Corinthia Hotel Budapest

This hotel is absolutely stunning!! The main lobby entrance is lit up Beautifully, with a huge christmas tree at the top of the grand staircase. The staff are lovely, both within the restaurant and the porters at the front door are extremely helpful. Thank you for a fantastic stay.

Made a big mistake to book the Corinthia Budapest hotel for our week-long stay in Budapest in December 2025. I will share some details below, but if you do not have time to go through them, here is the synopsis. Do yourself a big favour and do not consider this hotel. You will regret it. Here are some highlights of our experience with the venue. Location Far from being central. While a walking distance to some attractions, it is quite a stretch to walk to others. Yes, one can use public transit, but it is usually crowded. The nearest subway station is 6 minutes away, but there are only 4 lines and they do not cover a number of areas in the city. Facilities This is where the hotel has a lot of gaps. While they position themselves highly, I would give them 3 stars maximum. Here are the reasons: 1. Rooms are extremely dated and in poor shape. - Water gets out of the shower stall on the floor, leaving big puddles - Sink facet drips water, making it challenging to fall asleep - The lock in the bathroom door got jammed, so the door would not stay closed (see the related challenge in the item right above) - Nails popping out of the carpet, so never walk barefoot in the room to avoid cuts - Furniture is extremely dated, with nicks and stains - Blankets were probably purchased 30 years ago and are practically useless. No additional blankets or pillows available in the room - Fluorescent light bulbs in closets are not operational 2. Housekeeping service is mediocre, just to try to be politically correct here. - I have been travelling a lot and this is the worst service I have ever seen - Dust was everywhere in the room - They made bed in such a way that initially we were not even sure if it was done. The hotel manager who came to see it (among many other more critical issues) “was speechless” in her own words 3. Hotel reaction to the issues listed above. - Maintenance crew was apparently sent to deal with the bathroom issues. Net result: the most critical once have not been fixed - Our request to provide us with another room was practically rejected (in their words they could do this not earlier than Day 5 of our 8-day stay) - The manager who came to check out the issues after our escalation never followed up to check how we were doing, although she committed to doing so the following day. Needless to say our vacation experience was damaged big time by the hotel. No compensation was ever offered and we simply did not want to spend time on pursuing this during our vacation. Overall experience - very negative. Would not recommend to even consider this hotel. It is significantly overpriced and overrated.

When we arrived we were taken aback by the kerb appeal of the building itself. Beutiful. We were greeted by a very polite and helpful doorman who guided us to Zozan on the checking desk. She again was very polite and helpful. To our amazement we had been upgraded to the presidential sweet for no extra cost! It was stunning inside and almost as much room as our house!. The whole ambience of the place is great and all staff can't do enough for you. It is right in the heart of the city and no more than 30 mins walk from any where you may want to visit. I cannot recommend the Corinthia enough if you want a European city break. Budapest is also a fantastic city with incredible food & vibe.

All round the Corinthia Budapest is a great hotel with good prices and excellent service from very friendly employees throughout the hotel. Excellent spar. Relaxed lounge areas. The bedroom on fifth floor was very nice clean and comfortable. The heating system is set at a high temperature which can become quite uncomfortable in the middle of the night. Loved the Christmas decorations and Christmas Sunday brunch with free flowing beverages.  Very tasty food in the restaurant. The only issues we would highlight is the problem with the hotel being so big that the breakfast restaurant gets very crowded with delayed self service causing the food to become cold by time you sit down. This is also due to many guests leaving the Bain Marie food service warmer lids open as they are rushing to get food. Also the coffee is machines are not good quality or require servicing as the coffee was warm or cold once milk or cream was added. This was the case everyday over 5 days we never got a hot coffee.  Hot food and drinks are very important and this was unfortunately the only let down during our stay.  Hence the reason for a lower review score. We always prefer coffee cafetière or pots of hot coffee or chocolate as the temperature stays hot longer throughout breakfast. It’s very rare that public use coffee machines produce adequately hot or quality coffee. Hopefully the hotel takes note of these issues and makes changes. We were not the only guests complaining about these issues of food and beverages being cold. Aside from this I would recommend the hotel.

This is the probably nicest hotel with the most reasonable rates that I’ve visited. My stay was excellent. The restaurants and bar are top notch. The staff is phenomenal. I would give it 6 stars if I could.