Karaván Street Food is a street food budget eat in Erzsebetvaros, Budapest.
Editorially verified May 31, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Guided tour · 2 hours
Explore the Great Market Hall on a guided tour. Taste Hungarian specialties like Lángos and Pálinka, learn about paprika production, and discover the history of the building.
Guided tour · 1h 30m
This sommelier-led tasting experience features 5 fine Hungarian wines paired with some of the country’s best artisan cheese and charcuterie.
Guided tour · 4 hours
Our signature tour introduces local culinary and wine culture through classic flavors, unique wines, history, and stunning architecture. Includes two food markets and ...
Address: Kazinczy utca 18, 1075 Budapest
Koleves on Kazinczy is the Jewish Quarter Hungarian-Jewish room with a weekday three-course lunch deal under 2,500 Ft, a Budapest workaday institution.
OrderThe weekday lunch deal of soup, main and dessert.
TipLunch menu Mon to Fri until 16:00; the summer garden across the road is the better seat.
Kispiac Bisztro next to the Hold utca market is a six-table Hungarian bistro with veal liver, pork belly and roast duck at downtown bistro prices around.
OrderThe breaded veal liver with mashed potato and cucumber salad.
TipSix tables, Mon to Sat noon to 22:00; book at least two days ahead.
The upper-gallery langos counters inside the Central Market Hall on Vamhaz korut are the Budapest spot for a 2,000 Ft lunch of Hungarian fried dough.
OrderThe classic lángos with sour cream, garlic and grated cheese.
TipCash only at most stalls; closed Sundays; the gallery is upstairs from the produce floor.
Hummusbar on Kiraly utca, the 2005 original of Hungary's vegetarian hummus chain, serves Israeli hummus, falafel and pita plates at downtown counter prices.
OrderThe classic hummus with chickpeas and a side of falafel and pita.
TipFive-plus branches across Budapest; the Kiraly utca original is the most central.
Retesbar on Suto utca is a downtown Budapest takeaway strudel counter with apple, cherry, poppy seed and cottage-cheese retes at well under 1,500 Ft a slice.
OrderThe poppy seed (mákos) retes with a small Hungarian coffee.
TipOpen daily 10:00-22:00; ask for a piece warmed in the oven if there is a slow moment.
Koleves on Kazinczy is the Jewish Quarter Hungarian-Jewish room with a weekday three-course lunch deal under 2,500 Ft, a Budapest workaday institution.
OrderThe weekday lunch deal of soup, main and dessert.
TipLunch menu Mon to Fri until 16:00; the summer garden across the road is the better seat.
Menza on Liszt Ferenc ter runs a 3,000 Ft weekday lunch menu of Hungarian classics, the cheapest sit-down meal on Budapest's Pest theatre square in 2026.
OrderThe two-course weekday lunch menu with a glass of house wine.
TipLunch menu runs Mon to Fri 11:30-15:00; the terrace fills first on sunny days.
