Deep-fried flatbread the size of a small pizza, topped with sour cream, grated cheese and a clove of raw garlic rubbed across the dough. Street food gold across the Hungarian markets.
Langos is older than the country, a fried-dough tradition shared across central Europe with Hungarian-specific toppings. The sour cream and cheese version became the Budapest standard from the 1970s. Cooked at every market hall in the city.
3 editor picks for Lángos in Budapest, ranked by editorial score. All Budapest signature dishes · Lángos across every city.
Karaván Street Food ★ 4.4
erzsebetvaros · Kazinczy utca 18, 1075 Budapest
Karavan on Kazinczy next to Szimpla Kert is Hungary's first food-truck court, a Jewish Quarter open-air strip with langos, burgers, gyros and kurtoskalacs counters, Budapest.
Központi Vásárcsarnok Lángos Counter ★ 4.1
ferencvaros · Vámház körút 1-3, 1093 Budapest
The upper-floor langos counters inside the Central Market Hall on Vamhaz korut are the iconic Budapest spot for a sour-cream-and-cheese langos before the train home.
Retró Lángos Budapest ★ 4.0
terezvaros · Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 25, 1065 Budapest
Retro Langos on Bajcsy-Zsilinszky across from the Arany Janos utca metro fries 30-plus varieties of langos to order, the canonical sour-cream-and-cheese fried dough in Budapest.