13 editor picks across Hungary.
13 hungarian restaurants worth the trip across Hungary, editor-ranked. All cuisines in Hungary.
Hungarikum Bisztró is a traditional Hungarian restaurant at Steindl Imre utca 13 that cooks as a grandmother did: goulash soup, lángos, stuffed sour cabbage.
OrderThe goulash soup with mini noodles, then the stuffed sour cabbage in cream.
TipMeals can be saltier or spicier than some expect, and a half portion is charged at 70% of the menu price.
Kispiac Bisztró is a traditional Hungarian bistro at Hold utca 13 in Budapest, a cozy place where tables fill up fast, with the kitchen open until 21:00.
TipBook a table in advance for lunch or dinner, since the tables fill up fast; paying in cash in HUF or EUR gets a 10% discount.
Hungarikum Bisztró serves Hungarian food at Steindl Imre utca 13, cooked as a grandmother did: lángos, Hortobágyi crépe and dumplings with sausages.
OrderThe oven baked knuckle of pork with onion potatoes and pickles, for 2 persons.
TipThe Touch of Hungary's Taste starter of salami, sausages, liver paté, bacon and cheeses is for 2 persons, like the oven baked knuckle of pork.
Kispiac Bisztró is a traditional Hungarian bistro at Hold utca 13 in Budapest, owned by Éva Csordás and Csaba Szalánszki, serving honest food.
TipPaying in cash in HUF or EUR gets a 10% discount, so say so when you book, and book ahead since the tables fill up fast.
MÁK by mizseijani is a modern Hungarian fine dining restaurant at Vigyázó Ferenc utca 4 with 4, 5 or 6 course menus and wine or fermented dzsúz pairings.
OrderA 4, 5 or 6 course menu with the fermented dzsúz pairing.
TipYou choose a dish at each course of the 4, 5 or 6 course menu; the wine pairing adds 17.000 Ft a person, the fermented dzsúz pairing 14.000 Ft.
Gettó Gulyás is a traditional Hungarian restaurant at Wesselényi utca 18 with a menu of staples such as Alföldi-style goulash and farm chicken paprikash.
OrderThe Alföldi-style goulash or the farm chicken paprikash.
Gettó Gulyás is a traditional Hungarian restaurant at Wesselényi utca 18 in Budapest's Jewish Quarter, with a menu of goulash and farm chicken paprikash.
OrderThe csülökpörkölt with Ratte potatoes cooked in its sauce.
Kőleves Vendéglő is a Hungarian restaurant that opened in December 2005 in the Jewish Quarter, added a garden in 2009 and moved to 41 Kazinczy Street in 2012.
TipOpen from 12:00 Tuesday to Sunday, until 22:00 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday and until 23:00 from Thursday to Saturday.
21 Magyar Vendéglő is a modern Hungarian restaurant at Fortuna utca 21, 1014 Budapest, open every day from 11:30 to 23:00; the phone is +36 1 202 2113.
Menza is a modern Hungarian restaurant and cafe on Liszt Ferenc square, halfway between café-restaurants and traditional Pest bars, with a terrace.
OrderThe Menza appetizer for 2, or the traditional chicken paprikash with homemade spaetzle.
TipThe kitchen runs 11:30-22:30, and the daily lunch menu costs 2890 Ft from 11:30 while stock lasts; there is no lunch menu for groups.
Menza is a modern Hungarian restaurant at Liszt Ferenc square 2 where the menu runs from duck liver bruschetta to traditional chicken paprikash.
OrderThe Dorozsmai style carpfish fillet or the duck leg with red wine poached pear.
TipOpen 11:00-23:30 with the kitchen running 11:30-22:30; the menu includes vegan dishes such as the Aztec bean soup with avocado and tortilla.
Frici Papa Kifőzdéje is a Hungarian eatery on Király utca at number 55, open since spring 1997, with homestyle dishes and a daily changing menu.
OrderThe főzelék stews, the roasts or the homemade cakes.
TipYou can eat in or take away, and the flavours recall our grandmothers' cooking at low prices.
MÁK by mizseijani is a modern Hungarian restaurant at Vigyázó Ferenc utca 4 where Mizsei Jani cooks with precise technique, fermentation and experiments.
OrderThe mangalica with corn and wild oregano, or the duck breast with celery and buckwheat.
TipNot every pairing is wine: the fermented dzsúz pairing rests on the restaurant's own fermentations, fruits, vegetables and herbs.
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