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.
Lángos is older than the country, a fried-dough tradition shared across central Europe with Hungarian-specific toppings. The sour cream and cheese (tejfölös sajtos) version became the Budapest standard from the 1970s. Cooked at every market hall in the city, from Központi Vásárcsarnok on the Pest side to the smaller neighbourhood markets. Originally a household bread made from leftover dough, the version sold at counters today is deep-fried, garlic-rubbed and loaded with sour cream and grated Trappista cheese.
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.
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 landmark Budapest spot for a sour-cream-and-cheese langos.
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.