Danubius Hotel Gellért  

The position on the Danube, the historical architecture and potential atmosphere they could recreate and the wonderful baths.

-The hotel is in need of restoration: the atmosphere is quite gloomy. All around the hotel, they should remove the dirty net curtains hiding the Danube and the terrasses. -Most of the staff is not very pleasant with the guests. Barely polite. In the marvellous baths, there are hardly any signs to find your way around. It is as if they do not care about their guests. -We were expecting a lot, because of its reputation and were greatly disappointed. There is so much potential: it is such a shame they do not try harder.

This hotel is an art nouveau extravaganza with some art deco features like the fantastic stained glass in the entrance hall to the spa. Both the main indoor pool, featured on the cover of the Lonely Planet guide to Budapest, and the Turkish baths are a delight, noting that the men's baths (open to both sexes on Sundays) are much fancier than the women's.

The hotel is wonderfully old-fashioned, including some of the plumbing in the bedrooms.

I love the building! Old, beautiful and charming. Unique atmosphere! The spa/bath area is also very nice.

The sewage system smelled badly in our room (412). The room had not been properly cleaned. The breakfast was not very fresh: old salad, conserved fruits, etc.

Nothing!

This is not 4* star hotel. Imposible have a hotel whithout air conditioning in 21 century!

design and facilities of the hotel and helpful polite staff

our first room had a hand held shower attachment ...not good enough for £130 per night rooms are a bit tired

Hi!! Gellert hotel is sure the best hotel of Budapest as location, reputation and Spa! I recomend it to' all european visitors and to' my friends! The staff is excellent and the breakfast is simply perfekt!!! The rooms have a fantastic panorama on the duna and on the hill!!! I will go again soon!! Nicola from italy

Spa was excellent. Staff were very helpful.

Very little. Location was good but so are a lot of alternatives.

Car Parking facilites - poor. The room, poor. The lack of room facilities - phone - coffee making facilities - AC - room safe. etc

Really nice hotel; great spa; good food great value for money.

It is a little old fashioned but that is part of its charm really.

Looking over Danube and using Spa

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I came with my sister on a trip which involved dental treatment. We both loved the hotel. All the historical details the wonderful stained glass windows and the interior and exterior architecture.The spa was wonderful. The staff were very kind and helpful. Location was ideal for shopping and restuarants. The food was good and I will certainly stay there again when I next comeback to Budapest.

The hotel is situated by the Danube, with a beautiful view of the other shore. The turkish-style baths are spectacular, the staff generally very helpful in an old-fashioned, days-gone-by kind of way. A really lovely place to stay.

The staff at breakfast were a little absent, while the maids tended to be somewhat abrupt, trying to tidy the room at strangely early hours (9am). The lack of free internet was irritating.

Location and the bath off course

I always read reviews that talk about one specific incident and I think it is not important, but this one I decided to share... On our first night, about 1am we were woke up by a strong music. We called the reception to see if they could figure out where did the music came from 30 minutes later we called again and they said that there were nobody above us so they didn't know what we were talking about. My husband had to dress up, leave the room and search it for himself to find out that was the crew cleaning the kitchen that had put heavy metal on! Since we were in the first floor... Well you got the picture! We were not happy then but makes a funny story to tell your friends later on.