I was supposed to stay in Budapest for 2 nights, but left after one so I didn't have to stay here again. The rooms are disgusting, the sheets are full of hair and the towels are stained. We went to breakfast and there was nothing left. There are rooms in the hostal which I'm assuming are leased as apartment-type housing, full of interesting people. The bathrooms are dirty, showers are clogged, I'd rather pee in an outhouse. We told the front desk that the room was dirty and the bathrooms were untouchable so we were leaving and they very calmly said "ok, sorry"... sounded like they'd heard it before but were doing nothing to fix it. I would never ever ever recommend this garbage hole to anyone...

The price is great, the location is good and the staff is helpful. We were not expecting luxury - but the place is FILTHY! The bathroom smells, the towels had stains of blood and the bed was full of hairs. I would never go back there nor recommend it to anyone.

My wife and I were visiting Budapest on November 1st 2007, and stayed for 2 nights. We stayed in Hostel Griff Junior, which is just 1 tram station from Kelenföldi railway station. It´s in Bartók Béla street between Somogyi and Ballagi Mór street. Hotel is cheap (15 euros per person per night - including breakfast), but is very clean. Furniture is a bit old, but clean and useful. Our room had twin beds, but we pushed bed together and made a double bed, and it wasn’t a problem. We use shared bathroom, and it was very clean. There was also shared kitchen with microwave oven (among else), so it´s very useful. You have free internet connection in lobby, or you can use hotel computer (very old model, but working) for about 0,3 euros (30 euro cents) per 30 minutes. Receptionist spoke English pretty well, so communication was not a problem. Breakfast is same at home, so we were satisfied.
If you don´t have much money to spend on hotel, this is excellent place to stay.
Tram station is 50 meters from hotel, and just across street is grocery shop. Citadel is 5 minutes by tram from hotel, and old Buda city 7 minutes. It takes about 10 minutes by tram to metro entry (red line) and main square in Pest is 2 metro station (5 minutes) from there. Trams are coming every 5, and metro every 2 minutes, so nothing is far from hotel.
If you are planning low budget trip to Budapest, I can recommend stay in Hostel Griff junior.

I went to a Budapest last year in spring and stayed in this hotel for a two days. I want to recommend it to all people who would love to see Budapest and save some money on a Hotel. We rented en-suite for 3 persons-the price was about 18 euros per person, per night-breakfast included. The room was nice,very clean,with lovely little bathroom. In the room there was also a little refrigerator and the TV.
Hotel is located in the Buda part of the city, 10 minutes by tram to the nearest metro entry. Tram line is just a minute away from the hotel.
One part of the hotel is a dorm of some sort,so it`s not so quiet sometimes. I was satisfied with this hotel because en-suite was cheap and I didn`t want a shared bathroom. I would recommend it to the people who plan a low budget trip and want to get most of it.
Hotel also has a lovely little park in front of it.
The only thing I was not so satisfied was that receptionist didn`t know English very well so it was a bit a problem to communicate with her and get an answer to some questions I had.