Four-star Two MICHELIN Keys Váci utca, Budapest
Matild Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel
One of two mirror-image palaces built in 1902 for an Austrian archduchess at the Pest end of the Elisabeth Bridge, now 130 rooms with Spago by Wolfgang Puck downstairs and a cocktail bar on the roof.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.
- MICHELIN
- Two Keys
- Rooms
- 111 rooms and 19 suites
- Built
- 1902, restored in 2021
- From the airport
- 24 to 50 minutes from BUD
The hotel
The archduchess's twin palaces.
In 1902 Archduchess Maria Klotild had the architects Kálmán Giergl and Flóris Korb build two palaces facing each other across the street at the Pest end of the Elisabeth Bridge: the Matild and the Klotild, mirror images of one another. The Matild had the first lift in Hungary, and on its ground floor the Belvárosi Kávéház drew the writers and poets of the city.
After restoration the Matild opened in 2021 as a Luxury Collection hotel of 130 rooms. Many look over the bridge or the Danube. The old literary café is now the Matild Ballroom, used for private events. Above it all, the Crown Tower Suite climbs three floors inside a tower 157 feet high, with a view in every direction over the inner city.
- Spago by Wolfgang Puck A ground-floor restaurant of 120 seats with a terrace, which also runs room service round the clock.
- The Duchess A hidden cocktail bar on the roof, looking over the Danube at sunset.
- The spa In the basement, with a hammam, a salt room, sauna and steam rooms, and a gym alongside.
Rooms & suites
River views and a tower suite.
111 rooms and 19 suites, many facing the Elisabeth Bridge or the river.
- Under the roof Loft Rooms and Suites Contemporary rooms in the attic storeys, with views over the rooftops.
- Suites Marble suites Some suites are finished entirely in white marble; suites look over the Elisabeth Bridge, the city or the river.
- Signature suite Crown Tower Suite Three floors inside the tower, with views on all sides of the inner city.
Dining
A Los Angeles name on Váci utca.
Restaurants and bars as listed by the hotel and Forbes Travel Guide. Shown for information.
- Spago by Wolfgang Puck Modern Hungarian and international Wolfgang Puck; 120 seats and a terrace
- The Duchess Rooftop cocktail bar Views over the Danube
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by noon.
- Children Welcome at any age; cots on request.
- Pets Accepted on request, for a charge.
- Parking Not at the door: a private car park nearby can be booked ahead.
Getting there
Flying to Budapest.
Budapest Ferenc Liszt International (BUD) handles scheduled flights and private jets, and Forbes Travel Guide puts the drive at 24 to 50 minutes depending on traffic. Private passengers clear formalities at the General Aviation Terminal.
- Vienna 35 min
- Munich 1 h 05
- Nice 1 h 40
- London 2 h 15
- Dubai 5 h 35
Questions
What guests ask first.
- How many MICHELIN Keys does Matild Palace have?
- Two, kept in the 2026 MICHELIN selection for Hungary.
- Who built Matild Palace?
- The architects Kálmán Giergl and Flóris Korb, in 1902, for Archduchess Maria Klotild. Its twin, the Klotild Palace, stands across the street.
- How far is Matild Palace from Budapest Airport?
- Between 24 and 50 minutes by car, depending on traffic.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Budapest?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Budapest, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Budapest
Other hotels worth the trip.
- Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace The Art Nouveau palace of 1906 at the Pest end of the Chain Bridge, 179 rooms, with an infinity pool in the spa on the top floor.
- Anantara New York Palace On Erzsébet körút, 185 rooms and suites above the New York Café, which has been open since 1894.
- Párisi Udvar Hotel A listed shopping arcade by Ferenciek tere, a hotel since 2019, with Zsolnay ceramics, Miksa Róth glass and a dome over the passage.
- Verno House A former apartment house on Október 6. utca, near Szabadság tér, with the Flava restaurant downstairs.
- Dorothea Hotel, Autograph Collection Three nineteenth- and twentieth-century buildings joined by Piero Lissoni and opened in 2023, with 216 rooms and a garden restaurant.
- W Budapest The Drechsler Palace on Andrássy út, directly opposite the Opera, now 151 rooms with penthouse suites named after swans.
- Hotel Clark At the Buda foot of the Chain Bridge, with the Leo Rooftop high above the river and the funicular up to the castle close by.
- Kimpton BEM A nineteenth-century palace on the Buda side remade by Marcel Wanders, opened in 2024, with the feNNen Skybar on top.
- Kozmo Hotel Suites & Spa A protected building of 1910 that once housed a telecommunications centre, with two pools in the spa.
- Aria Hotel Budapest Next to St Stephen's Basilica, with rooms such as the Liszt Studio and the Opera Suite, live music in the garden each night and the High Note SkyBar on the roof.
- Corinthia Hotel Budapest A hotel on Erzsébet körút since 1896, whose restored Art Deco Royal Spa covers more than a thousand square metres.
- Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest Home to Nobu Budapest, and its 525-square-metre spa won Hungary's Best Hotel Spa at the 2025 World Spa Awards.
- Al Habtoor Palace, Budapest The former Adria Palace on Elizabeth Square, once The Ritz-Carlton, now run by the Al Habtoor Group.
- Áurea Ana Palace Two buildings on Akadémia utca, a neoclassical one of 1847 and one of 1894 built for the Austrian delegation, now 107 rooms with a spa of pools and saunas.
- InterContinental Budapest On the Pest river front, where some rooms look across to the Royal Palace, with Lebanese cooking at ARZ.
- Pullman Budapest The former Hard Rock Hotel in the theatre street of Terézváros, reopened by Accor in 2024 with 136 rooms and a 280-square-metre rooftop lounge.
Staying at Matild Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Budapest, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.