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Positioned just 20 minutes from the thriving centre, CEU Conference Center offers the ideal spot for business pursuits, activity breaks and relaxation. CEU Konferencia Kozpont has 424 rooms including 10 apartments. The building is wheelchair accessible. All rooms are air-conditioned, provide private bathrooms and are equipped with TV. Enjoy sport and leisure facilities, our swimming pool, sauna, fitness room and tennis court are at your disposal. We offer free Wi-fi in the standard rooms, lobby area and meeting rooms. The sights of the city are easily reachable due to good traffic connections. The ARKAD shopping centre is nearby, the EXPO Exhibition Centre is 5 km away, the Hungaroring is 20 km away. Meeting, function and assembly rooms can accommodate from 10 participants up to a total of 350. Integrated design and flexible partitioning systems allow for maximum convenience in terms of space and layout. Our restaurant is awaiting you with Hungarian and International cuisine. Thanks to our well equipped kitchen, we offer a wide range of catering services for events taking place in the CEU Conference Center, such as coffee breaks, served or buffet meals and weddings.
Beds are short and so are the bed sheets. Even if you're not taller than 182 it's uncomfortably short. For the price you pay it's okay, pool was nice and mostly empty so that was a large plus for this place.
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Date of stay: December 2019
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An OK hotel for a few days. The receptionist was really nice. The air conditioning is not good, combined with. the fact that the room was on the eastern side led to a not so pleasant experience. The ATM machine seemed a little suspicious because the card entry was shaking and I thought there was a skimming device, but so far so good.
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Date of stay: August 2017Trip type: Traveled with family
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Rooms are very clean and big enough. Here is conference hotel of university so you can find restaurant and canteen in ground level. We stayed at 10th floor. There is 2 lifts for rooms. Wheel chair can reach to hotel easily. There is tram and bus acces to hotel but hotel is not in city center. We drive our car for 4-5km. You can park your car inside garden with small amount of payment like 3Euro.
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Date of stay: September 2016
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Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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I stayed ad this hotel for quite some time as I studied at the Central European University. The good thing about it is that is has sauna, swimming pool, ok food (cantina), rooms are ok, bathroom is clean etc. The negative things are that it is a bit far away from the center. However this is not a problem for this hotel as it is very close to public transportation and Budapest has the best public transportation system (in comparison to Prague, Krakow, Bucharest, Chisinau, Kiev, Washington DC, London etc.) You just cross the street take a bus till the final stop and take the subway from its first stop and it takes you to the center. Overall it takes 30 minutes tops. Moreover, buses which travel after 12:00 AM also pass near the hotel so in case you are coming from a party at 4 AM - there is no need to spend too much on a cab (cabs are expensive in Budapest). You just need to check the schedule. Although there are students living in this hotel they are usually always busy studying and the "party room" is far away in the basement which makes it silent. If I visited Budapest again, I would definitely stay at this hotel.
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Date of stay: May 2012
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Trip type: Traveled solo
Room Tip:The receptionist (usually in the evenings) Ambrus Barnyi (Ambrush Barney how to read in English)...
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Where do I begin? I'm a CEU alumn that unexpectedly had to stay 2 nights in Budapest and immediately looked up the CEU Conference Center. Students, faculty, and alumni receive generous discounts (up to 50%) so this was a no brainer. I called twice on a Thursday around 4 PM to make a reservation, but nobody at the reception answered. Since I was in a hurry, I made the reservation for the apartment via Booking.com to prevent arriving at the hotel and finding out there are no rooms available.
Upon arrival, I inquired about the discount but was told by the receptionist that reservations made online are ineligible for the discount. The receptionist said that I had to make the reservation by calling, even though I repeatedly said that nobody answered my calls earlier that day. He said I can talk to a manager the next day.
The following day, I spoke with another receptionist that basically gave the same story, however she called the manager to confirm this. I followed up with an email to the Residence Manager politely explaining my situation, notifying her that I previously called without success and since I was in a hurry made the booking online.
Do you want to know what her response was? She said that sometimes the reception is unattended during lunch and dinner times i.e. "sorry nobody picked up the phone - sucks for you". She also claimed my apartment was "ineligible" for the discount as it's "refurbished".
