2 editor picks in Budapest.
2 modern european places in Budapest we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Budapest | Modern European across every city.
Budapest's high-end kitchens increasingly cook in a modern European idiom, Hungarian produce filtered through French and broader continental technique. Costes Downtown on Vigyázó Ferenc utca in Lipótváros is the clearest example, a downtown sibling of the city's first Michelin-starred restaurant working a refined seasonal menu.
Costes Downtown sits in the Michelin Guide on the ground floor of the Prestige Hotel near Parliament, a calmer Lipotvaros sister kitchen to the original.
OrderThe five-course tasting with the Tokaji Furmint as the opener.
TipTuesday to Saturday only; the Sunday brunch is bookable separately and fills a week in advance.
Costes Downtown sits in the Michelin Guide on the ground floor of the Prestige Hotel near Parliament, the sister kitchen to Costes Raday in a calmer.
OrderThe full tasting menu with a glass of Tokaji Furmint as the opener.
TipLunch service is the value play; the room is open Tuesday to Saturday and the Sunday brunch books out a week ahead.
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