Budapest Restaurants

A guide to Budapest Restaurants and cafés with maps, reviews and photos

One of the most popular places to start your culinary experience in Budapest is at Liszt Ferenc tér. This trendy square is packed with indoor and outdoor cafés and restaurants, creating the perfect atmosphere for lunch, cocktails or dinner. You'll be amongst fellow tourists and locals. Other areas filled with cafés and restaurants are Andrássy Avenue and the pedestrian precincts around St. Stephen's Basilica and Ráday utca (starting at Kálvin tér). Some of the best restaurants in Budapest can be found here.

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Budapest Restaurant Guide

11 Budapest restaurants found
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  1. Vár: a Speiz Restaurant

    Vár: a Speiz Restaurant

    Cuisine: Hungarian
    Neighborhood: Buda, District 1
    Cost: Moderate
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    Traditional Hungarian cuisine in a casual, bistro-style restaurant located on Castle Hill - this is Vár: a Speiz....read more

  2. 21 Restaurant

    21 Restaurant

    Cuisine: Hungarian
    Neighborhood: Buda, Castle Hill, District 1
    Cost: Pricey
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    21 Restaurant, located on Castle Hill, serves classic and contemporary Hungarian food and Hungarian wine. Their...read more

  3. Pesti Disznó

    Pesti Disznó

    Cuisine: Hungarian
    Neighborhood: Pest, District 6
    Cost: Moderate
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    Pesti Disznó is a bistro style restaurant that serves excellent Hungarian food in small, tapas-size portions....read more

  4. Mangalica & Társai Húspatika

    Mangalica & Társai Húspatika

    Cuisine: Hungarian
    Neighborhood: Buda, District 11
    Cost: Moderate
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    Mangalica & Társai Húspatika is a deli-like eatery and a shop dedicated to the curly-haired mangalica pig, a...read more

  5. First Strudel House of Pest
    Cost: Pricey
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    If you like strudel (rétes in Hungarian), the traditional pastry of Austro-Hungarian cuisine that dates back to the...read more

  6. Szalai Café

    Szalai Café

    Neighborhood: Pest, City Center, District 5
    Cost: Affordable
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    Szalai Café (Szalai Cukrászda) is one of the charming little old-style cafés with legendary reputation, famous for...read more

  7. Táskarádió Eszpresszo

    Táskarádió Eszpresszo

    Cuisine: Hungarian
    Neighborhood: Pest, City Center, District 5
    Cost: Moderate
    Rating: 4.7/5
    • 2 favs

    Wondering what it was like in the 60's and 70's in Budapest? You can satisfy your retro cravings at this...read more

  8. Kéhli Restaurant

    Kéhli Restaurant

    Cuisine: Hungarian
    Neighborhood: Buda, Óbuda, District 3
    Cost: Pricey
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    • 1 fave

    Kéhli, located in the oldest part of Buda, is over 100 years old. It first opened in 1899 as a small family-style...read more

  9. Szatyor Bar and Galeria

    Szatyor Bar and Galeria

    Cuisine: Hungarian
    Neighborhood: Buda, District 11
    Cost: Moderate
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    • 1 fave

    Located next to the legendary Hadik Coffee House (and under the same management), Szatyor Bar & Galeria is a cheerful...read more

  10. Szamos

    Szamos

    Neighborhood: Pest, City Center, District 5
    Cost: Moderate
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    Szamos, a popular ice-cream parlour and flagship store, is run by a famous Hungarian confectionary dynasty. They make...read more

  11. Nagyi Palacsintazoja - Granny’s Pancake House
    Cost: Affordable
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    Nagyi Palacsintazoja, or Granny's Pancake House in English, has a number of locations in Budapest. The most popular...read more