Hotel Helka

A very pleasant hotel with top-notch staff, very friendly and helpful. Clean rooms, and a really amazing breakfast. Situated in the middle of Helsinki. Enjoyed the bar, and the finest Finnish whiskey, with friendly service from the barmaid. I highly recommend Hotel Helka. The hotel is situated close to the Helsinki Rail Station and all amenities, as well as Helsinki's tourist attractions.

Great sauna - except early in the morning when it isn't hot yet. Great location near main train station. Lovely, clean and simple rooms. Pleasant service. Amazing breakfast, international with a few local specialties. No restaurant active at this time

This hotel was originally built by and for women, and it nowadays has some quite interesting art rooms. The breakfast is very versatile with high-quality ingredients, while the staff is super friendly and helpful. I strongly recommend this hotel!

Hotel Helka was ideally located, a walking distance to most tourist sites. The staff were courteous and the rooms clean. The hotel provided a good breakfast with a variety of vegetarian options. There is a sauna for guests which is an added bonus during Helsinki’s winter.

Checkin with Matti was easy. I was at another contactless place nearby and needed more days in Helsinki. It was supposed to be a hotel. Contactless there meant never being able to actually contact anyone for anything even upon trying to checkin the first time. A Finnish man that was a guest there at the Forenom Apart assisted. He was talking in Finnish on the phone on my behalf for 30 minutes. It is a big company with many hotels in different countries. No one answers or speaks English when they do answer. Finally got in after travelling for 24 hours. Walked in to Helka and talked to Matti. It took 3 minutes to book, get all details and confirmation for next 3 days. Great breakfast, room and service all the way around.

Nice hotel, very well situated near the centre and easy walking stance to main areas of interest, very clean, stylish lobby with a bar and good rooms. Friendly service and quick too. Showers good. Left too early to try the breakfast. Pretty highly rated.

Amazing hotel. Booked a twin room for 2 people, very large space, noise cancelling windows, AC + heating. Large beds , comfy pillows. Service is excellent, option for late checkout and breakfast is included, food is great and staff are very friendly. Located right in the center of Helsinki, couldn’t be a better location

Very rude staff at breakfast: they don’t greet guests, walk around with gloomy faces, and I had to ask five times about the coffee machine being full ( the was a queue of people) before the waitress bothered to take out her earphone and arrogantly asked what I needed. Terrible. The breakfast itself is mediocre, worse than in any other hotels. There was no information at reception about street parking in Helsinki on weekends. In the comfort room located opposite the elevator, you can hear every noise from the corridor and all the guests arriving on the floor. The women’s sauna is designed for two or three people, but many more come in – it would be nice to reserve the sauna by time slots. Also, curious guests peek in and see you naked, as the changing room is right by the door and is very small. The bar is very nice, but they allow people from outside, and there are more people than there are seats in the bar. The passage to the bar’s restroom is completely blocked by tables – you have to squeeze between a painting and a seated guest. ————————————————————————— The hotel is stylish and pleasant. Location is great! You are in the center of Helsinki (the reason I booked while delivering my painting to a gallery nearby for my international upcoming exhibition). We came from Ylitornio, left a car on the nearby street for free (saturday evening, sunday morning.

The Hotel Helka is centrally located on a semi quiet street. The amenities are better than decent with super nice and attentive staff. Your rate will include a well stocked breakfast buffet, however the dining area can get pretty busy and finding a table at peak times may be an issue. And being that this is Finland, there is a sauna facility right on site. I did not partake, but my wife found it to be clean and well taken care of. The rooms are comfortable and offer everything you will need to enjoy your stay. Excellent value for the price.

Helka is the best stay ever! Scandinavian hospitality, and everything is to adore... minus the weak wifi in my room. (It was strong in public places.) What's extra great is if you're a single traveler; you can get a snug little twin bed all for yourself at a smaller price than other rooms. I found Helka on Hotwire for a night, and including taxes, it was $80. If you go through Chase Portal and redeem Chase Points, it's even less. Rooms are clean Eco-focused hotel Comfy Water from tap is cleanest in the world! Computer that you can print docs from Best part? BREAKFAST. Sooo many options, and they have plenty of things for all kinds of dietary restrictions. Pancakes (more like cake :D) Finnish rice and cheese things Bacon Egg frittata squares Cold meats bar Vegetable and fruit bar Bread bar Oatmeal bar with the BEST overnight oats EVER Coffee, tea, and juice bar Scandinavia costs a lot, so no shame in filling up here and skipping lunch :P Great stay and would come back in a heartbeat. This hotel was one of my favorite things about Helsinki!

