We stayed at this hotel while we attended my son's wedding in Romania. The family had 7 rooms. The staff was wonderful. They helped us in every way they could and really made it easy for first tme travelers to Romania.
The hotel accomodations were good by European standards and excellent for Romanian. There is an elevator to go to the upper floors. The breakfast was included and was comprised of pastries, meats, breads, vegetables and even eggs. The hotel is right near the center of town and within easy walking distance to most of the sites.
I would definately go back to Hotel Capitolina. and I thank them for a wonderful stay!

Spent a week at the Capitolina taking in the area and found it to be ideal. The services provided were what we wanted - a clean, well-maintained room with good heating and A/C, nice bathroom and sufficiently wide-ranging buffet breakfast. They have good English skills but if you speak to them in Romanian they don't try and show off their English. There is a prompt room service for food which gave me the best penne carbonara I've ever had.

It doesn't have restaurant facilities (but we wanted to dine out), common areas to hang out in (but we wanted to see people in the town), bars, night porters or all the other things that elevate the star ratings and the price. But if you don't need those, why pay for them?

I was staying at City Central Hotel (great place) up the street and extended my stay but they were booked so I moved to the nearest hotel, Hotel Capitolina.

It smelled like stuffiness and disinfectant everywhere. I question the frequency with which they stream clean their carpets? I left the windows in my room open all day and it was still smelly when i got back altho not as much.

At least the bed was clean and comfortable and there was 'net access in the room.

Bathroom was recently renovated but not of the highest quality, but that's not a dealbreaker for me. Some things were starting to come undone already. The shower was an event, somewhat of an ordeal but an entertaining story (see photo). Actually, the stereo radio in the shower was great.

Breakfast was good. The staff were nice.

I wonder though, and this is in other places in cluj - why people don't open windows more to let fresh air in?

I stayed at the Capitolina during a conference and was very impressed. The price was very reasonable, the room was modern and clean, and the minibar was well stocked. Staff were very friendly and helpful. A real bonus was the availability of free internet connection in the room - not wireless, but I was able to connect my laptop easily. Although it doesn't have some of the facilities of big hotels (gym etc), I would definitely stay at the Capitolina again.