Hotel Bristol, Warsaw
Expert reviews
“Opened in 1901 by the Polish composer and pianist Ignacy Paderewski, the grand, neo-Renaissance Hotel Bristol has hosted Pablo Picasso, Marlene Dietrich and Sophia Loren.”
Featured in New York Times’ 36 Hours in Warsaw.
“A stay at Hotel Bristol, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Warsaw is a journey into timeless elegance and historic grandeur. Positioned on the Royal Route, next to the Presidential Palace and steps from Old Town, the luxury hotel is an architectural icon of blended neo-Renaissance and art nouveau styles.”
“Hotel Bristol is one of Warsaw’s most remarkable landmarks blending history and contemporary luxury. It is on the historic Royal Route, next to the Presidential Palace and a short walk from the Old Town, the Royal Castle, and Polish National Opera.”
What guests liked
- Top location
- Friendly staff
- Comfortable beds
- Swimming pool
- Free Wifi
All you need to know
A complete renovation and change in ownership have restored Hotel Bristol to its former splendor. The interior design reflects classic nineteenth-century elegance, decorated with period furnishings and Polish art pieces that perfectly honor the legacy of its original proprietor, Ignacy Paderewski, the renowned pianist and political leader.
The accommodations feature a charming traditional style, with elaborate wall designs and marble-clad bathrooms, meticulously refined in every aspect. Large draped windows provide spectacular views of the Royal Route and historic Old Town sites, creating a bridge between present and past.
Naturally, modern luxury amenities are fully integrated — including rapid internet connectivity, corporate facilities, and a complete wellness area featuring an indoor swimming pool, exercise room, sauna, and Turkish bath.
The city’s dining scene is exceptional, with the hotel’s restaurants ranking among Warsaw’s finest; from Marconi’s Mediterranean dishes to the pre-war Viennese atmosphere of Cafe Bristol’s coffee and desserts.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
22 May 2025
Cool
Location and incredible friendly staff
This time my room was inconvenient in terms of the layout of the rooms
22 May 2025
Perfect location
The location is perfect! My family also really enjoyed their afternoon tea experience!
The breakfast price was the highest of all our hotels.
19 May 2025
Comfy stay!
Concierge!
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7 April 2025
Exceptional
The best hotel 🏨
26 March 2025
Fairly good stay, but the hotel looks dated (room OK, except curtains too heavy to move)
Location is great, and room overall pretty nice.
I really could not open or close the super heavy curtains and i am a man! I arrived late for one night business stay and departed the room early next morning. As a result of not being able to close the curtains, the Sun woke me up the next day.
17 March 2025
Luxurious stay and Decorations at a prime location with walking distance to the Old town
The hotel is very well located walking distance from the Old town. The hotel decoration is very luxurious, the bar is also very nice and the rooms very comfortable. Overall the staff is kind and helpful.
Everything was very pleasant
21 February 2025
Exceptional
The staff was kind and sympathetic. The breakfast was large and great. I just felt in love with the fishes and the vegetables and the fruits and the polish dishes and especially the breads.
The staff during the breakfast should be more active with the guests and ask the guest for any wish for drinka or special breakfast or eggs whatever. It annoyed me a bit to call to a waiter by myself in morning but at all you did a great job there and i definitely will come back.
18 February 2025
Very good
Everything . Staff are amazing and friendly and it’s a beautiful place
When I was reviewing my options in booking.com I used the filter for parking, and the hotel was there. When i can driving from Budapest I asked to park the car and the said they have no parking , it’s full. And it was not , there was signs for reserved on some slots and when I checked in I asked again they said they don’t reserve parking!
18 January 2025
Probably the best Hotel Bristol in the world
Such great service, especially from the concierge, Pavel, who gifted us with a few souvenirs for our Hotel Bristol collection. It is truly a remarkable hotel with a fantastic past history. Professionalism of the highest quality.
It was a shame that the swimming pool was not available due to its annual maintenance.
6 January 2025
Perfect location, great room
The location was amazing. So central.
Nothing really
6 January 2025
Perfect!
Incredible hotel! We stayed here for 5 nights for the New Year’s Eve and to visit Warsaw and we definitely enjoyed our time at this hotel. The location is unbeatable and the Christmas decorations are just perfect. The staff is very professional. Our room was huge with a great shower. And although the hotel is very central, we slept very well, we didn’t hear noises even with the réveillon party going on. The breakfast buffet was excellent: a lot of choices and a tasty and fresh selection of products. Transfer service from and to the airport also top notch. Highly recommended!
The breakfast buffet could be open until later and the shower water pressure could be stronger.
5 January 2025
Fabulous
One of the best choices in Warsaw. The location couldn’t be better than that. Very clean rooms with super furniture.
