Danubius Hotel Arena

I really enjoyed using an indoor swimming pool. Although it isn't a huge one (15 meters or so) , it was clean and appropriate for the purpose. Buffet breakfast was also fine, it is very rare to find Miso soup at hotels in Hungary. Views from the room on the 6th floor was impressive.

4 nights did cost over 400 eur that is more or less acceptable for a room for two. I was there with my son of 17 y o. I paid SPECIAL ATTENTION and did write the note ti the hotel to make sure there are TWO SEPARATE BEDS. My son travelled from another city so he already was there by the time I arrived. "There is only one bed" - he told me when I arrived. "Yes" the reception says to me, but they are detachable, you can do easily do it... Well, they send a technician, he moved all in the places as it should be but the room itself (read and calculate alll yourselves) is (the website confirms it) 16 m2 (!!!). The pictures look OK but it is not so.... We eventually had to get another room for two nights... What else ? No shower spot, just bath tub, just know it... Metro station is three minutes away, 4 -5 stations to downtown, good shopping mall is 10 minutes walk from the hotel, taxi prices are more than acceptable... Breakfast is VERY GOOD (my opinion). Lots of everything.... Really.... Site had no info (at least I did not see it) about dinner availability, that actaually IS available. We found out this fact and thought we could eat paying for the meal...Reception guys sent us to the restaurant floor where we mtt the dinner host guy. NO he said, you can not have meal here.... We were from armwrestling team accommodated in this hotel. NO he said, doesn't matter, you failed to pay beforehand, go ahead and order from the bar... I am following my boss orders, I am currently the boss here and I am not letting you in regardless of the fact you are National Team members, either you pay or not... So... 1- RECEPTION PEOPLE - LOTS OF THANKS, GREAT TO HAVE SUCH BOYS AND GIRLS IN ANY HOTEL !!! All shifts, through our stay !!! 2- Rooms - check size, confirm availability of one as per your request, get written confirmation... 3 - Guy in dinner hall - self-satisfied, not client oriented. not fit for this position. Ugly communication.

The hotel located just next to the Papp Laszlo Sportarena, where we attended a concert. Location is perfect, and everything in the hotel was just great.

They renovated just the lobby but the rooms are from the Soviet era, they're small, and you can hear noises from above and the sides. The bathroom is also very small and it becomes soaked after a shower. The worst thing is the central ac, or lack of cooling, it was very hot in the room even with a fan. The hotel is a bit far from the center, it's not a big deal to take 3 stops in the metro but I would expect such an old and far hotel to be cheaper. The staff was nice though. And there was a power outage when we came, which forced us to take our stuff 5 floors after a long day on planes, that wasn't fun, the power returned quickly after and it was probably only a one time thing but still wasn't fun at all.