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Smart interior of Centrál Kávéház<br />
Restaurants<br />
Százéves<br />
Established in 1831, the city’s<br />
oldest restaurant still serves excellent<br />
Hungarian cuisine in a fine<br />
Baroque building. d Map K4 • V,<br />
Pesti Barnabás utca 2 • 266 52 40 • FFFF<br />
Vörös és Fehér<br />
Wine flows freely at this<br />
fine Mediterranean restaurant,<br />
whose name means red and<br />
white, after the wine it serves.<br />
It was founded by the Budapest<br />
Wine Society (see p52).<br />
Kulacs<br />
Visit this restaurant for its<br />
enormous portions of first-class<br />
Hungarian food and lively Gypsy<br />
band. d Map E4 • VII, Osvát utca 11<br />
• 322 36 11 • FFFF<br />
Kaltenberg Royal<br />
Bavarian Brasserie<br />
Beer hall serving Bavarian dishes<br />
and jugs of home-brewed beer.<br />
Live accordion and sing-a-long<br />
music make for a great atmosphere.<br />
d Map D5 • IX, Kinizsi utca<br />
30–36 • 215 97 92 • Open 7am–midnight<br />
daily • FF<br />
Múzeum Kávéház<br />
és Étterem<br />
This 1855 coffee<br />
house situated next to<br />
the National Museum<br />
serves Hungarian specialities<br />
worthy of its<br />
historic setting. d Map<br />
M4 • VIII, Múzeum körút 12<br />
• 338 42 21 • Open noon–<br />
midnight Mon–Sat • FFFFF<br />
BAJCSY-ZSILINSZKY ÚT<br />
Arany<br />
J.u. q<br />
Ferenciek<br />
tere<br />
q<br />
Duna (Danube)<br />
ANDRÁSSY ÚT<br />
RÁKÓCZI ÚT<br />
Price Categories<br />
For a three-course meal<br />
for one, with half a<br />
bottle of wine (or equiv-<br />
alent meal), taxes and<br />
extra charges.<br />
ERZSÉBET KÖRÚT JÓZSEF KÖR Ú T<br />
ROTTENBILLER U<br />
BAROSS U<br />
Ferenc<br />
q körút<br />
ÜLL∏I ÚT<br />
F under Ft2,500<br />
FF Ft2,500–5,000<br />
FFF Ft5,000–7,500<br />
FFFF Ft7,500–10,000<br />
FFFFF over Ft10,000<br />
Mátyás Pince<br />
This 1904 restaurant has fine<br />
mosaics and stained-glass windows<br />
and serves exceptional Hungarian<br />
food. d Map K4 • V, Március 15<br />
tér 7 • 318 16 93 • FFFF<br />
Lou Lou<br />
The food at this elegant<br />
eatery is modern French, with a<br />
twist of Hungarian. A superb wine<br />
list complements the menu.<br />
d Map K2 • V, Vigyázó Ferenc utca 4<br />
• 312 45 05 • Open noon–3pm & 7pm–<br />
11pm Mon–Fri, 7pm–11pm Sat • FFFF<br />
Empire<br />
Sublime dining room in the<br />
Astoria hotel, where German<br />
forces set up camp during World<br />
War II. The food – a mix of international<br />
and Hungarian – is good.<br />
d Map M4 • Kossuth Lajos utca 19 • 889<br />
60 22 • Dis. access • FFF<br />
Kárpátia<br />
Serving classic dishes in<br />
historic surroundings, the Kárpátia<br />
is a contender for the title of<br />
Budapest’s best Hungarian restaurant.<br />
d Map L4 • V, Ferenciek tere<br />
7–8 • 317 35 96 • Dis. access • FFFF<br />
Centrál<br />
Kávéház<br />
Standing on the site<br />
of an 1880s coffee<br />
shop, the recently<br />
restored Centrál<br />
Kávéház is a Budapest<br />
favourite. d Map L4<br />
• V, Károlyi Mihály utca 9<br />
• 266 21 10 • FFF<br />
Unless otherwise stated, all restaurants and cafés are open daily –<br />
usually between 11:30am and midnight – and accept credit cards.<br />
Around Town – Central Pest<br />
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