Stayed in Budapest for 4 nights at the Gold Hotel. Lovely little hotel and very friendly staff. We had one of the attic rooms on the 4th floor. Couldn't fault it at all and the housekeeping was very good also. There is no lift at this hotel, which didn't bother us but I just thought I would mention it. This hotel was quite a way from the city centre - a good 25 minute walk to the metro (you can take the bus if you prefer - we didn't). On reflection the walk was good as the food in Budapest was fantastic and therefore is was nice to have a good walk at the end of the evening.

The lady on reception was very helpful and friendly and even booked some tickets for us for the opera, after finding out what was on and when.

There was a large choice for breakfast, the usual Continental breakfast, but don't forget the Europeans eat differently to us.

Overall we thought is was a very quaint and friendly hotel.

Stayed in the Gold Hotel November 2004 and it did provide excellent value for money along with a clean, spacious room and helpful staff.

As other reviews have said, it is a bit of a trek into the city (across the river) but we used it as an excuse to get some exercise in every day! If we went again, we'd probably stay on the other side of the river (budget allowing!).

It is however, close to the castle which is well worth a visit.

Some of the best food we've eaten abroad was in Budapest. There's a really good Christmas market too, which opens first weekend of November if my memory serves me right.

An A+ for the staff, which was very nice, helpful and fluent in English.
The hotel is a little too far from the center of Budapest. You can take the bus from around the corner and then the subway.
We stayed at this hotel twice in a fortnight. The first stay was very pleasent, of about three nights; we had a room at the third floor. The good: the room was clean. The bad: poor internet signal and TV in the hungarian.
The second stay was not that pleasent, we received a very small room on the top floor of the hotel. No wireless signal and the bathroom was not ventilated, carrying a heavy odour. We were too tired to argue about that and given that we only stayed for one night we thought we need not bother with this, so we kept the room.
The overall exeperience with this hotel was ok, mostly because of the staff, the fair breakfast and the clean rooms. We would go back there every time when transiting Budapest, but we definetly hate the top floor.

I highly recommend this small hotel. I arrived by bicycle three years in a row. It has an excellent restricted back courtyard for bike storage, the staff was very friendly/helpful and even worked out a temporary room due to my early arrival one trip.The location is quiet and adjacent to a bus stop or within a decent walk range of the Metro.