Not to be recommended.Posted: Thu, Apr 03 2008Location:
2Rooms:
1.3Service:
2I stayed for five nights, 7-12 February 2008. The photos left by franci_kiki were identical to the room I stayed in, the bathroom was cleanish but attention to detail was required! Good strong shower with lots of water. There was a fair amount of dust and lint beneath the bed and the mattress springs created lumps. Very thin shortish duvets and lumpy pillows. You might have trouble sleeping. To be fair I didn't. Walls were paper thin, every word spoken in the adjoining room could be heard on my first night, if they had a television the noise would have been unbearable . Traffic noise from the adjacent main road was a consistent hum (I always travel with earplugs, to be recommended). My streetside room was very, very warm at night and I turned the radiator off and slept well with the window slightly ajar despite it being freezing outside. Breakfast supplied was scrambled eggs, processed meat (spam), bread, marmalade, honey, jam, cereal, milk, tea (lukewarm), coffee (lukewarm and the most strange taste I have ever experienced). For the rest of my five day stay scrambled eggs disappeared off the menu, but the coffee was hot on days 3, 4 and 5 - same quality though. I eventually I figured out that no eggs were provided as there were few guests, it may not have been worth their bother. On these days only two tables with 2 place settings were laid and I arrived shortly after 7am when breakfast began. Having said all this the staff were polite and smiled but didn't make any effort to engage although reception was helpful when asked. I would only recommend Hotel Rila if you can adapt to the shortcomings. Otherwise find somewhere better, I will if I ever return to Budapest.