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Where to Eat and Drink

PEST: Café Kör  Price Guide
Budapest European Map C3 Prices are for an average three-course
Sas utca 17, 1051 meal for one, including half a bottle of
BUDA: Régi Sipos  Tel (1) 311 00 53 house wine, and all extra charges.
Seafood A popular, good-value bistro that  under 3,000 HUF
Lajos utca 46, 1036 serves Hungarian and European  3,000 to 5,000 HUF
Tel (1) 247 63 92 mains, as well as fine salads and  over 5,000 HUF
Set apart from the tourist a handful of vegetarian dishes..
trail, Régi Sipos serves up fish PEST: Costes 
specialties such as pontypörkölt PEST: Vakvarjú  Hungarian Map D4
(carp goulash) and harcsapaprikás International Map C3 Ráday utca 4, 1092
(catfish stew), with cheesy Paulay Ede út 7, 1061 Tel (1) 219 06 96
lasagne-like noodle sheets. Tel (1) 268 08 88 The first restaurant in Budapest
Providing excellent views of one to get a Michelin star offers
BUDA: Alabárdos Étterem  of Budapest’s busiest streets, innovative cuisine based on
Hungarian Map B3 this lively restaurant offers seasonal, local produce in an
Országház utca 2, 1014 inexpensive international fare. elegant setting. Diners can
Tel (1) 356 08 51 Closed Sun choose from four- to seven-
Set in an outstanding Gothic PEST: Károlyi Étterem  course menus, accompanied by
building, Alabárdos serves classic Hungarian Map C4 Hungarian wines. Book ahead.
cuisine from days gone by. Károlyi Mihály utca 16, 1053
Everything, from the service to the Tel (1) 328 02 40 PEST: Menza 
presentation, exudes elegance. Enjoy sophisticated dining in the Hungarian Map D3
courtyard of the Károlyi Palace, Liszt Ferenc tér 2, 1061
BUDA: Búsuló with a traditional menu of Tel (1) 413 14 82
Juhász Etterem  Hungarian classics. Popular with Classic Hungarian dishes are
Hungarian Map B4 wedding parties at weekends. made with fresh produce and
Kelenhegyi út 58, 1118 a postmodern twist at this
Tel (1) 209 16 49 PEST: Kárpátia  friendly restaurant on a lively
There are spectacular views Hungarian Map C4 square. Try the goulash soup.
from this restaurant on the Ferenciek tere 7–8, 1053 The 1960s decor provides a
slopes of Gellért Hill. Expect Tel (1) 317 35 96 fitting backdrop.
traditional Hungarian specialties Ostentatiously decorated with
and live gypsy music. Transylvanian folk motifs, the
19th-century Kárpátia is a long-
BUDA: Fekete Holló  established favorite. The goulash Rest of Hungary
Hungarian Map B3 is very high quality.
Országház utca 10, 1014 EGER: Fehérszarvas
Tel (1) 356 23 67 DK Choice Vadásztanya 
Located on Buda Hill, this is a European
gem of a traditional restaurant, PEST: Bock Bisztró  Klapka György utca 8, 3300
where the kitsch medieval decor Hungarian Map D3 Tel (36) 411 129
fails to detract from the excellent Erzsébet körút 43–49, 1073 Eger’s silver-service restaurant
food. It can get very busy. Tel (1) 321 03 40 Closed Sun is a little way from the center but
With an interior that is lined well worth the trek. Feast on
PEST: Bohémtanya  with cookery books, Bock game, such as venison and
Hungarian Map C3 Bisztró has made old-school wild boar, and freshwater fish
Paulay Ede utca 6, 1061 Hungarian cooking sexy again. in a cellar filled with hunting
Tel (1) 267 35 04 Traditional mains such as trophies.
Savor hearty Hungarian food in borjúpaprikás (veal paprikash)
pleasant surroundings. Diners are are served alongside European KECSKEMÉT: Kecskeméti
seated in wooden alcoves large and East–West fusion dishes. Csárda és Borház 
enough for eight, and that might Bock is also a wine shop. Hungarian
mean sharing a table with others. Kölcsey utca 7, 6000
Tel (76) 488 686
One of the best-regarded
eateries in the country, this
place specializes in generous
portions of the paprika-rich
cuisine of the great plain.
PÉCS: Cellárium 
International
Hunyadi János utca 2, 7621
Tel (76) 314 596
Housed in catacombs that once
provided shelter from attacking
Ottomans, Cellárium offers
delicious local specialties and
Diners enjoying traditional Hungarian cuisine at Bock Bisztró, Budapest classic international dishes.

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