Budapest Restaurants

  1. Auguszt

    Tucked away on the 1st floor of a building behind the Fény utca market and Mammut shopping mall, this is the original Auguszt café (there are imitators), and sells only its own shop-made cakes, pastries and biscuits.

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  2. Café Kör

    Just behind the Basilica of St Stephen, the 'Circle Café' is a great place for a light meal at any time, including late breakfast. Salads, desserts and daily specials are always recommended, and there are also more ambitious three/four-course wine-tasting menus.

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  3. Gerbeaud

    This is the most famous of the famous cafés in Budapest - bar none. Founded in 1858, it has been a fashionable meeting place for the city's elite on the northern side of Pest's busiest square since 1870. A visit is mandatory.

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  4. Lukács

    This elegant café is dressed up in the finest of old-world style - all mirrors and gold and soft piano music (on weekday evenings) with a nonsmoking section too. The selection of cakes is small but good; try the creamy Lukács szelet (Lukács slice).

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  5. Mosselen

    This pleasant pub-restaurant in Újlipótváros serves Belgian (and some Hungarian) specialities, including its namesake, mussels, and has a wide selection of Belgian beers, including some of the fruit-flavoured ones. A beer tasting of six is available, and there is a good snacks menu.

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  7. Művész

    Almost opposite the State Opera House, the 'Artist', here since 1898, is a more interesting place to people-watch than most cafés (especially from the terrace), though its cakes are not what they used to be, with the exception of the almás torta (apple cake).

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