First of all, none of these requirements and limitations were listed anywhere at the hotel or website. The "policy" of no discounts is also pure rubbish as hotels can easily issue refunds regardless of where the booking was made. Her justifications were preposterous and her emails arrogant. To make matters worse - the same day after finally getting in touch with the manager - she leaves for vacation for two weeks as notified in the automatic email reply.
I would never recommend this place after receiving such poor customer service. The manager needs to be reprimanded immediately. If this place is not welcoming to CEU alumni, I can only imagine the experience for anyone else.
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Date of stay: July 2019
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Trip type: Traveled on business
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If you going to Budapest to study at CEU, then select their accommodation, you will increase your network very much. The place is clean and tidy, breakfast is nice. There is also snack bar, gym, pool and a very beautiful garden. Rooms are clean as well and comfortable enough. There are two refrigerators on each level.
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Date of stay: August 2014Trip type: Traveled with friends
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It's a 3-star? Give me a break! I've stayed in student dorms before so I didn't expect too much, but this one leaves a rather pathetic impression. I can put up with the shower, which is so small you barely fit in there, with the shower head shooting the water in all directions and just one (!) small towel for all your needs, but not with mold! The shower heads with mold growing on them, mold in the corners of the bath, dirty and cracked toilets, etc. I inspected about 10 room before I found one which was relatively okay, opened the window wide to get fresh air and did NOT turn the air conditioner on just to minimize the amount of mold in the air, because in one of the rooms in grew like crazy on a sheet of paper towel, which I used to cover the counter, after a few drops of water got on it. Br-r-r ...
The breakfast was okay, you won't go away hungry but don't expect anything fancy. After the mold experience, I didn't risk to go to the swimming pool or the sauna, so can't comment on that.
Locationwise, it's about 3-4 bus stops from the metro, which is convenient, as public transportation is quite reliable.
Overall, I'll definitely NOT stay in there unless I get a free deal.
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Date of stay: July 2009
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Trip type: Traveled on business
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We were a group of 8 friends, so we got ourselves 4 twin rooms, without breakfast. Our check-in was great. There a a really nice guy at the reception, very welcoming, I even gave him a souvenir from Brazil. The rooms are confortable and clean. All very new and a very small TV (which we never used). Breakfast was 8 euros, but didn't look too appealing, so we skipped it. The next morning we used the pool. It has about 15 meters long. The only detail is that you must bring your head cap, otherwise you can't use it. Location was good half way from the city to the airport, more or less.
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Date of stay: April 2018Trip type: Traveled with friends
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For the price you are paying is ok. You can not expect more. Rooms are clean and warm. Wifi working ok. I did not like the smell in the whole place. It was ok for 1 night, but I will not come again. It is ok for a transit night but not for holidays
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Date of stay: March 2018Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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When I made check in, in reception desk was ugly, unnice men in sweatsuit. He was totally impolite, unhelpful. There wasn't WI-FI in the hotel!! How is it possible in 21.cetury in conference hotel?!?!?! Room was small. I reserved room with one big bed...I had two veeeeery small beds. Bathroom was clean but shower was very very very small and broken-water comes out to bathroom floor... Location was bad, far far away from city center, even from vicinity of center. Never come back. Do not reccomend to anybody!
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Date of stay: November 2016
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Trip type: Traveled on business
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Dear Baz,
Thank you for contacting us. The use of swimming pool, sauna and fitness room is included in the room rate. The buffet breakfast in 2017 costs 7 EUR per person per occasion.
Should you need further assistance, do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards,
Alexandra Szalmasi-Elod
Director of Sales
CEU Konferencia Központ
"The receptionist (usually in the evenings) Ambrus Barnyi (Ambrush Barney how to read in English) is the best at helping you with everything you need: good room, knows the city etc.
Other receptionists are ok.
DO NOT LOOSE YOUR KEY to the room"
There are more places to choose from in the Budapest area.
PRICE RANGE
$64 - $81 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
HungaryCentral HungaryBudapest
NUMBER OF ROOMS
424
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Which popular attractions are close to CEU Conference Center?
Nearby attractions include St. Stephen's Basilica (Szent Istvan Bazilika) (4.9 miles), Heroes' Square (3.9 miles), and Churchill Shooting Range - Budapest (5.0 miles).
