Budapest Michelin Vegetarian & Vegan Menus: 2026 Prices, Ranked

Five Budapest Michelin kitchens run a dedicated plant-based tasting menu, not a grudging swap-out: Stand (vegetarian, 89,500 HUF), Salt (vegetarian and vegan, 69,500 HUF), Babel (vegan versions of its tasting menus), Costes Downtown (vegan, 39,900 HUF), and Michelin-listed Tati Farm to Table (vegan, 19,480 HUF). If you want one recommendation and no further reading: book Tati, because it costs a fifth of the two-star option and its menu draws on the restaurant’s own family farm.

Prices below come from each restaurant’s own menu page, and some have moved a long way since the older guides that still circulate. Stand cannot cook vegan at all, and says so in writing. Here is the current picture.

📋 At a Glance

Best For	Vegetarians and vegans who want a serious tasting menu, not a plate of grilled vegetables
Cost	19,480 HUF (Tati, vegan) to 89,500 HUF (Stand, vegetarian) per person, plus 15% service
Vegan-friendly	Babel, Salt, Costes Downtown, Tati. Not Stand, not Rumour
Book Ahead	Weeks for weekends. Salt and Rumour charge for late cancellations
Skip If	You want volume. These are 5 to 14 small courses, not dinner in the usual sense

A plant-based tasting course plated in the fine-dining style (generic, not a dish from any restaurant named here). Vegan Feast Catering via Flickr / Openverse, CC BY 2.0.

Budapest’s Plant-Based Michelin Menus, Compared

Prices are per person, VAT included, service charge on top.

Restaurant	Michelin	Plant-based offer	Price (HUF)
Stand	★★	Dedicated Vegetarian Chef Menu. No vegan	89,500
Salt	★ + Green Star	14-course menu in vegetarian and vegan versions	69,500 (Sat lunch for a limited time, 11 courses: 59,000)
Babel	★	Vegan versions of its tasting menus	Confirm on Babel’s menu page
Costes Downtown	Check the guide	Standalone Vegan Degustation Menu; Vegan Chef’s Table	39,900 (6 courses) / 69,000 (7 courses)
Rumour	★	Vegetarian versions of both menus. No vegan	44,900 (6 courses) / 68,800 (11 courses)
Essência	★	Tasting menus, vegetarian on request	41,900 (5 courses) / 52,900 (7 courses)
Costes (Ráday)	★	Tasting menu adapted for vegetarians	39,500 (4 courses) / 51,500 (6 courses)
Borkonyha	★	À la carte vegetarian dishes	4,550 to 9,550 à la carte
Tati Farm to Table	Michelin Guide listed	Dedicated 5-course Vegan Tasting Menu	19,480

Source: menus, prices and opening hours checked on each restaurant’s own site, linked in the table, on 14 October 2026. Michelin distinctions follow the selection announced in October 2025; Michelin updates it every year, so check the current listing on guide.michelin.com before you book.

Add 15% service to all of it. Stand charges 20% if you ask for a VAT invoice, which turns an 89,500 HUF menu into a 107,400 HUF one before drinks.

Stand (Two Stars): The Best Vegetarian Menu, And No Vegan Option

Stand is Budapest’s only two-star restaurant, on Székely Mihály utca at the edge of the Jewish Quarter, with a glass-walled kitchen in the middle of the room. The vegetarian menu is not an afterthought here: it is a separate, fully published Chef Menu at the same 89,500 HUF as the meat version, which tells you the kitchen treats it as equal work rather than a discount.

The current autumn run opens with small snacks such as sunchoke crisp with pumpkin seed praline and a little lángos with sour cream and Comté, then a chilled “Lecsó” tomato consommé, baked kohlrabi with green apple and pickled elderflower, Hokkaido pumpkin with verjus, homemade pasta stuffed with mushrooms and black garlic, savoy cabbage filled with fennel, and a Somlói to close.

Now the part most guides skip. Stand’s own menu page states it cannot offer a vegan, milk-protein-free or soy-free menu. Gluten-free and lactose-free versions of the Chef Menu are available. If you are vegan, this restaurant is simply not on your list, and no amount of advance notice changes that.

