Restaurants in Budapest
This is my ranking of restaurants, suggested by my taste and my personal and private experiences.
At the bottom of the page you can find a map to locate restaurants in the city.
The ranking is divided between restaurants with Hungarian Cuisine and restaurants with International Cuisine.
My advice is do not leave Budapest without having tried the Hungarian cuisine, but at the same time try to have a dinner once the excellence of the International Cuisine.
You will be impressed.
Address: Klauzál tér 9 (VII.)
Address: Zichy Jeno utca 33 (VI.)
Address: Andrássy u. 41 (VI.)
Address: Mňkus utca 22 (III.)
Address: Radnóti Miklós utca 38 (XIII.)
Address: Szófia utca 33 (VI.)
Address: Dózsa György út 72 (VI.)
Address: Károlyi Mihály utca 16 (V.)
Address: Állatkerti út 2 (Distric VI.)
Address: Podmaniczky utca 14 (VI.)
Address: Visegrádi u. 2 (XIII.)
Address: Váci utca 69 (V.)
Address: Állatkerti út 2 (V.)
Székely Mihály utca 2 (VI.)
Dohŕny utca 5 (VI.)
Mérleg utca 6 (V.)
Ocktober 6 utca 6 (V.)
Arany János utca 9 (V.)
Nagymezö utca 14 (VI.)
Kirŕly utca 100 (VI.)
Vámház körút 6 (V.)
Király utca 30-32 (VI.)
Márvány utca 19 (XII.)
Liszt Ferenc tér 2 (VI.)
Váci utca 72 (V.)
Zoltan utca 16 (V.)
Nagydiófa utca 3 (VII.)
Belgrád Rakpart 13 (V.)
At the bottom of the page you can find a map to locate restaurants in the city.
The ranking is divided between restaurants with Hungarian Cuisine and restaurants with International Cuisine.
My advice is do not leave Budapest without having tried the Hungarian cuisine, but at the same time try to have a dinner once the excellence of the International Cuisine.
You will be impressed.
Hungarian Cuisine
1° - Kádár Étkezde
Hungarian typical restaurantAddress: Klauzál tér 9 (VII.)
A typical restaurant with red checkered tablecloths. The owner was student of great master of Hungarian cuisine Karoly Gundel. Survived to the socialist regime, this place is exactly the same as the day it opened in 1957. Here nothing has changed, even the paintings on the walls and the passion that the cook, as well as an entertainer in the room, it takes all day from Tuesday to Saturday from 11.00 to 15.30. Dishes cooked according to skill. Very basic service by the owner's wife. The landlord will welcome you directly at the door and take you back 60 years and into a travel into memory and the culinary culture of Budapest. In absolute No.1, incontestable, unattainable. Not recommended for those looking for a conventional restaurant, a clean place, an holiday restaurant.
2° - Cafč Bouchon
Hungarian restaurantAddress: Zichy Jeno utca 33 (VI.)
Web: www.cafebouchon.hu
One of the best hungarian kitchen of the city. Traditional food cooked in perfect way. Good taste of wine. Elegance and relaxin ambient.
3° - Klassz
Hungarian Restaurant & Wine BarAddress: Andrássy u. 41 (VI.)
Web: www.klasszetterem.hu
A few dishes, excellent product selection and matching. This restaurant offers a perfect modern reinterpretation of the key dishes of Hungarian cuisine. inside the restaurant there is also a well stocked wine cellar. Amazing.
4° - Kčhli
Hungarian restaurantAddress: Mňkus utca 22 (III.)
Web: www.kehli.hu
Probably the most famous Hungarian restaurant of Budapest. It's located in Obuda, 20 minutes from city center. You can reach it by taxi.
5° - Pozsonyi Kisvendéglo
Hungarian typical restaurantAddress: Radnóti Miklós utca 38 (XIII.)
Full of hungarian people. Hungarian classic dishes, in a little restaurant. Very cheap rates.
6° - Regós
Hungarian restaurantAddress: Szófia utca 33 (VI.)
Web: www.regos.fw.hu
It's a quiet family-run neighborhood restaurant where you can enjoy a traditional Hungarian cuisine, with no frills and no pretensions. The portions are generous and the restaurant is cheap. It's a point of reference for many Hungarian customers.
7° - Paprika
Hungarian typical restaurantAddress: Dózsa György út 72 (VI.)
A place definitely impressive, nice for an evening with friends. Good Hungarian cuisine and service is very friendly. A place for tourists but the quality is very good.
8° - Károlyi Etterem
Hungarian restaurantAddress: Károlyi Mihály utca 16 (V.)
The restaurant is located in downtown Pest, in a very picturesque location, within a large courtyard. Ideal for tourists and groups of families and friends. Daniel, the young owner is very helpful and offers fairly classic dishes of Hungarian cuisine.
9° - Bagolyvar
Hungarian historical restaurantAddress: Állatkerti út 2 (Distric VI.)
Web: www.bagolyvar.com
Younger brother of the famous Gundel, shares the local cuisine with more well-known restaurant, a milestone in Hungarian gastronomy. Located close to the Heroe's Square, Bagolyvár retains original architectural elements and an atmosphere reminiscent of the typical Hungarian dining room. It uses a staff totally feminine. The place is regularly packed with tourists.
10° - Sir Lancilot
Hungarian restaurantAddress: Podmaniczky utca 14 (VI.)
Web: www.sirlancelot.hu
It is a medieval restaurant, complete with waiters in costumes, play with swords and fire eaters. Hungarian meat cooked. You eat with your hands. Each table is equipped with a sink for washing hands. Suitable for a young guests.
11° - Red Pepper
Hungarian restaurantAddress: Visegrádi u. 2 (XIII.)
