Juhász Gyula - Szántó András: Hotels - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1999)

The Hotel Royal in the 1960s

condition, the hotel accommodated guests until 1990. As no new proprietor has appeared on the scene in recent years, no reconstruction has been carried out. Pending reconstruction, the building is now in a continually worsening state of repair.

The Hotel PALACE

No. 43 Rákóczi ót, district VII This hotel was built in 1911 at the corner of Rákóczi út and Csokonai utca, near one of the major traffic junctions of Pest. Designed by architects Marcell Komor and Dezső Jakab, the building evoked the work of Ödön Lech- ner in its style. Contemporary press reviews described the hotel like this: “Opening from the English-looking lobby is a breakfast room in Adam style and then a period restaurant ä la Louis XIV. The beer hall in the basement features Old German furniture and stained glass windows. On the first floor are a reading room, a lounge and a terraced garden. All 150 rooms on the six floors of the hotel overlook the street, and most have a balcony and a bathroom. Room service can be summoned via

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