Al Habtoor Palace Budapest, Preferred Hotels & Resorts

Hotels
9.4 (1422 reviews)
Erzsébet tér 9-10. , Budapest , HU

Paid
Children allowed

Facilities

Fitness facilities
WiFi available
Free WiFi
Parking
Non-smoking rooms
Air conditioning
Fitness center
Swimming pool
24-hour front desk
Restaurant
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Review Highlights

Pros:
Friendly staff
Great location
Spacious rooms
Good food
Cons:
Noise issues
High pricing
Small spa

Categories

Cleanliness
8.64
Mixed reviews regarding cleanliness; some noted issues.
Service
10
Overall positive feedback on staff friendliness and helpfulness.
Location
10
Great location as mentioned in multiple positive reviews.
Room Quality
9.64
Spacious rooms and good amenities noted.
Amenities
9.14
Amenities were appreciated, but spa was noted as small.
Value for Money
8.64
Some reviews felt pricing was on the higher side.
Food and Beverage
9.14
Breakfast was praised, but dining facilities had mixed reviews.
Overall Experience
10
Overall very positive experience noted across multiple reviews.
* This sentiment is summarized by AI based on user reviews.
Updated at: 2025-12-12 08:16

Property Description

Luxurious Accommodation
The Ritz-Carlton, Budapest offers elegant rooms and suites with stunning views of Fashion Street or Elizabeth Park. Enjoy modern amenities like LCD satellite TV, air-conditioning, and marble bathrooms with separate bathtub and rain-shower.

Culinary Delights
Indulge in a rich breakfast at the Kupola Lounge, savor Brazilian cuisine at IPANEMA Brazilian Grill, and treat yourself to homemade cakes at Kaffee Wien. The on-site restaurant and bar offer a variety of dining and drinking options for guests to enjoy.

Relaxation and Wellness
Unwind at the Ritz-Carlton Spa with a range of treatments, hot tub, steam room, and swimming pool. Stay active at the 24-hour Fitness Center equipped with state-of-the-art facilities. The perfect retreat after exploring the nearby attractions of Budapest.

To experience luxury and comfort in the heart of Budapest, book your stay at The Ritz-Carlton today.

Important information:

The price of the accommodations in EUR is converted to HUF as follows: the total amount will be calculated and charged based on the middle rate of MNB (and applicable government taxes).

Please note that the following rooms are located on upper-level floors: Palace Suite, Club King Room, Nora Suite and Chairman Suite.Guests are required to show a photo ID and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Please inform of your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly using the contact details in your confirmation.
A deposit may be required at the property.

Check-in and check-out hours:
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Airport code: BUD

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Guest Reviews

9.4
Based on 1422 reviews
Cleanliness: 8.64
Service: 10
Location: 10
Room Quality: 9.64
Amenities: 9.14
Value for Money: 8.64
Food and Beverage: 9.14
Overall Experience: 10
S
Suzanne • couple • gb
6
Lovely but very expensive hotel. Reception staff were lovely
Pros:

Beautiful hotel in a perfect location

Cons:

Our room was not cleaned on our first day and we had to request they come it was half a job or less and they took items from the bathroom that we were using. To pay so much and not have it cleaned was poor

2026-10-30 • via Nuitee
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Wilhelm Maximilian • couple • de
9
2026-10-29 • via Nuitee
W
Wilhelm Maximilian • couple • de
9
2026-10-29 • via Nuitee
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Ohad • family_with_children • il
10
2026-10-29 • via Nuitee
W
Wilhelm Maximilian • solo_traveller • de
9
2026-10-29 • via Nuitee
A
Afra • extended_group • qa
10
اقامه ممتعه وفخمه ونسر السيد لوك على تعاونه وسرعه تجاوبه
Pros:

قربه من الشوارع السياحيه ومن جميع الاماكن المهمه للسياح
وسمحوا لنا بالدخول قل الوقت المحدد
نشكر السيد لوك على تعاونه وحفاوته

Cons:

كل شي جميل

2026-10-27 • via Nuitee
B
Besjana • couple • al
9
2026-10-26 • via Nuitee
A
Arzu • couple • tr
10
2026-10-25 • via Nuitee
N
Nuha.S.Sh • family_with_children • sa
1
2026-10-25 • via Nuitee
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Rosa • couple • au
6
Was confusing with information re breakfast n the television didn’t work at times the remote control was so s t
Pros:

The interior

Cons:

Service staff especially for breakfast

2026-10-22 • via Nuitee
E
Ebru • solo_traveller • tr
3
2026-10-19 • via Nuitee
K
Karen • solo_traveller • us
9
2026-10-19 • via Nuitee
A
Azra • family_with_children • hr
1
Charged for an unused night and refused a refund
Pros:

The overall hospitality was equally disappointing. Staff were remarkably unfriendly and unwelcoming. At breakfast, two employees walked straight past me without so much as a “good morning.” Apparently, even basic courtesy is too much to expect at this five-star establishment.