We stayed at Helka hotel while we were exploring Helsinki. Helka is well known for their Finnish interior design but there are some other factors that made it so pleasant staying here. The room is pretty cozy. Not a huge space but sparking clean and has most of the things you need. The complimentary breakfast in the morning is exceptional. So many choices of food and very fresh delicious ingredients. They also have sauna in house and I loved it. We've been exploring the city in the daytime and after walking around quite a bit, all you can ask for is a relaxing sauna break. It's not big but having to be able to enjoy this as a complimentary was very nice. So overall, it has great service, nice staff, amazing amenities and hip atmosphere for a reasonable cost. I would definitely would like to stay at Helka again when I come back to visit Helsinki.

We had a very nice room at this hotel. Everything looked clean and relatively new. The room was spacious and the bed was very comfortable. Also a side table and chair. They had the best towels of anywhere we've ever been. Thick and luxurious. The bathroom shower was large. The sink was a little bit small however. The breakfast buffet paled in comparison to the fabulous buffets we've had elsewhere in Scandinavia. It didn't have fresh eggs that were any good, the pancakes were rubbery, the bacon was very greasy, and no fish such as salmon was offered. The salad bar was very good. All of the front desk people were excellent except for one officious woman. The hotel was in a pretty good location, however all the tourist sites seem to be 15 to 25 minutes away by foot.

Trendy cool hotel in downtown Helsinki. However, rooms are extremely small and cheaply decorated. Breakfast buffet was limited but adequate. Location is really great for walking through the city or access to public transport. Parking in the nearby parking garage worked well, even with a large vehicle (for European standards).

Outstanding boutique and art hotel with very caring staff; the bed was extremely comfortable and the interior was welcoming and fun. We had our own sauna in the room and it was worth the extra €€€. The complimentary buffet style breakfast was truly phenomenal - try those little berry purée samples in that mini fridge!

This is a very nice hotel typical of non-chain European hotels. I stayed in a Comfort room, and I would absolutely recommend doing so for the slightly better space and facilities (according to the Web site). The hotel is extremely clean. The breakfast spread is diverse and maintained well. (The breakfast area is also very elegant, with a few fake tree trunks on one side adding very much to the look.) The sauna is nice (but sadly, did not include birch branches!). The room provided quality Thann toiletries, including body lotion. This was also true of the sauna shower. The room included a robe and slippers for the sauna. The main train station is only a 10-15 minute walk away. All of the main parts of central Helsinki are easy to get to (even by foot). There's plentiful public transit nearby: It's only two minutes from the closest entrance to the Kamppi metro/bus station and mall, including the very good K-Supermarket. The hotel staff are helpful, friendly, and very responsive by email. A few small issues I reported were handled very quickly (though one never received a reply). The Wifi is fast and has no login at all, which is very nice. My only slight annoyance was that the hotel made a really big deal out of their "Finnish design", and yes, they do have a few Finnish furniture items. But these weren't particularly fancy ones. I suspect to most travelers, it would have been indistinguishable from a room furnished entirely at IKEA. Overall, it was a great place to spend a few days, and I would return without hesitation.

Very minimalist, clean, functional and no frills rooms. The standard single rooms were fine for a short 1-night stay (for 2 people). If staying 2+ nights, I'd definitely book the "premium" rooms for the much-needed extra space. Also could have used a reading lamp for the night stands (when one of us wanted to read, and the other wanted to sleep). We had to get up to switch off the ceiling light and floor lamp. Impressive breakfast buffet spread -- with muesli, yogurt, fruit, breads, cheese, tomatoes, plus the obligatory American-style offerings, like eggs and sausages. Great location, very central, and just a 5-minute walk to the Kamppi bus station.

Good price but not impressed. Friendly staff, but it couldnt overcome what I thought of the rooms. Everything seemed dated and dingy. The bed was small, decor was spartan at best, and the best I can say is that everything was utilitarian. We had breakfast there and that was a bright spot. The shower was tiny and it looked like something from the 1950's. We used some of the conference room areas and they were adequate for what we were doing. Not sure if there is better in the area for the price.

Very helpful and friendly staff. Room was very clean but small which was not a big deal. Fantastic price point and location is not far from the train station. Hotel bar is well appointed abd the bar staff too notch. No gym but a lovely sauna that is free to use. Includes breakfast which is a nice added feature. I'll be back!

Easy late check-in. Simple with small rooms yet cool, clean, and modern. Friendly concierge. Large buffet breakfast that's included. The sausages and cheese were awesome.