Wellness Hotel Katalin

Excellent hotel, very friendly service, and good food. The kids loved the pools with the water slides inside and outside. The saunas are great. I didnt understand why they dont operate the steam room in the summer, though. The hotel is located very close to a very nice beach at the balaton.

Lovely wellness hotel suitable for both guests with and without children. Many different activities for children (and adults with an inner child) as well as a quiet adult-only wellness section with sauna, swimming pool, jacuzzi and a fitness room to round everything off. Our stay had half-boarding in the price and the buffet for both breakfast and dinner was magnificent both in quality and quantity. We will definitely make this our special retreat and will be back!

American tourist here traveling (thankfully) with a Hungarian family. I spent 5 days here off-season. The hotel was fully sold out for many days during my stay. First off, the basics. This hotel is very, VERY child-oriented. It is reasonably clean considering that but there is a definite lack of adult activities. The hotel itself is near the beach which is the primary redeeming factor in my humblest opinion. Now for small details: * Signs are in English around, menus can be requested in English. However some staff scoff at communicating in English. I found myself staying quiet and communicating through family members on what I wanted. This made me feel very uncomfortable, even as a relatively seasoned international traveler. * The buffet food quality is amazing. Definitely cruise ship quality. The menu doesn't change much if at all, however. Not a huge negative be assured it is very good. * The rooms are ok to meh. The doors don't close unless you force them closed with a solid push, the beds are not comfortable and the bathrooms had a weird urine smell for several nights we couldn't figure out. * Most of the time there was no lifeguard on duty at the pools and I rarely ever saw anyone at the first aid station. This was very disappointing. * As I mentioned above, there are a lot of things to do if you are a kid and like water activities. For 'wellness', they hardly offer anything beyond playing in the water, a sauna or tabletop/video games. I would have expected hot spring water or even a masseuse. Heck the hotel even allows children in the adult-only area at certain times, meaning you have practically NO area you can get away consistently if you want to. Bottom line, don't book this hotel if you are an adult looking for a more complete wellness beyond keeping the kids occupied. The rooms are lackluster, the activities are lacking, and only the food is a bright gem in their offering.