Klaus K

Amazing breakfast! Great selection with many surpricing treats, nice atmosphere with good music and very friendly staff.

Great Design Hotel in Helsinki– we were in the Desire room-​grade, which was nice and spacious for Scandi/​Nordic standards, small bathroom but nice feel overall. Lobby/​Breakfast area is nice and stylish, staff were all exceptionally friendly and helpful.
Food in Toscanini was a bit overpriced as mentioned below but I think everything in Helsinki is going to be more than you’re used to if you’re coming from elsewhere in Europe (in my case, even the UK). Was a bit chilly over Easter but if I can make it back in the summer, I’d love to return and experience Klaus K once again.

I stayed here for 2 nights in 2013 and I was quite happy with the room despite its small size. Helsinki’s accommodation is well known for its expensiveness and this is no exception. For this price, I could easily get a suite elsewhere.
Although the room was small, I find it to be very cozy and comfortable. What is most important is the bed, and it was very comfortable. 2 great nights of sleep kept my time there enjoyable and like they say, you can do perform well with a good night of sleep despite the jet lag.
Location is very conveniently situated, walking minutes to the central train station and near there, you can catch the Finnair’s Airport Bus to the airport. There are restaurants and shops around the hotel, so you won’t have to worry about that, just the timing in which they may close early depending on the season.
Free wifi is available at the hotel and I had no problems with the connection.
Breakfast is certainly one of the highlights of this hotel, it’s selection of food at the restaurant offers top quality stuff and you have to wake up for it!
Overall, I had an enjoyable stay at this hotel.

The Best hotel in Helsinki. Best breakfast too (2 different).
Nightclub «Ahjo» downstairs is for succeed people, thats very sorry :(
Nothing bad to say. I myself have stying over 10 nights here.
Service: *****
Location: ****
Breakfast: *****+
Room: *****
Price: ****
Nightclub: ***

Overall, the hotel was above average but the 2 things that were a miss were significant for business travelers like myself.
Thumbs down:
–Internet — The free access is very slow. Might be enough if you’re on personal travel and need to check email or social networks occasionally. But if you’re on business and require heavy access, you’ll need to pay the extra 10 euros/​day to get decent speed.
–Room service — The hotel uses the restaurant downstairs. The food is overpriced, quality OK. On busy nights like Fri/​Sat, you’re better off getting take out at another place because wait time could be over an hour.
Thumbs up:
–Service — Front desk staff were very helpful. Provided clear directions to sights, arranged early morning taxis, made phone calls to secure restaurant reservations, had converters for us to borrow.
–Breakfast — VERY good. Great variety including smoked fish, eggs, organic produce, fruit, pastries. Strong coffee. Friendly wait staff.
–Ambience/​décor — Well… you are in the design capital after all. The «mini» room (Passion Mini) is exactly that. Compact, very small bed. Worked fine for me as I’m 5 ft but it might be too small for other travelers. I did transfer to the next size room after 2 days of personal stay — as this was what my company had secured for our group. Much better and I think the price difference was 25 euro/​night. Both rooms had comfortable beds and nicely decorated.
–Location — Centrally located. 10 min walking to bustling waterfront, shopping, restaurants, museums and access to public transportation. Grocery store nearby too.

… (y)our design hotel …
Klaus K is a family-​run design hotel centrally located close to Helsinki‘s Esplanadi. It was just a 15-​minute-​walk from the ferry harbour — just perfect if you should arrive from Tallinn by ferry like me.
All front staff members were very friendly and all of my 1,000 little questions got answered to my satisfaction. A notebook is available for surfing the Net free of charge … what a blessing since Internet cafés have almost become extinct in Finland.
My Mystical Room was very small, but I enjoyed the design, the comfy queen-​sized bed and the master switch to turn off all the lights with one click. Just the pillows were of surprisingly low quality and had already started to get partly lumpy.
The even smaller bathroom offered big bottles by MALIN+GOETZ, a brand that is still quite unknown in Germany though I do not know why … rum body wash … vitamin b5 body moisturizer … peppermint shampoo … cilantro hair conditioner … such marvelous products … had to get me my own bottle of rum body wash upon check-​out to continue my wonderful Finland trip at home ;o)!
Every morning, guests can choose between an Italian and a Scandinavian breakfast buffet. You should go for the latter one, because Italy cannot live up to these super tasty whole-​grain loafs of bread or buns, these cereals or jams with boysenberry, sea buckthorn or cloudberry. Never ever! I could have eaten for hours ;oD!
Klaus, we will meet again one day, but there should be at least one bottle with complimentary water in my room for the price you charge, please!

Klaus K is an independently owned design hotel in a perfect spot in central Helsinki. Situated well with amazing restaurants Boulevard Social and Gaijing just a few steps away it is the place to be seen. Klaus K has beautiful rooms with different Kalevala inspired themes. Owners Marc and Mia had a vision of a place filled with stories and legends together with the best of contemporary design. Stylt Trampoli made their vision a beautiful reality.
Breakfast is absolutely the best in town. Local produce, beautiful setting and plenty of hot food options. Coffee is great and cheeses to die for. Also serving brunch on weekends.
The hotel has its own restaurant Ilmatar that serves the breakfast but also does an amazing Christmas Dinner. The other restaurant, Toscanini, is the THE spot for Italian food in Helsinki. Amazing décor (absolutely love the tin ceiling) and great wine list.
Klaus K is also active in the design /​fashion /​wine events. Fashion brunches have been immensely popular and Ahjo Bar has become somewhat a famous spot for gala after parties. Recently Klaus K revealed plans for the new lobby area that will transform the whole downstairs. The Living Room Co-​Creation Project was established to crowdsource ideas for the new space. Find out more here.
Klaus K is Helsinki’s first and only Design Hotel™.

Beautiful hotel. Very modern, clean and well-​designed.
Perfect location right in the design district of the city within walking distance to the main train station, great restaurants and shops.
Rooms are on the small side but very clean and comfortable.
Would stay here again.

Stayed at Klaus K for one night only (went there for business). Nice feel to the hotel, nice design and interior. Not much to complain about, maybe the rooms could have been a bit larger but overall nice. The personnel was service-​minded
Breakfast was good but I would not expect less for this kind of hotel
Would definitely stay here again

Klaus K is actually as good as it gets for hotels in downtown Helsinki. The location is perfect, situated within walking distance to all the major shopping and transits, and with a 24-​hour cab stand directly at the front door it makes getting to some of the further locations around the City easy. Great staff, good restaurant, and nice rooms. Breakfast is included and is actually superb!

Behind the yuppified décor, really small rooms.

Amenities include a helpful staff. I loved the Kalevala theme throughout the hotel. The addition of the metal shark and swimmer is very cool. The location is close to a park, restaurants, shopping, and museums. The hotel is more expensive than others but worth the extra I think. One problem is the Sauna. They have a lot of people booking it which may mean that it won’t be available when you want it. Good idea to book it as soon as you get there. Also, they are willing to make reservations for you to restaurants. Many Helsinki restaurants seem to run on reservations primarily and if you get in to a popular place without one you can count yourself lucky. If you are not fluent in Finnish, have the hotel but the restaurant reservations. They are very helpful and willing to do it. The breakfast is very good and offered many traditional Scandinavian foods. I loved this place and will definitely return.