Prices: Vegetarian Chef Menu 89,500 HUF. Wine sets 69,900 HUF (“Our Everyday Lives…”) or 169,900 HUF (“A Rare Dream…”). Service 15%, or 20% with a VAT invoice. The whole table chooses either the Chef Menu or à la carte. Open Tuesday to Saturday from 18:00, last arrival 20:00.

Worth it? Yes, if a two-star vegetarian tasting menu is the specific thing you came to Budapest for. If the budget matters more, three of the restaurants further down this page do plant-based cooking that is nearly as interesting for a third of the price.

Salt (One Star + Green Star): The One With the Jars

Salt is reached through Hotel Rum on Királyi Pál utca, and the first thing you see is shelving loaded with jars of preserved and foraged fruit, vegetables and herbs. That is the whole thesis: local, seasonal, fermented, foraged, with butter and lardo made in house. It picked up its star in 2021 and the Michelin Green Star for sustainability in 2022.

The dinner menu is 14 courses at 69,500 HUF, and it is available in dedicated vegetarian and vegan versions rather than a plate-by-plate substitution. For a limited time there is also a Saturday lunch at 11 courses for 59,000 HUF. The menu itself is fixed, so the restaurant’s booking page asks you to declare vegetarian or vegan in advance, and the kitchen then builds you a separate menu.

Prices: 14-course dinner 69,500 HUF, Saturday lunch (limited time) 11 courses 59,000 HUF. Pairings: Hungarian and Carpathian wines 39,000 HUF, European 42,000 HUF, Prestige classic 90,000 HUF, non-alcoholic homemade juice pairing 26,000 HUF. Service 15%.

Hours and rules: Wednesday to Friday 18:00 to 23:00, Saturday 12:00 to 15:00 and 18:00 to 23:00, closed Sunday to Tuesday. Reservations only online with card details. Cancel or change inside 48 hours and you are charged the menu price per person. Recommended for ages 10 and up, no dogs.

Worth it? If fermentation, foraging and a serious sustainability record are what you want from a meal, Salt is the most coherent choice in the city. If you want luxury ingredients and comfort, Stand suits that night better. Its vegan version is one of the longest full vegan menus at this level in Budapest.

A tasting-menu course plated in the fine-dining style (generic, not a dish from any restaurant named here). Photo by Filipp Romanovski, free to use via Pexels.

Babel (One Star): The Strongest Vegan Menu in the City

Babel is on Piarista köz, a passage off Ferenciek tere, in a building whose walls still carry the watermarks of the Great Flood of Pest in 1838. One star in the October 2025 selection, executive chef Kornél Kaszás, and a kitchen that works the whole Carpathian Basin rather than a narrow Hungarian-classics playbook.

For plant-based diners, Babel offers vegan versions of its tasting menus, so a vegan guest can enjoy a full tasting-menu evening rather than a single substitute plate. Confirm the current menus on Babel’s page.

Menus, prices and seating times change with the seasons, so check the current ones on Babel’s menu page before you book, and say vegan when you reserve so the kitchen can prepare.

Worth it? Yes. For a vegan diner it is the first starred table to book in Budapest. Full breakdown of the menus and booking rules in our standalone Babel review.

Costes Downtown: A Standalone Vegan Degustation

Costes Downtown sits in the Prestige Hotel on Vigyázó Ferenc utca, the more relaxed sibling of the Ráday original, and it publishes a standalone Vegan Degustation Menu rather than adapting anything. At 39,900 HUF for six courses it is one of the most affordable full vegan tasting menus in this guide.

The current run: “Edible Art” with king oyster mushroom, celeriac and apple; “Our Garden,” the house signature, with cauliflower, peanut and micro herbs; roasted carrot with smoked lentils and black garlic; potato gratin with spinach, garden vegetables and a vegan jus; peach with mace and sorrel; grape with chestnut and stum. There is also a seven-course Vegan Chef’s Table at 69,000 HUF where you sit in the kitchen and watch it happen.

