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Arcade
This distant (we're talking kilometres here) cousin of Café Kör in Buda's well-heeled district XII southwest of the Déli train station has superb and very creative international cuisine, a much coveted leafy terrace set between two converging roads and seamless service. Dress up. There's an excellent wine list.
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Café Mokka
The name of the game here is 'ethno-cuisine' (don't know either), with a mishmash of dishes; you'll virtually need a map and a compass to read the menu. But we love the space and the great African theme and there's a good wine list. The three-course set menu including wine is good value.
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Central European University Caféteria
The caféteria at the conveniently located Central European University is open to all and also serves pizza.
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Fortuna Önkiszolgáló
You'll find cheap and fast weekday lunches in the Castle District at this place, a very basic but clean and cheerful self-service restaurant. Reach it via the stairs on the left side as you enter the Fortuna Passage.
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Gasztró Hús-Hentesáru
Opposite the first stop of trams 4 and 6 on the western side of Margaret Bridge, this place with the unappetising name of Gastro Meat and Butcher Products is a traditional butcher's shop serving cooked sausages and roast chicken as a sideline, which is common in Hungary.
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Goa
This new, very well-dressed kid on the block is the place at the 'mo to be seen to be 'A' (as in list). It's the trendiest place in town and the food is very good. The salads are especially recommended.
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Gresham Kávéház
Hotel coffee shops - even ones that masquerade as proper restaurants and call themselves PPHRs (popular-priced hotel restaurants) in the hospitality trade - don't usually make the grade as far as we are concerned but this one in a stunning newly renovated hotel is worth its weight in majolica tiles. There's live jazz every Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.
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Leroy Café
Like the other branches of this ever-expanding chain, including a Pest branch (VI Liszt Ferenc tér 10), this café-restaurant serves international cuisine that is not especially inspired but is of a certain standard - and there just when you've ordered one too many pints of Dreher. Pasta dishes are always good blotter. The large terrace fills up (and stays that way) very early in the warm weather.
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Rivalda
Rivalda is an international cafe-restaurant in an old convent next to the National Dance Theatre. With some modern Hungarian favourites, a thespian theme and a garden courtyard, it is the place to choose if you are going to splash out in the touristy, expensive Castle district. The menu changes frequently and the wine list is among the best.
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Robinson
Inside leafy City Park, Robinson is the place to secure a table on the lakeside terrace on a warm summer's evening. There are excellent starters like sliced goose liver and homemade venison pâté. Mains include fogas (Balaton pike-perch), grilled tuna and smoked duck breast cooked on lava stones.
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Soul Café
One of the better choices along a street heaving with so-so restaurants and iffy cafés, the Soul has inventive Continental food and décor, and you can order anything from a sandwich or a pizza to a full meal, including many vegetarian dishes. It has a great terrace.
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Spoon
If you like the idea of dining on the high waters but remaining tethered to the bank (just in case) Spoon's for you. It serves international cuisine amid bright and breezy surrounds and the choices for vegetarians are great. You can't beat the views of the castle and Chain Bridge. It also does sushi, hand rolls and sashimi.
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Tom-George
Let's be honest. What's the point of eating in a place that could be in London or New York when in Budapest? This über-trendy and overdecorated place is the venue of the moment and not an unpleasant spot. It's just that the menu is all over the place - contemporary Hungarian, Argentine steaks and sushi is not fusion it's confusion - and the service is as attitudinous as a film star being IDed.
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