Clarion Hotel Helsinki
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Where to start??? I put 3 stars for the service. Because for some reason even when I didn't accept the early check it, at the time of the check out I had a €68 charge pending. Thankfully Olekja (if I remember correctly the name) was so kind of solving it very quickly during the check out. About the breakfast service 😐 I couldn't say that it isn't a service of a 4 star hotel at all... (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NATASHA THAT DID AN AMAZING JOB during Saturday's service). There were around 5 waitresses, and only Natasha was worrying about taking all the dishes very fast EVERYWHERE (not only in her section). The others were slow for such a busy service, and they didn't show any care... Oleshka, black hair, ponytail (or something similar, nobody was using their name tags until Sunday) was putting new cutlery and refilling the bowls WITHOUT GLOVES, and putting the food left in the old 🥣 in the new ones INFRONT OF THE GUESTS!!! THAT SHOULD BE ALWAYS A NO!!!! Also "chefs" putting the pastry or bread directly from the tray that they use to cook, even with the paper used to do it, infront of the guests... It looks 🤢 Fried eggs were not cooked well, the "warm" food was cold. They put the vegetables to cook at the same time, so the onions weren't almost even cooked. A blonde girl (Finnish) filling the stations, didn't even bother to put in the trolley some dirty dishes from a table near the station... Why? Some not very fresh food in the cold food station, some not clean stuff on the stations, food served looking not very presentable during the service that wasn't taking care (even though I stay almost 1 hour and a half on Saturday for breakfast). I would recommend the staff to work as a true team, not only focus on their station/section/task, and help each other. They also left DURING ALL THE SERVICE the door of the kitchen open, so you could see how they were cleaning everything, throwing the trash that they picked up from the tables... Sorry but that looks 🤢 also. Those doors can be opened easily without the need of having them open all the time for the guests to see what's going on in the dishwashing section of the kitchen. Also the reception fridge was empty Saturday (all day), except on Sunday that they fill it. If it wasn't for things I notice in the breakfast service I would have put a 5 stars. I will recommend to improve the things I mention above. And recognised the people that work really hard, as a team, as Natasha (gentle, very fast, detail oriented, small, kind of light orange/blonde hair). The House Keeping was great in the room, in the sauna and gym area. The views, and the place is very good. The open sky pool of the rooftop is great, I recommend it highly (even when it's snowing).
Luján CosentinoLuján Cosentino
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I was left really disappointed with my stay in Clarion Helsinki. The place was packed for new year. We decided to use the self check in. It gave us 1 keycard which supposedly was configured to open our door. After queueing for the elevators and finally getting up, we noticed the keycard didn't work so we just wasted our time and needed to wait in a really long line that circled around the lobby to get another keycard from the reception. We stayed in a "Deluxe King Room". We requested originally a room that would overlook Senaatintori a few months back but the room was facing at the opposite direction. The room itself felt low quality. For example the minibar door was left open from either the cleaner or the previous guest, the minibar cabinet itself was moving around in the closet if you decide to open the door. You can see from the images it's supposed to be bolted into the closet instead of just wobbling around there. The minibar was also missing the inventory listing so I called the reception to even know what the minibar was supposed to include. The wall had weird scratches to it and the electric outlets look as if they were installed by a drunk. Many of them are not aligned to the floor but instead in this awkward angle. The working chair looked quite dirty as you can see in the image. Sealant seam in the bathroom looked like it was done in a massive hurry. It had clear holes in it. I was consistently left feeling robbed by the amount of money I spent here vs. the quality I got. Nothing really felt nice, let alone impressive or "Deluxe King". We entered the first serving of breakfast and to our surprise, many of the hot foods were already cold. The foods themselves leave a lot to be desired. Nothing was really prepared with taste and everything felt like the bare minimum effort was put to it. The omelette lacked taste and was clearly just done in bulk from a concentrate, sausages and bacon were not properly prepared and the amount of people allowed in the breakfast area during Covid made "Clarion Loves You"-napkins feel like a joke. Definitely didn't feel like customer safety was taken seriously, people were treated as cattle.
