Corinthia Budapest is the city's classic grand hotel, at Erzsébet körút 43-49 in Erzsébetváros, set in the building that opened as the Grand Hotel Royal in the 1890s, and it still carries the scale and ceremony of that era. It has 437 rooms, from Superior rooms to Deluxe rooms with spa access, Executive rooms, apartments and suites, with air conditioning, premium bedding, bathrobes, a minibar, a safe, a coffee and tea maker and 24-hour room service. There are four restaurants, among them the Brasserie and Atrium and Caviar and Bull, two bars including Le Bar and the Executive Lounge, afternoon tea in the lobby lounge and a cocktail bar with a resident pianist. The spa has six treatment rooms using ESPA and Omorovicza products, an indoor pool with lifeguards open from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm, a sauna, a steam room, a hot tub and a 24-hour Technogym health club. Reservations are required for treatments, and a spa and pool facilities fee applies to Superior room bookings. Walking times are short: Király utca and Ferenc Liszt tér are two minutes away, Oktogon six, the Hungarian State Opera eight, St. Stephen's Basilica thirteen and Nyugati station sixteen, with a tram stop at the door. Check-in is from 3:00 pm, check-out is by noon and contactless check-out is available. Covered parking costs EUR 22 a day.
Location
You are on the Grand Boulevard, at the junction with Király utca, in the middle of the city's entertainment district. The ruin bars, the Jewish Quarter and the Opera are all within a ten-minute walk, and the tram on the boulevard takes you to the Danube and Margaret Island. The surrounding streets are lively late at night, so ask for a higher floor or an atrium-facing room for quiet.
Choosing the room
Superior rooms are comfortable, but the Deluxe rooms with spa access remove the facilities fee and make better sense if you plan to use the pool. Executive rooms and suites add the Executive Lounge and more space, and apartments suit families. Up to two children under five per adult stay free in existing beds, free cribs are available and pets such as dogs and cats are accepted for a fee per stay.
The trade-offs
Breakfast is a significant extra charge, the hotel is large rather than intimate, and cash is not accepted. The facilities fee applies to the lowest room categories. In return you get one of the most complete hotels in Budapest, with a spa, pool, restaurants and a central address, and the sense of occasion that comes from a grand building.
Why stay here
- ✓Indoor pool and ESPA spa
- ✓24-hour Technogym health club
- ✓Four restaurants
- ✓Cocktail bar with resident pianist
- ✓Executive Lounge
- ✓24-hour room service
- ✓Covered parking
- ✓Tram stop at the door
Good questions
Where is Corinthia Budapest?+
At Erzsébet körút 43-49 on the Grand Boulevard, two minutes from Király utca and eight minutes' walk from the Hungarian State Opera.
Does the hotel have a pool and spa?+
Yes, an indoor pool, a spa with six treatment rooms, a sauna, a steam room and a hot tub. A facilities fee applies to Superior room bookings.
Can I bring a pet?+
Dogs and cats are accepted up to a size limit, for a fee per stay. Service animals are exempt.
