Soho Boutique Hotel

Very basic tourist hotel. A little tired in parts, room 509 wasn’t the best in terms of space and only had a skylight, on which the blind was tatty and it did let light in. I felt like it was the room you were put in when they were full. There were no Tea & Coffee making facilities in the rooms, which was disappointing as the free offering in the lounge was very busy, and with no instructions of how to use the machine. On day two the complimentary bottled water wasn’t replenished either which was disappointing. We opted to go to the little bakery two doors down to the left, which was excellent. The breakfast was good, simple but plenty of choices. Reception staff were excellent, very helpful and efficient.

More money spent in the lounge area than anywhere else. Our room was OK for sleeping in, but I couldn't stay in there for the day. Walls were all marked up, shower tiles need re-grouting, hatch above shower fell open, make up stains on net curtains. Upside is that it was a queen bed with own quilt, so plenty of space and no waking up to partner with all the quilt.

When we arrive to check in the entrance was light, bright and looked lovely. We began checking in and the man behind the desk seemed nice however he then began casually swearing and cracking inappropriate jokes?? once we had our key we took the lift upstairs to the room. As we opened the door we were greeted with a dingy/small room. We put our things down and didn’t notice anything at first, as we began to unpack we saw how dirty & grubby the room actually was. There was exposed dirty water sprinklers on the wall, stains from where paintings have been removed and the walls not cleaned. The curtains were also covered in stains? desk was full of chips, paint peeling from the bathroom ceiling, the bathroom looked straight into the bedroom, the “mini bar” is just a warm fridge, air con didn’t work, pillows were lumpy and the spare pillow in the cupboard had no pillow case and were covered in yellow stains. I went down to reception to ask for another and was told they don’t have any. ||We rang the airline company we’d booked through to ask for advice and they were amazing! they told the hotel to show us other rooms and allow us to move. As we got to reception we were told the manager would be with us to show us the new rooms and to wait. We were handed a piece of paper to write down the things wrong with the room on by the young man behind the reception (this young man was very! helpful, about the only person there who was). We handed the note back and the young man was noticeably shocked at how long the list was. After waiting about 15 minutes there was no sign of the manager and the young man returned, he handed us a room key and gave us some instructions on how to get to the room. We took the lift to the correct floor and soon realised to get to the new room we had to cross the fire escape esque balcony? It wasn’t sturdy, looked straight down to the reception and was grated so we were unable to pull our cases across it. Luckily my partner is physically able to lift the heavy cases and carry them otherwise we’d have had absolutely no chance. As someone who is afraid of heights this was an awful experience. ||We got to the “new room” to be greeted by the most horrendous stagnant smell. We walked further in the room and noticed it was exactly the same as the last just bigger? Fridge was dirty, bathroom covered in mould/mildew, white stains/drips down the walls, lumpy stained pillows, the toilet brush and holder was full of dirty water, A/C broken & the toilet didn’t work/flush so just left trickling. ||Apart from the one young man we dealt with the staff were rude, arrogant and unwilling to help. We always book 3 ⭐️ hotels and have never had a problem at all but this being classed as a 4 ⭐️ hotel is beyond a joke. I would tell absolutely everyone to steer clear of this hotel, it completely ruined the start of our holiday. Luckily the airline we traveled with were able to move us to a new hotel. I wouldn’t even say the location makes up for this hotel! there are absolutely no Pros to it.

Booked this hotel through Jet2 holidays, it is listed as 4* and the pictures online looked nice. However the reality is very different, more like a hostel and nothing like the photos. |Our room was small with dark dated furniture, the floor and headboard was dusty and phone and remote control filthy. The pillows were lumpy, there’s no pillow or mattress protector. The rooms all smell of cigarettes although we were told we’d be fined €100 for smoking. As an asthmatic this place made me ill. |The bathroom only had a glass door so no privacy. We had 2 small thin bath towels and a small hand towel for 2 people. |There’s no kettle or mini-bar, just a leaking fridge. Wallpaper is peeling off and marked. |There was no soundproofing- we could hear all noises in the corridors- a couple had a full on argument, then there was loud music and slamming doors- my daughter was petrified. |There’s no bar open downstairs and breakfast was disappointing- watered down juice and broken cereal dispensers. |The area outside didn’t feel safe either for me and my daughter- there’s a 24 hour alcohol and tobacco shop over the road. |Complained to Jet2 who promised to move us but never bothered getting back to us even though I told them my daughter was so distressed- very poor customer service. |Luckily the independent travel agent we booked through helped us out. |Definitely avoid.

Location is everything for this hotel. Bus stop, tram stop and metro all within 3-4 minutes walk and plenty of nearby restaurants. Hotel wise the rooms are shabby, holes in cupboards and bathroom drains would sometimes smell. Breakfast I wouldn't bother with in future as it's below par and plenty of places to eat out and about. Despite all that the beds were comfy and I'm the kind of traveller who is never in their room and just need a place to sleep so I can explore the next day. So for the location alone I would return.

