I stayed at the Ibis for a couple nights in February & chose it mainly based on price. It's a good deal & I guess I wasn't expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised. It seemed like it was newly remodeled. Rooms were clean. Staff was very helpful (the front desk scheduled a cab pickup & a couple excursions for me). The breakfast buffet is well worth the small extra charge -- plenty of things to choose from, including delicious pastries.

I was also very happy with the location. It's right on the street that my guidebook called Budapest's "restaurant row", so there were plenty of great dinner options just steps away! It would have been nice to have stayed at one of the many hotels right on the Danube, but it's not a far walk from the river & I saved myself some money.

I booked the hotel after reading reviews here in tripadvisor. I found I wasn't disappointed. The hotel was great value for money, we stayed at a peak time over new years and into new year. The hotel was very clean and the maid was in every day. We found even the maid went above and beyond, we left wet swimming clothing hanging in the bathroom from the baths and when we came back to our room it had been dried for us and left on our bed :) All the hotel staff were very efficient and friendly.

The breakfast isn't great at the hotel, it's €8 per person, I would recommend going to any of the cafes along the street.

For dinner we always ate in one of the restaurants along the hotels street (raday utca.) Gotti restaurant, time cafe, jaffa cafe all really nice and inexpensive. Service was always fantastic.

The hotel is right next to a subway stop which made it really easy to get around the city and home again, so there's no need for taxis.

They have a baggage room for you luggage if you have a late flight on the day you checkout, which is locked after you leave your luggage in.

I would recommend the hotel, it was clean, not noisy as the rooms are soundproofed, and the service provided was great. The location is fantastic too.

1. The location was good. It was right on Raday, so there were a lot of restaurants right down the street. The metro station was only a 2-3-minute walk. The main market was about 5 minutes away (the southern end of Vaci).
2. Just like the Ibis hotels all over Europe, it was modern, clean, functional and simple. The building was rather new.
3. My room was of average size, was simply furnished, but clean and very comfortable. Bright upbeat furnishings. Air-con was great. The bathroom was of average size, but was very clean and functional. The shower had good water pressure and nice shower heads. The TV had BBC. However, unlike the Ibises in Krakow and Vienna, which had firm beds, the bed here was soft and old, and I could actually feel the springs. This was the main minus to the place. No fridge either.
4. Staffers were efficient, friendly and spoke English.
5. I got an excellent internet-rate on their website.

This was a great little hotel for the money. It certainly isn't luxurious, and in fact I would probably call it "generic." However, I wasn't in Budapest to stay in a 5-star hotel. I was looking for a clean hotel with easy access to seeing the rest of the city. This place totally fit the bill. It's on a cute street with tons of shops and restaurants. It's a 3 minute walk to the Budapest subway which will get you entirely around town.

Best of all (I went during Europe's heatwave-- it was 107 degrees in Hungary) the Ibis Hotel has air conditioning, a rarity in these parts.

If you're a budget traveler aiming to see Budapest, this place is perfect.