Noir Et L'or is a swanky restaurant at the bottom of Király utca near the Deák tér transport hub. The menu – decidedly Hungarian with Mediterranean exceptions for the…
Outside, a few tables and chairs jostle with the wooden cabins of the Christmas market, for those brave enough to be tempted by an al fresco drink or meal…
Jardinette – little garden – is so named because of the large garden that shelters it from the road. The names of the restaurants established in the same premises in…
Solet, flodni, falafel and other specialities of Jewish cuisine will be served up at the Jewish Gastronomy Festival, now in its fourth year, in Kazinczy utca, District VII, between…
Iguana styles itself a Mexican-American restaurant, aiming to bring to Budapest the kind of Mexican eatery and menu that can be found in the USA. A large section of…
Located in a fine building that straddles the old city walls, Pavillon de Paris sits in the minute French enclave in Buda’s main street, just opposite the French Institute.…
Márgál is a restaurant that can easily be overlooked, unless one is really keen to look through the windows of the gyros and cheap mobile-phone outlets that line this…
Centrál Café needs little introduction as one of Budapest’s historic coffee houses, a part of the city’s social and cultural lore for over a century. Re-open as a café…
Set in a back street near Nyugati since 2005, Indigo offers a pleasant space in which to explore and enjoy “the flavours of India”, as its slogan goes. Specialities…
Kheiron strikes an unusual note among restaurants specialising in Hungarian fare in the centre of Pest. Modern-looking and clearly geared towards tourists strolling the downtown, nothing in its name…
Remíz restaurant takes its name from the tram depot that sits just steps away, at the intersection between two major roads. The theme is set with the tram-like brick…
The entrance to this restaurant on District I’s Ostrom utca, just down from Bécsi kapu (Vienna Gate), is unassuming, but the rooms inside are opulently decorated in a style…
Café Provence out in the hills of District II is not just a simple newspaper, cake and coffee place. Open throughout the day, it is a full-blown breakfast, lunch,…
Arcade almost seems oblivious to the pressures of location and tourist appeal that rule many of this capital city’s restaurants, so tightly packed in the centre. A cosy restaurant…
It is difficult to get off the beaten track in District V, yet Jack Doyle’s, at the corner of Pilvax köz and Városház utca, almost manages to do just…
Entering Chez Daniel almost feels like entering someone else’s home and taking a seat in a family dining room. Fuss is not a word that seems to apply here,…
The contrast couldn’t be greater between the banal Hungarian name (Mák = poppy) and the reality of this restaurant in a small District V side-street. Mák subscribes to the…
At the foot of Castle Hill, one among a row of fancy cafés and wine shops, Baldaszti’s is Budapest’s latest offering to gourmet eaters, or anyone interested in “fine…
Charm is something that Pesti Lámpás’ terrace possesses aplenty, oozing from the courtyard walls of the well-renovated, historical Ybl Palota. The central fountain plays perpetual music, lights spring up…
Eiffel square next to Nyugati train station – green, spacious and relatively protected from the noise of cars and police sirens – comes as a breath of fresh air…
It takes some doing to navigate the lacklustre streets next to Keleti train station, to walk past the street corner next to the “authentic” gyros outlet and hit upon…
The Ferdinand Monarchia restaurant and beerhouse in Szív utca celebrated its first year as a cultural antenna for all things Czech this February. Situated just minutes away from the…
Overlooking the busy Szentendrei út and conveniently placed for reaching entertainment on Óbudai sziget, Sunny Lounge adds to Budapest’s international restaurant scene with its recently introduced sushi menu. Service…
In the elegant surroundings of its Brasserie Royale restaurant and of its well-lit, spacious atrium, the Corinthia Hotel Budapest offers a weekly Sunday brunch to the sound of a…
The best restaurants, fine wines, fiery fruit brandies and delicacies such as cheeses, salamis, hams and honey await visitors to the Budai Gourmet Festival from Friday to Sunday (3…
The five-star Kempinski Hotel Corvinus is an illustrious presence on the Budapest hotel scene. Nor does it need to fear culinary comparisons: its summer restaurant terraces serve up various…
The Gerbeaud Café, located in the heart of downtown, recently presented its new menus and gift ideas, which combine traditions and an innovative approach. Guests are invited to dream…
Though the area around the Basilica certainly does not suffer from a lack of restaurants of all possible descriptions, one would not do too badly by picking Café Kör.…
The Kőleves – “stone soup” – bar is named after the story of the poor but wily traveller who, enticing an avaricious old woman with the idea of a…
Cantine, the latest French offering in the capital, opened its doors to Andrássy út last September. Its name might give rise to unfavourable ideas about school cafeteria lunches but…
