Hotel Transilvania

Excellent location, practically in the center of Cluj. Room was good, given the type of the building (19th c. internal courtyard town house) and the price charged. Always clean. Breakfast very, very good with all the staples plus, most days, some delicious examples of home cooking. Staff always professional, correct, and helpful.

The revamped restaurant. Tacky decoration, occasionally veering into outright kitsch, definitely out of tune with the overall architecture and vibe of the hotel building itself. The fancy menu is NOT an improvement on the previous down-to-earth offer, which may have been more suited to the local tastes and culinary traditions. On the one day when, by force of habit, I sat down to have lunch there, two thirds of the items of the menu were not available, the rest was a hit-and-miss attempt at fusion and nouvelle cuisine and vastly overpriced. I do not know what the owner(s)/manager(s) of the restaurant were thinking, but I doubt theirs will be the new place in town where locals and tourists will flock to eat octopus and similar exotic items (especially if they are available only on the printed menu, not actually in the fridge). If guests really want to eat fancy international cuisine in Cluj (as the management seems to think), they have plenty of options just a few steps away from the hotel, and I doubt any additional amount of flashy signs and tacky bling will lure them away from there. I can safely say that next time I stay at the hotel, I will give the restaurant a miss. The server was professional and helpful even though visibly overwhelmed and under some stress.

Very friendly staff, delightful story about Dracula after dinner, excellent shower and clean rooms.

Great place. Staff are polite and friendly. Close to the city centre. Good breakfast.

A bit dated.

The location

The fact that the staff told me that there is no available parking, and when I was visiting the area I have discovered the hotel parking with available places. And before that, the staff recommended me the most expensive parking ever, where I have paid 200 lei for 12 hours.