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Where to eat

With more than 1000 restaurants and cafés in Budapest, how do you choose? Here’s where to get started. Figures in parentheses indicate the approximate price range of a main dish only. This does not include steak or seafood, which are generally more expensive.

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

  • Gundel

    Gundel
    This is the name to drop when you get back home. Gundel is arguably the only restaurant in Budapest with an international reputation. And the cuisine is
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  • Premier

    Premier
    This new restaurant in the Journalists' Association building attracts all sorts of distinguished media types. And us too. The dishes are fairly standard
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  • Kárpátia

    Kárpátia
    This Transylvanian restaurant in the heart of Pest has an interior of Byzantine ornateness, plus a charming marquee for outdoors dining. The menu includes a
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  • Central Cellar Restaurant and Wine Bar

    Central Cellar Restaurant and Wine Bar
    Located on Váci utca between Vörösmarty tér and Szabad sajtó utca, the Central Cellar Restaurant and Wine Bar offers cosy brick and timber surroundings
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Latest Comments

  • Café Pierrot
    This review is half a decade old and the place is completely remodeled - Pierrot is one of the best fine dining restaurants in Budapest, featured in the Michelin Guide. amazing food, great wines, beautiful location and a refined classic interior. oh[...]
  • Teaház a Vörös Oroszlánhoz
    I went to this tea house today with two of my friends. At the very beginning we asked for separate checks, and placed our orders.Our orders were incorrect. When we asked to replace the order, but it took us more than an hour to realize that our orde[...]
  • Teaház a Vörös Oroszlánhoz
    The horrible service ever I experienced in Budapest. Slow, unfriendly.[...]
  • Taj Mahal
    I have tasted taj mahal food.It is very average fare.They dont know how to make correct indian food.[...]
  • Aztek Chocolat
    One of my favorite places for coffee in the city![...]
  • Taj Mahal
    Amazing interior, friendly staff, excellent choices to eat, well-informed restaurant-owner, tasty food, value for money, closer to nyugati railways station and good location.... I will go again and again and can suggest too.[...]
  • Le Jardin de Paris
    GO and ask for the best of its "foie gras" :a fabulous dish from the owner Gabi Meunier.listening a drop of jazz music...with a special glass of good white wine as he knows to serve with....and have the best and good evening of your life ![...]
  • Wabisabi
    Well, the Wabisabi is no longer there.The new place at the same spot is called Red Pepper and it offers good food at decent prices. We enjoyed it. There were also some Vegetarian Options on the Menu.[...]
  • Central Cellar Restaurant and Wine Bar
    This restaurant was awesome! Getting to it was a bit of a trek- -down a hallway, down a spiral staircase, down another hallway- -but totally worth it. Very good food at very reasonable prices. I had a bowl of Goulash, a great steak with goose liv[...]
  • Pater Marcus
    Hi have eaten twice in this restaurant 31st Jan and 02nd Feb 2009,the food was superd and generous portions and a great choice of beers and wines,the staff were first class and gave great service,i would recommend it to anyone to try,ther was ten in[...]
  • Kacsa
    thank you very much ,I love it very much[...]
  • Kárpátia
    This restaurant is a tourist trap. The food was ordinary, reheated, with paprika everywhere, even in pumpkin creme soup.The somelier no idea about wines except how to open them. The waiter drank from the wine glasses he later served to his guests (o[...]
  • Incognito
    Cocktails Galore in this little place. Loved it and had so many different cocktails. Def would recommend it to all.[...]
  • Gundel
    Superb food and service in elegant surroundings. The tasting menu, with appropriate wines is well worth the high price (cocktails, tasting menu and wine for two, coffee, tip = HUF 95,000).Gundel is a fabulous experience - but remember that a meal li[...]
  • Kacsa
    This is one of Budapest's absolutely best restaurants. Unlikely location and my hotel's recommendation made me skeptical. But the food was superb. Better than Gundel!The crispy duck was the best I've ever had. And the service was great. On my last t[...]
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