On arrival, hotel looks nice. Lobby with nice comfy chairs. Reception helpful. Given room 501 which was facing a road. Extremely noisy if you left window open. Air con did not work, room extremely warm. Very small room, 2 separate beds with bed linen that never fitted the bed. Lumpy pillows. 1 very small towel for each person, take your own if you're going to stay here. Room was quite dark due to decor. I know you only normally use your toom to sleep but there was no room to move around once you had a suitcase on the floor. Breakfast was cold meats/cheeses/pastries/small selection of fresh fruit/some cereal. The omeletteswere cold as were the sausages/beans.|| Hotel was on a busy street, easy access to hop on/off bus which was useful. Takes you to all main sites. Unfortunately, the river was flooded so we weren't able to go on a cruise.. some beautiful buildings around. ||** Advice - pay a bit more for comfy hotel **

We stayed for 4 nights. Very nice and helpful staff. The breakfast is great with lots of choice. The hotel is clean. Relatively quiet if you are facing an inner courtyard.|The rooms are small but clean. |One remark - the wear and tear is beginning to show. The fridge in our room leaked all over my shoes. The shower also leaks. There are no mattress covers and the sheet is too small for the bed so it doesn’t stay in place.|If these problems hadn’t existed, I would have given it 5 stars. I gave it 4 because of the staff and the fact that it is well placed.

I found the Hotel to be good. The room was a little small and amenities were few, but you have to understand where you are . The Soviets left the region in about 1991. Lots of rebuilding to do . I had a wonderful time though . Nice bar in lobby . Fair price for Hotel room. Breakfast staff were awesome. They were from Barcelona or Spain area I believe. The breakfast was very good I thought. The coffee was actually very decent. Overall, this is a solid hotel in a great district that gives you the flavour of the "Pest" region of Budapest. There is a Vietnamese noodle house about 15 minutes walk from the hotel, which was particularly good as well. The locals would probably know the name of it. There are many museums, statues, and the house of tear, which is a must although disturbing , close by. Overall, it would not hesitate to stay here again, the country seems very well run and has a very bright future in front of it. I feel. Coming out of the deep bowels of communism is not easy, but they seem to be doing it under the current leadership in the country ! The hotel decor is a little bit dated, but it's clean and efficient. As in any country, do not leave valuables exposed in your room. The Hungarian people are awesome and trustworthy. Being from Vancouver Island, security and crime is not an issue, however, while travelling internationally, one has to be vigilant to boat, crime and theft in any city. I view the hotel and this city to be quite safe, but always be vigilant and don't leave valuables in the room. I would not leave valuables in the room in Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, United States, nor Budapest. I was very impressed with the local area and what is happening with the country as a whole. Great future.

Very basic tourist hotel. A little tired in parts, room 509 wasn’t the best in terms of space and only had a skylight, on which the blind was tatty and it did let light in. I felt like it was the room you were put in when they were full. There were no Tea & Coffee making facilities in the rooms, which was disappointing as the free offering in the lounge was very busy, and with no instructions of how to use the machine. On day two the complimentary bottled water wasn’t replenished either which was disappointing. We opted to go to the little bakery two doors down to the left, which was excellent. The breakfast was good, simple but plenty of choices. Reception staff were excellent, very helpful and efficient.

More money spent in the lounge area than anywhere else. Our room was OK for sleeping in, but I couldn't stay in there for the day. Walls were all marked up, shower tiles need re-grouting, hatch above shower fell open, make up stains on net curtains. Upside is that it was a queen bed with own quilt, so plenty of space and no waking up to partner with all the quilt.

When we arrive to check in the entrance was light, bright and looked lovely. We began checking in and the man behind the desk seemed nice however he then began casually swearing and cracking inappropriate jokes?? once we had our key we took the lift upstairs to the room. As we opened the door we were greeted with a dingy/small room. We put our things down and didn’t notice anything at first, as we began to unpack we saw how dirty & grubby the room actually was. There was exposed dirty water sprinklers on the wall, stains from where paintings have been removed and the walls not cleaned. The curtains were also covered in stains? desk was full of chips, paint peeling from the bathroom ceiling, the bathroom looked straight into the bedroom, the “mini bar” is just a warm fridge, air con didn’t work, pillows were lumpy and the spare pillow in the cupboard had no pillow case and were covered in yellow stains. I went down to reception to ask for another and was told they don’t have any. ||We rang the airline company we’d booked through to ask for advice and they were amazing! they told the hotel to show us other rooms and allow us to move. As we got to reception we were told the manager would be with us to show us the new rooms and to wait. We were handed a piece of paper to write down the things wrong with the room on by the young man behind the reception (this young man was very! helpful, about the only person there who was). We handed the note back and the young man was noticeably shocked at how long the list was. After waiting about 15 minutes there was no sign of the manager and the young man returned, he handed us a room key and gave us some instructions on how to get to the room. We took the lift to the correct floor and soon realised to get to the new room we had to cross the fire escape esque balcony? It wasn’t sturdy, looked straight down to the reception and was grated so we were unable to pull our cases across it. Luckily my partner is physically able to lift the heavy cases and carry them otherwise we’d have had absolutely no chance. As someone who is afraid of heights this was an awful experience. ||We got to the “new room” to be greeted by the most horrendous stagnant smell. We walked further in the room and noticed it was exactly the same as the last just bigger? Fridge was dirty, bathroom covered in mould/mildew, white stains/drips down the walls, lumpy stained pillows, the toilet brush and holder was full of dirty water, A/C broken & the toilet didn’t work/flush so just left trickling. ||Apart from the one young man we dealt with the staff were rude, arrogant and unwilling to help. We always book 3 ⭐️ hotels and have never had a problem at all but this being classed as a 4 ⭐️ hotel is beyond a joke. I would tell absolutely everyone to steer clear of this hotel, it completely ruined the start of our holiday. Luckily the airline we traveled with were able to move us to a new hotel. I wouldn’t even say the location makes up for this hotel! there are absolutely no Pros to it.

