Market$ferencvarosMon 06:00-17:00, Tue-Fri 06:00-18:00, Sat 06:00-15:00, closed Sun
The Central Market Hall on Vamhaz korut, designed by Samu Pecz in 1897, is Budapest's oldest and largest indoor market at the head of Vaci utca.
Order: Hungarian paprika in a wooden box and a langos from the upper-gallery counter.
Tip: Closed Sundays; arrive before 11:00 to avoid the tour-group rush on the gallery.
Market$jozsefvarosMon 06:00-16:00, Tue-Fri 06:00-18:00, Sat 06:00-13:00, closed Sun
Rakoczi teri Vasarcsarnok in Jozsefvaros is the 1897 Pest market hall locals shop at for produce, cheese, pickles and meat, calmer and cheaper.
Order: A jar of Hungarian pickles and a wedge of trappist cheese from the dairy counter.
Tip: Closed Sundays; M4 metro stops at Rakoczi ter, 40 percent cheaper than central markets.
Market$erzsebetvarosMon-Sun 06:30-21:00
Klauzal teri Vasarcsarnok is the 1897 Jewish Quarter market hall in Erzsebetvaros, restored in 2014 and stocked with sausage, cheese, produce and kosher.
Order: Hungarian smoked sausage, a wedge of trappist cheese and a kosher rugelach for the walk.
Tip: Open daily 06:30-21:00; the kosher counters were preserved from the original Jewish Quarter design.
Market$ujlipotvarosMon-Fri 06:00-18:00, Sat 06:00-14:00, Sun 06:00-12:00
Lehel Csarnok in Ujlipotvaros is the city's most chaotic and least touristed market, a 2002 hangar of stalls for mangalica, smoked fish, bulk paprika.
Order: A whole mangalica salami and a jar of cherry paprika cream.
Tip: Open Sundays until noon; metro M3 stops directly inside the building.
Market$varkeruletMon-Fri 06:00-18:00, Sat 06:00-14:00, closed Sun
Feny utcai piac in Buda's 2nd district, next to Szell Kalman ter and the Mammut shopping centre, is the main Buda covered market for produce.
Order: A bag of seasonal Hungarian fruit and a kifli from the in-market bakery.
Tip: Closed Sundays; the upstairs lunch deck cooks Hungarian classics Mon to Fri.