I`ve stayed at the Hotel Hold 3 times(05,06,07), but to my dismay it was closed this season. Granted it`s not the most modern hotell in Pest, it has a great and very safe location. Breakfast is good, euro style(sorry ameros no bacon). The staff is helpfull, but somewhat limited in english, a english/german mix was better. The rooms are nice with modern bathrooms. Check out the food market down the street, good food.

+:
1. Great tourist location - near Parlament, StIstvan Basilica, Freedom square. Easy access to historic sites.
2. Easy access to metro and airport - 2 minutes to the metro station bluse line, direct connection to the airport by bus (from the end station of the line).
3. Historic building.
4. Good breakfast (for 3* hotel): 3 types of: vegetables, fruits, cheese, ham, yoghurt, jam; + boiled eggs, good bread, butter, tea, coffee... Juice (???) was terrible.
5. Well trained staff. ( we booked double room through the agency and were informed that there will be twin room only. On arrival for one night we were offered a suite instead of twin - but first they have contacted agency to give them excuses that we will need to move).
6. Newly renovated and clean buthroom.
7. New and comfortable beds and linen.

"-"
1. Historic building - thus all the rooms are unique and you do not know what view you will get. It might be the street (very quiet) or inner yard - not very convenient, because actually the window faces common balcony and this is not very convenient.
2. Old furniture (except of beds) and carpeting in the rooms.

Highly recomend this hotel for those who care about price and location.

The Hotel Hold is in an excellent location. The staff is pleasant and reasonably helpful. The room was large clean but older.

I stayed one night at the Parliment (Best Western) which was newly redone and very nice but twice the price as the Hotel Hold around the corner. The Hold was actually on a more pleasant street.

Trams and subway was an easy walk as well as several of the important sites.

Overall I found it quite good since I'd rather stay in a smaller hotel at a reasonable price than any of the larger hotels I saw in Budapest.

My wife and I stayed here as part of our honeymoon (also went to Prague and Vienna). We didn't have reservations ahead of time - instead just tried to pick a nice but not overly expensive area, near the metro and walking distance to other sites. The only small negative was that there was some construction going on across the street in the morning. It's on a very safe street, in the banking district.

The proprietor showed us one of the suites when we told him it was our honeymoon. It probably was a little more than we needed, but it definitely worked out. Just make sure not to plug your alarm clock into one of their outlets - it takes a different current, and it'll fry your clock.

There's a great restaurant about 4 blocks or so away called the Marquis de Salad - we liked it so much that we went back the following night.