Hilton Hotel Kalastajatorppa, Helsinki
Expert reviews
“From a location in the plush western Munkkiniemi neighborhood, a 15- to 25-minute taxi ride from the city center, this hotel routinely hosts statesmen and celebrities. The best rooms are in the seaside annex, but all are large and airy, with clear pine and birch-wood paneling.”
Featured as Fodor’s Choice in Helsinki.
“Kalastajatorppa – the ‘fisherman’s cottage’ – was founded as a beachside café in 1915 and describes itself as a ‘Resort in the City’. It’s in a restful, leafy, seaside suburb about three miles (3 km) from the city centre. There are plenty of facilities, including a pool, saunas, tennis courts and frisbee golf.”
What guests liked
- Top location
- Great breakfast
- Free Wifi
- Private parking
- Friendly staff
- Private beach
All you need to know
For a quiet and peaceful stay, check out the Hilton Helsinki Kalastajatorppa. Situated in a green district, about a ten-minute drive from the city center, this hotel is surrounded by a leafy and serene neighborhood. Nearby attractions include Munkinuisto and Seurasaari Open-Air Museum, and Cafe Torpanranta is only a short walk. With a private beach, seaside terrace, large garden, and bike rentals, this hotel makes for an ideal getaway for those who love nature.
Every room comes with air conditioning, an LCD TV, a work desk, and a minibar. The Scandinavian decor of each space features bright neutral tones, white linens, clean lines, and natural light. Many rooms feature views of the water and floor-to-ceiling windows. Guests who stay here can enjoy complimentary WiFi, an onsite sauna, a gym, and a pool.
The hotel restaurant, Restaurant Oceana, provides stunning al fresco dining with a view of the ocean. Here, you can find an extensive breakfast buffet each morning with plenty of hot and cold choices. This open kitchen prepares dishes with both Finnish and international influences. The second hotel restaurant, Meritorppa, is available for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, specializing in local cuisine.
Many guests of this hotel bring their own car, and free outdoor parking is available for hotel guests. An additional fee is required for those wanting to park in a covered space. The Helsinki Central Station is about a 25-minute tram ride from the hotel, so most of the city’s attractions are only a short ride away. Even though this hotel is not located in the city center, a tram stop is only 1,300 feet from the premises.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
22 June 2024
Excellent choice in Helsinki in the summer
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.
20 June 2024
Stylish hotel in a scenic setting with fantastic facilities. Great place to relax by the sea!
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.
18 June 2024
Very good
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.
14 June 2024
Our stay at Hilton was nothing short of amazing. Great facilities, comfy and clean rooms, and bery hospitable service. W
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!
Nothing
2 June 2024
We really liked the golden, nostalgic hotel!
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!
28 May 2024
Fabulous
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.
5 May 2024
Wonderful place to stay, good surroundings for walks with the dog
Near the water
27 April 2024
Very good
Good breakfast.
Room a bit small for 3 people
27 April 2024
Pleasant
Very good
20 April 2024
Great customer service A+
Wonderful clean and so many great things
I love the property how nice beautiful is
14 April 2024
Wonderful stay
Sauna, pool, great location, good breakfasts
12 February 2024
Indulging in memories
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).
27 January 2024
Had a fantastic stay and would definitely recommend and use the Hilton Group in the future
Location, views, room was lovely and breakfast was superb, lots of choices
Nothing all good
6 January 2024
Fabulous
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.
1 January 2024
Great comfortable room! Not so good spa/amenities
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.
27 December 2023
Excellent service, great sauna, rooms spotless clean and warm.
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.
14 December 2023
Fabulous
Staff response
4 December 2023
Hotel is good enough for business purpose, so that was well accepted.
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.
30 November 2023
Fabulous
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
10 November 2023
Exceptional
The building, breatfast.
8 October 2023
Very good
Very nice breakfast
A lot of noise during the day because of work on a roof nearby so no way to enjoy the balcony.
27 September 2023
Dinner and a night in an igloo!
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.
26 September 2023
Pleasant
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.
16 September 2023
Very nice
Very beautiful locațion 😉
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Kid meals
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Car hire
- - Heating
- - Allergy-free room
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Designated smoking area
- - Shared lounge/TV area
- - Pet bowls
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Business centre
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Tennis court (additional charge)
- - Sauna
- - Fitness centre
- - Golf course (within 3 km) (additional charge)
- - Massage
- - Windsurfing (additional charge)
- - Canoeing (additional charge)
- - Cycling
- - Indoor pool
- - Private beach area
- - Indoor pool (all year)
- - Water sport facilities on site (additional charge)
- - Fitness
- - Beach
- - Bike tours (additional charge)
- - Bicycle rental
Outdoors
- - Garden
- - Terrace
- - Sun terrace
- - Outdoor furniture
- - Picnic area
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Trouser press
- - Daily housekeeping
Parking
- - Parking garage
- - Electric vehicle charging station
- - Accessible parking
Transport
- - Public transport tickets (additional charge)
Pool and wellness
- - Pool with view
- - Heated pool
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming Pool
Miscellaneous
- - Key card access
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals
- - Face masks for guests available
23 June 2024
Would stay there again
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.