Budapest District VIII-Jozsefvaros 4-star Hotels

The overall is not bad, but the room is too stuffy, even if the air conditioner is turned on, the temperature can't drop, obviously it's quite cold outside. The temperature difference between Europe and the outside world is too big, and I have to adapt to it... The restaurant is very good, and the dishes are also very rich!

We have been staying in this hotel already many times. Dog friendly, good gym, nice breakfast and very helpful staff. The hotel has everything people are looking for during their city trip. We will always go back. Opposite the hotel is a good restaurant Alma and Korte typical Hungarian cuisine and good quality. I would recommend this hotel to everybody

The hotel is very beautiful and modern and the staff very welcoming. not knowing the city, they do not hesitate to advise me on places to visit and explain to me how to get around with public transport. The room was very comfortable and modern corresponding to all my expectations. The only small negative point that I could cite is the restricted opening hours of the restaurant and the bar. Taking into account the neighborhood (8th arrondissement), I would have preferred to eat at the hotel than to have to go out or order. In summary, a great stay and can't wait to come back!

Stayed here for 3 nights and it was the noisiest hotel I have ever stayed in. The trams outside are non stop and even with ear plugs you can still hear them rattling along. The lobby area of each floor is set out in a big circle with the rooms round the outside and a hole in each floor all the way to the top so the noise of guests even from different floors carries like mad. On our final night a party came in late and were making so much noise running around and slamming doors that we couldn’t sleep and had to phone down to reception to ask them to send someone to shut them up. (Please don’t think I’m usually ‘that person’ as I’m really not!) The maids also started very early and are not in the least bit quiet….at times it felt like they were in the room with us. It’s a shame as the hotel is clean and the rooms are really nice and big. Powerful shower and comfy bed (tho lack of pillows meant we had to use the sofa cushions!) About a 20 minute walk from the ‘centre’ area - the area the hotel is in is pretty grubby but there’s a Tesco across the road for snacks and a metro station also very close. About a 20 minute walk from Astoria stop if you’re getting a bus from the airport. Very limited bar, no restaurant for anything other than breakfast, and no drinks making facilities in the room. I wouldn’t give the hotel 4 stars to be honest. The reception staff and breakfast staff were lovely, couldn’t fault them at all. Just a shame about the racket, by the end of the weekend we were dead on our feet, partly due to all the walking you usually do on a city break but mainly due to the lack of sleep! Because of this, I 100% would not stay here again and couldn’t recommend it to anyone who values a decent nights sleep.

Stayed here for 2 nights, the building is located in quite a convenient area with choices of public transport. It appears to be quite a newly renovated building, it stands out to be the most well-kept building in the whole street. I booked the Classic Double Room, Balcony with breakfast. I wouldn’t say the balcony is in many ways functional, it is very narrow and it is mainly used for people who want to smoke as there is an outdoor ashtray there. The room itself is modern, well kept, and didn’t show any particular wear so far. There are several issues I found with the room, the air conditioning works quite well but it is manually operated, when I left it in ‘auto’ mode it was quite loud. In the evening I set it to low fan speed but it just created a constant quite irritating fan noise which went away when I set the fan speed to medium. I also dislike the curtains, the blackout material doesn’t reach all the way up it leaves around a 2cm gap so the room is quite light in the morning. I tend not to sleep well when the room isn’t dark. I used the coffee machine in the room, but the coffee machine doesn’t work properly, despite I pressed the “full cup” function the machine only made around 10ml of coffee despite I keep pressing the button it would not make enough coffee to drink. When I returned to the room the next day the used coffee pod is still very much in the machine when I wanted to try the machine again which isn’t ideal when the housekeeper hasn’t checked the machine. The dirty cup was changed. Breakfast is at the basement restaurant, the selection of food is quite good and it was kept refreshed during breakfast. The reception staff were polite and spoke good English. Overall, I felt the room is modern, location is not bad but I felt the overall attention to detail is somewhat lacking such as the curtains doesn’t block out the light, noisy air conditioning, and the cleaning routine not involving checking the coffee machine. I don’t necessarily not recommend it but there are a few problems.

Check in at 12:00 on the same day, the hotel counter staff took the initiative to say that the room has been cleaned, and they can let us check in in advance, which is great! Although there are only four stars, the location in the city center is great. It is only a 5-minute walk from the New York Cafe. There is a shopping center next door, which is very convenient. Ask the hotel service staff about the taxi service, and take the initiative to remind us that the price of calling a taxi through the hotel is reasonable. The service staff Friendly attitude, feeling good 👍

I can really recommend this hotel if you want to have walking distance, or a variety of communications, to many of the city's attractions, and to have a good nights sleep without disturbing noices, and a friendly accomodating staff. I wish there would have been instant coffee in the room alongside the teabags 😁 (we did get a good laugh though, when the bags that said ”100% arabica beans” turned out to be filled with sugar). The room was nice and clean, with a mini fridge. The first breakfast was a bit of a disappointment for med as a vegan, since we had asked about vegan breakfast on before hand (for my carnivore sister there was wide selection of more or less every thing). We talked to the staff about it, and they asked how they could do it better for the following morning, and they got me everything I asked for (and asked me to let them know if there was anything else I needed), so in the end I am really happy for how they handled this. For our last morning they had made generous breakfast packages for us, (a vegan version for me), so if checking out early, ask for a breakfast package the day before.

This is a nice little hotel, set just outside Budapests center. We arrived early evening and were given a room on the first floor over looking the courtyard. The room was nice and quiet, but as soon as you open the window you can hear the noise from the road. The room was adequate, nice and clean. Beds comfortable, well stocked fridge with tea and coffee. Breakfast in the morning was sufficient for us with Toast, cereal, pastries, fruit,scrambled egg, tea /coffee, fruit juice etc. But if you're looking for a full English then you will be out of luck! Hotel is situated about 100 yards from a square and shopping centre. The square has several restaurants, Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Vietnamese, pizza, burger restaurants. So you can easily find something to eat. It's a good 35 min walk into the city centre, which if you're exploring all day makes for a long walk back. On our second day we discovered the tube station around the corner. Turn right out of the hotel, right again on to the main road and walk 2 mins to the cross roads where you will find the Corvin Negyed station. 3 stops along to Deak will bring you out close to St. STEPHENs Basillica and the Ferris wheel which are pretty central in Budapest. The tube fare was about £1.25 single per person. Tivket machines can be put into english. Far better than walking! Over all the hotel was comfortable for us and we would stay here again.

Traveling as a family has its challenges. We have 3 grown kids (20, 17, 14) and each needs their space. Escala delivered exactly what we needed. We took the top floor with 3 bedrooms, a living room and the balcony and it was the ideal place to start and end a vacation day in. Everything was organized, clean, 6 water bottles waited for us when we arrived. the balcony is amazing and it is the star. Breakfast was excellent. shopping center 3 minutes away and plenty of restaurants around. M3 metro station is 5 minutes walking. awesome location. And the last but definitely highlight of our experience was the level of service from the staff. I've needed their help multiple times and every time was getting their full attention, support and immediate reaction (extra blankets, restaurant reservations, etc.)

For the price we paid we were pleasantly surprised! The room was lovely, clean and comfortable, but the breakfast really surprised us! There was a lot of choice, the food was really good, and there even was gluten free options available which are usually hard to find! The staff was very accommodating and the 24h reception real handy. We will definitely be back! Also we very much appreciated finding a full water bottle in our room as we checked in on a very hot day, and very happy that the room had a safe.