8 restaurants in Budapest, editor-picked for sunday dinner. Where to eat a sit-down dinner on sunday. All restaurants in Budapest.
Costes ★ 4.6
ferencvaros · Ráday utca 4, 1092 Budapest
Hours: Wed-Fri 18:00-23:00; Sat-Sun 12:00-15:00, 18:00-23:00
Costes on Raday utca was the first restaurant in Hungary to earn a Michelin star in 2010 and still cooks a seven-course tasting in a Ferencvaros townhouse.
Tip: Closed Sundays and Mondays; the in-house butter, preserves and ham are made on site.
Costes Downtown ★ 4.5
lipotvaros · Vigyázó Ferenc utca 5, 1051 Budapest
Hours: Mon-Sun 12:00-15:00, 18:00-23:00
Costes Downtown sits in the Michelin Guide on the ground floor of the Prestige Hotel near Parliament, a calmer Lipotvaros sister kitchen to the original.
Tip: Tuesday to Saturday only; the Sunday brunch is bookable separately and fills a week in advance.
Hungarikum Bisztró ★ 4.5
lipotvaros · Steindl Imre utca 13, 1051 Budapest
Hours: Mon-Sun 12:00-14:30, 18:00-22:00
Hungarikum Bisztro on Steindl Imre near Parliament cooks the canonical Hungarian classics, with gulyás, chicken paprikash and stuffed cabbage in a tiny.
Tip: Online reservation only; the room is small and books out for both lunch and dinner.
Mazel Tov ★ 4.4
erzsebetvaros · Akácfa utca 47, 1073 Budapest
Hours: Mon-Thu 12:00-23:00; Fri-Sun 12:00-00:00
Mazel Tov on Akacfa utca in the Jewish Quarter is a Mediterranean ruin garden in an early 1900s courtyard, with mezze, lamb shawarma and live klezmer most.
Tip: Open noon to midnight daily; book a week ahead for weekends.
Pierrot ★ 4.3
varkerulet · Fortuna utca 14, 1014 Budapest
Hours: Wed-Sun 11:30-23:00
Pierrot on Fortuna utca, the first private cafe-restaurant in Budapest since 1982, sits in a 13th-century bakery in the Buda Castle, with modern Hungarian.
Tip: Wed to Sun 11:30-23:00; book the 13th-century garden seats for a slow Castle Hill evening.
Két Szerecsen ★ 4.2
terezvaros · Nagymező utca 14, 1065 Budapest
Hours: Mon-Fri 08:30-23:30; Sat-Sun 09:00-23:30
Ket Szerecsen on Nagymezo utca, Pest's Broadway theatre strip, is a two-floor bistro and cafe serving Mediterranean-Hungarian crossover plates from breakfast.
Tip: Open 08:00-24:00 weekdays, 09:00-24:00 weekends; the upstairs balcony is the quieter room.
Menza Étterem ★ 4.1
terezvaros · Liszt Ferenc tér 2, 1061 Budapest
Hours: Mon-Sun 11:00-23:00
Menza on Liszt Ferenc ter is a retro-70s Budapest bistro just off Andrassy boulevard, cooking modern takes on the Hungarian canteen canon at a steady.
Tip: Open 11:00-23:00 daily; the kitchen runs 11:30-22:30 and the terrace fills first.
Halászbástya Étterem ★ 4.0
varkerulet · Halászbástya, 1014 Budapest
Hours: Mon-Sun 10:00-22:00
Halaszbastya Etterem occupies the neo-Romanesque Fisherman's Bastion on Castle Hill, with modern Hungarian tasting menus and panoramic Danube views over Pest.
Tip: Three rooms in the bastion (Restaurant, Bistro, Cafe); book the Restaurant for the tasting and the terrace.