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Reviews of St.Olav Hotel 4 stars

Lai 5, Tallinn City-Centre, 10133 Tallinn, Estonia

#87 of 114 hotels in Tallinn

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Review score

Based on 2482 hotel reviews

7.6

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.0

  • Comfort

    7.8

  • Location

    9.5

  • Facilities

    7.3

  • Staff

    7.8

  • Value for money

    8.3

  • Free WiFi

    8.0

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  • Reviewed: 5 September 2025

    7.0
    Great place but not service-minded
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Economy Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Staff One coffeemaker was ok but another one was not good.

    Nice apartments in the center. Everything was great accept for the staff, especially at the breakfast. The staff became to take away the food some minutes before the breakfast was finished and discussed loudly when all the guests can leave, like ”Cannot they all just go? They are sitting and reading newspapers. How long time they going to do that?”. Just tell to the guest in a polite manner that everyone needs to leave directly at 10 or begin the cleaning at 10 and give the guest 5-15 minutes to drink coffee. My daughter didn’t want to go to the breakfast after the first two breakfast (we stayed one week). Or just choose any place to eat. Staff at the reception was uninterested and tired. But the place in general is nice and the cleaning was good. The idea of the place is great. Good price. Choose the staff carefully.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 2 September 2025

    7.0
    Nice friendly Hotel in great location but a little noisy and lacking storage facilities.
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Economy Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    As an older property the soundproofing was not great, people walking past in corridors and in the room above were noisy but this generally stops around 11.00 pm. No wardrobes just a few hangers on a coat rack so could not really unpack so had to live out of a suitcase whilst here.

    Location very good, in old town a minute walk to main square and few minutes walk to bus, tram, train station. Beds were comfortable bathroom fine with good shower. Breakfast plentiful.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 1 September 2025

    8.0
    Great Location and lots of character
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Stairs up to the floor the room was on. Ok for me but elderly would struggle. No lift on hotel for unfit or elderly.

    Location Great

    Stayed in September 2025

  • Reviewed: 1 September 2025

    8.0
    Good value and location
    • Family with young children
    • Economy Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    A little rundown, but that is to be expected in such an old building. All in all everything worked. The staff is very helpful!

    A beautiful historical building and the location is spectacular.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 29 August 2025

    7.0
    A charming hotel in an excellent location in a beautiful city.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 7 nights

    The breakfast salon, as pretty as the room itself was, was slightly disorganized and could use a better layout; it quickly got unnecessarily crowded, with queues forming at almost every station. The last morning our stay, there was a water outage for some reason, but no information was given. We don't know whether it was a veritable outage or simply low water pressure due to traffic, i.e. many guests showering etc., but we experienced the problem only this once.

    The room was on the warm side, even though the weather in Tallinn was fairly cold during our stay. No AC, but a portable fan was provided, so we were ok. The windows were very low on the wall, but we got used to the charm of it. The location of the hotel is excellent, smack dab in the middle of everything. Hence a bit of street noise, but nothing to complain about. The breakfast was moderate, but definitely adequate.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 28 August 2025

    8.0
    Suitable if the price suit you
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double Room Without Window
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The breakfast was lacking and I did not expect to not have an Aircon on 30 degrees summer heat. But that is on me as I just expected it, should have read description better.

    I liked the vibe of the hotel, location and the price for the night. Right in the town centre with everything walking distance away - lovely

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 28 August 2025

    9.0
    Excellent place to relax in Tallinn
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Economy Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    On both occasions I stayed the safes in the rooms were not working

    Excellent location, nice decor. Nice olde worlde feel to it

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 25 August 2025

    8.0
    Decent value for the price
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Breakfast

    Location

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 24 August 2025

    7.0
    Great hotel but unfortunately not very well managed.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Junior Suite with Sauna
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Staff wasn’t very attentive. Breakfast situation was somewhat chaotic and both availability of food and tables wasn’t good enough. Wifi in our room didn’t work and couldn’t be fixed during our stay. Plenty of silverfish in the bathroom over night.

    Great location and unique atmosphere of a traditional historical building.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 24 August 2025

    7.0
    Overall a good experience, very good value, with a great location in Tallin’s medieval core.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Bathroom ventilation could have been better explained, breakfast was very limited, and might leave some disappointed.

