Babel Budapest is a modern hungarian fine-dining restaurant in Lipotvaros, Budapest.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
3 hours
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Cook a full 3-course Hungarian menu in a hands-on class. Discover authentic Hungarian cuisine, local ingredients, traditions and culture while enjoying a fun culinary ...
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Step into a seaside-inspired oasis in the heart of Buda. Enjoy a Bali and Australia-influenced setting while indulging in a 5-course brunch menu with unlimited drinks.
Address: Piarista köz 2, 1052 Budapest
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.
Book2 to 3 weeks ahead
TipLunch service is the value play; the room is open Tuesday to Saturday and the Sunday brunch books out a week ahead.
Chef Szilard Toth's Salt Budapest holds one Michelin star in a quiet downtown room on Kiralyi Pal, cooking 15-course tastings around fermentation.
OrderThe 15-course dinner tasting with the 36,000 Ft local wine pairing.
Book3 to 4 weeks ahead
TipCounter seats face the open kitchen; the optional pairing leans into Hungarian Furmint and Kekfrankos.
Jeno Racz's Rumour is a 21-seat counter restaurant on Petofi ter where an eleven-course menu mixes Hungarian roots with Asian and European influences.
OrderThe eleven-course tasting at the counter; the venison course is the chef's signature.
Book3 weeks ahead
TipThe room is hidden behind an unmarked door; arrive at the address ten minutes early so the host can collect you.
Akos Sarkozi's Borkonyha Winekitchen behind St Stephen's Basilica on Sas utca holds one Michelin star and serves modern Hungarian plates built around 200.
OrderThe mangalica pork belly with the matching pairing from the wine list.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipThe kitchen runs Monday to Saturday and closes Sundays and public holidays; book a Saturday lunch for the relaxed pace.
essencia on Sas utca holds one Michelin star for Portuguese chef Tiago and his Hungarian wife Eva, a warm small room cooking Portuguese-Hungarian tasting.
OrderThe full tasting; the bacalhau course pairs Hungarian Furmint with Portuguese salt cod.
Book3 weeks ahead
TipEva runs the dining room and chooses the wine pairing herself; ask her for Hungarian pairings over the Portuguese list.
Costes on Raday utca was Hungary's first Michelin-starred restaurant in 2010 and still cooks a refined seven-course tasting in a Ferencvaros townhouse off.
OrderThe seven-course tasting menu with the wine pairing; the butter, preserves and ham are made on the premises.
Book3 weeks ahead
TipCostes Downtown is the sister kitchen in Lipotvaros; the original on Raday is the slower, longer evening.
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.
Book2 to 3 weeks ahead
TipLunch service is the value play; the room is open Tuesday to Saturday and the Sunday brunch books out a week ahead.
Chef Szilard Toth's Salt Budapest holds one Michelin star in a quiet downtown room on Kiralyi Pal, cooking 15-course tastings around fermentation.
OrderThe 15-course dinner tasting with the 36,000 Ft local wine pairing.
Book3 to 4 weeks ahead
TipCounter seats face the open kitchen; the optional pairing leans into Hungarian Furmint and Kekfrankos.
Jeno Racz's Rumour is a 21-seat counter restaurant on Petofi ter where an eleven-course menu mixes Hungarian roots with Asian and European influences.
OrderThe eleven-course tasting at the counter; the venison course is the chef's signature.
Book3 weeks ahead
TipThe room is hidden behind an unmarked door; arrive at the address ten minutes early so the host can collect you.
Akos Sarkozi's Borkonyha Winekitchen behind St Stephen's Basilica on Sas utca holds one Michelin star and serves modern Hungarian plates built around 200.
OrderThe mangalica pork belly with the matching pairing from the wine list.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipThe kitchen runs Monday to Saturday and closes Sundays and public holidays; book a Saturday lunch for the relaxed pace.
essencia on Sas utca holds one Michelin star for Portuguese chef Tiago and his Hungarian wife Eva, a warm small room cooking Portuguese-Hungarian tasting.
OrderThe full tasting; the bacalhau course pairs Hungarian Furmint with Portuguese salt cod.
Book3 weeks ahead
TipEva runs the dining room and chooses the wine pairing herself; ask her for Hungarian pairings over the Portuguese list.
