Hungarian currency is Forint (abbreviated as Ft. or HUF). Banknotes come in denominations of 200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000, 20000 HUF, coins in circulation are 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100.
There are plenty of exchange offices in the downtown, and major credit cards are accepted by most restaurants, shops and supermarkets.
Below are the average prices of products and services in Budapest given in Euro.
Prices:
| Taxi from/to airport: | 20 Eur |
| Public transport ticket: | 1 Eur |
| Coffee in a café/restaurant: | 1-4 Eur, normally 1,5 Eur |
| Meal in a fastfood per person: | 3-5 Eur |
| Dinner without drinks per person in a café/restaurant: | 6-20 Eur |
| Bottle of wine in a café/restaurant: | 10-20 Eur |
| Beer in a café/restaurant: | 1,5-3 Eur |
| Pack of cigarettes: | 2 Eur |
| Bottle of water in a shop: | 0,4 Eur |
| Museum admission fee: | 2,6-4 Eur/person |
| Thermal bath admission fee: | 6,5-10 Eur/person (depending on bath and bathing time) |
| Club admission fee: | 1,6-10 Eur/person |
Exchange rate as of March 03, 2009:
1 Euro is 305 Ft.
1 US dollar is 240 Ft.
1 GB pound is 340 Ft.
'Bottle of wine in a café/restaurant: 20 Euro'
WHAT?!!
go to a feckin' CBA, get a 1000ft bottle of Teleki (less than 4 euro) and drink it at Szimpla for free.
Budapest is an expat trap.
In any country wine in a restaurant is more expensive than wine in a shop.
And Szimpla is definitely not everybody's cup of tea.
Feckin'? Father Ted, you?
I think if you order a bottle of wine in a restaurant you simply expect to pay more. If you don't have the money for it you should probably not do it :)
But might also depend on the wine a bit :)
Some correction needs for above information.
The Euro is 270 not 305? GBP 311 not a 340 Huf
The transport ticket is 300 Huf, 1,10 Euro now.
All the best
Tom