    Atmospheric, an old building with layers of character, the opposite of a chain hotel and the better for that.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 24 August 2025

    8.0
    Lovely place and happy to stay longer!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Breakfast was fine. Had there been croissants I would have been happier, but that was not a deal-breaker.

    Our room was ground floor. Cosy. There was a terrace just outside the room. Loved the architecture. Easy access to the city, attractions and railway.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 23 August 2025

    9.0
    Pleasant, relaxing stay.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Economy Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing comes to mind

    Location and decor nice comfortable old world charm. Also courtyard was very nice.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 23 August 2025

    8.0
    Comfortable
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Economy Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 4 nights

    The front desk girls had attitude problem or they were not comfortable speaking English. There is no elevator. My room electronic card didn't work properly and I had to go up and down few times to the reception.

    Excellent location, easily accessible by public transport, old town restaurants. Good breakfast. My room was ok but bathroom was tiny.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 22 August 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    No lift, uncomfortable stairs

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 18 August 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Bed was too soft

    Very nice interior and room design.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 18 August 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Couple
    • Economy Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    very helpful staff on reception. good breakfast. great location.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 17 August 2025

    7.0
    All good but definitely not 4*
    • Solo traveller
    • Economy Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    These are not bad rather things to consider staying before booking this place. Coz price seems to be fair to this place. If you’re sensitive to noise at weekends try to get a room away of street maybe. Higher floor rooms get pretty hot at summer as there’s no AC just the fans I guess. Again, little outdated but not too bad considering it’s an old town building. No elevator and many narrow stairs to climb with far corridors so be aware with elderly and kids just ask a room more proper maybe.

    I find the paintings all over the hotel interesting. Room was clean. Bed was comfortable. I requested double but got twin tho. Breakfast was good but definitely not 4*. But nothing was missing too. The butter is not butter tho, it’s margarine. The building itself is very interesting, it’s huge and can get lost discovering the nukes. :)

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 14 August 2025

    9.0
    Nice!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    There were only 2 ladies looking after breakfast and you could tell they were struggling to manage everything (even though very efficient!).

    Stay at this hotel was an interesting experience - but you have to check photos before booking, as the vibe might not be everyone’s cup of tea. The location was great, right in the middle of the old town and just minutes away from the main square and all amenities. The taxi can stop/ pick you up right by the door. Small but useful storage room in case you want to leave your bags before the check in. Plenty of beautiful antique furniture and paintings around. Very comfy beds! The breakfast was okay but you have to come super early (we came at 9 and breakfast stops at 10) to make sure you don’t get last bits of food. It was actually very busy when we came, and we were lucky to find a spot to sit.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 13 August 2025

    7.0
    Historic hotel in old city Tallinn
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Economy Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    No elevators just a lot of stairs

    Very cosy small historic hotel

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 12 August 2025

    8.0
    Good value for money
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Standard Single Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Due to the lack of ventilation, the room smelled humid. Also due to the wooden structure of the building, I could easily be disturbed by the noise of people walking above my head

    The location was awesome. The staffs were friendly. The decoration was very interesting. Good value for money.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 10 August 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Standard Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Please update your toaster, the current one is more like a bread warmer!

    Excellent location, beautiful and exciting building and decor.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 10 August 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double or Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    rooms were a bit small and not a lot of equipments

    very ancient building beautiful.

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 9 August 2025

    9.0
    This hotel ha a great location in Lai street. It should improve its breakfast proposal.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Single Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    The breakfast room not well equipped. The coffe machines could not handle the customers. Fruit and nuts proposal were non-exsistant or limited.

    Location in Lai street was perfect for visiting any part of Tallinn. STaff helped us to get place for carparking that was having moderate charge only.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 9 August 2025

    7.0
    Staying in Lai street gives perfect location to visit any part of Tallinn. Carpark is further away.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Single Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    The breakfast room was not well equipped. In particular were the coffee machines only partly working and underdimensioned. No nuts or serious fruits were propsed apart apple pear and banana, One of the two rooms was without a window, without that this was indicated in the booking,

    The location on Lai street makes your city visits easy and close. Restaurants and hotels around the corner,

    Stayed in July 2025

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