Hilton Hotel Strand, Helsinki
Expert reviews
“With tastefully furnished rooftop saunas; large, crisply decorated rooms; bathrooms with heated floors; and even a car-wash service in the basement garage, this hotel pampers you.”
Featured as Fodor’s Choice in Helsinki.
What guests liked
- Top location
- Friendly staff
- Comfortable beds
- Private parking
- Free Wifi
All you need to know
Hilton Helsinki Strand is a waterfront hotel facing the Baltic Sea, located within a 13-minute walk from the beach. This hotel is located within one kilometer of the city center, two kilometers from the zoo, and less than two kilometers from Linnamaki Amusement Park. With a prime location, you will be within walking distance of Hakaniemi Market Square, Kaisaniemi Botanical Garden, Helsinki Cathedral, and Helsinki Central Station.
Amenities include a swimming pool, outdoor terrace and garden, fitness center, spa, and sauna. Nordic-inspired rooms feature white linens, blue accents, and plenty of natural light, with large windows overlooking the water. These modern rooms include air-conditioning, free WiFi, a work desk, minibar, and flat-screen TVs. Guests can choose between twin, queen, and king rooms, along with larger suites. Some suites include panoramic city views, separate dining areas, and over 840 square feet of space.
On the top floor, you will find an executive lounge with a waterfront view, breakfast in the morning, and snacks and drinks throughout the day. The onsite restaurant, Pizzorante BRO, specializes in Italian cuisine, and, more specifically, Roman-style pizza. The restaurant prepares food with fresh ingredients from Finland and Italy, but adds a Helenski twist. Pizzorante BRO is also home to the first cocktail bar in the city, serving handcrafted drinks made with homemade syrups, specializing in vodka cocktails.
Excellent customer service, plenty of nearby attractions, a fantastic restaurant and bar, and waterfront views are just a few reasons to stay at Hilton Helsinki Strand on your next Finnish getaway.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
9 January 2024
Good hotel , excellent location
Children friendly hotel, excellent breakfast, very kind staff
not possible to display any toilette bag and necessaire in the bathroom, the hotels around the world created minimalistic interiors for business travellers therefor the one travelling for leisure prefer to rent flats
7 January 2024
Good, but not worth the price tag
The location is good, and the basement parking is excellent. The breakfast is fine as well.
The booking system is messy. There are many options: this room and no breakfast, this room with breakfast, this room and breakfast and a sea view, that room with.. without.. that size.. this size... prices change during a day... And when you think you nailed it and booked with everything you wanted and paid for that, it turns out (at the reception): "Oh no, there is no breakfast.. you did not book it". What? Booking.com customer service cannot do anything--they likely do not want to mess with large chains. The bottom line: make screenshots of your selection before you have paid. The "sea view" looks more like a "big pond view". The swimming pool is tiny, and the materials used in rooms are cheap.
7 January 2024
Great hotel in Helsinki
Great breakfast, nice rooms, TIna was very helpful.
Pillows were to soft for me
6 January 2024
Great for a one night stop over
Friendly staff, organised a champagne and fruit reception in our room for my partners birthday. The lobby area and lifts up to the rooms is very cool! It’s a short walk into all the main bits of the city so it’s perfectly located!
5 January 2024
Very good
Friendly staff, great cleaning crew, gorgeous pizza
Sauna set up was unusual, very small and untidy with towels all over and wet slippery floors
5 January 2024
A decent choice for Helsinki
Hilton is a 4 Star Hotel in a very convenient location (walking distance from the main attractions). Their lobby is very cosy and the breakfast is very good. The price is reasonable, especially if compared with the very expensive prices around the city.
Upon my arrival, I encountered an extremely rude attitude from the restaurant manager. In an aggressive manner, he asserted that we couldn't have our dinner, citing incomprehensible reasons such as having only 2 chefs and some round tables not designated for serving food as per policy. It's important to note that I was accompanied by my 9 and 12-year-old daughters, and we were in a city with a temperature of -20 Celsius, where most restaurants close after 20:00. When I requested him to be more friendly and exhibit some hospitality, he responded in an entirely unacceptable manner, even threatening me to watch my attitude. This falls far short of the hospitality standards one would expect, especially from a venue like Hilton. However, the receptionist, to his credit, was kind enough to genuinely apologize for the incident, though it was an overall unpleasant experience.
