Hotel Kajanus

Visited here Xmas Day 2024. Just came from Xmas Dinner buffét, which was simply horrible. I have never before needed to leave my plate almost totally uneaten: grave salmon was hard and unbelievably salty, chicken tasted bad, potatoes looked like mushy. The whole family could only eat candy to fill their stomach 😢😢. Honestly, never ever in my 48 years life have I left food uneaten in a restaurant. I pray that breakfast can be eaten. Hotel rooms are spacious but one can tell this hotel is not that well kept. I cannot recommend this hotel to anybody unless You do not have any other option or just want to stay over night without too much thinking of quality.

We even had a sauna in our room.... but didn't even imagine using it. Breakfast wasn't that good either.

Hotel Kajanus was built in 1986 and is located at 1km walking distance of the Kajaani railway-station. A taxi ride will set you back €14. The hotel offers 181 rooms over 5 floors. Small sauna in the basement and good Wi-Fi. The 19-eighties no-frill decoration & furniture provides an insipid atmosphere. Complimentary tea & coffee in the lobby. Staffs are friendly. Our spacious room was adequately furnished and decorated, with a good twin bed, desk & chair, club-chair & table, bench that can be turned into a twin bed, 2 wardrobes, fridge, and flat-screen TV. Window can be opened. Previously our room were 2 rooms, see the attached floor plan. We had 2 small separate bathrooms with toilet, washbasin and shower. All was clean. A modest buffet breakfast is served: bread & tiny croissants, cold cuts & cheeses, meat balls, not tasty looking scrambled-eggs, boiled eggs, butter & marmalade, some gluten-free items, juices, porridge & cereals, milk & yoghurts, water, tea & coffee. When you seek acceptable comfort in a practical no-nonsense hotel, Kajanus is the place for you.

The hotel and restaurant facility is great. The hotel is nice, friendly staff, with clean rooms. The breakfast buffet is excellent, with great morning options. The restaurant has a small but tasty selection for dinner. The bar has a reasonable selection at reasonable prices for the area. The swimming pool facility are available for a small fee (7.40 EUR), with a direct entrance from inside the hotel. The staff were very friendly and the location is a very short walk across the bridge into Kajaani city center. The only down side was the gym. It is supposed to be accessible via an app with a code given by the hotel. The app was absolutely useless in English - no functionality at all. The front desk staff tried to help get it to work in the Finnish language version, but even they couldn’t get it sorted out for me. No access, so basically no gym facilities. This was the only critique for the weeklong stay.

It was cool vacation in Kajaani! Room is clean and comfortable. Breakfast in Scandic traditional delicious. Good children room. But it’s need a kettle in family room. Will arrive again with great pleasure!

No kettle coffe/tea in room. No remote to TV , received one later from reception. No info in advance that fitness room was not available. Good deal however with the pool area nearby. Good breakfast, friendly and helpful staff. However they were too few during breakfast hours