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Reception
Family Room (Classic) | Pillowtop beds, minibar, in-room safe, blackout drapes
Property entrance
Suite | Pillowtop beds, minibar, in-room safe, blackout drapes

Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast included
  • Gym
  • Housekeeping
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Pet friendly

Explore the area

Map
Vilhonkatu 13, Helsinki, 100
  • Ateneum Art Museum
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Stockmann
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Helsinki (HEL-Vantaa)
    ‪36 min drive‬

Room options

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Classic Twin Room | Pillowtop beds, minibar, in-room safe, blackout drapes

Classic Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Classic Room, 1 King Bed | Pillowtop beds, minibar, in-room safe, blackout drapes

Classic Room, 1 King Bed

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Suite | Pillowtop beds, minibar, in-room safe, blackout drapes

Suite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Family Room (Classic) | Pillowtop beds, minibar, in-room safe, blackout drapes

Family Room (Classic)

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Trundle Bed

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Superior Room, 1 King Bed (Plus) | Pillowtop beds, minibar, in-room safe, blackout drapes

Superior Room, 1 King Bed (Plus)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Family Room (Superior) | Pillowtop beds, minibar, in-room safe, blackout drapes

Family Room (Superior)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Superior Room, 1 King Bed | Pillowtop beds, minibar, in-room safe, blackout drapes

Superior Room, 1 King Bed

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Junior Suite | Pillowtop beds, minibar, in-room safe, blackout drapes

Junior Suite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Room, 1 King Bed | Pillowtop beds, minibar, in-room safe, blackout drapes

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Room, 1 Queen Bed | Pillowtop beds, minibar, in-room safe, blackout drapes

Room, 1 Queen Bed

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Twin Room | Pillowtop beds, minibar, in-room safe, blackout drapes

Standard Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Superior Twin Room | Pillowtop beds, minibar, in-room safe, blackout drapes

Superior Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About this property

Scandic Grand Central Helsinki

Hotel in Helsinki City Centre
This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, a fitness center, and a bar/lounge. Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Additionally, a snack bar/deli, a sauna, and a coffee shop/cafe are onsite. Change of towels is available on request.
Scandic Grand Central Helsinki offers 491 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and laptop-compatible safes. Beds feature pillowtop mattresses. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers with rainfall showerheads, bidets, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Additionally, rooms include complimentary newspapers and irons/ironing boards. Housekeeping is offered daily and change of towels can be requested. Cribs/infant beds (complimentary) are also available.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a sauna and a fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Scandic Grand Central Helsinki features a sauna and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant, a coffee shop/cafe, and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.

This Art Deco hotel also offers a terrace, a garden, and coffee/tea in a common area.

Scandic Grand Central Helsinki is a smoke-free property.

Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.
Scandic Grand Central Helsinki has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Offsite parking available (EUR 36 per day)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast
  • A bar/lounge
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas
  • Snack bar/deli

Things to do

  • Bicycle rentals
  • Gym
  • Sauna

Family friendly

  • Free crib
  • Laundry facilities
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Change of towels on request
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices
  • Assistive listening devices in meeting rooms
  • Bathroom emergency pull cord
  • Elevator
  • Grab bar in shower
  • Grab bar near toilet
  • Hand-held showerhead
  • Handrails in stairways
  • Height-adjustable showerhead
  • In-room roll-in shower
  • Low-height electrical outlets in bathroom
  • Portable shower seat
  • Raised toilet seat
  • Vibrating pillow alarm
  • Visual alarms in hallways
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible business center
  • Wheelchair-accessible concierge desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible gym
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible public washroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
  • Wheelchairs on site

More

  • 5 floors
  • Art Deco architecture
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1909
  • Comprehensive food waste policy
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Free crib
  • Pillowtop mattress

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Bidet
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Minibar

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Free daily newspapers
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop-compatible safe
  • Soundproofed rooms
  • Water-efficient toilets

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 20 per pet, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs and cats only
Food and water bowls and an off-leash area are available

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Nearby parking fee: EUR 36 per day (656 ft away)
  • Pet fee: EUR 20 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a security system

Property is also known as

Scandic Grand Central Helsinki Hotel
Scandic Grand Central Helsinki Helsinki
Scandic Grand Central Helsinki Hotel Helsinki

