I stayed at the Reval for a night on business, and thank God it was only one night. I think I got about 2 hours sleep!

First, the good. The staff were all very polite and helpful (although one had terrible body odour) and the restaurant and the breakfast it served was of a good solid standard - the sort of thing you'd expect from a middle-tier business hotel.

However, the free wi-fi was incredibly slow (dial-up speeds) which is a real problem if you have work to do before your meeting the next day. The bed was pretty uncomfortable and the interior was rather drab and depressing (not a patch on the excellent new more Nordic-inspired Reval Elizabete in Riga). What's more there is no scope for absorbing and damping noise anywhere in the hotel. The floors are wood, the doors loud and metallic so you can hear every step someone makes as they loudly make their way back to their rooms throughout the night, slamming the doors as they go. Between that and the traffic noise it was nigh on impossible to get a wink.

Bathroom was reasonable (although like most hotels the shower head is designed for short people so those of us who eat our greens and don't smoke have to stoop down).

Will probably being staying elsewhere on my next trip to Tallinn.

I stayed in this hotel for 3 nights over last weekend. My stay got extended to 3 nights from 2 as the airport had to ground the planes due to blizzards!

luckily my other half is staying there for 2 weeks on business, so I was able to go back to this hotel rather than one allocated by my airline.

We really like the hotel. The service from all the staff is excellent, from the reception, the cleaners to the restaurant and bar staff. the food in the restaurant is very good, we had a couple of lunches and dinner there one evening and it was superb.

the rooms, as others have said are fairly small. We had an executive room which had extra shower gells, bathrobes etc. We did think there wasnt a great deal of wardrobe space, which seeing as Alan is there for 2 weeks on business is not sufficient when you have shirts to hang up.

we didnt find any problems with noise from other rooms and the view over Tallinn is superb.

the walk from the old town is fairly non descript, but its not far, even in thick snow, so not really a hardship.

Taxis are available outside if you need them and I noticed a bus stop about 100 yards away but not sure which route that was.

If you are there for 3 or more nights you can get a 10% discount card off your food and drinks, which is handy - and can be the card you use for the safe - as it just needs a magnetic strip.

we liked the safe idea of using a card as its simple, no numbers to key in etc., and you do usually need to carry a card of some sorts with you when in a big city!

all in all the hotel is a superb place and would definately recommend for either a business or pleasure trip to Tallinn

Stayed there for 3 nights on a business trip. The room was OK, though there is no sound isolation at all: I could clearly hear someone puking in the next room. The bathroom was very small with a tub and a plastic screen that covered just half the shower area. The toilet smelled strange, the sewerage system is obviously old and needs a fix. Among the good things: location, great wi-fi, nice night-club downstairs, if you have to wake up early you can order an express breakfast that can be served even as early as 4 a.m., great sauna on the top floor with a fantastic view of the old town.

I am currently staying at the Reval Hotel Olympia and it has been a good experience. The staff is friendly and helpful--particularly the waitresses in the hotel's restaurnat Senso. The meals there are surprisingly good and reasonably priced.

My first room was very small and somewhat dark. I asked to upgrade to a better room and for 230 Euros I have a large, nicely furnished room with a desk, sofa and chairs and two reasonably comfortable beds. The bathroom is large and has a double sink, heated floor and towel racks. Amenities are sparse, but there is a hairdrer and bathrobe.

I doubt that I would be as happy with this hotel if I had had to stay in the first room. I was told it is sometimes hard to upgrade as the hotel is very busy.

Breakfast is included and has a nice selection of eggs, cold meats, fruit, etc. - just about anything you could wish for.

The hotel is in an excellent location. It is about a 10 minute walk to the Old Town Tallinn is cold and rainy this year so it is nice to have options near the hotel.