Zara Continental Hotel, Budapest

Very central to everything. We walked everywhere

Good facilities. Great location. Lovely staff.

Excellent breakfast, lovely pools, great cocktails

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Facilities are really good with the spa/swimming pool and added bonus. Breakfast is excellent but can be overcrowded at peak times. Location is superb and the cleanliness A1.

Nothing - couldn’t fault the hotel and staff

Great location, central (jewish quarter), with a lot of nice cafes restaurants and bars. The hotel is exceptional in every regard, but comes at a cost (price).

breakfast coffee was mediocre

Excellent hotel

The location

The location is a strong advantage of this place and it was the most important thing for me, along with the cleanliness. The hotel is not bad, but the simple refurbishment would increase a standard much. However, I have to say that employees are very kind and helpful people. I enjoyed the outside swimming-pool on the roof, as well the one inside in. What I dislike the most was food. It was just fine, but I ecpected more condidering price and hotel's standard. What I can advise to the owner, please do not put one big duvet in double room. It is just uncomfortable for couples. Nevertheless, hotel service helped us to solve this issue.

hotel is well presented.

We liked the comfort of the room, the staff were very helpful. It was lovely to be able to sit in the roof garden. I would definitely return.

Everything was great: location, stuff, room, breakfast, rooftop swimming pool

Infra-red sauna didn’t work when we vidited, just Finnish was available

the aircon was not great

I have been staying by this hotel for the past 10 years amazing experience beautiful hotel stunning rooms comfortable beds

I wish there would be a program where I get priority bonuses for using this hotel for the past several years

Great Service, near city center

To soft bed

For the price paid, it exceeded expectations

The long morning queues for breakfast

The location was great, close to buses, trams, same road as the electric bus, a stroll to red line underground.

The air conditioning wasn’t that good.

Good location, tucked away in a side alley of Main Street.

Nice hotel, good breakfast, nice outdoor terasse.

The bed and pillow too soft.

Breakfast was varied and good quality. Hotel was in good location to explore city on foot. Would recommend.

Bedroom was very warm. Air con was ineffective so had to open window.

Excellent condition, location and quality of the rooms.

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All lovely except the roof top pool wasn’t open when it was meant to be and it was one of the reasons we chose the hotel, which isn’t cheap! Also, no sign so difficult to find the hotel entrance!!!

Staff were lovely and room was very clean. Location is ideal and the bed is very comfy. The shower is great.

Room was a bit small and air-conditioning was annoying the way it shuts off and kicks in repeatedly.

Great breakfast! Friendly and attentive staff.

The street outside our bedroom was noisy at 5am every morning when we think the bins were emptied.

Location and great bar!

Breakfast chaotic and coffee machines took few and not maintained.

Location

The phone charger connections did not work. The fridge was useless. It was colder outside my fridge than it was inside the fridge. Need to upgrade your fridges.

I booked this hotel because I needed a hotel with a pool for a quick activity for rainy days since I was traveling with children. This was the only option that had a decent price and location. For the price, it was nice. The staff was very friendly and helpful any time I asked. They treated my children wonderfully, giving them special teddy bead key cards for the room and greeting them whenever they were in the lobby and providing extras of everything in our room without us ever asking. The room was very spacious and fit the four of us and our belongings great. It was very comfortable to move around. The beds were very comfortable, even the sofa bed which was spacious for my two kids. I have to mention that the pillows were ginormous and so comfy. The bathroom was also very spacious and having the tub and shower on separate sides of the bathroom made managing young children so easy. Unfortunately, the housekeeping is lacking. We would of course come back to find our room tidy but it wasn't CLEAN, and I know that because the hairs on the floor were always in the same place on the white bathroom floor and the dust on surfaces never seemed to lessen or go away. That's definitely a negative for me. The breakfast is decent but there aren't too many options. That didn't bother us because we arent huge breakfast people but I would have appreciated more fruit or vegetables. There were two instances that the cucumbers were definitely from the day (or more) before so that was a huge negative for me too. Be aware that while this is a good location, most attractions and restraunts are more than a 10 minute walk away so if that's not something you're willing to do, consider somewhere else. Overall, I would stay again if my next visit had the same criteria. The staff being so nice was enough for me.

Brilliant location, rooms spotless and staff very friendly. Breakfast lovely too.

Really great hotel, well located with easy access to everything and good links to public transport a short walk away. Breakfast offering was varied, although staff clearly overwhelemed when the hotel was full. Spa facilities were an added bonus. Room was well sized and bed was very comfortable, with some nice touches. Gluten free bread at breakfast was great, as was egg station. Would absolutely stay here again. Front of house staff were all excellent.

