Hotel Berthelot

It looks better in the photos. Staff was not attentive in particular the Romanian ones,

In a nice area, staff was friendly, rooms clean and breakfast was very tasty. Some paint was chipping off of the bathroom ceiling. Very close to the tourist areas. In conclusion, would definitely come here again and visit this wonderful city.

Lovely staff, night manager in particular was super helpful and nice.

Very attractive and convenient downtown location for very appealing room price.

Just returned from 3 nights here. Location is good, about 10 mins walk from the Metro, maybe 20 to the Old Town. Decent craft beer place close by. Entrance is unusual, you go down stairs into a very dimly lit lobby area. The reception is a tiny glass booth like you see in a car-park or something. Very abrupt staff member checked me in. When I first entered the room the smell hit me immediately. Like a spicy sour milk (not the usual methylated spirits damp type smell). Not sure what's causing that, maybe there is indeed dampness and it just happened to smell that way. Of course, you get used to it after a few mins...but it hits you every time. Other than that, the room was ok, nice and warm (had aircon that I never switched on). I'd booked a single, and this one had 2 single beds, a fridge (unplugged for some reason), Nespresso style coffee machine and 2 bottles of water - which was refreshed daily. The huge plus is a proper Samsung smart TV with YouTube etc. Very few hotels I've stayed at have this, almost worth an extra point just for this. Breakfast was included - plenty of tables, and a changing seemingly random selection of food. Sometimes lukewarm however. Coffee was great from the touch screen machines.. Big minus for having keycards that only last 24 hours, so every evening I'd go to the room, find it didn't work, and have to traipse back down to get a replacement or a refresh (with grumpy service). So overall, not bad, but I'd probably try somewhere else if I visit Bucharest again.

The Hotel is easy to find but being visually impaired, front access to reception was a little difficult to negotiate. The room was quiet, clean and comfortable. The staff were friendly and helpful with English being spoken at all times. The National Gallery was a 6 minute walk. The breakfast was excellent and we would most certainly stay there again.