I stayed at the scandic in Pori mainly because I have the hilton honors card and get a good deal from Scandic (17e voucher, upgraded room, 25% off in the restaurant etc). This was the only reason I picked it and even with those benefits I probably wouldn't stay again. The hotel is tired and old and the rooms are small - pretty much as small as you can get and still fit a double bed so that you can get in from both sides. There didn't seem to be anything such as a superior room (like at Scandic Tampere City) since the floor plan showed all the rooms to have the same tiny box like size. Decor and fittings were sad looking and worn out. Typical for a finnish hotel they had not thought about warm summers and even opening the window (which happily you could do) did not cool down the room (this was with it only +16 outside!!). memo to finnish hotel designers - people stay in hotels in July and a table fan is not enough to cool the room ! The restaurant was typical for scandic and I think the menu was identical to the one in Tampere. Breakfast was likewise exactly the same, only the layout and size of the bowls of fruits and berries was different ! Another reviewer said it was just outside the city centre, which is correct but only in terms of "just outside" meaning 100 metres. Pori is so small that you can walk anywhere in the centre within about 5mins from the hotel. There was parking next to the hotel and our room faced this car park, although not with enough of a view to see who dented the side of my car while it was parked in one of the small parking spaces!

I used to stay in Scandic Pori on business on a regular basis. To be honest I have not stayed there for 2 years at least. I recently visited the restaurant there and decided I was better off at one of the other hotels. Scandic in Pori is just outside the small town centre. Avoid a room below the 4th floor as the nightclub can be loud. Restaurant looked so bad I did not attempt to eat there on my last visit - there are plenty of good places to eat within 500m. Stay if you must.