Budapest Restaurants

  1. Daubner Cukrászda

    A bit far-flung, tis true, and you can only nibble on the hoof here; there are no seats. But it gets rave reviews from locals and expats alike and has won the Best of Budapest award for best cake shop.

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  2. Fény utca Market

    One of the largest and most central food markets in Buda is the Fény utca market next to the Mammut shopping mall.

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  3. Fröhlich

    This ancient cake shop and café in the former ghetto makes and sells old Jewish favourites such as flódni , a three-layer cake with apple, walnut and poppy-seed fillings, and kindli , cookies with nuts or poppy seeds.

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  4. Hold utca market

    Hold utca market is a central market, though not one of the most colourful or well-stocked.

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  5. Lehel Csarnok

    One of Pest's more interesting traditional markets, Lehel Csarnok is housed in a hideous boat-like structure designed by László Rajk, son of the communist minister of the interior executed for 'Titoism' in 1949. This is apparently his revenge.

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  7. Rákóczi tér market

    A central (though not the most colourful or well-stocked) market is Rákóczi tér market.

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  8. Szalai

    This humble little cake shop in the Northern Inner Town and just north of Parliament probably has the best cherry strudel in the capital (though its cream cakes go down a treat as well).

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