Parliament Hotel

“Fantastic Stay”

The hotel was nice and quiet but still close to the centre. The room was pleasant, clean and well configured. Service was great (very friendly and helpful). We also had breakfast included which I would recommend as it was excellent quality with lots of choice (including Hungarian wine!).

“Good hotel ”

Good hotel. Clean and convenient. Breakfast was good with fresh produce. Don’t expect full English it’s Romanian version as it should be. Room cleaned every day and fridge filled with drinks and snacks at cheap price. Used Uber taxis to get around city very cheap and safe.

“Would have been a great stay if it weren't for some minor issues which could have been easily fixed.”

Myself, my partner and my 12 year old visited Bucharest for 3 nights last week. First of all, the hotel reception was an attractive space, scrupulously clean. The staff we encountered were all excellent English speakers and gave the impression they were very helpful ( although I'll revisit this l... more

Myself, my partner and my 12 year old visited Bucharest for 3 nights last week. First of all, the hotel reception was an attractive space, scrupulously clean. The staff we encountered were all excellent English speakers and gave the impression they were very helpful ( although I'll revisit this later in the review). We arrived at almost midnight and were checked in swiftly and efficiently. When we got to our room it was clean, modern and in good condition. However we immediately discovered there were only 2 single beds, two lots of bedding and 2 lots of towels when we had booked for a pair of adults and a 12 year old girl. My partner went to reception and was told ( not at the time of check in) that the hotel was very full and they didn't even have a spare fold out bed for the night, however they would remedy that the next day as they would move us to another room. We then had to ask for an additional pillow and set of towels which was swiftly delivered to the room. We decided to turn the beds sideways and push them both together and we all just shared the makeshift bed. Our safe also didn't have a key and when we asked about this the woman at reception sent us back to check if there was a key, and said she would get it sorted, but that did not happen so we had to carry all our valuables ( passports and cash) with us at all times and take our chances leaving iPad etc in the room. The beds themselves were again scrupulously clean and very comfortable. There were complimentary toiletries in the bathroom. Breakfast was served 7am til 10am and was a fresh and delicious continental breakfast, with something for everyone, (although some less typical options such as pasta, chocolate mousse, and mixed vegetables!) Because we were only staying 3 days and wanted to see the city we made the decision to not pursue the change of room on the morning after night one, because check out time wasn't until noon and we didn't want to have to hang around all day and waste our time in Bucharest waiting for someone else's room to be ready for us to move in to- however the staff did not contact us to ask if we wanted moving to the correct room, and seemed happy to just ' forget' that we were squeezing 3 large people into 2 single beds. On day two something happened with our toilet and it kept trickling water continously- again we went to reception and the lady said she would ask someone to come and sort it- my partner observed her speaking to the handyman on the phone, however when we returned that night the room had been cleaned but the toilet was still trickling, so my partner went back to reception and was told someone would be right up- however this didn't happen and we had to spend the entire night listening to the toilet trickle. On day 3 we were leaving, and the reception were happy to allow us to leave our suitcase behind reception until we had to leave in the evening- however this is advertised as a left luggage room, and there didn't appear to be a room, just the space behind reception. On our final evening before we were collected to to to the airport we ate our dinner in the hotel- it was delicious, very competitively priced, and huge portions. Overall, if we had been placed in the correct room that we had reserved, or been given the option of the foldout bed ( we would have paid for this but were told there wasn't one available), and if the toilet had been sorted so it wasn't constantly trickling, our stay would have been perfect. Obviously those minor issues impacted our stay, and would have been easily fixed, but weren't fixed. However- that said, I would stay in this hotel again as I know it is in a good location ( right opposite the palace parliament and a short transfer to the airport, but without the craziness of being city centre), and is extremely clean.

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“Bucharest Trip”

We stayed here as part of a package deal with Travelpedia for 2 nights while visiting the Peles & Bran Castles. We arrived late on the Friday night & check in was a bit confusing as we originally had 2 rooms booked for ourselves & a friend who had to cancel her trip. We had booked a double room, ... more

We stayed here as part of a package deal with Travelpedia for 2 nights while visiting the Peles & Bran Castles. We arrived late on the Friday night & check in was a bit confusing as we originally had 2 rooms booked for ourselves & a friend who had to cancel her trip. We had booked a double room, but they checked us into a twin room which sounded like it should have been for our friend instead. I asked to change the room, but the receptionist told me it was not possible as they were fully booked but I could as his colleague tomorrow to change the room, but I thought it wasn't worth it as we had only one more night in the Hotel. The room was clean & pretty basic with a large TV & toiletries, they had a mini bar with a few items available but crucially for us, no Coffee/Tea making facilities in the room which to be is quite a basic thing to have in most Hotels. As we had an early start in the morning, they provided us with a breakfast box which had a couple of ham& cheese sandwiches, a yoghurt, apple & a bottle of water. The Sunday morning, we had breakfast which was self-service & had a reasonable selection of items but only small sausages, scrambled eggs & quiche with potato croquettes for a hot breakfast. They did have a selection of cold meats, cheese, croissants etc. available with various Juices. The Hotel is an average place in the Business area of the city behind the Palace of parliament but it's at least a half hour walk to any entertainment area & no real operations to eat out close to the hotel. The Hotel restaurant closes around 8-30 at night which again is a bit frustrating as we had been out for the day & were looking to get a meal when we returned. Overall impression is average hotel in a poor location as a Tourist & would suggest getting a hotel closer to the Old Town for better options to dine out.

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