FIRST Craft Beer & BBQ is a brewery in Erzsebetvaros, Budapest.
FIRST Craft Beer & BBQ on Dob utca in the Jewish Quarter is the Kurucz brothers' downtown taproom for Hungary's first new-wave exhibition brewery.
Editorially verified May 31, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: A flight of three FIRST in-house taps with the smoked-brisket BBQ plate.
Tip: Open until 02:00 Thu to Sat; the BBQ kitchen is built around the brewery's beer styles.
Address: Dob utca 3, 1074 Budapest
Hopaholic on Akacfa utca in the Jewish Quarter is a craft beer bar pouring 10 rotating Hungarian and European taps, with 400 bottles in the cooler.
Order: A half-pint flight of Hungarian IPAs with a side of Czech-style hermelin pickled cheese.
Tip: Closed Sundays; the menu rotates fast, check the chalkboard before the bar.
Jonas Craft Beer & Food in Bikas park, the Buda 11th-district relocation since 2022, pours rotating Hungarian and European craft beers lakeside.
Order: A half-pint flight of three Hungarian beers with the Hungarian charcuterie board.
Tip: 100m from the Bikas park metro stop; the lakeside terrace fills first on summer nights.
Madhouse on Anker koz, opposite Deak ter, is the central taproom of Hungarian craft brewery Mad Scientist with 24 rotating taps of in-house IPAs.
Order: A flight of three Mad Scientist taps from the rotating board.
Tip: Steps from Deak Ferenc ter; the bistro menu pairs Hungarian classics with the brewery's deepest list.
Hopaholic on Akacfa utca in the Jewish Quarter is a craft beer bar pouring 10 rotating Hungarian and European taps, with 400 bottles in the cooler.
Order: A half-pint flight of Hungarian IPAs with a side of Czech-style hermelin pickled cheese.
Tip: Closed Sundays; the menu rotates fast, check the chalkboard before the bar.
Elesztohaz on Tuzolto utca in Ferencvaros is a ruin-bar craft beer hall with 21 Hungarian taps in a former glass factory, a Budapest beer pilgrimage.
Order: A flight of four small pours from rotating Hungarian micro-breweries.
Tip: Daily 15:00-04:00; food is bistro-Hungarian, served until 23:00.
