three stops away from the central train station hub where all the shopping and restaurants were concentrated. Looking recently renovated, the hotel itself was quite comfortable and looked like it was mostly targeted to business travelers since a lot of suits of both genders dominated the lobby and adjoining restaurant. That's where Jamie and I enjoyed the complimentary breakfast buffet which was quite a huge spread of food from which we grazed liberally (photo: http://bit.ly/1UWLZz3). With a rather gray view of the neighboring hotels and apartment buildings, our room was spacious, a "superior" room with a king bed and a purple Cleopatra sofa for lounging. It goes for a pretty reasonable $123 per night on hotels.com. We would definitely consider seeking it out should we find ourselves in Helsinki again.

A very utilitarian hotel. The room is small and the bed narrow. Otherwise it has everything I need:…read morea safe, a mini-fridge, and free WiFi. There's even a courtesy umbrella should the weather turn hostile. The free breakfast is quite decent, though they stop serving it too soon. I mean, 10am is like 30 minutes after sunrise this time of the year :-) If you don't plan on spending much time in your room, Hotel Anna is a perfectly good option considering the price and convenient location.

From the owner: Hotel Anna on pieni viehättävä hotelli Helsingin keskustassa jossa on 64 huonetta,…read moreaamiaisravintola, sauna sekä kokoustila 12 hengelle. Hotellilla on autopaikkoja hotellin asiakkaille läheisessä autohallissa. Tarjoamme asiakkaillemme ilmaisen langattoman internetyhteyden.

Day 1 thus far. Check in was a little rough but Jami smoothed things over and provided fantastic…read moreservice. The view from the lobby is wonderful and the rooms are lovely. Unfortunately, the dinner staff at the restaurant are truly awful (in contrast to the breakfast team who are sunny and helpful). Sofia from the dinner staff was unbelievably rude - I am not sure why she's in this industry. It is the first time I have felt discriminated against in all my years of travel for business or pleasure. Anny, her manager, took her side without even listening to me, which left me shaking with indignation. The hotel could also do with more people manning the front desk phone as there is no one that picks up - but that is something that can more easily be sorted out.

Beautiful views especially if you get the superior room suite. The standard rooms have a…read morerectangular window top to bottom which is decent but gives limited view of the surroundings. Clarions probably one of the tallest buildings in Helsinki thus the great view if you pay extra for " superior view suite" there's a pool at the roof which is great but the temperature could've been warmer even in the summertime which is pretty windy up there on the 16th floor. The hotel as a whole is gravely understaffed. And if you're like me you like a nice cool room in the middle of August that has air condition running well. If not you may want to look somewhere else because the air conditioning there is definitely substandard. We had quite the situation with the air condition in the time I was there. It was actually colder outside than it was in the room. Pretty overheated. Because of Covid there was no room service which kind of stunk even though prices were not quite as bad as I thought they'd be. There's no assistance with your luggage by the way. There's no bellhop to help you up. You have to lug your own luggage up there and in my case I had two full-size cases in my carry-on plus some other luggage so it was not easy to have to change three different rooms before we had a room that had the proper air condition and even then there were still some issues trying to get the AC to work properly. The AC issue didn't get fixed for a full two days of the five days I was there. Having said that they did comp me on at least One day due to this issue and the fact that the Wi-Fi was down for two full days. Also it's good to note that they will allow deliveries of food to the hotel despite there's no room service however if you want to heat anything up there is one microwave in the entire hotel that's available to guests and it's in the lobby so you made to put yourself on display in the middle of the lobby to heat up your food at dinner time or whenever that might be. So beyond not convenient. The pool has panoramic views as well. They have I believe 16 speakers over the pool for great music however the music was only on some of the time which didn't seem to make a lot of sense and there was no staff on the roof at all and you couldn't order anything from the pool which would've been ideal situation. This is why I give it a rating of three stars for the view for the pool for the great sauna but the The understaffed team you could feel how awkward it was. Finally breakfast is included in any stay at this hotel's breakfast is pretty good. Decent selection most people will be happy with the choices.

Beautiful hotel, great location. I love that there are bikes to use (with helmets!) and breakfast…read moreis quite delightful. Our room was large and very quiet and the AC worked very well. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay.

The best hotel EVER. Clean, stylish rooms, super bathroom/shower, has fridge, kettle and minibar…read more Fluffy comforters. Everything you need. Super nice, friendly staff. Great location, close to Esplanade, shops and restaurants galore. Yet very quiet. The best part is the included breakfast which has every possible item you'd ever want. Great coffee, breads, cheeses and meats, yogurt, cereals hot and cold, smoked fish, fruit, vegetables, sweets. Incredible. You won't need to eat again til dinner time. My only issue was the comforters were too warm in summer. I like to sleep cool. When I got hot I kicked them off, but then got chilly. Would have preferred a simple summer blanket. That is all!

Amazing and friendly staff. Very attentive and happy to step up when needed…read more The reception area is adjacent to a very welcoming lounge space with bookshelves and chairs. The rooms are spacious and clean. Who would've thought an old prison would make such an interesting hotel? There's pictures throughout that show the hotel back when it was still a prison. Some of the bar doors are preserved in the halls and in the lower level, by the bar/restaurant there's a room that's quite the hidden find. The food is great! Not only is breakfast included but also an afternoon tea. Can't wait to go back and stay here again!

My Fulbright Team spent dinner at this hotel as part of our travel and research culmination of our…read morestay in Finland. This former prison has been renovated and transformed into a new and exciting landscape with Finnish touch and Nordic creativity. Our gourmet dinner was exquisitely presented which included reindeer steaks and freshly cooked white fish. Desserts consisted of fruits and accompanied by red, white and Finnish wines. The restaurant dishes was a bonus to the beautiful reconstruction and rebuild of this former building used for criminals. If you happen to be in Helsinki, drop by this beautiful treasure; it will be worth your time.