Warm Up Bar is a bar in Erzsebetvaros, Budapest.
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.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: The Unicum-and-pálinka highball with a citrus twist.
Food program: Snacks
Tip: Open Tue to Sat from 18:00; book the bar seats for the bartenders' attention.
Address: Nagy Diófa utca 26, 1072 Budapest
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.
Signature drink: Hungarian beer and wine
Food: Bistro plates and bar snacks
Order: The duck breast or the daily soup with a glass of Furmint.
Tip: Daily 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.
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.
Doboz on Klauzal utca is a Jewish Quarter ruin garden with a 320-year-old tree and a red box-shaped centerpiece, opened in 2011 as the polished end.
Signature drink: Cocktails, beer and pálinka
Food: Bar snacks and bistro plates
Order: A Hungarian craft beer in the courtyard under the floodlit old tree.
Tip: Wed to Sat 18:00-06:00; the upper dance floor is the club end, the courtyard is calmer.
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.
Signature drink: Hungarian beer and wine
Food: Bistro plates and bar snacks
Order: The duck breast or the daily soup with a glass of Furmint.
Tip: Daily 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.
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.
Signature drink: House cocktails and Hungarian beer
Food: Burgers, bistro plates
Order: The signature whisky sour with a side.
Tip: Daily 10:00-24:00; the back room is the loudest, front room the quietest.
Doboz on Klauzal utca is a Jewish Quarter ruin garden with a 320-year-old tree and a red box-shaped centerpiece, opened in 2011 as the polished end.
Signature drink: Cocktails, beer and pálinka
Food: Bar snacks and bistro plates
Order: A Hungarian craft beer in the courtyard under the floodlit old tree.
Tip: Wed to Sat 18:00-06:00; the upper dance floor is the club end, the courtyard is calmer.
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.
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.
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 11:00-24:00; the gallery rotates new local artists monthly.