Furthermore, the baby cot provided was an absolute disgrace. It was an old-fashioned metal cot resembling a hospital bed, with zero protective padding to prevent a small child from hitting their head against the metal bars. It came with a poorly fitted, untidy sheet, and no proper children's bedding, blanket, or basic comforts. For a hotel claiming to offer five-star luxury, providing such a poorly equipped, unsafe, and unwelcoming sleeping space for an infant is simply shameful.

The hotel appears to confuse luxury with expensive interiors, overlooking the very foundation of five-star hospitality: safety, basic courtesy, and genuine respect for families. Anyone can charge five-star prices. Earning five-star trust is an entirely different matter.

Cons:

We had to leave a day early because our child was unwell. We informed reception in advance and were assured that the unused night could be refunded. However, at checkout, the staff suddenly claimed that nobody had spoken to us about it.
After we insisted on speaking with a manager, my husband spoke to him directly while settling the bill. He asked for written confirmation that we had stayed only two nights. The manager declined to provide it but personally gave my husband his word that the hotel would approve the refund as soon as Booking.com contacted them.

Throughout the process, the hotel repeatedly insisted that nothing could be done without Booking.com. We therefore contacted Booking.com, who agreed to forward the refund request to the hotel. Yet the hotel did not even bother to respond to Booking.com. Later, they simply refused the refund, claiming there was no written evidence of any agreement. How convenient. On the bill we received, they even charged us city taxes for the third night when we obviously were not in the city at all! Is that even legal?

What makes this experience particularly unacceptable is that a manager's word apparently means absolutely nothing at Al Habtoor Palace Budapest. Once payment has been collected, individual guests seem to become irrelevant.
The hotel appears to confuse luxury with expensive interiors, overlooking the very foundation of five-star hospitality: integrity, accountability, and genuine respect for guests.

Anyone can charge five-star prices. Earning five-star trust is an entirely different matter.
For a hotel carrying the Al Habtoor name, this level of service and disregard for a management commitment is not merely disappointing — it is an embarrassment.

2026-10-19 • via Nuitee
K
Klara • family_with_children • hu
9
Je suis sure que ces remarques pourront vous aider à corriger des erreurs
Pros:

Le design, l’espace de la chambre
Les concierges et les portières sont très aimables et disponibles.
L’emplacement est idéal.

Cons:

La chambre etait mal nettoyée pendant notre séjour et la petite peluche oublié par ma petite fille dans le lit perdu pour toujours
Le sol autour de la piscine très dangereux et très glissant !

2026-10-18 • via Nuitee
M
Massimo • couple • it
10
Ci tornerò sicuramente e se ci sono altri hotel nel mondo di questa catena ci andrò
Pros:

Colazione fantastica. Personale estremamente gentile. Arredi e confort della sala super.

Cons:

Niente. Tutto bellissimo

2026-10-15 • via Nuitee
G
Gary • couple • us
7
2026-10-14 • via Nuitee
M
Mohamed • solo_traveller • ae
9
2026-10-13 • via Nuitee
A
Abdul Jaleel • solo_traveller • ae
9
2026-10-13 • via Nuitee
F
Ferenc • family_with_children • no
10
A Hotel That Has Its Priorities Surprisingly Well Sorted
Pros:

Let’s start with the important things: breakfast is excellent. Try the Shakshuka, the honeycomb with melons, and the fried spicy Hungarian sausages. It’s the kind of breakfast that makes you consider cancelling your plans and moving into the restaurant from 6:30 until 10:00, when the feast sadly ends.
The grand cupola is beautiful, and from the upper floors you can enjoy a splendid view of the top of it, or the city, and the Bazilika if your room faces the right way. The swimming pool is, without exaggeration, the cleanest hotel pool I have ever seen. The sauna is exactly as hot as it should be: not hotter, not colder. And there’s a terrific gym with everything you need to exhaust yourself before collapsing into a wonderfully comfortable bed.
The location is spot on, right in the city centre. Close to everything: Gerbeaud, the metro, tourist traps, and authentic Hungarian goulash. Try Retro Goulash on Dob Street. It’s a wonderful location for sightseeing, though terrible if you were hoping to escape into nature and discover yourself. No time for that.
For my faithful Muslim friends, there’s even a Qibla sign on the ceiling in the rooms, making it easy to determine the correct direction for prayer. Thoughtful details matter.
And then there are the lobby dates. No, not romantic dates. Actual dates. The fruit. Quite possibly the best dates in Budapest. I have no idea what the procurement department is doing, but I suspect international negotiations with elite date suppliers are involved.
All in all, an excellent hotel: fantastic breakfast, immaculate pool, perfect location, thoughtful details, and dates that deserve their own booking platform.

Cons:

Bad parts, however: some members of the staff can be quite forgetful. They can forget to bring you the breakfasts' egg-menu (did I mention to choose the Shakshuka, it's brilliant), even after asking, or the food you ordered, or the bed you're supposed to sleep in. But from my point we all are humans, these are just mild annoyances, and fortunately, there’s always another staff member ready to save the day. Bed delivery and assembly may not be their strongest skills, because they work the reception, but enthusiasm is plentiful, and with a little teamwork, you’ll have a bed in no time. Just ask for it, and you will get it.

2026-10-13 • via Nuitee
J
Jouni • family_with_children • fi
10
Erinomainen
2026-10-12 • via Nuitee