Advantages: Good city centre location, great froiendly staff
Disadvantages: small rooms, poor showers.

..., the opera, restaurants. Historic buildings etc. There is a restaurant called the Belcanto which is right outside the main door and on the corner of the same building. It has a famous reputation for its singing waiters. I looked through the windows but didn't fancy it alone but it looked like fun. It certainly received a rave mention in another Ciao review of Budapest. My one really big accolade was for the staff - they were so friendly and efficient. I tend to eat in my hotel when I'm alone and I had lunch, dinner and the free breakfast. The food that I paid for was fine. The waitress where I had dinner was so ahead of the game - without even looking in my direction - there were plenty of other diners - she seemed to know instinctively when I wanted something else and almost appeared by telepathy. Breakfast was a large self service... Read review

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Advantages: Clean, quiet, luxurious
Disadvantages: None

..."Member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the Year" As a surprise (good behaviour??), hubby booked a 3 night short break to Budapest, it being a place I had shown an interest in visiting. We arrived in Budapest in the evening and because it was snowing heavily and we had no idea where we were going, we jumped into a taxi and gave the address of the hotel. After a relatively short and very picturesque drive, we arrived at the hotel which is situated on a wide tree lined avenue, Andrassy Ut. We later found out that this is the principal thoroughfare in Budapest and is known as the Champs Elysees of Hungary, situated as it is in the Embassy district, and close to major attractions. **First Impressions** These are always important, and as the taxi pulled up into the front area which was rather like a modern cobbled courtyard... Read review

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Advantages: Beautiful hotel with friendly staff
Disadvantages: none

...In February, I went to Budapest with my parents for a few days. My dad booked the break over the internet (flights and accommodation) so he chose the hotel that we stayed in. Having stayed in a Marriott hotel on a previous holiday, I was not disappointed when he told us that we would be staying in a Marriott in Budapest. What I didn't know until we got there was that we would be staying in a junior suite! (The room was discounted when we stayed so we got a better room for our money! :) The Budapest Marriott is located on the riverside of Pest and had a fantastic view of the river Danube. We were lucky enough to have a water facing room. The hotel was within walking distance of the main attractions in the city centre. The hotel was about 20 minutes form the airport and cost approximately 35 Euros (about £24) to get there. Upon... Read review

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Advantages: Location, views
Disadvantages: Not a 4*, unvaried breakfast

...Well, four star this isn\'t (going by other four star hotels) but it is a good hotel! The hotel is located on the Buda side of the city at the foot of castle hill and if all you want from a hotel is somewhere pleasant to crash after a busy day shopping and sightseeing then this is definately the hotel for you! It is a great location - far enough away from the hustle and bustle of the main town but close enough to walk to it or catch a tram and it just so happens that there is a tram stop right outside the hotel. This hotel does offer one fantastic thing. The view! It\'s a soaring tower of a hotel that is completely circular so from whatever room you are in you get a panoramic view of the beautiful city of budapest. The biggest thing that let the hotel down was the decor. Everything needs mordernising and just generally... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to get around. Plenty to see. Luckily, most people in tourism speak English
Disadvantages: Unfathomable language

..., the return time being dependent on how many times you have to circle Epping Forest before CAA reckon that you're dizzy enough and lets you land! STAYING THERE There really is no shortage of hotel choice here. In amongst the 'silly money' prices like €480/night at Le Méridien, or The Four Seasons Gresham, you'll find little gems like the Hotel Victoria on the river bank in leafy Buda. This was set at a more likely price of €118 per night per double room, including as large a breakfast (hot or cold) that you could handle. It only has 27 rooms spread over 9 floors, giving the building, albeit modern, a rather Amsterdam-like skinniness. All rooms had massive picture windows overlooking the Danube, with the Parliament building in one direction, and that icon of Budapest itself, the famous Danube Chain Bridge in the other. One thing I would say... Read review

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