Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna, Vaasa — Hotel in Vaasa sub-region

This hotel is located next to the marketplace in the Rewell shopping center. After staying one night in the Central Hotel, this hotel felt much more modern.||We booked a Junior Suite. There are four of them with different themes: Cloud, Forest, Bridge, and Christmas. Beforehand I emailed the hotel and asked for the Forest one.||The decor was very unique and you really got the forest feeling in this spacious room which was previously probably two separate rooms because there were two identical bathrooms, both with showers. Maybe there could have been done more renovation to get one bigger bathroom with both a tub and shower.||Breakfast was served on the 2nd floor at Venn restaurant. It was a little bit confusing breakfast for a first-timer. The food selection was quite good and fresher than we had at Central the previous morning.||There is also a Rosso restaurant next to Venn and the whole combination was quite confusing. We had dinner at Rosso and when coming from the lift you will come first at Venn and have to go through this restaurant to get to Rosso. Ilves Tampere offers the same kind of restaurant hassle which we don't like.||On the 9th floor, you will find the Sky Bar with great...

The location is the best among all hotels in Vaasa. The main shopping centre is in the same building. The main square and all the restaurants are also right around the hotel. I was given one of the refurbished rooms, which was clean, modern and overall one of the best rooms i have stayed in any hotel in Vaasa. The only negative thing in the room were the very cold floors. Pillows were kinda hard and felt like they were at the end of their life cycle too. ||The staff at the reception were extremely friendly! One of the friendliest receptions I have ever received in Finland. They gave me my room at 1.30 pm even though the check in time is at 3. Pm. I want to thank them for doing that without me even asking for it. The breakfast was alright, nothing special, but overall better than the breakfast at Scandic Vaasa for example. ||In case you are into fitnes, they have a gym and offer a free access to one of the best gyms in town which is 200m away...

Reception is very helpful and there are free coffee and tea available for hotel guests. The breakfast feels like nothing special during the week but has some nice extras during weekend (making it feel more like a holiday). Many guests had problems finding the coffee/tea and juice, hence, the interior decoration of the breakfast is not a success.

What I liked most, is the location right at the center of Vaasa, with a lot of restaurants nearby. For Venn, Amarillo and Rosso restaurants we got a discount ticket while checking in to the hotel. That was a nice extra.

This hotel is a safe chain hotel. Usually no surprises. Rooms are quite normal. We had a view to the city center but some light noises from next room guests (not too much,...