The elevator is a bit old and smelly. Although it is good to maintain this old elevator as a heritage but needs some improvements and enhancements. The resturant a bit gloomy with no enough lights.
3 January 2025
Exceptional
Everything
3 January 2025
Exceptional
Everything
2 January 2025
Exceptional
As always, Bristol never dissapoints. Excellent hotel!
2 January 2025
One of the best in Warsaw
Perfect location and luxury hotel
Nothing
1 January 2025
Perfection!
Everything! It was perfectly located and the rooms are very spacious and so comfortable.
17 December 2024
Exeptional hotel in Warsaw
Hotel Bristol is exeptional , very good service , location is premium in Warsaw. Everything close by . Hotel rooms are exeptionaly designed . Highly recommend Ten stars Hotel. Brekfasts are exeptional.
The only advise and suggestion is in the brekfast shall be a lactose free choice. Milk , jogurts or similar products . Please kindly note.
12 December 2024
Beautiful festive stay, highly recommend
For the price paid, this is excellent value. The hotel is stunning, beautifully decorated for Christmas. The staff are super friendly and couldn't do enough to help me. Facilities are great, location is excellent. Rooms are very spacious, we were on the top floor and had a great view. A nice little extra is that they did a turn-down service which was brilliant. We'd come back to the room in the day to find it cleaned, and then after coming back in the evening they'd returned and tidied up everything, left out slippers etc - very nice touch.
We didn't come to Warsaw for in-room dining, but if you did want it, just be warned it's very pricey.
10 December 2024
Beautiful old world buildings
Couldn’t stream content from my phone to the television.
9 December 2024
Exceptional
Room, Breakfast, Location, Staff, Everything :)
9 December 2024
An hotel that you have stayed at
The entire property and staff were first class well will be returning very soon
8 December 2024
Fabulous
Great location, beautiful hotel, awesome room, great staff.
The bar
6 December 2024
Will definitely come back!
Great location. Beautiful premises. Excellent service and breakfast
2 December 2024
Everything was amazing, the location , the room , the breakfast
Everything
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1 December 2024
Perfection In Warsaw
Definitely the most beautiful, elegant, traditional hotel in Warsaw . From the smooth check- in ( they let us check in earlier than the regular time) , from the beautiful Christmas decorations , great bar, spa, breakfast - everything was just perfect . Steps away from the old city, it was a dream stay!
All perfect .
23 November 2024
Fabulous
Everything was perfect
7 November 2024
Exceptional
Almost everything was excellent
Nothing
24 October 2024
Relaxing, comfortable & stylish hotel with friendly people
Everything, location & service
Room on 6 floor had little natural day light having only a half window.
22 October 2024
modern version of old world hospitality
Really a splendid hotel with a truly exceptional team. We've stayed at the Bristol serveral times ( and at other top Warsaw hotels) and now probably won't stay anywhere else on our regular trips there. Although the regular breakfast it too much for us we very much enjoy a simpler breakfast in the charming cafe, with its collection of historic Warsaw photos and really excellent coffee. Order a cappucino just to see the marvelous design created in the foamed milk.
The point is we like everything about this hotel.
19 October 2024
5 star hotel at it’s absolute best
Location fantastic staff extremely helpful & efficient Hotel rooms, facilities & breakfast exceptional
Absolutely nothing to dislike
13 October 2024
Luxury
Everything - it’s an exceptional place with the highest standards
12 October 2024
Enjoyable time
Location, quality of mattress and bed linen
Stayed in a suite Lack of hooks in bathroom for towels or bathrobes Power sockets needed both sides of the bed
26 September 2024
Incredible hotel, would happily stay again!
This hotel is gorgeous. Not just the rooms but the rest of the hotel too - every area is beautifully appointed and so elegant. The restaurant served great food, the bar was fantastic, the staff were so incredibly helpful and friendly, and the BYREDO amenities were a very welcome touch!
I wish we had stayed longer!
16 September 2024
Xxxx
Clean and friendly.
None,
11 September 2024
Elegantly appointed, historic hotel in a prime location with the highest standards of service.
A modern version of old world charm; exceptional design, carefully maintained with a well managed staff that seeks to delight their clients. The hotel has a well equiped fitness center as well as a spa with sauna and swimming pool. We enjoyed breakfast in the charming adjacent Bristol Cafe. The hotel does offer a extensive buffet breakfast in another area as well, but the simpler Cafe offering suited our particular needs.
My only suggestion is to provide smart TVs in the guest rooms. Our room could not easily access Netflix or Youtube or other services commonly found on smart TVs.
21 August 2024
Very satisfied with the hotel and service
Historical , eye pleasing design . Historical elevator, cafe Bristol,
21 August 2024
Fabulous stay! What more can I say!
