Original Sokos Hotel Viru

The hotel rooms are in need of some updating. The TVs in the junior suites were very old and the signal was poor. No international news channels (only Russian Euronews). Service was good and friendly. Breakfast quite good.

Appalling hotel. It’s a Soviet era hotel that hasn’t been upgraded much since. Surly and unhelpful front desk staff. I arrived at 11pm to be told that all of the facilities were closed - the bars, the nightclub, room service everything (apparently they’re ‘hoping some might reopen in a month or 2’). The minibar fridges are set so warm that they are totally ineffective and there’s no mixers (like tonic) anyway. The bathrooms remind me of crappy Bournemouth hotels in the ‘70’s. Baths that don’t fit the space, cheap adjustable shower rail with nasty plastic shower curtain. Generally, it’s just a really bad hotel - especially when there are so many far better, newer ones all around. The only thing I can say in its favour was that the view from my 17th floor window was good. Tallinn is tiny and you can walk everywhere in a few minutes - don’t be taken in by it’s location as I was. There are several much, much better options within a block or 2. Also, def avoid the weekends when it fills up with drunk Finnish kids!