Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
Considered the most beautiful cafe in the world when it opened in 1894, this neo-Renaissance-style place on the ground floor of the New York Palace Hotel…
Must-see nightlife in Hungary
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
Drop into this basement bar if you fancy a craft beer, of which it stocks a large range of Hungarian and international labels. Friendly staff are on hand…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
The bare-brick interior of this relaxed corner bar gives it a bohemian vibe. A mixed-age crowd mingles at the bar or chats at the tables ranged around the…
Budapest
Sharing the same building as the Hadik Kávéház and separated by just a door, the Szatyor is the funkier of the twins, with cocktails, street art on the…
Budapest
This temple to craft beer, which takes its odd name from the slaughtered pig (note the wooden portrait on the wall) in the iconic Hungarian 1969 film A…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
A low-lit 'speakeasy' serving expertly mixed cocktails (1950Ft to 5950Ft) using fresh juices and an educated selection of craft spirits. For something…
Budapest
We love this ambitious, spacious and bohemian cafe-bar tucked down a backstreet off Rákóczi út. Food is available, from breakfast (990Ft to 2190Ft) to…
Budapest
If you need to impress someone – even yourself – lead them up to this rooftop bar above the Aria Hotel. With your noses stuck into the dome of the…
Budapest
This fabulous, recently relocated cafe is as close as you’ll find in 21st-century Budapest to the old-style intellectual hangouts that were so prevalent…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
This grand one-time copper factory dating from 1907 sports a chilled ground-floor bar, a small venue downstairs and a fantastic garden courtyard, which is…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
Arguably the best coffee on this side of the vaguely recalled Iron Curtain, this little place on two levels (look for the not-so-true sign proclaiming 'I…
Eger
This rather precious wine bar in the cellars of master vintner Tibor Gal has tastings and serves wine by the glass and bottle. A large, comfortably…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
This 'Shanghai-inspired bar' – but aren't tuk-tuks (like the one on the pavement outside) from Bangkok, we cry? – is an ever-so-Asian gay hang-out at the…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
Brick-lined and candlelit, Doblo is where you go to taste Hungarian wines, with scores available by the 1.5cL (15mL) glass for 900Ft to 2150Ft. There’s…
Budapest
Located on the northern side of Pest’s busiest square, Gerbeaud has been the most fashionable meeting place for the city’s elite since 1870. Along with…
Pécs
Between the alfresco garden with mismatched furniture painted in bright pastels and the fairy lights strung from the trees, it's easy to see why Csinos…
Pécs
Tucked away in a green courtyard is one of Pécs' best coffee spots. Inside, it's a quirky cross between a study space (complete with cute reading lights)…
Pécs
It's a rare phenomenon for a place to successfully wear three hats at once, yet Egylet manages it with flair. It's primarily a craft beer pub with 12…
Budapest
What is probably the first kosher cake shop-cafe to open in Újlipótváros since WWII serves all the usual favourites, including the city's best – trust us …
Pécs
This big club has been revamped lately with a state-of-the-art sound system, and it features all-night DJ sets with illustrious guests working the decks…
Szentendre
There are two reasons to love this place: they know their craft beers and you can sample three dozen beers from around Hungary, as well as a good Belgian…
Budapest
The 'Snail Cafe' is a very popular, welcoming place alongside the Rákóczi tér market. The relaxed space on two levels, with battered wooden floorboards,…
Budapest
This super-cool cafe moonlights as a used-book exchange on the ground floor and boasts a large, bright gallery with additional seating upstairs. There are…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
A little Russian living room with lace tablecloths, wooden dressers, mismatched tea sets, hat stands and vintage lamps provides a relaxing daytime coffee…
Budapest
This enormous venue with multiple rooms, including covered and open courtyards facing a huge brick smoke stack of what was once a pipe factory, does…
Budapest
Inside the Széchenyi Baths, Sparty (see what they did there?) organises a variety of weekly club nights combining drinking, a light show, house and funk…
Óbuda & Buda Hills
People come to this place dating from 1901 for its macarons, traditional Hungarian cakes and pogácsa (savoury scone). You can also enjoy a coffee and cake…
Eger
Cool or what? This cafe/drinks bar at the bottom of the steps leading up to castle's Dobó Bastion is in a huge Turkish-style tent – a marquee really –…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
This enormous ruin pub has a large covered courtyard with a large (and eponymous) füge (fig) tree in the centre. There are lots of side rooms with music…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
True to its name (which translates as 'Only Good Beer'), this now expanded shop has shelves stacked high with brown bottles containing an extensive…
Budapest
This ruin pub, set in a former glass-blowing workshop, has three sections: a cafe, a wine bar with tapas (890Ft to 1390Ft) and the reason we come...a bar…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
Grandio is a large kert (outdoor garden club) in a courtyard below a budget hostel. What sets it apart are the hearty urban weeds that have taken back…
Budapest
At the northern foot of Széchenyi Chain Bridge on the Pest side sits this fair-weather boozer with seating directly on the Danube 'beach' and in a stilted…
Szeged
For coffee, ice cream and cakes (355Ft to 650Ft), check out the celebrated 'Flower Cakeshop', established in 1922, which has tables inside and on the…
Debrecen
A branch of the massively popular wine bars in Budapest, DiVino has a dizzying range of Hungarian wines, which you can sample by the 0.15cL glass (650Ft…
Budapest
Far and away Budapest’s biggest party venue, this cavernous club attracts a younger crowd with its six dance floors and as many bars (including one in a…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
Probably the cruisiest gayme in town nowadays, this place with the in-your-face name has 400 sq metres of hunting ground, a mammoth bar and some…
Northern Hungary
This is one of those nouveau cafes that takes its coffee very seriously (and its cakes too, judging from the oh-so-homemade taste; 300Ft to 450Ft). They…
Budapest
Still Budapest’s premier gay club, Alterego has the chicest crowd and the best dance music on offer. Don't miss the drag shows by Lady Dömper and the…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
Lie back in a hammock at this large, brightly decorated garden club, popular with diners from parent restaurant Kőleves next door.