Scandic Grand Central Helsinki Reviews

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 996 out of 1388 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 292 out of 1388 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 62 out of 1388 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 21 out of 1388 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 17 out of 1388 reviews

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Roberto Calixto, Naucalpan

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy access , near to central station, also near to the shopping area and restaurants
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location next to Central railway station. Rooms were very quiet despite prolixity to the railway. Very welcoming staff at reception. Luggage storage was available. Delicious breakfast buffet. We would definitively stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tseng-Chien

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

Ting

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We had stayed another hotel in Helsinki before Scandic Grand Central, which is Origjnal Sokos Hotel Vaakuna Helsinki. We found that Origjnal Sokos Hotel Vaakuna Helsinkiwas much better, the service and the property itself are much better. When we checked in to Scandic Grand Central, we found that the room has high pitching noise, and we tried to call reception a few times and no one pick up, after around 5 times, someone pick up the phone and asked us to call back or come to reception later, cos they are so many people checking on. So we waited until late afternoon, we went down to reception and complained about the pitching noise, we’re even shown the video with the noise, the man don’t know what to do and asked another lady, but she was busy with other customer and kind of ignored it. So the man came up to our room and checked it, he can hear the noise and at the end he pressed the button on the air conditioning screen, the noise is gone. Because of this, he doesn’t want to change the room for us for all the hassle. But the noise came back another 2 days mornings which was so annoying! The price I paid was more than Origjnal Sokos Hotel Vaakuna Helsinki, if I would choose again, I won’t stay in this hotel!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Vikram

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice property. Clean rooms and excellent location. Breakfast very nice too.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kum Seng

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A happy trip in Helsinki
The check-in staff Ms Tali was very efficient and courteous. It took about 5 minutes and I got my. Room key card. When I needed a heater in my room, the staff got me one. Ms Vilma managed to contact and spoke to the taxi who fetched me earlier to the hotel to cancel the airport booking trip as i do not speak Finnish.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Wayde

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Maya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Too much hassle getting into the property with luggage
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Fiona, Livingston

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close proximity to central station yet it was quiet with a view into the central courtyard. Quaint period details and retained features from the history of the building were interesting to explore. Staff were helpful and pleasant. A lovely hotel. Right next to the metro and trams also. Lots of dining and shopping options nearby.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Deepti, San Jose

Traveled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Breakfast buffet was great, but same items everyday! Room was nice, but AC doesn’t work and we had to open window. Can’t beat convenience of location in middle of city center and train station. Overall, happy with stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Marija

The room was good,vut the spaces ,long corridors, poor marks and sighns should be much more cisible, and the atmosphere of the office house,but not the cosy ,exept of reception, also there where no ramp to bring up the loggage into the doors. Why?
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jeffrey

Business traveler, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location for rail transport, shopping, and resaurants. Excellent newer hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Carole

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent, well maintained old hotel.
The Central hotel is next to the train station in the heart of Helsinki. It is a beautiful old hotel. Our room was very comfortable and the breakfast fantastic!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very large hotel and quite a walk to room due to size and room location. Originally booked a queen bed room (2121) and it was on back corner of hotel and away from reception. Room was very tight and view overlooking side street. Very depressing so sought an upgrade that i was willing to pay for and moved to king bed with extra room (3040) which was excellent. Service from front desk was excellent and i was not made to feel bad for requesting the change. Strongly suggesting paying the extra if you can. First day of breakfast was ordinary with much of the food i.e. scrambled eggs empty excellent for slops, bacon was similar and sitting in water. Fruit selection (bruised watermelon pineapple) poor compared to other hotel stays on 3 week scandinavia trip. Day 2 service was better with everything refreshed and topped up. Location is good for getting around to shopping or restaurants.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

miranda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent experience
We booked a suite and had the best experience. The attached private sauna was divine and the extra space was quite nice.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Duane

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Very goof location and easy access to the Helsinki downtown area attractions, restaurants and activities Only negative comment is that the Staff at check in were not very friendly or helpful
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

M

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mary Lynn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
very convenient location
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Christopher, Etobicoke

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location!
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Michele

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Could be more friendly during check in. Was and if booking thru 3rd party is a different treatment. Happens on other bookings.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kannan

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2024