5 January 2024
Pleasant
Pool, sauna, bar and restaurant
Bar open only in the afternoon
4 January 2024
Fabulous
Pool was amazing with the view and fish tank.
Temperature of pool was a little chilly but aside from that our stay was great!
3 January 2024
Very good
Centrally located. saunas.
The typical things you expect in a 4/5 star hotels are not there. Slippers have to be requested (which is fine as this is for sustainability purposes I hope). What appalled me was that bath robes have to be rented for €10 (I hope I misunderstood the receptionist that it’s for renting and not for deposits only). If for deposit, he didnt explain to me.
2 January 2024
Nice short stay
Location, room & toilet comfort & quality,
Only 1 restaurant
2 January 2024
Exceptional
Perfect for what we needed
31 December 2023
Exceptional
Great location
30 December 2023
Exceptional
Breakfast had big variety especially in terms of organic food and healthy options. The kids loved the lounge. The reception was very helpful
29 December 2023
Gorgeous hotel in Central Helsinki
Loved the hotel, the location, the inclusion of a family/executive lounge with our room and the standard of light breakfasts, appetisers and drinks with it, plus the gym, pool and sauna. A really beautiful hotel!
Only that the reception staff were very professional but equally not really friendly or welcoming. By contrast the housekeeping team were lovely!
27 December 2023
Good hotel
The location is good. Great saunas and the swimming pool. All facilities worked properly.
The temperature in the room was not easy to regulate. If you make the room warmer, it takes hours to cool it down again. The breakfast was good. The dinner a la carte also, but Christmas dinner was very poor.
26 December 2023
Very good
Good beds and lovely restaurant and breakfast
23 December 2023
Basic but comfortable room in a good location.
Good location, walking distance to major sites. Good size room with sofa bed for children.
Not a 5 star hotel. 3 star level with very basic facilities and amenities.
20 December 2023
Fabulous
Quiet location Helpful staff Clean room Service as expected
Restaurant has very little food options for dinner and closes early, with no other restaurants close by. A little bit annoying when you come from work meetings late. No fridge in the room for same reason, difficult to keep something for late snack
19 December 2023
Stop over for a few days seeing the city and with young ones too.
Very friendly helpful staff, lovely bar area, enough room for a family of 4 for 3 nights.
14 December 2023
Fabulous
Staff very friendly and helpful. Allow us to earlt check in and late check out. Hilton the best!!!
Nothing. All perfect!!!
10 December 2023
Exceptional
Great location. Only a 10 minute walk into the cbd or 5 minute tram ride. Tram and bus stop is 100m from the enterance. Great food from the restaurant in the lobby if you dont want to head far from your room.
9 December 2023
Fabulous
Very friendly staff and the facilities were really beautiful.
The swimming pool was not so warm for winter.
17 November 2023
It was ok.
Good location
The room is so dark, sometimes I would go to the toilet just so I turn on the light and hang out there so I don't get depressed.
16 November 2023
Nice and comfortable
Staffs there are very friendly, especially the staffs at the restaurant. The room is spacious and clean.
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Kid meals (additional charge)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Car hire
- - Heating
- - Allergy-free room
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
- - Shared lounge/TV area
- - Pet bowls
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Sauna
- - Fitness centre
- - Indoor pool
- - Indoor pool (all year)
- - Spa facilities
- - Fitness
- - Happy hour (additional charge)
Outdoors
- - Terrace
- - Outdoor furniture
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Parking
- - Parking garage
- - Electric vehicle charging station
- - Accessible parking
Pool and wellness
- - Rooftop pool
- - Heated pool
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming Pool
Entertainment and family services
- - Strollers
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
- - Thermometers for guests provided by property
10 January 2024
Close to everything, helpful and friendly staff.
We loved the location. Its close to the Xmas markets and a fantastic shopping and dining area. We walked easily to all locations. Breakfast was good value and had an excellent variety. The Duty Manager on our first morning, Darren was wonderful. So friendly and knowledgable about the area. He was very helpful showing us maps and suggesting things for our family to do. Thanks Darren! The staff were very helpful with storing suitcases and getting our rooms ready a little earlier when needed. We had a fabulous experience.
We were woken up at 7am on the first morning with a fire alarm! Was rectified within 5-10 minutes.