Hotel Review: Radisson Blu Beke Hotel Budapest, Hungary
The Radisson Blu Beke Hotel has a great location not too far from Nyugati Palyaudvar (a train station that’s also on the blue M3 line, so easy to get to the airport on public transportation) and Oktogon (on the yellow line), so it’s easy to walk to a lot of interesting places as well as take public transit everywhere. It’s a Category 2 Club Carlson hotel, so it’s 15k points per night, and at the time of this stay, I had used two free award nights through the personal and business version of the Club Carlson credit card and thus paid 30k points for 4 nights.
When we checked in, we were originally given a normal room with no mention of status or an upgrade. The welcome amenity for being a gold member was a bottle of water. Honestly, a bit disappointing, both in the lack of recognition, lack of a better room (it wasn’t even a high-floor room), and the paltry welcome amenity, but it was such a steal at 30k points for 4 nights that I didn’t want to complain.
The only qualms I had with our room were the lack of electrical outlets and the fact that the air conditioning didn’t seem to work. Many people have complained about the furniture and decor of the hotel, but I thought it was a step up from the Park Inn Bratislava. The wifi was also pretty fast compared to the other Club Carlson hotels we stayed at on this trip.
On the second night of our stay, it was quite a bit warmer that day, so we ended up calling maintenance to look at the air conditioning since it wasn’t getting any cooler in our room. To make a long story short, apparently the air conditioning on some floors isn’t very good, so after visiting rooms on a couple of other floors, we ended up getting a suite on the 6th floor, and they put an extra twin bed in the living room. Cheers to the front desk agent working that night for really going the extra mile. The suite had a huge living room, and the air conditioning worked well.
Overall, I’d happily stay at this hotel again. Yes, it’s a bit dated, but it’s a comfortable hotel. The location is amazing, and it’s still a pretty good deal at 15k points per night.
I’ve stayed at the Radisson a couple of times between this year and last. The air conditioning problems are the norm rather than the exception. The rooms are not new, but I found them to be comfortable, and the rate is really good at 15k per night. As a gold member, I was offered free breakfast, which was nice. I tried to take the train into town from the airport last time, but was told that I had to take a bus to the distant terminal 1 building, so ended up cabbing it instead. While it’s annoying that I was given a song and dance, I’m glad to know for the next time. Thanks.
Hello
We are debating whether to take regiojet yellow bus or train from Bratislava to Budapest. My understating is Nyugati train station is walking distance to hotel but How do you get from bus station to Radisson blue Beke? Thanks in advance