Hilton Hotel Kalastajatorppa, Helsinki

breakfast fantastic

no ac

The hotel was nice BUT the staff were ama.

We chose this hotel because there was a heat streak going on and the Hilton website said the hotel had AC. After check in I discovered there was in fact no AC in the whole building.. After showing the front desk that it was on the Hilton website they brought us a couple of fans and gave us dinner in the hotel restaurant.

Beautiful place, the view and nature. I saw the fox early in the morning from my window. Overall a great experience, and the breakfast was excellent!

Nothing. The hotel and the staff are great!

We were very lucky with the room we got - it had a fabulous view directly to the sea. Also, the room was large and very comfortable, probably recently renovated; it exceeded our expectations. The location of the hotel is fabulous, in the beautiful nature. It is very quiet and relaxing to be there, and one can also take wonderful walks around.

The corridors leading towards the room are desperately in need of renovation and they have a foul smell. Also, the pool and sauna area is in need of renovation.

Very good breakfast, everything was fresh and a lot of different options. Also very friendly staff!

The main restaurant was very busy and the food was good but maybe they were a bit understaffed.

Beautiful location by the sea, yet just a few tram stops away from the centre. My room was spacious and impeccably clean. Also, I appreciated the good soundproofing of the rooms. Excellent breakfast with attentive personnel, the tables were cleaned quickly. I will definitely return!

Although the breakfast was excellent as a whole, I would have appreciated a wider selection of breads.

Lovely quiet location, stylish buildings in a wonderful, scenic environment. Great breakfast buffet and bar(s), we regularly used facilities including the sauna & swimming pool which were clean, well-maintained and quiet. Fantastic views and sunsets over the Baltic, sea-view room was well worth the extra investment!

Expensive, but on a par with other accommodation in Finland. Otherwise we have no real criticisms, was a fantastic stay.

Beds were big and super confortable and rooms were quiet so for relaxing sleeping all worked fine.

Room was renovated but the place is a little bit in need of updating.

Nice and very clean rooms with a lovely view. The facilities including the indoor pool, sauna and access to the beach are top notch. The receptionists are very friendly and helpful. Would definitely recommend!

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A truly nostalgic place with beautiful surroundings. We loved the sauna and the indoor swimming pool area. And private beach!

The rooms have seen better days but they were clean, beds were comfy. And we had a bath tub!

Magnificent view, spacious room, friendly and attentive staff, great location.

A bit aged and in need of window cleansing. Breakfast rather average for a Hilton.

Near the water

Good breakfast.

Room a bit small for 3 people

Very good

Wonderful clean and so many great things

I love the property how nice beautiful is

Sauna, pool, great location, good breakfasts

The reception staff were brilliant. The view from the room in the original building was beautiful, Breakfast was excellent. Kalastajatorppa is my favourite hotel in Helsinki.

This was a nostalgia visit because I stayed here in the seventies and eighties (although I have also stayed here a few times later than that). I miss the White Room and the Red Room. Room 322 in the original building is showing its age (a piece of wooden flooring kept dislodging and there were some quite deep scratches on furniture).

Location, views, room was lovely and breakfast was superb, lots of choices

Nothing all good

The hotel is in a great location on a high cliff by the sea. The surroundings have parks, nature and a tennis court. The area is also the safest in Helsinki. The President of the Republic of Finland lives nearby, i.e. only about 500 meters away. I recommend the hotel and the area to people who also value safety. And on the street you can see and talk to the President of the Republic of Finland.

The sea view was great. And seeing fireworks from far all around at the edges of the frozen lake on new yrs eve/new yrs. Bed was extremely comfortable and the 4 body pillows. Room was great. Breakfast was good with enough variety, but the service for breakfast was top notch!

The swimming pool was plain. Maybe it's better in summer and during the day when you have a better view. The saunas are in the changerooms, so not great for a couple experience. Pretty bad for a top hotel like Hilton. There's not much to do in this area either. Pretty isolated. The mini bar was there but the drinks were not free. They were also very overpriced, so we walked to supermarkets instead to get the same drinks for 1/4th of Hilton prices.

Rooms are modern and plenty of space. Swimming pool and sauna was great with towels provided. Breakfast buffet has plenty of options although abit expensive. Location is perfect for visiting Senete square cathedral and christmas market.

We stayed there for christmas and unfortunatly we did not eat any of the food that was offered in the restaurant on christmas day as it was a buffet of local Finnish foods. There was a great choice of food but not good for what my family and I would eat being Irish.

Staff response

Breakfast was abundant, all kind of food have been found. The staff was very polite but the morning shift was very charged by different demands of guests and one person had to solve all of them.

Sauna and welness were deception, small sauna for such a huge hotel and the pool was also very small, a dozen people in the swimming pool and there was no space to swim. Maybe we have other imagination about finnish sauna, that wasnt. The location is rather beautiful but far from the center.

man working at reception around 10 pm on the 24th when we arrive was very friendly accomidating and approachable

toilet wasnt cleaned well in the morning of the saturday, bedding had a musky smell to it no lounge chairs near the pool

The building, breatfast.

