Kisuzem on Kis Diofa utca in the Jewish Quarter is a long-running local bar with bistro plates, Hungarian wine list and a steady crowd of artists and writers, Budapest.
Must order: The duck breast or the daily soup with a glass of Furmint.
Food program: Bistro plates and bar snacks
Tip: Daily 11:30 to 24:00; the back room is quieter for conversation.
Address: Kis Diófa utca 2, 1077 Budapest
Fekete Kutya on Dob utca pours 25 Hungarian craft beers from rotating taps in a tiny Jewish Quarter front room, where Budapest brewers come to drink.
Signature drink: Hungarian craft beer flights
Food: Bar snacks
Order: A flight of three Hungarian IPAs to compare local brewers.
Tip: Cash and card; the room is tiny, share a table or stand at the bar.
Ellato Kert at the top end of Kazinczy is a Jewish Quarter ruin garden with a Mexican kitchen serving tacos and a cheap-and-cheerful Hungarian beer list in Budapest.
Signature drink: Beer and pálinka
Food: Mexican tacos and bar food
Order: Two tacos and a Soproni beer in the back garden.
Tip: Daily 17:00 to 02:00; the back garden is shaded and fills first on summer nights.
Szimpla Kert on Kazinczy in the Jewish Quarter is Budapest's original ruin bar, opened in 2002 and at this address since 2004 in an old stove factory, the city's iconic.
Signature drink: Pálinka and Hungarian beer
Food: Bar food, street food in inner courtyard
Order: A glass of pálinka with a Dreher beer on the side.
Tip: No reservations, first-come; entry is free, the Sunday farmers' market runs 09:00 to 14:00.
Fekete Kutya on Dob utca pours 25 Hungarian craft beers from rotating taps in a tiny Jewish Quarter front room, where Budapest brewers come to drink.
Signature drink: Hungarian craft beer flights
Food: Bar snacks
Order: A flight of three Hungarian IPAs to compare local brewers.
Tip: Cash and card; the room is tiny, share a table or stand at the bar.
Csendes Létterem on Ferenczy István utca near Astoria is a vintage-junk-shop bar pouring house cocktails and Hungarian beer in a flea-market room with mismatched chairs in downtown Budapest.
Signature drink: House cocktails and Hungarian beer
Food: Burgers, bistro plates
Order: The signature whisky sour with a side of fries.
Tip: Daily 10:00 to 24:00; the back room is the loudest, front room the quietest.
Ellato Kert at the top end of Kazinczy is a Jewish Quarter ruin garden with a Mexican kitchen serving tacos and a cheap-and-cheerful Hungarian beer list in Budapest.
Signature drink: Beer and pálinka
Food: Mexican tacos and bar food
Order: Two tacos and a Soproni beer in the back garden.
Tip: Daily 17:00 to 02:00; the back garden is shaded and fills first on summer nights.
Tuk Tuk on Paulay Ede in the Casati boutique hotel is a tiny dark Terezvaros cocktail bar with purple walls, red silk curtains and Asian-spiced cocktails near the Opera in Budapest.
Signature drink: Cocktails with Asian spices and herbs
Food: Bar snacks
Order: The signature spice-and-ginger highball from the bartender's list.
Tip: Reservations advised, the room is intimate; phone the bar to hold seats on weekend nights.
Szatyor on Bartok Bela ut in Ujbuda is an art-bar with rotating local exhibitions, Hungarian wine and a small Mediterranean food menu shared with Hadik next door, Budapest.
Signature drink: Hungarian wine and cocktails
Food: Hungarian and Mediterranean small plates
Order: A glass of Hungarian dry Furmint with the mixed small-plate selection.
Tip: Daily 11:00 to 24:00; the gallery rotates new local artists monthly.
Szimpla Kert on Kazinczy in the Jewish Quarter is Budapest's original ruin bar, opened in 2002 and at this address since 2004 in an old stove factory, the city's iconic.
Signature drink: Pálinka and Hungarian beer
Food: Bar food, street food in inner courtyard
Order: A glass of pálinka with a Dreher beer on the side.
Tip: No reservations, first-come; entry is free, the Sunday farmers' market runs 09:00 to 14:00.