Cheaper still: the lunch menu runs daily from 12:00 to 15:00 and lets you build two to five courses from a list with clearly marked vegan options, from 11,900 HUF for two courses to 20,900 HUF for five. That is fine-dining cooking for the price of a good bistro dinner, and it is one of the best deals in this guide.

Prices: Vegan Degustation 39,900 HUF (6 courses, 18:00 to 22:00). Vegan Chef’s Table 69,000 HUF (7 courses). Lunch 11,900 to 20,900 HUF. Pairings 22,000 (mocktail) to 30,000 HUF (wine) with the degustation. Service 15%. Open daily 12:00 to 15:00 and 18:00 to 23:00.

Good to know: if the Michelin star itself is what you are paying for, check Costes Downtown’s current distinction on guide.michelin.com before you book. The vegan menu is excellent either way.

Tati Farm to Table (Michelin Guide Listed): The Value Winner

Tati is on Dohány utca in District VII, it has no star, and it is the easiest recommendation on this page. Chef Gábor Soóky’s kitchen runs a dedicated 5-course Vegan Tasting Menu at 19,480 HUF, against 22,480 HUF for the meat version, inspired by the restaurant’s own family farm and Hungary’s seasons.

The current run: roasted cauliflower with toasted almond cream, pickled snack cucumber and green apple; a seasonal vegan soup; corn fritter with corn velouté, pickled baby corn and a pine and spring onion espuma; stuffed pepper with a vegetable croquette, roasted kápia and white tomato consommé; and a vegan rice soufflé with sunflower parfait, elderflower cream and sour cherry juice. Each course names its producer on the menu, a nice way to meet the farms behind the food.

What makes this the value pick is not just the number. It is that Tati does vegan versions of actual Hungarian dishes (stuffed pepper, rice soufflé) instead of the international vegan-restaurant playbook. If you came to Hungary to eat Hungarian food and you do not eat meat, this is the closest thing to a solved problem. Our guide to traditional Hungarian dishes explains what the originals are supposed to taste like.

Prices: Vegan Tasting Menu 19,480 HUF (5 courses), standard tasting 22,480 HUF, plus 15% service. Tasting menu daily 17:00 to 21:00, weekday lunch 11:30 to 15:00 (with a 3-course lunch tasting menu, also in a vegan version), weekend brunch 09:00 to 15:00.

Worth it? Absolutely, and it is the first booking to make. It is a more casual room than the starred places, and it costs less than a quarter of Stand. If you are heading out of the capital afterwards, our countryside vegan restaurants guide picks up where this one stops.

Rumour by Rácz Jenő (One Star): Vegetarians Yes, Vegans No

Rumour is on Petőfi tér in District V and its entrance is a secret door, part of the fun. Twenty-one seats wrap around the open kitchen, plus an upstairs Dining Room with conventional table settings. Chef Jenő Rácz designs the evening as a performance, and you can ask the chefs about each dish across the counter.

Both menus come in vegetarian versions: the 6-course Pre-Theatre at 44,900 HUF (17:00, served in the Dining Room) and the 11-course Rumour menu at 68,800 HUF (20:00, at the chef’s counter). The restaurant’s FAQ is clear about the limit: “We do not serve vegan menus.” Request vegetarian at booking, because they cannot accommodate it on arrival.

Prices: Pre-Theatre 44,900 HUF, Rumour menu 68,800 HUF, plus 15% service. Tuesday to Saturday 17:00 to 23:00.

Mind the cancellation policy: modify or cancel inside 24 hours, no-show, or shrink the party size, and you are charged 40,000 HUF per person to the card on file. Not recommended for children under 12. No dress code, though most guests dress up anyway.

Worth it? For vegetarians who want dinner and a show, yes. The counter seats you right at the open kitchen. At 68,800 HUF for the full menu it sits in the same bracket as Salt, so choose by the kind of evening you want. If you are vegan, Babel or Salt will suit you better.

Essência (One Star): Portuguese-Hungarian, Vegetarian on Request

Essência is chef Tiago Sabarigo and his Hungarian wife Éva bringing Portuguese and Hungarian cooking together on Sas utca in District V. Bright arched front room, open kitchen, blue-and-white Portuguese tiling in the back.

