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Reviews of Balvanyos Resort (Grand Hotel Balvanyos) 4 stars

Balvanyos, 525400 Balvanyos, Romania

#1 of 3 hotels in Balvanyos

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 1237 hotel reviews

8.9

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    9.0

  • Comfort

    9.0

  • Location

    9.3

  • Facilities

    9.0

  • Staff

    8.8

  • Value for money

    8.0

  • Free WiFi

    8.2

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  • Reviewed: 24 May 2024

    10
    Perfect place for recharging your energy
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Spa Access
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The location is amazing, surrounded my the forest, amazing spa, very nice in house restaurant and wine bar, a perfect place for relaxation

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 22 May 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family room - Vila Panorama 2 with Spa access (annex building)
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Spa facility is top notch.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 20 May 2024

    10
    My favourite place ever
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Spa Access
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    I cannot imagine a superb location with all the high quality facilities and services one can dream of for a relaxed, balanced and content stay.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 10 May 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Twin Room with Mountain View and Spa Access
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Too few long chairs for the spa

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 7 May 2024

    10
    Excellent, relaxing vacation
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Spa Access
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Could be better organized for the group activities and have daily fire pit!

    The location in the middle of the forest, SPA was great and the staff very helpful!

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 4 May 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Junior Suite with Spa Access
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Most of the rooms have no balcony, that is a big minus. One of the elevators was out of order, when you have a full hotel that becomes a problem. At The forest restaurant whenbit gets croweded the seevices gets slow. The breakfast could have more variety, especialy considering the money they ask. But overall we'll visit again.

    Very clean room, 2 tv sets in the room. Nice bathroom products, coffee machine in the room. Friendly stuff. Great spa facilities, salt water pools, hydromassage in every pool. The peeling show in the steam sauna was excelent. Good food in the Gastrolab and The forest restaurants. Big parking lot, and many outside activities in the resort. The massages are great, well trained personel.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 2 May 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Spa Access
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The room was great, with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the forest. Breakfast was diverse and really good. The spa facilities are very well maintained.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 24 April 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Spa Access
    • Stayed 2 nights

    The area is fabulous, remote and yet with all the facilities. The bed was very comfortable and the breakfast offered options for all tastes. The spa is wonderful.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 20 April 2024

    10
    Best relaxing getaway for a weekend
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Twin Room with Spa Access
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Amazing resort with outstanding staff and excellent service. The spa is absolutely beautiful and very well equipped. I highly recommend this resort for a relaxing getaway.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 April 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • One-Bedroom Apartment Vila Panorama with Spa Access (annex building)
    • Stayed 3 nights

    the location

    The spa is excelent the breaskfast is good

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 April 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Superior Twin Room with Mountain View and Spa Access
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very old and noisy AC convector, next to the bed, making and exasperating noise during all night although turned off. It did also make hot, regardless of being turned on or off, respected being set on hot or cold. We could not turn it off even with all the circuit breakers in f the room - placed in a box above the entrance door, turned off. It was so unfortunate that we have left the hotel after the first night.

    Very nice location and goof breakfast.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 15 April 2024

    10
    Filling up with energy and refreshing.
    • People with friends
    • Superior Twin Room with Mountain View and Spa Access
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Beautiful views and best treatments

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 14 April 2024

    10
    Best place to relax ever during wintertime or rainy days
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Double Room with Spa Access
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The spa/variety of saunas/pools, the breakfast, very comfortable rooms. You can access the place even without being accommodated there (there is a fee)

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 25 March 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Family room - Vila Panorama 2 with Spa access (annex building)
    • Stayed 3 nights

    The hotel was wonderful, nice view. The breakfast was plentiful, even if you arrived late, everything was refilled and available and there were options for every taste (vegetarian and non-vegetarian). Food was good at breakfast as well as for the rest of their menu at both of their restaurants (Forest and Gastrolab). The spa was great, you had everything you needed to enjoy the day at the pool (sufficient chaises longues for everybody, robes, slippers, towels). However I must highlight that it was not that crowded when we went there. The staff was polite and helpful. The room in panorama villa 2 was great (big enough for 2 people, clean, sufficient light, bed was comfortable and it was quiet, we did not hear our neighbors from the other rooms). We would return here.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 19 March 2024

