Hotel Review: Park Inn Bratislava

The Park Inn Bratislava has a wonderful location on the Danube in the Old Town area of the city. You can walk to many of the tourist sites, it’s super close to a transport hub, and public transit is super cheap (less than one euro for a ride).

This is a category 1 Club Carlson hotel, so award nights go for 9,000 points each. At the time of this trip, I had used the old benefit from the Club Carlson credit card to get one free night on any award stay, so I only paid 9,000 points for 2 free nights. Crazy cheap.

I was upgraded to a junior suite. This wasn’t a typical suite, but rather, it was two rooms with a bed in each one and a hallway connecting the two. The rooms were not fancy at all–the mattresses could use improving, a curtain was missing from a window, the furniture was super basic–but I don’t want to complain given how cheap it was to book.

One thing that I found slightly strange about the hotel was the numerous unused common areas. There were locked rooms with furniture and amenities, but no one was using any of those areas during our stay, and I couldn’t access any of them.

One big plus of the hotel was the gym and pool. The gym in the hotel is an actual gym where people who aren’t staying at the hotel pay money to use the facilities, so it’s actually pretty nice with a large variety of equipment (including things for functional training!). There was also a smoothie bar in the gym.

We were offered free breakfast, and it was pretty decent for a hotel this affordable. They’ll make eggs to order if you ask.

Throughout our stay, the front desk was very helpful. Maybe not the most friendly, but very service oriented. Overall, I’d happily stay here again, even without the free award night for every stay. It’s definitely an older hotel that could use some refurbishment, but if you don’t care that much about old furniture, it’s got a lot of pluses (e.g. location, service, gym) for only 9k points per night.