Henri MustonenHenri Mustonen
00
Review dated 17 Nov: As you know, I don’t really like to give bad review but this I just couldn’t help it. Well, I am writing this review as I am sitting at the lobby. Not very happy with the check in system. I arrived at 12:00 booked my room for 6 nights worth EURO1700 and then the receptionist said the system is down and not able to check in. So, I thought ok I‘ll go for coffee or food BUT there’s noooo cafe, or welcome drink or water or anything you could get since the hotel DO NOT HAVE a restaurant and the one attached is closed on Sunday. Bar opens at 5pm and there’s only snacks And I told them ok no problem I’ll go outside so I went for a drink and got back at 13:38 and wanted to start the check in process and guess what - system down I understand check in is at 3pm, if you keep your strict policy I expect the lounges you have provides basic amenities with drinks or food or place where your guest could hang out or work and quench thirst. But it’s a pity that nothing is provided neither being mentioned on the website So, I asked them ”tell me about manual check in? How about that? “ Or what happens if the damn system is down at 15;00 so do I have to sit and bloody wait till your system is up? How do you plan to handle this? What if the queue is long? What if it takes longer than 30mins? So, you guys can’t just can’t start the process earlier? You rather make your guests wait…. I just couldn’t believe it! At this moment of time, if I could, I would have cancelled my reservation and head to other hotel!!!! It’s a pity that I’m stuck since the reservation is non-refundable of a total of EURO1700 Now, I am thinking it seems like it’s just the start of a problematic stay…. I booked this hotel because of the reviews but damn my experience right from the beginning is not as expected 😅 I’ll update my review as I go with all of my 6 nights stay and wish me luck that there’s still ray of hope
Med AlexMed Alex
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Clarion Hotel, Helsinki @travel_citiesandmountains I stayed here for three nights in September 2024. The self check-in process is straightforward and doesn't take long. The room was decent and had a kettle and and tea and coffee provision, a minibar, a safe big enough for a 15" laptop and some shelves and hanging space to store clothes so it would be a good option for a stay of a week (or maybe more) because you wouldn't be living out of your suitcase. There is good provision of sockets. The room is 13.5 square metres, with 3 square metres of this being from the door to the main part if the room, so it is not a big room. The shower room is fine and the shower cubicle is a reasonable size with good water pressure and the options of regular shower and rainfall shower. The shower room is 3.0 square metres so it is big enough to fulfil its purpose. The gym is open from 07:00 until 22:00 each day and has a limited selection of equipment. The pool is on the roof level and is open air with the saunas (separate saunas for male and female) are on the same level. The pool and saunas also open at 07:00 and close at 22:00 but are closed around lunchtime each day. The breakfast area is a good size, with sufficient tables and seating, and there is a good choice of food on offer. The hotel is about half a mile from the ferry terminal (West Terminal 2) and a short ride on a tram from the central railway station. The no 7 tram travels between the railway station and the ferry terminal and has a stop right outside the hotel. I would recommend this hotel for stays of several nights because storage for clothing is somewhat limited, especially if two people were sharing the double room.
Neil DNeil D
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This hotel was sadly a disappointment on so many levels. One has to pay for pretty much everything “extra” such as an early check-in or late check-out. But you do not get compensated for waiting 45 minutes in the check-in queue, standing with your stuff and waiting to be registered because logically people arrived to check-in at nearly the same time, close to the opening at 3 pm because of lack of flexibility. The breakfast line was quite pathetic as well- about 30 min waiting time at 9 am. When leaving, I spotted the queue about twice the size, so most people must have waited even more. Maybe this is corona related, but breakfast offering was a big surprise and definitely not expected - apparently you have to pay for any “fancy” coffee drinks like cappuccino etc. There was no breakfast buffet and the food range was about 6 items like sausage, omelette, pancakes and just a few more. In case this was a temporary measure, it would have been fair to inform the guests about this in advance. In my opinion, this hotel has acted very cheap on its guests on many occasions, and one could get similar level of quality at lower ranked and cheaper hotels. To get a room with a sea view, one apparently also has to pay either a higher during the booking or pay for the upgrade. The only positive aspects were high quality beds and bed lining as well as rooftop pool and saunas. The location is nice as well.
Anastasiia IvanovaAnastasiia Ivanova
10
Well what a beautiful hotel this is. The hotel has concentrated on making the lobby area, dining area, room bar and spa areas looking beautiful without a doubt. The rooms are nice but not as much time has been spent on unfortunately but that’s not a problem as you only sleep in there at night. I must add though very comfortable beds. Breakfast has such a wide range of options, from cereals, to salads, cheeses, breads, hot foods, all your breakfast needs. Very tasty food without a doubt. For me the highlight of the Hotel is by far the Swimming pool which is on the top floor of the Hotel, it’s slightly heated and has an open roof top. A quarter section of the floor of the pool is glass so you can see all the way down to the street. If you’re scared of heights approach the end of the pool slowly lol. The hotel is within walking distance to sights, bars, restaurants and various other attractions. The Rooftop Bar for me was a great experience also, being able to see a surrounding area of Helsinki all lit up at night was very pleasant. If I was to go back to Helsinki I would without a doubt be staying here again.
Jimmy WillcocksJimmy Willcocks
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