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Central Hungary, Hungary Food Guide: 10 Hungarian food Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in Budapest
Find out what Hungarian restaurants to try in Budapest. Budapest is a city characterized by an amazing architectural landscape with views to match. Vibrant and colorful designs give the neighborhoods an almost transcontinental flare, a unique and unfamiliar charm on the European continent.
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10. Hauer
Overall Ratings
4 based on 346 reviews
Founded in 1899, the Hauer offers handcrafted cakes and pastries, ice cream, coffee and tea as well as a selection of Hungarian dishes. Breakfast, sandwiches, salads, coffee for takeaway and cakes on order also available. Come and enjoy the early 20th cen
Reviewed By 760billa
Cafe Hauer is the quintessential cafe. It serves wonderful âlightâ food- salads, sandwiches and a few entrees - in a beautiful, old world dining room with excellent, friendly service. The highlight for me was the desserts. They have a very large selection of wonderful, homemade cookies, cakes and other delicacies. This is the perfect place to splurge a little.Dear Bill, many thanks for your review! We are happy to hear that you've had a great time at the Hauer - and we are looking forward to hosting you again soon!
9. Hungarikum Bisztro
Overall Ratings
4 based on 9771 reviews
Traditional Hungarian Restaurant serving old fashioned Hungarian dishes following family's recipes.Open every day:11:30AM-3:00PM (LAST RESERVATION AT 2:00 PM!)6:00PM-11:00PM (LAST RESERVATION AT 10:00 PM!) Between 3:00PM-6:00PM is CLOSED! RESERVATION IS R
Reviewed By Tashadav
You need to book - we originally made this mistake and then booked online via their website and went a few days later. The restaurant has a excellent atmosphere, with live music and very polite staff. The excellent food is met with some freebies - a booklet, a small starter and a shot to finish. I would recommend the sausage and mustard, goulash and for main beef with potato and tomato and pepper stew.
8. Laurel Budapest
Overall Ratings
5 based on 152 reviews
Laurel Budapest Our restaurant offers an all-nightâ gastronomy experience in central Budapest. Our Chef Adam Mede's philosophy relies on the harmony of local ingredients and wines. Casual elegance, naturalistic dishes - this is Laurel Budapest. Winebar by
Reviewed By Wendy S
We were on a City break in Budapest and saw this restaurant on Trip Adviser prior to setting off. We booked a table for 2 people before arrival. Absolutely loved every minute. We had the Chef's Table for 2 people, which consisted of 8 courses, we opted for the wine pairing too. The food was amazing, it was a fantastic way to sample Hungarian food with a twist. The service was perfect, the wine was excellent, Hungarian with only one exception a sherry at the end with the chocolate dessert. We have been to several taster menus at various restaurants, but found this one by far to be the most relaxing. We were there for over 3 hours, but the time flew by while we were enjoying all aspects of the experience. I can wholly recommend trying if you ever visit Budapest. Thank you to all staff, in the kitchen and on the tables.Dear Wendy, Thank you for your detailed review of us. And especially thank you for highlighting our locality with the little twist. It is important to us to pretend how proud we are to our regional farmers and collecting almost all of our ingredients from them.And really thank you to take your time to understand all our aspects. Hope to see you soon!
7. KonyvBar & Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 2008 reviews
Books and unquenchable affection for gastronomy called up this restaurant, where we can live for both of our passion. We offer a weekly changing books inspired cuisine traditional menu and excellent drinks in addition to taste. Have you ever felt while re
Reviewed By NoraNelis
FIRST IMPRESSION: absolute perfection. The idea to theme the food after a book, the interior, the welcome - all flawless! MENU CHOICE: a bit narrow, boiling down to the (innovative) specials. SERVICE: the excellent first impression was spoiled a) by lack of authentic warmth, and b) by the lack of understanding of the wines and the fact that the wines that we ordered by glass were poured to us in the kitchen and we did not get to see the bottle. FOOD: the chef is definitively a creative genius, the food pairing and presentation is fantastic. The duck, we had was a bit overdone, but the vegetables - presented as a tree and mixed with a fantastic apple cream and nuts, were a real explosion of tastes and textures! One of the best side dishes I've tasted in a long, long time. VALUE: not cheap by Budapest standards, but probably worth it. OVERALL: most certainly worth visiting, am not sure if we would go back, however.
6. Input Kitchen & Bar
Overall Ratings
5 based on 189 reviews
Welcome to Input Kitchen & Bar! With us, you will get the experience you have been looking for for a long time, that you can really feel like a guest! We take great care that besides the delicious food prepared by one of Hungary's best chefs, Gábor Bacsa,
Reviewed By janethalton
My family and I really enjoyed our dinner at Input. Staff were friendly and helpful (recommended a lovely Hungarian wine) and let my son re-order his burger after some confusion around what the 'goat cheese burger' was (i.e. just cheese....not a beef burger with goat cheese on top...!) The burgers and the salmon were all delicious, though accompaniments (chips) could have been a little more generous. Shame that the burgers all came on cardboard 'plates' while the salmon was on a proper plate. A mish-mash of casual and fine dining; but all in all, we would highly recommend this restaurant. Dear Janethalton,Thank you so much for your recommandation and for your kind review. We are very happy that you were satisfied with our restaurant, services, your son liked goat cheese burger.We hope to see you by your next trip to Budapest!Kind regards;Your Input Kitchen & Bár Team
5. Comme Chez Soi
Overall Ratings
5 based on 5494 reviews
Comme Chez Soi is an Traditional Italian restaurant.Goose liver specialities.Serving Italian and Hungarian dishes following family's recipes.
