Hotel Midpoint Helsinki

we had a stopover in Helsinki on our way to Ivalo and this little cheap hotel was great value for the money. Helsinki is an expensive city and here we had all we needed, centrally located, reasonable breakfast, and no frills.

It was my first visit to Finland which is a country of thousand lakes. Helsinki being a historic city was one of the major attractions for me. I had a memorable stay at Midpoint Hotel Helsinki. At the reception I happened to know Mr. Thomas who has a pleasant personality, a keen sense of hospitality and care. He guided me so well that I didn't feel need to Google about anything. I am impressed by the qualities which Thomas possess. He is an asset to the hotel.

The location is great - just a few minutes from the train station and close to the shopping streets and the Chris**as market. I think there is no lift, but the room was OK - decent size for a short stay, comfortable beds and double windows to prevent the street noise. I think the frame of the bathroom door was missing some parts as the door didn't close properly. The breakfast was OK, except the coffee. There is a small display and nice coffee machine next to the reception, but we were told the barista doesn't come on Sundays.... The bar was nice, they also offer some food and there was a life music on Saturday evening.

We stayed here for 3 nights in Helsinki. The location is brilliant and our room was a good size with a large TV which was great. These are the only positives from our stay. Our room wasn't very clean. The sofa smelt disgusting, after sitting on it, it even made our clothes smell disgusting too. It was very loud at night because of the scraping of the ice at 3am and the curtains were thin so a lot of light came through. The breakfast was really poor. On our last day, they had run out of most of the food and it wasn't replenished. We didn't arrive just before breakfast finished either so there should have been food. There was poor variety in the food, cheap store brought cakes, scrambled egg that was tasteless etc. I just ate an orange each morning as that seemed the best choice. It was also very confusing on how to enter the hotel. We came to the front of the hotel but there was a sign on the door to say to go round the side of the building. But you needed a code to get it. We rang them and they said to come round the front and the sign on the door was just for delivery drivers. We double-checked and it didn't say this on the sign so it was really confusing and needs to be more clear for your guests.

Value for money hotel next to the train station. The infrastructure is a bit old and should be renovated but the staff was very friendly, polite and kept our luggage safe after checking out and before catching our train to Rovaniemi. Definitely recommended.