Café entertainment in Hungary
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Gerbeaud Cukrászda
Founded in 1858, Gerbeaud has been the most fashionable meeting place for the city’s elite on the northern side of Pest’s busiest square since 1870. Along with exquisitely prepared cakes and pastries (410Ft to 1150Ft), it serves continental breakfasts (2950Ft) and sandwiches (1550Ft to 2950Ft). A visit is mandatory.
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New York Café
This Renaissance-style cafe, considered the most beautiful in the world when it opened in 1895, was the scene of many a literary gathering over the years. It has now been extensively renovated but, alas, lacks the warmth and erudite crowd of most traditional cafes. Still, the opulence and the history of the New York will impress and it’s a great place for a late breakfast (1500Ft to 4800Ft; available till noon).
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Centrál Kávéház
This grande dame of a traditional cafe is still jostling to reclaim her title as the place to sit and look intellectual in Pest, after reopening a few years ago following extensive renovations. It serves meals as well as lighter fare, such as sandwiches (1000Ft) and omelettes (from 1490Ft) and, of course, cakes and pastries (390Ft to 800Ft).
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Elsö Pesti Rétesház
It may be a bit overdone (think Magyar Disneyland, with olde worlde counters, painted plates stuck on the walls and curios embedded in Plexiglass washbasins) but the ‘First Strudel House of Pest’ is just the place to taste this Hungarian stretched pastry (240Ft to 290Ft) filled with apple, cheese, poppy seeds or sour cherry.
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Angelika Kávéház
Angelika is a charming cafe – this time attached to an 18th-century church – with a raised terrace. The more substantial dishes (salads 1390Ft to 2290Ft, sandwiches 1190Ft to 1390Ft) are just so-so; come here for the cakes (320Ft to 390Ft) and the views across the square to the Danube and Parliament.
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Erzsébet
The local Kanizsai beer flows as freely throughout the year as it does at the Kanizsai Days Festival at the beginning of October, and there are a lot of decent pubs and bars, including Erzsébet, a more refined café/bar, with street-side seating suitable for coffee during the day and drinks at night.
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Művész Kávéház
Almost opposite the State Opera House, the ‘Artist’ is a more interesting place to people-watch (especially from the terrace) though some say its cakes (490Ft to 790Ft) are not what they used to be (though presumably not as far back as 1898 when it opened).
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Blue Café
The local Kanizsai beer flows as freely throughout the year as it does at the Kanizsai Days Festival at the beginning of October, and there are a lot of decent pubs and bars, including Blue Café, with its retro glass-brick bar and neon lighting.
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Belgian Beer Café
Why locals are drinking Belgian beer when such great beverages are just across the border in Slovakia and Czech Republic is anyone's guess. But there's no denying the popularity of this street-side café with its beer hall atmosphere.
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Hauer Cukrászda
This Art Deco (but frayed) café along busy Rákóczi út is often overlooked in favour of its sexier cousins, and is a real find for that. The cakes may not be Gerbeaud-quality, but the place feels local and real.
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Ruszwurm Cukrászda
This diminutive cafe is the perfect place for coffee and cakes (200Ft to 550Ft) in the Castle District, though it can get pretty crowded. Indeed, in high season it’s almost always impossible to get a seat.
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Demmer's Teaház
This cosy little teahouse next to the Mammut shopping mall is the place to come in Buda if you're serious about your cuppa cha. There's also a Pest branch at VI Podmaniczky utca 14.
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Barokk
This may be a garrison town, but the bar scene is pretty dire. Barokk, a café opposite the cathedral, attracts many locals with its location and relaxed atmosphere.
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Café Mirador
More of a cocktail bar than a café, this is a fine place to kick back after a hard day's sightseeing with a beer or cocktail and very smooth tunes.
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Café Miró Grande
Aside from its decent snacks and cakes (360Ft to 390Ft), it does more substantial starters (1790Ft to 2190Ft) and main courses (1990Ft to 2990Ft).
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Café Del Rio
On the northern side of Petőfi Bridge on the Buda side, Rio is stylish but not up itself, with a pseudo tropical/carnival theme.
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Art Café
This sedate café-pub on the main square attracts watchers and talkers, not party people. Come here for a quiet drink.
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Dali
With big couches, a funky décor and chilled tunes, Dali is perfect for lolling around sipping coffee or cocktails.
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