This hotel was a great location, super clean, flowers everywhere. The breakfast was wonderful. Took a taxi both ways to train station. Definitely would stay here again!
It was all good, everyone friendly and helpful.
16 August 2024
Reliably a great stay
Location, staff , room
12 August 2024
Lovely hotel in excellent location
Great location, very spacious room, top notch staff
Liked it all
7 August 2024
Everything you need and more!
Very luxurious hotel with with superior guest service and an amazing location in the heart of Warsaw. Would definitely come back!
6 August 2024
Fabulous
Beautiful, clean, perfect location excellent food
Nothing
5 August 2024
Exceptional
Absolutely lovely hotel, super well appointed and so clean with incredible staff.
23 July 2024
Brilliant but spoilt
Location, class, wonderful hotel, would not stay anywhere else in Warsaw
Staff at Vines bar are only staff experienced in Poland or elsewhere recently that were pushing for tips..completely unnecessary and stopped us using the bar as it was just too much and embarrassing
20 July 2024
Would recommend this hotel.
Hotel Bristol was centrally located, very nice staff, and the room was very comfortable. The bathroom was large with a great shower and the bed was more than comfortable. We were walking distance to restaurants and the old town area.
Nothing
16 July 2024
A pleasant hotel in a great location.
Location and the beauty of the building are hard to match. The room itself was spotless. The toiletries provided were also very nice.
Leaky shower head and a pretty run down hair dryer. Nothing terrible but it did not match the impression the hotel wanted to create.
9 July 2024
Unmatched old world elegance.
Charm and grandeur without pretentiousness. Spacious room with view, super comfy bed, stunning bathroom, dazzling public spaces, stellar breakfast, wonderful friendly staff who treated us like royalty (shoutout to concierge who helped with our roots tour and arranged a driver to my grandpa's village). Cafe Bristol not to be missed.
Sauna and steam room were closed. Found out by email a few days before our stay
30 June 2024
Beautiful hotel in a beautiful location.
Beautiful property, gorgeous finishings, extremely courteous staff, very comfortable mattress.
The room was quite small, it was hard to find a way to unpack 2 luggages. Also, prior to arriving I received a message from the hotel saying that they would do something special as we were celebrating an anniversary, however nothing was done. I replied letting them know we are here (in case they forgot) and they simply said enjoy your stay. Not a make or break but wish they wouldn’t have promised something.
21 June 2024
Luxurious and lush Hotel
Location, luxury, hospitality and the excellent staff. The wonderful breakfast is beyond compare.
We were informed a few days in advance that the sauna was closed. That was disappointing.
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Snack bar
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Kid meals
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Packed lunches
- - Car hire
- - Heating
- - Allergy-free room
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
- - Shuttle service (additional charge)
- - Airport shuttle (additional charge)
- - Shared lounge/TV area
- - Grocery deliveries (additional charge)
- - Pet basket
- - Pet bowls
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Business centre
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Currency exchange
- - Tour desk
- - Luggage storage
- - ATM/cash machine on site
- - Concierge service
- - Private check-in/check-out
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Tennis court (additional charge)
- - Sauna
- - Fitness centre
- - Spa and wellness centre (additional charge)
- - Massage (additional charge)
- - Cycling
- - Bowling (additional charge)
- - Horse riding (additional charge)
- - Mini golf (additional charge)
- - Indoor pool
- - Indoor pool (all year)
- - Evening entertainment (additional charge)
- - Beauty Services
- - Facial treatments
- - Body treatments
- - Body scrub
- - Light therapy
- - Spa facilities
- - Steam room
- - Spa lounge/relaxation area
- - Spa/wellness packages
- - Back massage
- - Neck massage
- - Foot massage
- - Couples massage
- - Head massage
- - Hand massage
- - Full body massage
- - Fitness
- - Fitness/spa locker rooms
- - Temporary art galleries (additional charge)
- - Pub crawls (additional charge)
- - Walking tours
- - Bike tours (additional charge)
- - Themed dinner nights (additional charge)
- - Tour or class about local culture (additional charge)
- - Live music/performance
- - Bicycle rental
Outdoors
- - Garden
- - Terrace
- - Outdoor furniture
Entertainment and family services
- - Babysitting/child services (additional charge)
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Trouser press (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Parking
- - Street parking
- - Accessible parking
Accessibility
- - Wheelchair accessible
- - Toilet with grab rails
- - Higher level toilet
- - Lower bathroom sink
- - Emergency cord in bathroom
Pool and wellness
- - Heated pool
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming pool
Transport
- - Airport pick up (additional charge)
- - Airport drop off (additional charge)
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key access
- - Key card access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals
- - Thermometers for guests provided by property
- - Face masks for guests available
25 May 2025
Very good