Very nice breakfast

A lot of noise during the day because of work on a roof nearby so no way to enjoy the balcony.

We stayed over the weekend and enjoyed the IGLUX right on the water. If was magical and very relaxing - we even spent the night in the igloo! The combined room and igloo experience meant that we did not have to give up any creature comfort, and could enjoy a bath and hot shower during our stay. Dinner at Meritorppa was delicious as was the hotel breakfast, which has a great selection of both hot and cold items.

Nice place, nice people.

My room did not have balcony although I filtered from Booking.com hotels with balcony. Later came out that I had to ask room with balcony specially. Pets were welcome but there there was extra fee 30 euros for my 2,2 kg pet. There was only 20 TV channels and picture quality was not the best. Coffee from lobby machine was 3 euros and room service fee was 15 euros.

Very beautiful locațion 😉

The breakfast was too expensive (31 eur/ person) - so we ate much cheaper in a nearby nice cafe.

Cool location, beautiful northern nature around, peace and quiet. We had a continental breakfast, a wide choice of dishes and a beautiful table setting. The kids loved the swimming pool with the panoramic window. Super comfortable bed.

Returning customer, so I'm more or less pleased with the place. :) Nicely close but yet detached from the busy city. You can downshift from a hectic day here easily. Good by-the-sea restaurant with classy menus. Breakfast was filled with various options for everyone.

The sondproofing is quite bad - to the hallways that is. It's almost if the door is not there. So you wake up to any noise from the hallway or have difficulties going to sleep if there is still traffic in the hallways.

The location, swimming pool, little beach, little supermarkets at walking distance

Superb Sunday "brunch" enjoyed by us and our guests

Thé location and the sunset.

I was not too keen on the Meritorppa menu.

Room - sauna - seabeach = great!

The hotel is beautifully located with a view over the start of the archipelago outside Helsinki. The hotel has architectural value, character and an impressive history of dignitaries having visited, which makes it interesting. The restaurant where we had dinner is pricey, but the quality of both the food and the service matched the price. The waiters are international professionals. There is a relatively large number of free outdoor parking spaces, though the hotel also has a (paid) underground garage. The airport is only some 15-20 minutes away by car. The hotel is not in the centre of Helsinki, and we really liked the location, but for somebody planning to explore Helsinki it is not a first choice.

The indoor swimming pool is rather modest. The "private beach" of the hotel is not nearly as nice as the public one next to it, but perhaps it is better that way as hotel guests could use the public one but not the other way around.

The room had an absolutely lovely view. The breakfast was excellent.

View of the sea, possibility to go swimming

Location

Nice ambiance

The hotel is in one of the most beautiful places in Helsinki. The area is green, and it isn't easy to believe you are so close to the centre of Helsinki. The breakfast was ok, but not exceptional. The staff in the breakfast room was helpful and polite.

The facade of the hotel needs to be updated. The hotel looks like a student hostel. The hotel needs more staff when guests arrive and leave. Nobody is giving a helping hand with luggage. The room was nice but could have been much more exceptional. There was no water, wine, or snacks to welcome the guest. I am not too fond of welcome messages on a TV screen. It is much more impressive to receive a handwritten letter from the staff. The terrace of the room was exceptionally sad. It is not easy to describe it: Old, very dirty aluminium window frames. Dark grey beton floor. Old pieces of furniture somebody needs to take care of. No plants, no flowers. At least the view was good. The breakfast was ok, but effort has yet to be made to make it exceptional.

We stayed here before, this time we took an upgrade with see view. However these rooms were older and less comfy. Good hotel in wonderful surrending but nothing special....

Old and worn rooms...

Good hotel, good location! Nice staff

The hotel is pretty old, and that's why it looks tired!

Located in a nice area where we could take a long walk along the lake.

Pillows so-so Bathroom cleanliness was so-so

Spacious and comfortable room with an incredible view at the bay. Amazing sunsets straight from the bed! Pleasant and green surroundings, helpful and friendly staff, great little beach for swimming and really close to tram 4 taking you straight into the heart of the city!

The hotel is extremely dated and still leans on the concept of luxury in the eighties (or maybe even 70's?) I kind of enjoyed it since I felt like visiting my youth (or being part of a Wes Anderson movie) but it's not intentional and that makes it the vibe in the hotel somewhat heavy and sad. The breakfast area was way too small at the time of our stay; it all felt packed, busy and uncomfortable.

Excellent!

None!

Amazing

Maybe mattresses could be a just bit softer in my and my spouse’s taste.

The location of the hotel overlooking the sea is wonderful. We took a room with sea view which was really nice. Staff were friendly and helpful. Breakfast was excellent, one of the best I have had at a hotel. We are very happy to recommend this hotel.

Nothing, this hotel is excellent.

Breakfast was great. Very quiet area near the sea. Staff was polite and friendly.