The Monastery may be receiving better reviews than the hotel deserves. Having stayed there, I would not again read the 5’s and 4’s and accept 100% of them as being unbiased, objective, and the actual experiences of guests. Here was my experience: During the second summer of the Pandemic, before I left Romania driving toward Budapest, I encountered the Monastery’s reviews, My impression was that the Pest side of the Danube may be crowded and noisy and that the Buda side, where the Monastery is located, would be sedate and tranquil. And that was what I wanted. Because of the Monastery’s great reviews and photos, I emailed asking for a 2-night pandemic rate and saying that I would also like to know parking and breakfast costs. The hotel replied with an unbundled quote, showing the room rate separate from parking cost; and that was helpful. Breakfast: After breakfast on the first morning, I knew I wouldn’t want it again. In TripAdvisor you will see several reviews remarking on the disappointing breakfast. And for me, it absolutely was. A shortage of choices, poor quality, and yes, it seemed like the orange juice was water with a mild tinge of orange flavoring. Breakfast room staff, in the majority, were inhospitable and ill-mannered. I notified the front desk to remove me, going forward, from the list of those including breakfast with their stay. The argumentative attendant said she would ask management if I could be permitted to do so -- as if the hotel would determine what I could be allowed not to purchase during my stay. Parking: Offered in their quote and agreed to by me at 20 euros nightly. At check-in I was directed to the locked gate and steep climb up to the small lot. One parked vehicle occupied two stalls; the remainder were each occupied with one vehicle except for a prime location stall along the management row and with a sign in front saying ‘reserved.’ Clearly it wasn’t reserved for me. Note the smell of sewage sometimes noticeable in the upper parking area. Room: Although the rate for room 115 was low considering the lovely location and ambiance of the property, the room was tiny. Good thing I was travelling solo. Absolutely no chance of getting two people into that room. The hotel and the neighborhood were quiet. The bedroom and bathroom were ‘A minus or A’ but not A plus for cleanliness and maintenance. Restaurant: I ate one evening meal in the outdoor restaurant. I thought it was lovely as was the ambiance and the staff. Staff: I dealt with three separate guest services people during my stay. One of the three seemed well educated and well informed and was exceptionally customer / guest satisfaction focused with great information about transportation logistics, how to get across the river, booking cabs, and so on. **The morning I checked out, I experienced the other who had wanted to debate whether I could choose not to eat breakfast in the hotel, and a man identifying himself as guest services management. I brought the parked car to the front of the hotel so I could easily get luggage in instead of pushing it up the steep hill into the parking area. The sullen guest attendant checking me out asked me to wait for a receipt until she dealt with the man behind me in line. And while she did that, she looked frequently out the front window into the paid parking area. **When she finally gave me my receipt, I walked quickly to the front lot and saw the parking ticket on the windshield. The guest services attendant had deliberately waited just long enough for the ticket to be issued before making my receipt available. **I insisted the hotel bill be re-calculated with the cost of the ticket subtracted. The man who said he was in guest services management tried his hardest to get out of deducting the ticket cost but finally capitulated. The parking ticket office is a half kilometer, at most, from the Monastery’s front door. There, not a word of English was spoken, but they understood that I wanted to pay the ticket and get a receipt. Had I left the parking ticket unpaid, the rental car company would have added some huge margin as a service fee, I’m sure. …