Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
This attractive cafe-restaurant includes a theatre where klezmer (Jewish folk music) concerts are staged at 7pm on Fridays (4900Ft concert only, 12,000Ft…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
This attractive cafe-restaurant includes a theatre where klezmer (Jewish folk music) concerts are staged at 7pm on Fridays (4900Ft concert only, 12,000Ft…
Castle District
This place with a less-than-inspiring name ('21 Hungarian Restaurant') has some wonderfully innovative modern takes on traditional Hungarian dishes such…
Castle District
A regular haunt of staff from the French Institute across the road (who should know la cuisine française), the Pavillon is housed in a wonderful old…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
An Israeli restaurant with an enormous courtyard that comes into its own in the warmer months, 'Good Luck' serves lots of grilled meats like merguez…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
The menu inside this vaulted bistro is that of an ambitious coffee house that's turned its hand to imaginative international cuisine – you can find…
Budapest
A long-time favourite with students from the nearby university since it opened almost three decades ago, this family-owned operation just down the road…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
This stylish restaurant on one of Budapest’s more lively squares takes its name from the Hungarian for a school canteen – something it is anything but. It…
Budapest
This charming rustic self-service cafe set in a historic barn and garden offers tempting breakfasts (750Ft to 1590Ft), cakes and ice cream. Midday two-…
Óbuda & Buda Hills
This new-wave cafe does excellent speciality coffee, most notably its namesake flat white. Beyond its coffee and tea collection, you'll find breakfast…
Budapest
Mixing up modern design with vintage folklore and village antiques in its museum, Urban Betyár also merges Hungarian tradition with a contemporary flair…
Castle District
Free-range chicken, sea bass, juicy rib eyes and burgers sizzle on the charcoal grill at this excellent restaurant. Hungarian classics are also well…
Budapest
Built in 1938 as a cinema, this art deco place with a lovely upstairs gallery, outdoor terrace and views of Szent István Park is a fine restaurant serving…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
A charming 'fish bistro' now in the heart of the Jewish Quarter after a long stint off lower Váci utca, this place serves fresh, simple and great-value…
Budapest
This historic (and enormous) confectionery first opened in 1899 but changed names and direction after WWII and only regained its former fin-de-siècle…
Budapest
Vegan fast (sorry, street) food doesn't get much better than at this hole-in-the-wall eatery on up-and-coming IX Bartók Béla út. Try the likes of sweet…
Budapest
We love the food, the colourful decor and and the warm welcome at this little African oasis just round the corner from the Rákóczi tér market. It’s family…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
A small, romantic spot with a laid-back vibe, brown-paper-bag decor and a short but very well thought-out menu of Hungarian dishes with a French twist…
Budapest
This delightful retro-style cafe on tree-lined Pozsonyi út is the perfect place for brunch, a late breakfast, a specialty coffee or just a quick sandwich…
Óbuda & Buda Hills
This branch of the popular pizza, risotto and pasta bar is a welcome addition to Óbuda’s dining scene. Probably not the most memorable meal of your life,…
Budapest
'Cat' is a peculiar little cafe-bar, with veggie and vegan dishes like enchiladas and quesadillas on the menu. Eclectic decor, chilled atmosphere and good…
Budapest
For authentic Hungarian home cooking, Eat & Meet lives up to the label. Zsuzska (Suzie) Goldbach and her family open their apartment on the Danube to…
Budapest
What used to be called the Hold utca Market has been given a total facelift. It remains a true-blue purveyor of meat and produce, but we come here for the…
Budapest
This place with the mouthful of a name is a restaurant-bistro-cafe-bar with a ‘lived-in’ look that clearly wants to be everything to everyone. And it…
Budapest
Established in 1902 (but not at this location), Liberté looks and feels more like a cafe and bar than a restaurant, and that's what people seem to use it…
Budapest
The first restaurant in Hungary to gain a Michelin star, Costes is the carefully orchestrated high-end dining experience you might expect with head chef…
Budapest
It may be a bit overdone, with 'olde-worlde' counters, painted plates stuck on the walls and old letters and curios embedded in Plexiglas, but the 'First…
Budapest
This basement restaurant behind the Hungarian National Museum is stunningly designed, and why wouldn’t it be? It’s in the neoclassical headquarters of the…
Castle District
Where the beautiful set eat and sup, Zóna is as much an architectural triumph as a foodie magnet. The menu is succinct and nicely executed; we…
Lake Balaton & Southern Transdanubia
If you are going to eat typical Hungarian fare, let it be here, under the trellises covered in creeping vines and among the vineyards. The setting is…
Budapest
One of Budapest's loveliest restaurants hides inside the Sofitel Budapest Hotel. The decor is minimalist, the service some of the best we've come across…
Budapest
A little out of the way, but handy for the Hungarian Natural History Museum and the Népliget bus station, this spacious, functional-looking restaurant has…
Óbuda & Buda Hills
‘Black Foot’ (a type of Spanish cured ham) is a lovely Spanish tapas bar and restaurant that serves such standards as calamares a la romana (fried…
Budapest
Budapest knew it had arrived when a branch of the favourite canteen of the London glitterati opened here. As elsewhere, Nobu is minimalist in decor and…
Budapest
An authentic slice of Spain in the backstreets of Budapest, Padrón is passionately run by well-informed staff and expertly trained chefs. There's a great…
Danube Bend & Western Transdanubia
This adorable country inn at tiny Kondorfa, in the heart of Őrség National Park, has an excellent restaurant serving hearty seasonal cuisine with a strong…
Castle District
With stellar service and beautiful presentation, the 'Golden Caviar’ serves Russian food like you've never seen it. We can't fault the flavours – the home…
Budapest
It's difficult not to love this bistro for its excellent Hungarian wine selection (more than 100 vintages from five regions), the food and the fabulous…
Budapest
This Michelin-starred eatery adjacent to (and owned by) Gerbeaud has taken it upon its own lofty shoulders to modernise Hungarian cuisine, and its six…
Keszthely
Oenophiles and foodies should head straight to this restaurant and wine mecca, which serves simple but lovingly prepared Hungarian fare including local…
Budapest
This new kid on the block in Southern Pest – a transplant from Keszthely on the Balaton – has a lakeside vibe, with whitewashed clapboard terrace, lots of…