Hotel Kentaur ★★★

"Absolutely first class hotel. Family run. Spotlessly clean. Spacious room. Gorgeous private gardens. This is how a hotel should be run and such hotels are hard to find. I think we will no longer stay in four star hotel chains but look for three star family run places. It's really good here."

Hotel Azur Premium ★★★★★

"I haven’t felt this good at a hotel in a long time."

Hotel la Riva ★★★

"The restaurant part had a slow service - no communication before order - pizza is served very fast, drinks too. The rest of food order took 60 minutes until it was served. The quality was not good. Burger horrible - we ordered same food twice , the two plates looked different in portion and in everything. The fried meat was made not in fresh oil - you could taste it. Jump in for a drink and pizza but nothing more"

Residence Hotel Balaton ★★★★

"We've been coming to this hotel several times already, but only last year discovered they had a huge apartment/suite on the third floor. Since then we have turned into absolute *******. The suite offers a huge living room with several sofas, a run-around balcony/terrace, and an ensuite whirlpool. A corridor leads to a walk-in wardrobe, the bathroom (toilet, bidet, sink, walk-in shower), a master bedroom and another bedroom with two single beds. The apartment is kept very warm, which is really pleasant, especially when the weather outside is not so inviting (which was not the case this year, though). There are several playrooms for children and adults, and they always offer activities for kids during the day and early evening. Breakfast and dinner are in a dining hall offering enough place even if the hotel is fully booked. Choice is abundant: a lot of food of all varieties including Hungarian delicatessen, always fresh, always refilled, and always tasty. This place offers some of the best food in Hungary and is also one of the main reasons we love to come there so much. Add their spa on top of that. 2 pools, a whirlpool, and a small baby pool plus a few saunas (Finnish, aroma, infrared) with plenty of deckchairs to relax round off this place. Lake Balaton is a 5 minutes walk (and they have their own private beach in summer). Da capo next year!"

Colors Holiday Hotel ★★★

Club218 Wellness Apartments ★★★

"Unfortunately the reception is only open 9-17 and also no one could be reached by the provided phone number, otherwise great spot to stay, not too far from bus and train and really spacious apartments"

Balaton Colors Beach Hotel ★★★

"It was good stay the hotel near to the Balaton lake."

Hotel Yacht Wellness & Business ★★★★

"Perfectly lovely stay. Probably not as upmarket as the website makes out - a lot of the facilities feel like they haven’t been updated in 20 years or so. But all perfectly usable and clean, and staff were unbelievably friendly and helpful (and almost all spoke perfect English, and which was a pleasant surprise). Food options were good, with standard basics each evening but also more local specialties. Lots of variety of meals. Location was strong, with a lovely view of the lake and dock. About a 15 minute walk along to the seafront, though there were lots of hireable scooters outside which made it much faster. Hotel itself was very quiet during our mid-June visit, which was nice. Dining space was almost totally empty so we never had to wait. The “spa” is really just a medium pool with adjoining kids’ pool and hot tub. Perfectly pleasant but probably closer to a leisure centre experience than a luxury one. Don’t think there were ever more than six people in the pool at a time, including the two of us. However the steam rooms and sauna are only used a few days a week, so weren’t on for the duration of our stay, which was a bit disappointing. Bedrooms were basic but absolutely fine. A kettle might have been nice but maybe that’s just my British showing! Air con in the room was much appreciated; we had it on around the clock. I would definitely recommend the hotel, but would advise not to focus too much on the “four star” part of the name, and instead expect a more standard holiday package hotel experience. My only other note is that we were plagued with flies while out on the balcony in the evening. Not the end of the world and certainly not within the hotel’s control, but it was mentioned in passing during checkout that we could have asked for bug spray at reception - keep in mind if you have a lake view room!"

Reed Luxury Hotel by Balaton ★★★★★

"A very nice hotel. The guy at the front desk is very nice and enthusiastic. He speaks good English. Close to the seaside, easy to go and see the sea!"