Park Alandia Hotel — Hotel in Mariehamn sub-region

We brought our dogs and went to get a good start with a breakfast at Park Alandia Hotell since we heard it was a dog friendly hotel. But we didnt feel welcome to the breakfast. The staff said we could sit outside eating the breakfast with the dogs. That was ok since we were lucky the sun where shining there. But there were broken glass under the table and the table were not clean. We felt like we were bothering the staff. The staff were stressed out and didnt tell us properly were to go in/out when fetching breakfast since we sat outside and had to go in and out to get the breakfast. The entrance between the outer serving area and the inner serving area were closed and locked when we arrived. We needed to ask about how to enter and the staff got annoyed about it. The breakfast was ok but far from great. The things you expect where there but it didnt taste fantastic. It was ok. The coffee wasnt warm or strong enough. The croissant were the tiniest I have ever seen. The scrambled egg was soggy and didnt look good it was a bit pink instead of yellow and didnt taste much. There were no fresh fruit. The cheese were good. Sorry but we got really disappointed. We cannot recomend it and will not go...

This is a really nice hotel with clean, simple, Scandinavian decor, which is something I like a lot. The rooms have everything you need and nothing you don't. I appreciated that there was a lot of space for clothing storage and a sufficient number of clothes hangers (always makes me crazy when there's not enough space to hang things!) The bathroom was also nicely designed with lots of surface to spread out toiletries and a shower that didn't flood the whole floor (another hotel pet peeve of mine).

Best of all was the restaurant. We had booked a three-night package that included dinner. We're vegetarian and there was only one vegetarian main course on the menu, so we asked on night 1 if maybe they could throw something different together for us nights 2 and 3 so that we didn't have to eat the same thing three days in a row, thinking maybe we'd get a veggie burger or something. The chef really went above and beyond to make fantastic starters and main courses for us, and the waitstaff were informed in advance so that we didn't even have to repeat our special...

Mariehamn doesn’t come with the appeal of Helsinki - and the capital of Åland Islands has of course zero intentions to compete with ‘Helsingin kaupunki’. Instead it’s a calm and small town great for relaxed short getaways with its interesting history mix of Swedish and Finnish culture. Thus finding a decent dinner spot for more demanding taste buds can be a challenge.

With all that in mind, I must say that the restaurant at the recently renovated Hotel Alandia stands out. I had the Artic char which was absolutely delicious in company with parsnip puree 😋👌🏻

As the evening moved on I wrapped up with the vanilla ice cream with strawberry sauce (simple yet amazing!) - before slowly gravitating to the darker pub section. With a bit of a ‘sophisticated dive bar vibe’ with live music, full of people and the perfect place to enjoy the local Stallhaga beer which is a must when in...