    10
    Recommend
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Spa Access
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Delicious breakfast Excellent service.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 14 March 2024

    9.0
    Amazing
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Double Room with Spa Access
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Our bed was creaky. The pillows could have been better (but I’m really hard to please when I comes to pillows) 😅

    The location and surroundings are breathtaking. The spa and the massages were a dream. The hotel is filled with original art. Being an artist myself, I was thrilled to discover so many beautiful paintings and sculptures. The food was delicious.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 9 March 2024

    9.0
    A very relaxing short holiday
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Family room - Vila Panorama 2 with Spa access (annex building)
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Whilst they have safe lockers at the spa, they don't have changing rooms. I had to get dressed/ undressed as quickly as possible in a small space always checking the main door at the female locker room (the door leading the hallway didn't stayed shut also). Also they have a lot of families visiting with small children and they don't have any baby changing areas nor playing areas for children in the restaurant or outside.

    This is truly a resort with a lot of amenities and facilities on site. Breakfast was high quality, restaurant on site really nice with good food, staff really nice, the spa area is well kept and there are a lot of pools to choose from (outdoor heated pool was really nice. They have 4 electrical vehicle charging stations which was a bonus for us and even a shop where you can buy swimwear and clothes. The design of the hotel is very nice and the room was clean

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 4 March 2024

    9.0
    the bar program at the reception could be different
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Twin Room with Spa Access
    • Stayed 2 nights

    road quality

    all

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 2 March 2024

    9.0
    A very special place! Highly recommended!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family room - Vila Panorama 2 with Spa access (annex building)
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    There was nothing that we didn't like.

    The food is excellent. We had a room in Panorama 2, which was unexpectedly nice. The views are great. The spa area is very nice, the staff very friendly. Highly recommend this place!

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 29 February 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Junior Suite with Spa Access
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The staff is the big minus of this resort! We are not hard to impress persons, but when it comes to a 4 stars hotel and 200 euros/night room, we had some expectations and some of the waiters and even the receptionists are maximum 1 star rating. We stayed 3 nights and one of us found HAIR in food for 3 nights in a row, which makes us the unlucky ones or maybe some people from kitchen, had to be wearing protection. The f&b manager (I hope she is not) when we complained about it, she deliberately smiled and wanted to bring us some desert and after we refused it, she automatically brings the bill and wanted us to leave! We didn’t wanted to pay for the food, but in the end we payed for the hairy dish! GROSS! We will never come back!

    The location, right in the middle of the woods is pretty much what we were looking for, the quietness, the raw nature were impressive. We really enjoyed it! As a parent, you definitely love the spa zone, where the kids can enjoy, make friends and even cry when we had to leave the pool.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 26 February 2024

    10
    relaxing weekend
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Panoramic Family room - Vila Panorama 2 with Spa access (annex building)
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Nothing, the only thing which we didnt like was the fact that many guests book in the morning places in SPA and then leave to come back later. So, as of 9.00 almost not possible to take a place along windows, just only around the pool if you will be lucky. But for us it was not very important and didnt spoil the whole impression from the place.

    Perfect place for a nice short break. Everything was excellent: SPA, restaurants, room. We stayed in Villa Panorama 2 with amazing view with sunrise. Definitely will come back here again and recommend to visit.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 25 February 2024

    8.0
    perfect nature spot to be admired in the morning from the balcony....gastrolab food and personal spotless...
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Double Room with Spa Access
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    front desk personal from other decades ,90 s maybe.....

    perfect waiters in every restaurant!!!

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 February 2024

    8.0
    Good option for SPA weekend away
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Spa Access
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Unfortunately the spa rules displayed (no kids under 14 in the evening, no jumping in the pools etc) are not enforced, leading to a lot of unattended kids repeatedly jumping in the pools both inside and outside + being allowed to stay until closing time, despite rules stating otherwise. Be weary at the weekend the SPA can get way too busy for its seating spaces and you could end up not having a lounger/chair despite being there within 30minutes from opening.

    The location is perfect for relaxation, food at Gastrolab is incredible and the room was comfortable with great views

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 11 February 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Junior Suite with Spa Access
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Where is located

    Stayed in January 2024

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