Hilton Strand is located about a 5 mins easy walk from the city center by Töölö Bay. The lobby floor is elegant and grandiose and the front desk staff is very polite and willing to help. The hotel provides services and amenities like valet parking, fitness club and swimming pool.
Hotel rooms are big and very clean. There was mineral water and a box of chocolates waiting for us in our room and new mineral water was delivered daily. The room had every amenity you would expect including a minibar, make-up mirror, lots of fluffy towels etc. Our room had huge windows with a fantastic view towards Töölö Bay.
Breakfast was fantastic, very plentiful. Everything from fresh fruits to muesli and pastries to bacon was available. And they had color co-ordinated everything so that you could only pick items that are for example high fibre or low cholesterol.
I had never stayed in a Hilton before, but this hotel was everything I had expected from a 4* Hilton. I would definitely stay here again and their "weekend in style"-rate at 125 e/room/night including buffet breakfast and late check-out is great value.
I stayed here for four nights and was able to get a special rate through our conference organisers with a EUR 125 per night rate including breakfast on a standard room. The room was everything you expect of a Hilton, spacious, clean, comfortable and well appointed. It was a very convenient place to stay - 5 minutes walk to our conference venue and the meeting rooms we hired were also very very equipped - OHPs and beamers. The breakfast buffet was outstanding - I do enjoy my food when I stay there! The staff were friendly and polite - even though I did seem to be permanently demagnetising my keycard for my room.
I didn't take advantage of the leisure facilities, but there are quite a few things to enjoy. There is a special weekend rate of EUR 125 a night for a room - well worth considering as that is no more than you would expect to pay elsewhere for a hotel that is not quite as good. Locationwise it is convenient - 2 mins to the underground and there are buses from Hakaniemi Square too - including the airport shuttle.
WLAN internet connection costs EUR 20 per day - this is not bad although the reception was a bit patchy within my room.