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The Chez David establishment is better known for its kosher restaurant, but it also offers a few relatively cheap rooms close to the downtown core. The single suite can be rented at a discount for longer periods, while the beds in the smaller rooms can be put together for a more comfortable sleep. Free parking on the restaurant grounds and the pick of Old Town haunts just outside the door. An offbeat accommodation choice, but great for people tired of impersonal luxury.
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This rather forbidding hotel is actually a bargain for business travellers on a budget. Hotel Bratislava is in the Ruzinov suburb of Bratislava, between the airport and the downtown core, meaning that business meetings and downtown nightlife will tend to involve a 10-minute taxi ride. Meeting and conference facilities can collectively hold up to 600 people, while business-class rooms have internet but no wi-fi. A strip club (the Paradise), sauna and solarium, whirlpool and weight room are as much as you’ll find in the way of in-house diversion.
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The Baronka tries hard, but its remote location in the Raca suburb of Bratislava is a difficult handicap to overcome. It offers relatively cheap accommodation against the beautiful background of the Small Carpathian mountains, as well as a pool and a sauna. It also has a wine bar selling the best vintages from Raca and nearby Pezinok, which have a long tradition of winemaking. But the amenities and the function rooms would have to be a few stars higher to make it worth the drive from downtown if you’re here for business.
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The Club is a short walk from the Set, still within range of the National Tennis Centre but closer to the city’s largest ice hockey stadium. Part of the Czech Orea chain, it too offers good value for money, but it has a marked lack of higher business services. Wi-fi is in the restaurant but not in the rooms, while conference seating is limited to one smaller room. It’s also a 10-minute taxi ride to downtown, but if you’re into sports, the neighbouring tennis courts and swimming pool may make up for the lack of centrality.
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The Medium is rather unfortunately [name]d, because it seems rather neatly to capture the modest aspirations of this new, boxy-looking structure. It is stuck on the outer fringes of the Ruzinov suburb on a main strip, beside the headquarters of the once-mighty HZDS political party. Two conference rooms, one seating 150 people and the smaller 50, along with cable internet in every room, make the Medium a possibility for business travellers. But if you’re not on a tight budget you may be disappointed with the lack of additional services.
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