Szimpla Kert is a bar in Erzsebetvaros, Budapest.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Bar food, street food in inner courtyard
3 hours
Visit one of the oldest distilleries in Hungary, less than an hour's drive from Budapest. We will taste 8 different Hungarian spirit (Pálinka, Whisky, Gin) throughout ...
Guided tour · 3h 30m
Walk through 2,000 years of history in Budapest's oldest district, tasting 6+ Hungarian classics along the way. From gulyás to pálinka, this is Óbuda by fork, not by guidebook
2 hours
Enjoy a private cocktail-making experience with your friends. Learn to mix drinks, sip on cocktails, and have fun in your own private bar with a bartender.
Address: Kazinczy utca 14, 1075 Budapest
Instant-Fogas on Akacfa utca is a seven-room ruin-bar megaplex with 18 bars and 1200 square metres of dance floor across courtyards in the Jewish Quarter.
OrderA pálinka shot at the front bar, then move into the back courtyards.
DrinkCocktails, beer, pálinka
FoodLimited street food
TipDaily 18:00-06:00, free entry; the back rooms each have a different soundtrack.
Mazel Tov on Akacfa in the Jewish Quarter is a Mediterranean ruin garden in an early 1900s courtyard, with mezze, shawarma and live klezmer most nights.
OrderAn Israeli sauvignon blanc with the mezze plate.
DrinkIsraeli wine and Hungarian craft beer
FoodFull Mediterranean and Israeli kitchen
TipOpen noon to midnight daily; book a week ahead for weekends, glass-roof courtyard fills first.
Warm Up on Nagy Diofa utca in the Jewish Quarter is a modern Budapest cocktail bar built on Hungarian spirits like palinka and Unicum, with serious technique.
OrderThe Unicum-and-pálinka highball with a citrus twist.
DrinkModern cocktails on Hungarian spirits
FoodSnacks
TipOpen Tue to Sat from 18:00; book the bar seats for the bartenders' attention.
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.
OrderThe duck breast or the daily soup with a glass of Furmint.
DrinkHungarian beer and wine
FoodBistro plates and bar snacks
TipDaily 11:30-24:00; the back room is quieter for conversation.
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.
OrderA flight of three Hungarian IPAs to compare local brewers.
DrinkHungarian craft beer flights
FoodBar snacks
TipCash and card; the room is tiny, share a table or stand at the bar.
Instant-Fogas on Akacfa utca is a seven-room ruin-bar megaplex with 18 bars and 1200 square metres of dance floor across courtyards in the Jewish Quarter.
OrderA pálinka shot at the front bar, then move into the back courtyards.
DrinkCocktails, beer, pálinka
FoodLimited street food
TipDaily 18:00-06:00, free entry; the back rooms each have a different soundtrack.
Mazel Tov on Akacfa in the Jewish Quarter is a Mediterranean ruin garden in an early 1900s courtyard, with mezze, shawarma and live klezmer most nights.
OrderAn Israeli sauvignon blanc with the mezze plate.
DrinkIsraeli wine and Hungarian craft beer
FoodFull Mediterranean and Israeli kitchen
TipOpen noon to midnight daily; book a week ahead for weekends, glass-roof courtyard fills first.
Boutiq'Bar on Paulay Ede in Terezvaros is one of Budapest's serious cocktail rooms, with classic cocktails poured by a tightly drilled team near the Opera.
OrderThe Old Cuban with a Hungarian pálinka stinger to close.
DrinkClassic cocktails, Hungarian spirits
FoodSnacks
TipWed 18:00-24:00, Thu 18:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 18:00-02:00; closed Sun, Mon and Tue.
Warm Up on Nagy Diofa utca in the Jewish Quarter is a modern Budapest cocktail bar built on Hungarian spirits like palinka and Unicum, with serious technique.
OrderThe Unicum-and-pálinka highball with a citrus twist.
DrinkModern cocktails on Hungarian spirits
FoodSnacks
TipOpen Tue to Sat from 18:00; book the bar seats for the bartenders' attention.
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.
OrderThe duck breast or the daily soup with a glass of Furmint.
DrinkHungarian beer and wine
FoodBistro plates and bar snacks
TipDaily 11:30-24:00; the back room is quieter for conversation.
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.
OrderA flight of three Hungarian IPAs to compare local brewers.
DrinkHungarian craft beer flights
FoodBar snacks
TipCash and card; the room is tiny, share a table or stand at the bar.
