Juhász Gyula - Szántó András: Hotels - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1999)
A map in the Restaurant Haen in Kristóf tér OFFERS DIRECTIONS most advanced technology of the period, including a hydraulic lift, separate elevators for luggage and tableware, as well as gas lighting. In the basement were the auxiliary rooms: the main kitchen, a bakery, a confectioner’s workshop, various specialised storage rooms (for example a fish warehouse or an ice pit), an “air heating and steam engine room”, a steam laundry, a carpenter’s and a smith’s workshop. In addition to its several communal rooms, its banqueting hall, cafeteria and café, the best known attraction of the hotel was its covered ornaThe Grand Hotel Hungária 8