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Gresham Kávéház 
Café Map 2 D5
Széchenyi István tér 5–6
Tel (1) 268 60 00
This is a perfect place for
enjoying a light lunch or early
evening meal. Alternatively, opt
for one of the wickedly enticing
cakes any time.
DK Choice
Café Bouchon 
Hungarian and French Map 2 E4
Zichy Jenő utca 33
Tel (1) 353 40 94 Closed Sun
Outstanding combinations of
French and Hungarian flavours
mark out this welcoming little
neighbourhood restaurant that
is popular with theatre-goers.
It is also well stocked with some Folk-inspired decor at the Italian-style Pomo D’Oro
of the country’s finest wines.
The nicely spaced out tables, Krízia  Tigris 
lovely Art Deco furnishings and Italian Map 2 E4 Modern Hungarian Map 2 D5
impeccable service round Mozsár utca 12 Mérleg utca 10
things off beautifully. Tel (1) 331 87 11 Closed Sun Tel (1) 317 37 15 Closed Sun
This pretty restaurant showcases Hungarian cuisine is rendered
some fabulous Italian cuisine; the with flair and ingenuity here,
Café Kör  home-made pastas and noodles from the smoked meats
Modern Hungarian Map 2 D5 are quite something, and there’s prepared in-house to a special
Sas utca 17 a truffle menu too. It closes for the foie gras menu.
Tel (1) 311 00 53 afternoon from 3pm to 6:30pm.
Enticing bowls of salad and Central Pest
grilled meat dishes fill the Marquis de Salade 
menu at this popular, modestly International Map 2 E4 Centrál Kávéház 
sized bistro-style place. Fine Hajós utca 43 Café Map 4 E1
wines too. Tel (30) 223 35 20 Károlyi Mihály utca 9
Dishes from Azerbaijan and Tel (1) 266 21 10
Kispiac Bisztró  Georgia feature strongly in this This was one of Budapest’s
Modern Hungarian Map 2 D4 wittily titled and beautifully foremost literary cafés in the
Hold utca 13 decorated establishment – check early 20th century. It remains a
Tel (1) 269 42 31 Closed Sun out the Persian rugs downstairs. grand affair, and the pastries are
A sweet little local with barely a truly spectacular.
handful of tables, it offers some Pomo D’Oro 
sumptuous dishes, but the Italian Map 2 D4 Gerbeaud 
roasted duck beats the lot. Arany János utca 9 Café Map 2 D5
Tel (1) 302 64 73 Vörösmarty tér 7
A labyrinthine trattoria with large Tel (1) 429 90 00
wood-burning ovens firing up A period gem, exquisitely
thin-crust pizzas; the charcoal- furnished and decorated (see
grilled meats are worth trying too. p98), Gerbeaud has been serving
some of the best, and most
Sir Lancelot Lovagi Étterem  expensive, coffees and cakes in
International Map 2 E3 the country for over 100 years.
Podmaniczky utca 14
Tel (1) 302 44 56 Művész Kávéház 
For those who relish a themed Café Map 2 E4
eating experience, this is ideal: Andrássy út 29
hefty portions of Renaissance- Tel (1) 343 35 44
inspired dishes served by waiters Eternally popular coffeehouse
in period costume, accompanied that, like Gerbeaud, is as notable
by Renaissance music. for its extravagant Baroque decor
as for its coffee and cakes.
Borkonyha 
International Map 2 D5 Vapiano 
Sas utca 3 Italian Map 4 D1
Tel (1) 266 08 35 Closed Sun Bécsi utca 5
Expect dishes such as rabbit Tel (70) 672 20 99
millefeuille and suckling pig Collect a card, place your order
carpaccio at this elegant venue (pizza or pasta), then watch it
Authentic Italian cuisine at Krízia, a few where the wine is as important being prepared directly in front
minutes’ walk from the State Opera House as the food, which is exceptional. of you. Great fun.
For more information on types of restaurants see pp270–71
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