Modern Hungarian$$erzsebetvarosUntil Late evening, kitchen until midnight
Drum Cafe on Dob utca near Deak ter is a Jewish Quarter langos and gulyas bar running late into the evening, a frequent Budapest dinner-after-the-bar stop.
Try: Lángos, gulyás, ruin-bar street food
Order: A garlic-and-cheese langos with a bowl of beef gulyas.
Tip: Open evenings into the night; cash and card, no reservations.
Modern Hungarian$$terezvarosMon-Sun 11:00-23:00Until Daily 23:00
Menza on Liszt Ferenc ter cooks Hungarian classics until 22:30, a late dinner room off Andrassy near the Liszt Ferenc tér terraces in central Budapest.
Try: Hungarian classics, kitchen until 22:30
Order: The Hortobágyi palacsinta with a glass of Hungarian dry Furmint.
Tip: Open 11:00-23:00 daily; the kitchen runs 11:30-22:30, terrace fills first.
Wine bar$$erzsebetvarosMon-Wed 14:00-02:00; Thu-Sat 14:00-04:00; Sun 14:00-02:00Until Daily 01:00
Doblo on Dob utca pours 100 Hungarian wines and pálinka until 01:00 every night with cheese and charcuterie, the Jewish Quarter's late-night Budapest wine.
Try: Hungarian wine and small plates
Order: A flight of three Hungarian whites with the charcuterie board.
Tip: Daily 14:00-01:00; the Wednesday jazz night books out, arrive before 21:00.
Street food$$erzsebetvarosMon-Sun 11:30-23:59Until Thu-Sat 01:00
Karavan on Kazinczy stays open until 01:00 Thursday to Saturday, the late-night Budapest stop after the Szimpla ruin bar for langos, burgers.
Try: Lángos, burgers, kürtőskalács
Order: A garlic-and-cheese lángos with a Soproni beer at the picnic table.
Tip: Late-night until 01:00 Thursday to Saturday; the langos and kurtoskalacs counters move fast.
Israeli$$erzsebetvarosMon-Thu 12:00-23:00; Fri-Sun 12:00-00:00Until 24:00 daily
Mazel Tov on Akacfa keeps its Mediterranean and Israeli kitchen running until midnight every day, a Jewish Quarter late-night dinner room with live klezmer.
Try: Mediterranean and Israeli plates
Order: The mezze plate and a glass of Israeli sauvignon blanc after the ruin-bar crawl.
Tip: Open noon to midnight daily; the glass-roof courtyard fills first.