Dining Out: Restaurants and Cafes

Loved by expatriates and tourists, this restaurant offers not only delicious Latin-American food but friendly and festive atmosphere. Happy hour for beer and wine from 16:00 to 18:00 on weekdays. Kids friendly. Table reservation recommended.

V. Zoltán utca 16

Brightly coloured and lively restaurant with summer terrace.

VI. Liszt Ferenc tér 10

Rather posh restaurant in the posh street. Daily specialties from 12:00 and breakfast from 10:00-11:00.

VI. Andrássy út 34

First category restaurant. This means that the service and food are good, and the prices are above average.

I. Bem rkp. 20

A prison interior and waiters wearing striped overalls. Jazz and Prohibition style parties.

VII. Nyár utca 1

Elegant bar and café with huge Chagall-ish mural on the building's façade. Not very extensive menu with simple dishes, but prices are reasonable, taking into account it is located in the downtown, just behind State Opera. Big non-smoking zone.

VI. Hajós utca 27

Minimalistic and pleasant interior with low light. International cuisine with Mediterranean touches. Big summer terrace. Service is a bit slow.

IX. Ráday utca 11-13

American style bar with Tex-Mex cuisine, sport events on big TV screens and live jazz, blues, and country, on Thursdays to Saturdays evenings.

V. Szt. István krt. 13

Classic Italian cuisine in quite ordinary interior. Everything is average here, except the waiters and prices: staff show attitude and hint at tips shamelessly, while prices are high with such kind of service.

V. Belgrág rakpart, 13-15

Small restaurant on the Danube embankment that offers sushi, rolls, sashimi, tenpura, authentic plum wine and sake. On the ground floor there is a sushi bar, and traditionally furnished tatami room is on the first floor. 6 rolls are about 1200 HUF. The restaurant also delivers sushi to some districts.

V. Belgrág rakpart, 18