Scandic Grand Marina

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  632samuj

  Finland · 2026-11

  Family

  Great experience

  We had a room with sauna and it had enough space for our family of 4. Room was renovated, modern and very clean. Location is good. Walking distance from the citycenter, but far enough so the city noices don't interrupt your sleeping. The hotel staff was great and the kids got extra attension with free drinks and lollipops. Breakfest was good. Our other child is gluten-free and there were enough options for him also Overall great!

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  vertig0

  Finland · 2026-10

  None

  Nice hotel but....

  I've stayed at this hotel numerous times. Friendly staff, lovely well-equipped room and excellent breakfast. This time, I had my 2-year-old grandson with me. We arrived quite late, exhausted and hungry so I decided to have dinner at the groud floor restaurant. It didn't look very crowded when going in and we were able to set our order quite soon. Suddenly, I noticed that all other tables were served food but our meals were not. You may imagine that a child that young was not very happy in this situation! Finally, ONE HOUR later, I asked whether our meals would come this year, so our waiter apologised and I realised he must have forgotten to forward our order. He asked if I wanted to cancel our order but at that moment, I felt too weak to think about looking for another restaurant nearby - if any. Although our meals arrived within a few minutes, I think this was unforgivable to keep a small child in hunger. The food was excellent but definately, I will never try this restaurant again! Since a few years, Scandic hotels have, for some reason, equipped the beds with overly thick duvets. So, the room must be overly cooled and the AC blows like crazy. Very unecological? I have given feedback at every Scandic but it seems to me the don't understand this. It is understandable in countries like the UK where the windows are simple and heating quite poor in the winter but in Finland, 10 °C outside, there is no need for AC or very thick duvets???

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  Julianfin

  Kampala · 2026-10

  Couples

  Could be a reasonable hotel with more attention to detail.

  Location is good. Only a 10 minute walk to the centre. Breakfast is good with a wide choice. Rooms are small. We upgrade to a king executive… but only because our allocated room smelled of drains… indeed it was a very bad smell and we know that other guests had similar issues. The upgraded room was still small but it had a kettle and dressing gowns. It didn’t smell! Cleaning was a problem. Towels not changed even when left out. Soap dispenser not refilled. Room not swept! The same dust in the same places after 4 nights. Just one English language tv channel.

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  PWF

  Galashiels · 2026-09

  Couples

  Rain, rain ......

  Hotel is in an excellent location for the city, harbour and many of the sights. It has been recently refurbished and the room was excellent, with quality beds and bathroom facilities. There was a demisting mirror as well as a magnifying mirror and a simple but effective shower. Also free wi-fi, safe, large TV, though disappointingly no tea/coffee making facilities. Plenty of wardrobe space, 5 coat hangers and very clean. Hotel lifts were best I have ever known, 4 of them, always working, never a queue. Breakfast was copious and varied and we dined there twice, good value and food. The bar was open all hours, not cheap but a working table football which I thought was marvellous. There's a supermarket round the corner. Staff were very friendly, all spoke excellent English. As for Helsinki, well it rained pretty much not stop for the 3 days we were there, though we navigated our way through a number of places, including 2 outstanding libraries and a number of museums. Suomenlinna island was accessible via a 30 minute boat ride but torrential rain meant we didn't do it justice. We dined out once in the city at Gelleria which was excellent and very atmospheric. City was busy but felt very safe, couple of bars but expect to pay least 10 euros for a pint. Overall an excellent stay, just had to make the best of the rain, which we were told was normal for this time of year.

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