Tallink Spa & Conference Hotel — Hotel in Tallinn

Great Location & Fantastic Spa – But Bring Your Own Bathrobe/Towels!

We stayed here for a bowling European Championship trip with my fiancée’s bowling group (around 20 people), and overall, we really enjoyed our stay. This hotel is perfectly located for the average Finnish cruise liner traveler, and it definitely gave off similar vibes, right down to the ugly-yet-nostalgic cruise ship -style carpets in the hotel rooms.

⭐ Biggest Plus: The Spa! The spa was absolutely the highlight of our stay – we loved it! However, -1 star because the bathrobes and towels were seemingly designed for hobbits or children. If you’re over 170 cm or the tiniest bit overweight be prepared for an unintentional mini-skirt bathrobe experience. They can, however, be effectively used as capes. Or a turban. 😆

👍 Pros: ✔ Location - Ideal for travelers used to cruise liner routines. ✔ Rooms were quite nice - nothing extraordinary, but very comfortable for the price. ✔ Authentic cruise ship-style carpets - ugly, but strangely fitting!

👎 Cons: ❌ Lobby floors got dangerously slippery from the melting snow outside, which made heading to the spa in slippers feel like an extreme sport. ❌ The hotel restaurant closed a bit early (for us), but Wolt came to the rescue! In fact, we weren’t the only ones - there were more Wolt couriers coming and going than actual customers in the evening!

I have to apologize, but also admit it was hilarious, for our drinking habits on 15.02.2025. Instead of heading to a bar, we decided to stay in the lobby and try as many cocktails as possible with my fiancée. The bartender handled our enthusiasm like a pro, playfully sighing and rolling his eyes, making it all the more entertaining even as his patience began to wear thin.

At some point, he declared, “No more Devil’s Mango!”, which I took as a polite and very funny hint to stop ordering strong cocktails one after another. His way of expressing his exhaustion was truly entertaining, and we commend him for his patience. Everything we ordered was served, and when ingredients mysteriously “ran out,” we knew it was time to call it a night, after one last whisky sour, of course. 😆

Final Verdict: Would we stay here again? Absolutely! But next time, we’ll bring our own bathrobes, trail shoes for the lobby, and maybe - just maybe - pace ourselves at the lobby bar a...

Travelling as a couple, did not stay here, instead just came for the spa, and found it severely lacking. If you're a guest and spa entrance is included with your room, and you're just looking to have a couple of drinks with friends at the pool bar, I imagine you might have a reasonably good time. Otherwise, read on and consider going somewhere else.

First, many of the facilities are simply out of order: the hammam, advertised as the specialty of the property, seemed to not be functioning at all. It was no warmer than the hallway, and the stone benches, which we expected to be heated, were cold.

The "45 degree" steam bath dripped boiling water on you as you walked in, and a hole in the ceiling constantly blew superheated steam into the room.

One of the massage showers was adorned with an out-of-order sign. The other one lacked the sign, but did not work any better.

Sadly, most of the facilities that weren't outright broken did not deliver as promised, either. The Finnish saunas, both in the sauna world and in the dressing room, failed to give a proper "löyly", as for some mysterious reason, the stones had been removed from the stoves, with only a handful left on a tray above them.

The pools were coldish, with only the smaller jacuzzi a bit warmer. It did not, however, deliver any bubbles while we waited for 15 minutes.

On the plus side, the lie-down Turkish steam bath was pleasant enough.

One interesting detail is that the reception will happily rent you bathrobes for 3 euros each, but there are no hooks anywhere to hang them while you have sauna or take a dip so you'll be forced to just leave them in your lockers.

The overall condition of the spa is not what you'd expect from a property supposedly renovated recently: signs of wear everywhere, faint smell of sewage in the sauna world, and plenty of flickering lights. We're glad we hadn't booked a massage, as the downstairs treatment area looked downright menacing.

This would certainly be a one-star review if it weren't for Kerli (hope I got the name right) at the spa reception, who handled our feedback with the utmost grace, friendliness and...

The hotel was comfortable, generally very clean and presentable. The staff was friendly and patient, even during rush hour. The hotel's restaurants were really cozy and the food tasty and affordable. The breakfast service was also really comprehensive and tasty, even if it was a bit cramped.

the spa section was really attractive and comprehensive, there was a bar next to the bigger jacuzzi, which of course was full. The spa was really full of other hotel residents and was a bit cramped. The changing rooms had lockable cabinets, clean showers and toilets. The best part of the spa was the versatile saunas, which were big and really clean. There were several sauna options and they were really well implemented. I had the best time in the saunas.

However, the hotel is plagued by the ongoing construction sites around it, whose temporary traffic signals and light traffic arrangements were absolutely catastrophic. Walking to the hotel from the center was difficult, but after a few times I learned the routes where the sidewalk did not end in front of the pit.

Of course, when the hotel is connected to Tallink cruises and is affordable, there are also many cruise passengers in the hotel, so the cruise feeling continues in the hotel as well. Empty alcohol cans in the corridors, loud music from the rooms, drunk people everywhere, both in the spa department and in the restaurant. I considered this to be the biggest disadvantage.

The rooms were for the most part clean, but the new sheets were carelessly in place, the coatings in the bathroom were very old and shabby and a little dirt was found here and there, the trash can was not emptied and the drinking glass was dirty.

However, I experienced a great spa weekend, even though there were flaws and some of the people living with me in the hotel were just drinking and continuing to cruise and a mixed construction site around, I can say that I would still consider going to that hotel again, next time with lower...