Center Hotel

More than a hotel, it seems to be inside a military barracks. The few services they offer are poor and the staff incompetent I advise against it!

Wrong photo!The hotel is not Kadriorg Palace! Breakfast is NOT delicious! E.g The bread is semi dry, no toaster available. One kind of cheese, one kind of cheap meat, cold boiled eggs,margerine in stead of butter, tomatoes, cucumber,lettuce, apples, pears and pieces of banana! 3 hot items, I saw potatoes, baked beens and some stew /vegetables or sauce....A few cereals and 2 kinds of jam. 2 kinds of sugarfree squash.The only nice item is the porridge! It seems that all food items are the cheapest available of their kind! Yes, it is a budget hotel, but 10-20 € more per week could definitely give a much better breakfast! In my bathroom (416)the sink is too big,one could hardly squeeze on to the toilet because the sink is hanging partly over the toilet! A fat person would not be able to use the toilet! Why on earth do you not change the sink for a smaller one ? No need for a big sink! Only one towel is provided, not very good for hygiene to use it for both face and bottom! An extra costs 2 €! No cleaning during the week, but sheets and towels were changed on day 3 and bins emptied.I would have preferred a clean bathroom to clean sheets! I could choose between having the TV OR the fridge plugged in, no room for both.... It is not possible to open the window to get some fresh air, one has to live with the automatic ventilation. Many channels on the TV but only CNN and Cartoon Networks in English as far as I could see!

We stayed in this hotel for three nights. One needs to remember that the prices in this hotel are much lower than any other hotel that one would actually want to stay at in Tallinn, and thus one should not expect the Ritz, particularly as it appears to be a fairly basic conversion of an office block. On the plus side the Center Hotel is clean, and is in a reasonably good location, half way between the City centre and Kadriorg Park, and a short walk from the port. Furthermore it is easily accessible by public transport, with a good tram service running right past the door. It is also close to Tallinn's main market - an interesting place. Breakfast was good value for money, and offered different options, although of mediocre quality, for example the "fruit juice" at breakfast is just fruit squash, and very watery fruit squash at that. Being on tight budget, we booked rooms without bathrooms, what was a surprise was to find that the entire six storey building has only has two toilets and two showers - having to wait cross-legged waiting for two hours for the toilet to become free one evening was not fun! People smoke in the toilets, in which the extractor fans do not work - thick permeating fumes from "funny cigarettes" are not pleasant. Even on the sixth floor the rooms are noisy. The bedding is thin and uncomfortable. The rooms are very basic and uninviting, and have no TVs, although the hotel's free wi-fi is good. I was expecting most of these issues after reading the other reviews before I booked our rooms - it is a cheap hotel after all. The reception staff are somewhat variable: the lady in reception on check in was very helpful, and pleasant - I presume that she was the one with whom I exchanged helpful, efficient and courteous emails after booking; however, I would not say the same for all of her colleagues.