Reviewed By JeremyBudapest
My second home. The parents love it, we love it and our off-spring loves it. Three generations of satisfaction. The foie gras/apple dish remains mouth-watering delicious. And the tiramisu was as decadent as ever and itâs highly recommended if you have space left! Shrimp, foie gras, Weiner schnitzel, pizza, wine, beer, water, lemon cello and coffee rounded out a great meal. Thank you as always Robi. Same to Ritchie. You treat us as family. Weâll see you soon. Weâre continue to be fortunate to have you as a restaurant owner here in Budapest. Jeremy
4. Stand Restaurant
Overall Ratings
5 based on 188 reviews
Stand is the restaurant of Szabina Szullo and Tamas Szell. They were the first Hungarian chefs who won the Michelin star award at their former restaurant, and won the first Michelin star with Stand after 9 month of opening: âOur menu attempts to primarily
Reviewed By Kamilla G
Intimate, cosy, great service (impeccable actually), great menu, good local wines (REALLY good actually).We tried 2 1-star restaurant when in Budapest, and this one we would DEFINITELY visit again and recommend to everyone we know, if we had to choose between the 2.And I loved the great storytelling from the waiter when they came with the food. Lovely if there could be a bit more stories when the local wine is served - but otherwise perfect!:-) Quality and price is well balanced.Just go!Dear Kamilla G, Thanks a million for your wonderful review of your experience at Stand! Taking a simple dining experience to a higher level, this is what we strive. We are so happy, that you loved our menu, our local wines, the service and also the "stories" in our restaurant. Hope that we could meet again in the restaurant. Warm regards, Szabina Szulló and Tamás Széll, Owners and chefs
3. Eat & Meet
Overall Ratings
5 based on 570 reviews
Have you ever tried a real 'goulash'? Do you know if 'palinka' is drunk as an aperitif or a digestive? To find out the answer to these questions, and to discover many other interesting things that no guide book will tell you, come and join one of the dinn
Reviewed By Lisa B
If you are looking for a wonderful experience and excellent food then you must book a night with Suzie and her family. A warm and welcoming atmosphere, eating delicious home cooked Hungarian food unlike anything you will find in a local restaurant. Delicious from start to finish and perfect wine parings. We shared our food and conversation with the loveliest people from all over the world. One of the best nights ever and it made our trip to Budapest evenmore special. Thank you for letting us into your home.
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2. Zincenco Kitchen
Overall Ratings
5 based on 73 reviews
Fine dining apartment restaurant of husband and wife in the heart of Budapest. We are Igor and Zaida Zincenco, the founders of the Zincenco apartment restaurant. Gastronomy has always been our passion, our goal is to break with the often rigid atmosphere
Reviewed By MrJava-Jim
Excellent dinner party experience at Zincenco Kitchen in August. Igor is a fantastic host and Zaida a fabulous cook. You can clearly see that both enjoy what they do. Food was an outstanding fusion of Hungarian and Eurasian cuisine and the natural wine pairing gives a comprehensive overview of what advanced wine-makers have achieved in Hungary. I recommend this highly but you must play along! Take your time, be open, chat to the other guests... This shouldnât be mistaken for a typical fine dining restaurant experience, it isnât, and thatâs why itâs so good. So please donât go there with wrong expectations.
1. Laurel Budapest
Overall Ratings
5 based on 152 reviews
Laurel Budapest Our restaurant offers an all-nightâ gastronomy experience in central Budapest. Our Chef Adam Mede's philosophy relies on the harmony of local ingredients and wines. Casual elegance, naturalistic dishes - this is Laurel Budapest. Winebar by
Reviewed By Wendy S
We were on a City break in Budapest and saw this restaurant on Trip Adviser prior to setting off. We booked a table for 2 people before arrival. Absolutely loved every minute. We had the Chef's Table for 2 people, which consisted of 8 courses, we opted for the wine pairing too. The food was amazing, it was a fantastic way to sample Hungarian food with a twist. The service was perfect, the wine was excellent, Hungarian with only one exception a sherry at the end with the chocolate dessert. We have been to several taster menus at various restaurants, but found this one by far to be the most relaxing. We were there for over 3 hours, but the time flew by while we were enjoying all aspects of the experience. I can wholly recommend trying if you ever visit Budapest. Thank you to all staff, in the kitchen and on the tables.Dear Wendy, Thank you for your detailed review of us. And especially thank you for highlighting our locality with the little twist. It is important to us to pretend how proud we are to our regional farmers and collecting almost all of our ingredients from them.And really thank you to take your time to understand all our aspects. Hope to see you soon!
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