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DEBRECEN: Bohem Belgian
Beer Café 
Belgian Road Map F3
Piac utca 29
Tel (52) 53 63 73
At this pub-style place guests can
tuck into Belgian standards like
mussels and boudin sausages,
all washed down with Leffe ale.
DEBRECEN:
Csokonai Étterem 
Modern Hungarian Road Map F3
Kossuth utca 21
Tel (52) 41 08 02
A sweet cellar restaurant with wall
lamps and candle-topped tables,
Csokonai is perfect for a romantic
dalliance. Trout fillet with Cognac
sauce is a typical offering.
DEBRECEN: IKON  Modern elegance warmed by soft lighting at Tiszavirág in Szeged
Modern Hungarian Road Map F3
Piac utca 23 Camembert), while the restaurant guests can dine on garlic goose
Tel (30) 555 77 66 Closed Mon, itself looks fabulous, particularly liver, and an adjoining lounge-
Sun eve the mosaic-tiled flooring. like area for pizzas and suchlike.
One of the new breed of modern
Hungarian ventures, IKON special- KECSKEMÉT: SZEGED:
izes in imaginative gastronomic Kecskeméti Csárda  Kiskörössy Halászcsárda 
fare like rabbit paprikás and duck Hungarian Road Map D4 Seafood Road Map E5
breast with cabbage ravioli. Kölcsey utca 7 Felső Tisza-part 336
Tel (76) 48 86 86 Closed Sun eve Tel (62) 55 58 86
GYULA: Várkonyi This is a classic Hungarian csárda, On the banks of the Tisza,
Bisztró és Bár  with blue-dyed tablecloths, this was a favoured haunt of
International Road Map F4 painted ceramics and strings of England’s Prince of Wales (the
Kossuth utca 14 paprika lining the walls. The house future King Edward VII) in the
Tel (66) 63 03 24 speciality, knuckle of mangalica 1890s. It’s still going strong,
The interior here is modelled pork, is not to be missed. and you’ll not find a better fish
on international bistro trends menu for miles around.
and so are many of its dishes. If KISKUNFÉLEGYHÁZA:
you’re seeking something more Kulacs Vendéglő  DK Choice
traditionally Hungarian, Varkonyi Seafood Road Map D4
serves that too. Széchenyi István utca 39 SZEGED: Tiszavirág 
Tel (76) 43 13 86 International Road Map E5
HAJDÚSZOBOSZLÓ: Very reasonably priced menu Hajnóczy utca 1/b
Kemencés Csárda  of largely steak and fish, with a Tel (62) 55 48 88 Closed Sun,
Modern Hungarian Road Map F3 dinky terrace for warm weather. Mon lunch
Daru zug 1/A There’s often live music. Szeged’s finest hotel has an
Tel (52) 36 22 21 equally high-class restaurant,
Generous portions of smoked NYÍRBÁTOR: Hódi  which looks fantastic and is
pork knuckle, creamed veg International Road Map G3 made all the more enjoyable
stews and the like are to be Báthori István utca 11 by the open kitchen. To keep
found at this rustically styled inn Tel (42) 28 10 12 things fresh, the menu
where you’re almost certainly Housed in a Baroque hotel, the changes weekly, but expect
guaranteed some live music, too. food here is high-end modern wonderfully concocted dishes
European, though there’s also like rack of lamb with fried
HORTOBÁGY: Hortobágyi plenty of choice of local dishes. buckwheat and yam purée.
Csárda  There’s also a cheerful café
Hungarian Road Map F3 NYÍREGYHÁZA: Svájci Lak  and a bar offering a well-
Petőfi tér 1 Modern Hungarian Road Map F3 chosen wine list.
Tel (52) 58 93 38 Sóstógyógyfürdő, Sóstói út 75
Tourist trappings aside, this Tel (42) 41 44 44
venerable establishment is worth Writer Gyula Krudy and actress TISZAFÜRED:
heading to for local treats such Lujza Blaha would have once Molnár Vendéglő 
as guinea-fowl soup and kettle- dined here at the “Swiss Cottage”. Seafood Road Map E3
cooked goulash. The lake fish is exceptional. Húszöles út 31/B
Tel (59) 35 27 05
KECSKEMÉT: Géniusz  SZEGED: Alabárdos  Located by the Tisza, it’s entirely
French Road Map D4 International Road Map E5 appropriate that Molnár serves
Kisfaludy utca 5 Oskola utca 13 up a welter of fish dishes,
Tel (76) 49 76 68 Tel (20) 231 35 41 from catfish and carp to pike-
The food here manifests a French Alabárdos incorporates both perch; try the halpaprikás (fish
twist (stuffed chicken breast with a smart formal section where in paprika sauce).
For more information on types of restaurants see pp270–71
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