I've stayed in this hotel in the middle of May 2008. It was a business trip, and we had a meeting in the same hotel. The location of the Merucure Korona is pretty good: it is close to Danube river & Vaci street, few meters away from the Market Hall and right accross from the National Museum. There is also a metro station next door and a Raday street with a bunch of nice trestaurants and bars. However, on the Kalvin square where the hotel is located, there is a metro construction going on that occupies the whole square. I think it would go on for another couple of years. Still, this is just about the view - thankfully, there was no noise or any other disturbance from this construction. Overall, the hotel looks quite nice - the lobby, the bridge bar, the restaurant. But when you get to your room, that's when the disappointment begins. It is very small, especially for the 4 star hotel. Also, it is absolutely plain. Something you would expect in holiday inn or any 3* chain hotel. The bathroom is very small as well. The rate we've got was fine, so probably for that price it was a good value. However, the rack rate at that time was almost twice as much. If your budget allows, I would definately suggest staying in some other hotel.

Arrived on Saturday 22nd March 2008 - Departed 26th March2008 The Rooms : For a supposedly 4 star rated hotel the rooms were extemely small, pretty basic and VERY claustrophobic !!. No tea/coffee facilities in the room and no iron - after contacting reception to have one brought to our rooms - the maid arrived and advised us to go down three floors, where we will find a corridor (used as a tea-room/ storeroom for the chambermaid staff) with an iron and ironing table - we had to do it ourselves !!! The bathroom : Tiny - two people could not be in it at the same time ! The mini-bar - Not a great deal to choose from - had a 'flat' coke - probably been there for a while, more than likely due to the prices !!! A miniature of Vodka was ?6.00(GBP) !!! Breakfast : This was between 7:00-10:00, however I wouldn't bother going after 9:00am - food was cold, waitresses were sparse (most of the guests, including ourselves who arrived after 9:00am, found ourselves clearing our own tables and rummaging through the cupboards for clean cutlery. When my wife found that the urn containing milk was empty, she pointed it out to one of the waiters - who simply shrugged his shoulders and walked away !!! The Bar : I have stayed and dined at Gleneagles in Scotland and Raffles in Singapore - but I never felt as ripped off as I did here !! Over ?6.00 (GBP) for a local beer / ?8:00 (GBP) for a brandy (cheapest) and coke. Two small beers (local) and two coffee's - almost ?20.00 (GBP) - two doors down in a local tourist bar the same local beer was ?1.60 (GBP) and the brandy and coke ?3.60 (GBP). The Restaurant : We didn't bother !!! On our departure the desk manager asked us how our stay was, when we told him about the breakfast situation - he said he would speak to the staff and tell them to be more attentive in future - we left !!!!! Perhaps we simply stayed on the wrong four days of the year (!?!) but from what we experienced we will probably NEVER stay in another Mercure hotel. THIS WAS NOT A FOUR STAR EXPERIENCE !!!

Reading the previous number of comments after I had booked the hotel I was slightly concerned, however I need not have worried, the hotel staff were very friendly, including the front desk and swimming pool attendent. The rooms were big enough and didn't smell smokey (stayed on floor 6) The only downside I would say was the price of drinks at the hotel bar compared with bars elsewhere, a 500ml Dreher 1200 Huf about ?3.30, we didn't eat in the hotel so cannot comment. All in all happy with the hotel.

Location is good, near Vaci ut., city center. But that's about it and the hotel was a disappointment to me as I expected more from an Accor four star hotel. First, parking is very expensive (EUR 20/night) and you have to give the car to the man in the parking to go up the elevator many floors. The ceiling of the parking is very low and I hit my trunk door in it. No warning signs about the low ceiling. Rooms small for a 4*, no separate couch, only two small chairs. The pool is a joke, a plastic small pool. Two small and awkward shaped saunas, from which one was not working when I stayed there. WiFi available only paying. Building is old, refurbished but you feel you don't stay in a 4* hotel but merely in a 3*. Breakfast expensive EUR 17/person. Next time I will choose more carefully when staying in Budapest.

we stayed at the korona for 3 nights the good thing is its realy near the metro and the market and vacci ut. the bad thing is the room we got was tiiny but realy small the bad was old and un un uncomfortable u can feel the downside of the bad and its was hoorible the breakfest was ok but not as we used to in other mercure hotels we have been in europe so in one sentence nice and close but not comfprtable at all! and one night we stuck at the revolving door for 5 minutes before anyone could rescue us!