Web: www.redpepper.hu
Modern restaurant that offers fairly the great classics of Hungarian cuisine. The service is efficient and fast. If you are hungry and you stay in that area, try it.
12° - Fatal
Hungarian restaurantAddress: Váci utca 69 (V.)
In the pedestrian street Vaci utca is a Hungarian restaurant, very noisy, which are served at the Hungarian cuisine and the giant-sized affordable price. Ideal for those who have never tried the Hungarian cuisine, and is looking for an informal place to start to taste it.
13° - Gundel
Hungarian restaurantAddress: Állatkerti út 2 (V.)
Web: www.gundel.hu
This is not the last position. Gundel restaurant is out of ranking.
Gundel restaurant is the most famous restaurant in Hungary. We talk about the restaurant where take all the the State's meetings. This restaurant has hosted the greatest personalities of the contemporary world by Pope John Paul II, all U.S.A. presidents, rock stars, directors and actors.
It's an icon of Hungarian cuisine. The area is clearly reserved, except on Sunday where you can take parto of the best Sunday Branch of Budapest and for this reason I also wanted to include this opulent restaurant among those of my list.
International Cuisine
1° - Fausto
Italian restaurantSzékely Mihály utca 2 (VI.)
Web: www.fausto.hu
The restaurant offers typical Italian dishes and products of the highest quality. The chef is italian. A restaurant that has nothing to envy to the best Italian restaurants.
2° - Osteria
Italian restaurantDohŕny utca 5 (VI.)
Web: www.osteria.hu
The owner is the same of Fausto's Restaurant in Székely Mihály utca 2: one of the best restaurant of all Hungary. I suggest L'Osteria because is a cheaper experience at the same quality, you can taste good selection of hungarian and italian wines. Absolutely the king of italian food in Hungary.
3° - Salaam Bombay
Indian restaurantMérleg utca 6 (V.)
Web: www.salaambombay.hu
A few meters from the famous Chain Bridge, there is an Indian restaurant. Wide variety of traditional Indian cuisine in an modern spot. Patience and care of the guests by the manager make it a magical corner of the east in Budapest.
4° - Tom George
Italian restaurantOcktober 6 utca 6 (V.)
Web: www.tomgeorge.hu
Excellent restaurant with view of the Basilica of St. Stephen. The talented Italian owner will advise you on the day's specials. The menu is vast, ranging from pizza to pasta, from meat to fish. Excellent value for money.
5° - PomoDoro
Italian restaurantArany János utca 9 (V.)
One of the most successful Italian restaurants in Budapest. Meeting place for many Italians living in the Hungarian capital, it's also frequented by famous guests. It has a varied menu, excellent food quality, and the rich offer of wines. Ideal for dinners with friends. The owner always sunny and smiling has become over time a person well known in Hungary.
6° - Két Szerecsen
Fushion restaurantNagymezö utca 14 (VI.)
Web: www.ketszerecsen.com
Hungarian, international, fushion food in Broadway Pest. Here you can taste a new life of food experience, where most world flavours are mixed up for an excellent result. Trend setter.
7° - Haxen Király
Bavarian restaurantKirŕly utca 100 (VI.)
Web: www.haxen.hu
Since 1893 offers a good selection of meats cooked in Bavarian style. You can find also Hungarian dishes. Excellent goulash soup. The restaurant is traditional, wooden furnished house, ideal for dinners with friends.
8° - Pampas
Argentine restaurantVámház körút 6 (V.)
Web: www.steak.hu
Marvellous steaks and argentine wines in a lounge restaurant in city center. Good selection of wines from Argentina and Chile. Do you want more?
9° - Trófea Grill
Buffet restaurantKirály utca 30-32 (VI.)
Absolutely the best buffet in town, in a cool and lounge atmosphere. You can spend only few euros and you can eat and drink..everything. Reservation is suggested. It's always full of people.
10° - Mongolian Barbecue
Mongolian restaurantMárvány utca 19 (XII.)
Web: www.mongolianbbq.hu
It's a Mongolian buffet restaurant. Here you can eat all for a fixed price, menu starter is a soup, after a main dish and after that many kind of meat cooked on a barbecue. You can go on the meat buffet and take everything. Sweets at the end . I suggest you to go on lunch in a working day, it's cheaper and easier to reach.
11° - Menza
Restaurant and loungeLiszt Ferenc tér 2 (VI.)
Web: www.menzaetterem.hu
Cool and trendy, the restaurant Menza was built on the site of the old refectory of the Terervaros district in the Socialist period. To exorcise the end of the regime, it opened one of the most fashionable spot of the city, also now it still on top. Cocktails are excellent and there is also an excellent food.
12° - Rustico
Italian and Hungarian restaurantVáci utca 72 (V.)
Web: www.rustico.hu
On the pedestrian street Vaci utca, in an excellent position, one of the first Italian restaurant in Budapest. So much good Italian food as the Hungarian. Position of prestige, quality and service.
13° - Iguana
Mexican restaurantZoltan utca 16 (V.)
Web: www.iguana.hu
A corner of the Caribbean in the heart of Europe. Pubs Mexican restaurant to eat or drink something. Cocktails and typical Mexican cuisine just a short walk from Parliament.
14° - Il terzo cerchio
Italian restaurantNagydiófa utca 3 (VII.)
One the most authentic italian restaurant you can find abroad. Il Terzo Cerchio is a reference point for Italians living in Budapest. Good.
15° - Trattoria toscana
Italian restaurantBelgrád Rakpart 13 (V.)
Web: www.toscana.hu
On the banks of the Danube is present for many years in Budapest, a Tuscany restaurant. Refined, good quality, good prices.
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