Booked this hotel through Jet2 holidays, it is listed as 4* and the pictures online looked nice. However the reality is very different, more like a hostel and nothing like the photos. |Our room was small with dark dated furniture, the floor and headboard was dusty and phone and remote control filthy. The pillows were lumpy, there’s no pillow or mattress protector. The rooms all smell of cigarettes although we were told we’d be fined €100 for smoking. As an asthmatic this place made me ill. |The bathroom only had a glass door so no privacy. We had 2 small thin bath towels and a small hand towel for 2 people. |There’s no kettle or mini-bar, just a leaking fridge. Wallpaper is peeling off and marked. |There was no soundproofing- we could hear all noises in the corridors- a couple had a full on argument, then there was loud music and slamming doors- my daughter was petrified. |There’s no bar open downstairs and breakfast was disappointing- watered down juice and broken cereal dispensers. |The area outside didn’t feel safe either for me and my daughter- there’s a 24 hour alcohol and tobacco shop over the road. |Complained to Jet2 who promised to move us but never bothered getting back to us even though I told them my daughter was so distressed- very poor customer service. |Luckily the independent travel agent we booked through helped us out. |Definitely avoid.

Location is everything for this hotel. Bus stop, tram stop and metro all within 3-4 minutes walk and plenty of nearby restaurants. Hotel wise the rooms are shabby, holes in cupboards and bathroom drains would sometimes smell. Breakfast I wouldn't bother with in future as it's below par and plenty of places to eat out and about. Despite all that the beds were comfy and I'm the kind of traveller who is never in their room and just need a place to sleep so I can explore the next day. So for the location alone I would return.

On arrival, hotel looks nice. Lobby with nice comfy chairs. Reception helpful. Given room 501 which was facing a road. Extremely noisy if you left window open. Air con did not work, room extremely warm. Very small room, 2 separate beds with bed linen that never fitted the bed. Lumpy pillows. 1 very small towel for each person, take your own if you're going to stay here. Room was quite dark due to decor. I know you only normally use your toom to sleep but there was no room to move around once you had a suitcase on the floor. Breakfast was cold meats/cheeses/pastries/small selection of fresh fruit/some cereal. The omeletteswere cold as were the sausages/beans.|| Hotel was on a busy street, easy access to hop on/off bus which was useful. Takes you to all main sites. Unfortunately, the river was flooded so we weren't able to go on a cruise.. some beautiful buildings around. ||** Advice - pay a bit more for comfy hotel **

We stayed for 4 nights. Very nice and helpful staff. The breakfast is great with lots of choice. The hotel is clean. Relatively quiet if you are facing an inner courtyard.|The rooms are small but clean. |One remark - the wear and tear is beginning to show. The fridge in our room leaked all over my shoes. The shower also leaks. There are no mattress covers and the sheet is too small for the bed so it doesn’t stay in place.|If these problems hadn’t existed, I would have given it 5 stars. I gave it 4 because of the staff and the fact that it is well placed.

I found the Hotel to be good. The room was a little small and amenities were few, but you have to understand where you are . The Soviets left the region in about 1991. Lots of rebuilding to do . I had a wonderful time though . Nice bar in lobby . Fair price for Hotel room. Breakfast staff were awesome. They were from Barcelona or Spain area I believe. The breakfast was very good I thought. The coffee was actually very decent. Overall, this is a solid hotel in a great district that gives you the flavour of the "Pest" region of Budapest. There is a Vietnamese noodle house about 15 minutes walk from the hotel, which was particularly good as well. The locals would probably know the name of it. There are many museums, statues, and the house of tear, which is a must although disturbing , close by. Overall, it would not hesitate to stay here again, the country seems very well run and has a very bright future in front of it. I feel. Coming out of the deep bowels of communism is not easy, but they seem to be doing it under the current leadership in the country ! The hotel decor is a little bit dated, but it's clean and efficient. As in any country, do not leave valuables exposed in your room. The Hungarian people are awesome and trustworthy. Being from Vancouver Island, security and crime is not an issue, however, while travelling internationally, one has to be vigilant to boat, crime and theft in any city. I view the hotel and this city to be quite safe, but always be vigilant and don't leave valuables in the room. I would not leave valuables in the room in Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, United States, nor Budapest. I was very impressed with the local area and what is happening with the country as a whole. Great future.