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.
Must 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.
Address: Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 60, 1054 Budapest
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.
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.
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.
Hummusbar on Kiraly utca, the original 2005 location of Hungary's vegetarian hummus chain, serves the canonical Israeli plate of hummus, falafel and pita in Budapest.
Order: The classic hummus with chickpeas and a side of falafel.
Tip: Multiple branches across Budapest; the Kiraly utca original is the busiest.
