New York Palace - Budapest, Hungary 

"Wonderful hotel."
Posted: Mon, Nov 23 2009
Opulent splendour! This was the icing on the cake in Budapest. We stumbled upon the hotel after going into the New York Cafe. It was awe-inspiring. We checked out of our previous hotel and spent a night here. The rooms are huge and the last word in luxury, the staff are SO eager to help in every way possible and it is just a magnificent hotel. We would thoroghly recommend anyone to stay here, especially if it's a 'special trip'. We are now going to Rome and booking the Exedra there.

WL
Posted: Tue, Feb 10 2009
Excellent and beautiful hotel in historic building beautifully restored and converted into a hotel. We had requested a view room. The room we were assigned had a very large balcony but behind the facade of the exterior of the bldg., thus completely blocking the view. The receptionist who accompanied us to the room volunteered that he would try to find another room with a view. He placed us in a much larger room with a front view. We were quite pleased.

NT
Posted: Sat, Sep 13 2008
great place, great cocktails, great staff. what more do you need, oh and a good humidor.

Great time at the New York Palace
Posted: Sat, May 17 2008
Had a fantastic week at the New York Palace. We arrived well before the 14:00 check in but were shown straight to our room. The room itself was very well presented with a huge bed, chandelier light, minibar, plenty of wardrobes and a well equiped bathroom - nice toiletries, robes, slippers etc. We were on the third floor with views out onto the fairly busy street below. The only slight drawback was the sound of the police sirens which are particulary loud over there! Breakfast is on the first floor overlooking the fantastic lobby, and with a chef on hand to cook your order as required. The service is a bit hit and miss though,and asking for a cup of tea seemed particulary problematic!! We didn't dine in the hotel restaurant as Budapest has so much to see that we were constantly on the go! I would agree that the taxis out front are much dearer than those elsewhere as they dont run on the same agreed tariff as others (e.g from airport to hotel was FUH 5000, rtn was HUF 7600). The hotel pool is only really a lap pool but really well done. If there are just two of you using it its fine, and there are plenty of cool chill out areas dotted about to lounge around in. In terms of nightlife the area around the hotel ain't brilliant but the hotel is bang next to Lujza Blaha ter metro (red line, which runs under the river direct to Buda area)) and so its really easy to get anywhere. The trams are also really easy to use and run every few mins. Buy a 2 or 3 day "tourist" ticket and you can enjoy unlimited travel on metro, trams, buses, trolleys etc for a bargain price.