These Michelin Key Hungarian hotels are in the global elite!

Since 2023, the Michelin Guide has rated hotels secretly and compiled their latest list of Michelin Key hotels. They recommend more than 5,000 hotels from more than 120 countries. There are multiple Hungarian hotels on that global top list.

25 Hungarian hotels in the global elite

The world-known Michelin Guide introduced a new category for acknowledging the high-quality service of the hotels last year: the Michelin Key promotion. Hotels that were on the list of the recommended hotels of the Michelin Guide before can receive this qualification. Furthermore, the Michelin Guide promotes places having outstanding architectural, service and characteristic offers compared to the market standard.

It is a considerable Hungarian success that following the promotion of four Hungarian hotels in the spring, 25 Hungarian hotels got a Michelin Key. That means 25 Hungarian hotels are at the world’s top, based on the world-known French ranking.

One of Hungary’s Michelin hotels. Source: https://www.facebook.com/Anantaranewyorkpalace

Michelin Guide does the qualification process of the hotels in secret, Lelépő wrote. Therefore, nobody knows whether their hotel will or will not appear on next year’s list.

Giving Michelin Keys to the best hotels worldwide is understandable since Michelin Guide would like to offer a complex travel experience for its followers, including restaurants and hotels.

Michelin Key ranking is done in secret

As we wrote in June, one of the new Hungarian hotels promoted with Michelin Key was the five-star luxury hotel Andrássy Kúria & Spa, located in the heart of Tokaj-Hegyalja in Tarcal. There were three more hotels getting a promotion in that round: the Platán Udvarház, the Avalon Resort & Spa, and the Tokaj Minaro. We hope the list will expand in the future with more places in Hungary, thanks to some ratings done secretly.

Andrássy Kúria & Spa, Tarcal. Source: bdpstgroup.hu

In 2023, 73 Hungarian restaurants had Michelin star(s) or Michelin recommendations. That is a considerable success in itself. According to Lelépő, the reason is the last few years’ gastronomic revolution. Hungary has two restaurants with two Michelin stars and seven with one star. Furthermore, there are seven Bib Gourmand and 57 recommended eateries in Hungary.

Here are the best Hungarian hotels

There are ten hotels in Hungary, in which cases the Michelin Guide recommended (or promoted) even the restaurant:

• Anantara New York Palace Budapest and its restaurant, the White Salon (recommendation)
• Andrássy Kúria & Spa and its restaurant, the Bobajka (recommendation)
• Avalon Resort & Spa and its restaurant, the Avalon (recommendation)
• BOTANIQ Turai Kastély and its restaurant, the Clarisse (recommendation)
• Hotel Rum Budapest and its restaurant, the Salt (Michelin star)
• LUA Resort and its restaurant, the NOON Restaurant & Lounge (recommendation)
• Matild Palace and its restaurant, the Spago by Wolfgang Puck (recommendation)
• Platán Udvarház and its restaurant, the Platán Gourmet (two Michelin stars)
• Prestige Hotel Budapest and its restaurant, the Costes Downtown (recommendation)
• Verno House and its restaurant, the Flava Kitchen & More (recommendation)

And here are the Hungarian hotels recommended by the Michelin Guide:

• Anantara New York Palace Budapest, Budapest
• Andrássy Kúria & Spa, Tarcal
• Aria Hotel Budapest, Budapest
• Avalon Resort & Spa, Miskolctapolca
• Baltazar Budapest – Boutique Hotel, Budapest
• BOTANIQ Castle of Tura, Tura
• Continental Hotel Budapest, Budapest
• Corinthia Hotel Budapest, Budapest
• Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest, Budapest
• Hotel Clark Budapest, Budapest
• Hotel Collect, Budapest
• Hotel Rum Budapest, Budapest
• Hotel Vinifera Wine & Spa, Balatonfüred
• Kozmo Hotel Suites & Spa, Budapest
• LUA Resort, Balatonfüred
• Matild Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Budapest
• Minaro Hotel Tokaj, Tokaj
• Palatinus Boutique Hotel, Pécs
• Párisi Udvar Hotel Budapest, Budapest
• Pest-Buda Hotel – Design & Boutique, Budapest
• Platán Manor, Tata
• Prestige Hotel Budapest, Budapest
• Stories Boutique Hotel, Budapest
• The Ritz-Carlton Budapest, Budapest
• Verno House, Budapest

The Ritz-Carlton Budapest Hotel. Source: facebook.com/ritzcarltonbudapest

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