This hotel is located in a very central place in Helsinki with excellent connections by public transport. It is amazing how worn out dirty everything in the hotel is. Rooms have been redecorated some years ago, the staff told me, but walls are dirty with markings and bathrooms are old with black mold -looking stuff between tiles, empty screw-holes in the walls and so on. This is definitely something you could not expect with this kind of prices. No meeting rooms, no coffee & tea facilities in the room. Staff basically friendly but not really trying. Any other hotel nearby is better!

For those who travel to the UK from Australasia and want a change, do try flying through Helsinki, one way or the other. The Hotel Cumulus Kaisaniemi is right in the centre of Helsinki with most of the recognised sights within a 20 minute walk. The hotel is similar to the Formule 1 model with a more than adequate room and bathroom facilities and breakfast only provided in a pleasant 2nd floor dining room. There is no bar or evening meal provided but outside the hotel are a whole range of bars and restaurants to suit everyones tastes. the City boasts lots of good shops and market down on the quay is well worth a browse. If you have time, a trip across to Tallin for the day is a must. For a quick 'see all' of Helsinki, the open deck bus tour is worthwhile as in deed is the ferry trip around the adjacent islands.

The hotel has pretty much perfect location in Helsinki. It's as central as it could be with railway station nearby, trams/buses/metro all stop right next to it and night life/shopping possibilities spread around it. It's not too expensive, but depending on how you look at it it might not be exactly worth the money either. The rooms are sized and furnished ok with all the basic things, but the bathrooms are awfully worn out (been there twice). This time the floor tiles under shower were broken or even missing, tile seams black and moldy, racks broken from the shower so there was no place for shampoo or soap. Toilet seat was in awful condition (scratches, coloured, uneven etc), it should have been changed!
We did get a good night's sleep, thanks to AC, darkening curtains and a room to the inner yard. The "view" was awful, there was some kind of renovation being done and the workmen started at 7AM...therefore the sleep was cut early. But I guess as the renovation's over, it'll be fine.
Breakfast was very similar to any other Cumulus brekkie, but there was a bit better bread + cake selection than in others I've visited. Shame the coffee machine only made regular coffee, but there are two good coffee chains right down the street (Wayne's and Robert's), so you can get your fix! We got lovely service at breakfast, but people at reception were pretty indifferent. Dunno if I'd stay there again, most probably would try out something new.

I've stayed at the hotel during weekend trip to Helsinki, and I've had a decent time with it's comfy rooms (they may seem quite small, but there've been enough place for me either to work with laptop or rest). Nice variety of meals served at buffet breakfast in a cozy restaurant, and after that you have to make only 5-10 minutes walk to all the great places in the centre of Helsinki, like Esplanda,Kauppatori, or Cathedral.