I stayed here for nine nights over winter, where temperatures dropped to a lovely -24c. Inside the room you would never know that, so efficient is the heating. That does lead to things getting a little stuffy, but opening a window provides a quick blast of cold air to clear things out.

The staff were all friendly, assisting where possible but not disturbing us without any reason. Parking around the rear of the hotel is tight, especially if you’ve got a Volkswagen Touareg that you’ve rented, but it all fits eventually. There’s not much parking though, so if there’s an event on or it’s a busy period you may be out of luck.

It’s a 15 minute walk to the old city centre, mostly pleasant. The hotel is on quite a busy road though, so be careful of the ice and snow and keep your distance from the pavement edge.

The rooms were excellent. It was all very basic, but in a very comfortable minimalist way. The ‘Zen’ bathroom consisted of a nice bath with a couple of LED lights; nice, but perhaps not quite ‘zen’. There were slippers provided, which was nice, as well as a television with English channels.

Breakfast was good, with plenty of options, certainly enough to set you up for the day.

There’s plenty of eating options in Tallinn, but do take one evening to try the Brazilian place in the basement. A meat sampler option is available which will fill up even the hungriest of guests, and there’s a great vibe to the place.

Overall a good hotel with good service, rooms and food. Recommended.

I would not give 4 star to this hotel. If you ever lived in 4 stars in Germany, you would agree with me. In general, everything is ok. The rooms are clean. I would not recommend to take rooms facing the main street, as it is noisy from traffic. Initially, they put me in such a room, but i asked to change it. And they did. That's why i liked the service. Breakfast in the restaurant was ok. Fresh food, not very wide assortment. Standard to scandinavian hotels. The hotel has a fenced parking for 8 euros a day. It is equipped with free wifi. On the negative side, i would mention that the hotel is quite remote from the old town (10-15 minutes by foot).

I flew in a day and a half late due to my flight being cancelled in Moscow and me not having a visa to remain in Russia, I was worried the hotel would cancel the whole booking so emailed them several times. I eventually got a brief note to say the booking would be honoured. There are a lot of taxis waiting outside, please read my review on Tallinn taxis for essential info.
The hotel is about a 20 minute taxi ride on the edge of a main road. There's nothing around except a Chinese restaurant where the food is good!
Check in was pretty easy but not a lot of discussion or chat. My room was on the first floor. It was a single about the size of a big walk in wardrobe. The bed looked like it was really uncomfortable but it was fine. There was a clean bathroom. There was nothing WOW or remarkable about this place, I got what I paid for and nothing more or less so no surprises. Breakfast was good with plenty to choose from. I had a glass of wine in the Brazilian restaurant which cost Euro8.95 which was a slight joke. No wonder the restaurant was almost empty. Somehow with this hotel I felt like everyone there were going through the motions with not a great deal of passion for what they were doing. Someone needs to breath a bit of enthusiasm into the place and it would be quite good. In saying that I would stay again based on price, location and the fact there will be no surprises negative or positive.

We contacted the staff at Kreutzwald a couple of times after making the reservation to enquire about taxis, restaurants, etc. They were extremely knowledgeable, all the staff were fluent in English and not only that, they answered with a smile. After arriving, nothing was too much trouble for any of them. They actually went out of their way to be helpful. We had several conflicting pieces of advice on how to get from the airport to the Kreutzwald and we opted for the easy option, but made sure of the price we were going to be charged by the taxi in advance. He said between 8-10 euros for both of us and it worked out at 8.50 so we gave him the 10, and we were glad we had taken a taxi.

On arrival, having filled out the registration forms, everything was simple. The reception area is functional, spacious and not unattractive. The lift seemed to have a life of its own but wasn't a nuisance. Our room, 418, was spacious, functional and minimal in furnishings, although good quality. The free computer and wi-fi worked well although the computer was only there for the internet. There were no facilities to use it as a work station. The television had, from our point of view, just three channels - BBC World, Euronews and a cartoon channel. There were a couple of nice touches - tea and coffee making facilities with its own "capsule" coffee maker. However, there was a plethora of sockets but these were placed on one wall behind the desk and out of reach with none by the beds. The lighting was adequate. The "Zen" bathroom was not quite what we envisaged. Putting a square sign on the wall with multi-coloured led lights which change colour and a very deep whirlpool bath does not constitute a Zen experience, and if you have mobility problems at all this bath is too deep for you. The pressure jets were extremely efficient but the shower head could not be used effectively because there was no shower curtain, so we were forever turning the shower off, soaping ourselves, turning it back on, which proved difficult with wet soapy fingers to pull the button out from tap to shower. And after our showers, we ended up drying the floor. There were no slippers or robes as advertised for the room although to be fair we didn't ask for them, and if the door to the bathroom had been left closed on our departure there was a slight smell of drains on our return. Our big - or minimal - criticism though was the size of the towels. they were definitely far too small, basically they were a large flannel and a large hand towel.

Breakfast was excellent and set us up for the day. We were staying over the New Year period and it was quite chilly out, but the location didn't prove a problem, even with the snow. It is situated about ten to 15 minutes easy walk into the Old Town and, going the other way, there is a great little Chinese restaurant about 100 yards away (don't over order, the portions are big) and there is a hypermarket/shopping centre about ten minutes walk further on.

We have to re-emphasise though the criticisms above are for the management, not the staff who were fantastic.