Our room was very warm, and the air conditioning made very little difference, but was really noisy even on the lower speed settings. Breakfast items whilst labelled well for allergens did not always have right description near each item. A seperate hot water machine would help with the queues for the coffee machines.

Everything was perfect, the staff, the location, the breakfast. We enjoyed our stay and would have prolonged our holiday if they had room. The hotel was so fantastic we spend much time there and didnt explore budapest as much as we planned. We will have to come again ;)

Outstanding staff and overall nice facilities, but the rooms are a bit outdated. The noise insulation also needs to be improved.

Most pleasant sray. Everyone was polite and very Accommodating.

Great location, perfect for a long weekend in Budapest. Great breakfast and friendly staff, everything was spotless.

After breakfast, you smelt like the cooking. The air conditioning didn’t work in the room and the bed wasn’t the most comfortable.

Excellent location, very friendly helpful staff! The room was very nice and spacious would recommend to any friends or family travelling and would stay again if we come back to Budapest

Perfect hotel, great location!!

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Lovely hotel, friendly staff where nothing was too much trouble, breakfast choice was excellent and location great.

Hotel was extremely warm and thought the compulsory service charge in the bar was a bit naff, could hardly serve myself!

The location of the property for us was perfect. All the staff we interacted with were very helpful. Wallpaper on the top floors damaged or pealing off.

The gym needs some attention (the machines needed lubricating). The equipment is a little dated.

I liked the quiet and felling comfortable. The room was very good and clean.

I would have liked if at the breakfast there would be a little more variety.

Staff were so friendly, helpful, and accommodating.

The hotel was austere and bleak. It needs some contrast such as large potted plants to make it more pleasant with better ambience.

Beautiful hotel with wonderful staff, superb breakfast.

I couldn't fault it

The room was very clean and tidy. We really liked the bed and the pillows. The location is very nice.

The breakfast is okay, but not great. The coffee machine was sub-par. There are too many people for too few coffee machines. So, we waited and waited... The parking spaces are extremely narrow.

Great location Lovely staff Rooms spacious The Gallery is a lovely area to end the night Breakfast was fine apart from the horrible looking scrambled eggs which maybe tasted better than they looked I just wasn't that brave

The Scrambled eggs

An amazing hotel in the lively center of Budapest!! Magnificent rooms and excellent food served in the morning. The staff is professional, kind and super helpful...definitely recommended and sure that we will come to Budapest again and we will return to the hotel!!!

The location is excellent, with metro stations, bus stops, and tram stops nearby. Plenty of great cafes and restaurants are within a 10-minute walk. The breakfast was outstanding, surpassing all expectations.

The hair dryer was not functioning (we got a replacement, but still), and the drain in the bathroom sink was sort of clogged (slow).

A wonderful hotel with friendly staff, breakfast with large variety and located near all the attractions.

Everything was amazing!

The location was excellent, and the facilities were clean and modern. The Breakfast was amazing, with 5 islands of food types. I highly recommend it!

Third time here, came back for the location being well connected to public transport and its a classy, modern place with a bar and wellness centre so a solid choice for facilities. Staff are great and its very clean. The breakfast has a fairly good selection, not absolutely everything you might want at all times but sufficient to be useful if you want to save time looking for places - although there are some breakfast cafes nearby anyway. It is also very close to Szimpla and Gozsdu areas which offer great nightlife all within walking distance.

The rooms are quite small, I upgraded this time but the executive double had a strange shape bathroom, really poorly laid out so the shower door didn't open fully because it collided with the toilet and the toilet itself was right up to a dividing wall between it and the sink, really quite cramped considering it was an upgraded room and probably better if they'd done away with the bath, not sure how many people benefit from the bath but decide to put up with the other end of the room being squashed together. The upgraded us again when I said I wasn't happy with it and although the suite was even bigger it too is a funny shape, the bathroom is very large but the living space is more of a corridor than a room. I also found the sofa uncomfortable and because the room is narrow its not positioned well. I can't be too harsh as its a very old building and they're working with what they have but for the price it is a bit compromised. I also must mention that the jacuzzi has been removed - as a returning visitor it was disappointing to see it gone as I was looking forward to using it. Worth noting that all of the gripes of based on a high expectation of the place having been a previous and returning visitor, they have rightly earnt the good reputation which is why I was slightly disappointed this time around, none of what I've said should put you off giving it a try.

Upgraded room and the unassuming lobby and bar

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Food super Hotel staff excellent Would stay again

The Continental was a clean, beautifully designed hotel located right where we needed it. The rooms were clean, staff were friendly and very helpful. We would definitely recommend it to friends.

Proximity to the attractions Clean and comfortable.

Cold porridge at breakfast but rest of food absolutely fine.

Clean and comfortable. Very helpful staff.

Breakfast was plentiful but some cooked items had dried up as left sitting for too long.