Stayed at this hotel for a weekend on 06 August 2010. The hotel is the former Next Hotel Rivoli recently turned into Scandic. The big minus is that they didn’t make any renovation: they just change the signboard on the façade. So the rooms are old fashioned and worn. Furniture, lights, sanitary engineering, curtains, carpet are old and ramshackle. However our room was spacious and the bed was okay. There is heated towel rack in bathroom. There is no air-condition at the hotel. The hotel is located right opposite the train station that connects you to the centre of Helsinki. Wi-Fi Internet is free of charge.

Hotel features free sauna with a pool and bar. Sauna is large and well run. There is a small shop close to the reception with emergency foods like water, sandwiches and yogurts. My advise is to rent a bike (it is free of charge) and make a ride across the lake that is nearby.

The hotel restaurant is Casa Toscana. It is Italian restaurant with authentic decoration and ambience. The dinner was very good, we have nothing to complain about. The same I could tell about breakfast: it was plentiful and tasty. The kalitki (Finish savory pies) were extremely good.