Indus on Raday utca in Ferencvaros is a fully halal Indian and Pakistani restaurant with its own tandoor oven, the canonical chana masala, paneer and biryani in Budapest.
Must order: The chicken tikka from the tandoor with butter naan and a side of saag aloo.
Tip: Daily; the lunch menu is around HUF 2500 for a curry and naan, terrace open in summer.
Address: Ráday utca 23, 1092 Budapest
Titiz on Bajcsy-Zsilinszky is a halal Turkish restaurant downtown Budapest with kebabs, manti and pide, the most-recommended halal kitchen on the city's halal directory.
Order: The mixed Turkish grill platter with bulgur and ayran.
Tip: Daily 11:00 to 23:00; the room is small, take away orders move fast at lunch.
Hanna's, founded in the 1960s in the courtyard of the Kazinczy Synagogue with the entrance on Dob utca, is Budapest's flagship glatt kosher Ashkenazi Hungarian restaurant.
Order: The cholent on Shabbat lunch with a side of gefilte fish.
Tip: Closed for Shabbat lunch and dinner, the Friday meal must be paid for in advance.
Carmel on Kazinczy in the Jewish Quarter is a 30-year glatt kosher Hungarian-Jewish kitchen with goulash, schnitzel and stuffed cabbage under Chabad supervision in Budapest.
Order: The matzo ball soup followed by the Carmel cholent.
Tip: Friday Shabbat meal is pre-paid; the restaurant is glatt kosher under Chabad supervision.
Napfenyes near Ferenciek tere on the M3 metro line is Budapest's longest-running vegan restaurant and cukraszda, with a Hungarian classics menu and a vegan cake counter.
Order: The vegan gulyás soup with house-made seitan and the vegan dobos torta.
Tip: Open daily 11:30 to 21:00, kitchen closes 20:30; expect a 20-minute wait at peak.
Vegan Love on Bartok Bela ut in Buda near Gellert Bath is a vegan fast-food joint with plant burgers, hot dogs, gyros and a self-service salad bar, walk-in only in Budapest.
Order: The double Vegan Love burger with vegan cheese and a side of fries.
Tip: Walk-in only; the Buda-side queue runs deep on weekend evenings.
Napfenyes also serves vegetarian Hungarian plates and is the longest-running plant-based room in Budapest, with the full vegetarian Hungarian comfort canon and a cake counter.
Order: The lecso with seitan and a vegetarian dobos torta.
Tip: Vegan and vegetarian menus run side by side; ask the server for the daily lunch deal.