Dinner is tasting-menu only: five courses at 41,900 HUF or seven at 52,900 HUF, plus 15% service. Vegetarian versions are made on request, but unlike Stand or Salt the restaurant does not publish a dedicated plant-based menu, so the kitchen adapts the menu for you. The published menus lean on duck liver, octopus, cod, quail, beef and venison, so give plenty of notice.

Prices: 5 courses 41,900 HUF (with pairings from 56,900 HUF), 7 courses 52,900 HUF (with pairings from 73,900 HUF). Cheese course 4,200 HUF. Service 15%.

Worth it? If the Portuguese-Hungarian idea is the draw and you are a flexible vegetarian, yes. The wine pairings are a strong argument for going. As a plant-based destination specifically, four other restaurants on this page are better bets.

Costes (One Star): The Original, Adapted

Costes on Ráday utca became Hungary’s first Michelin-starred restaurant in 2010. Modern European cooking with French technique.

The vegetarian route here is an adaptation of the main tasting menu rather than a menu designed from scratch, and the restaurant does not publish a vegetarian version. That is the trade-off: you get an excellent kitchen’s interpretation on the night, without a menu built from the ground up for vegetables. Flag it well in advance.

Prices: Menu Four 39,500 HUF (wine pairing 24,500 HUF, non-alcoholic 15,500 HUF), Menu Six 51,500 HUF (wine 35,500 HUF, non-alcoholic 22,500 HUF), Saturday lunch 4+2 courses 32,500 HUF. Service 15%. Wednesday to Friday 18:00 to 23:00, Saturday 12:00 to 15:00 and 18:00 to 23:00.

Worth it? For the prestige and the classicism, yes. As a vegetarian destination, the restaurants with dedicated menus suit you better. The Saturday lunch at 32,500 HUF is the sensible way in.

Borkonyha Winekitchen (One Star): Wine First, Vegetables Second

Borkonyha on Sas utca is the most relaxed starred room in the city and has one of the best wine lists, with a serious Hungarian focus. It is the place for a Michelin meal without the ceremony.

Vegetarians eat à la carte here rather than off a dedicated tasting menu. The current autumn card carries a mushroom soup with cavatelli at 4,550 HUF, an autumn salad with Jerusalem artichoke and camembert at 6,950 HUF, noodles with truffle and egg at 7,550 HUF, and stuffed pasta with pumpkin, spinach and mushroom at 9,550 HUF as a main. If you would like a longer tasting format, ask when you book.

Prices: À la carte vegetarian dishes 4,550 to 9,550 HUF. Monday to Thursday 18:00 to 24:00, Friday and Saturday 12:00 to 24:00, closed Sunday and public holidays.

Worth it? As the most affordable way to eat at a starred Budapest restaurant, yes, and the wine alone justifies it. Full write-up in our Borkonyha review.

ONYX Restaurant: A Story at One Shared Table

Worth knowing about if sustainability and a memorable evening are your filters: ONYX Restaurant on Vörösmarty tér, which held a Michelin Green Star in the October 2025 selection as Onyx Műhely (check the current guide), now serves ÆTHER, an 11-course dinner for sixteen guests at one communal table, built on Hungarian gastronomy and modern European cooking. It costs 69,000 HUF per person plus 15% service, with a non-alcoholic pairing at 26,000 HUF. The menu does not list a plant-based version, so ask about vegetarian or vegan options when you book.

Booking Rules That Actually Matter

• Declare vegetarian or vegan at the moment you book. Not as an afterthought in the notes field, not on arrival. Salt builds you a separate menu. Rumour cannot accommodate the request on site. Babel and Costes Downtown need the heads-up to prepare. This is the easiest way to protect your evening.
• Late cancellations cost real money. Salt charges the menu price per person inside 48 hours. Rumour charges 40,000 HUF per person inside 24 hours, including if you just shrink the party. Stand charges 89,500 HUF per person inside 24 hours. Most of them take card details at booking.
• Service is 15% on top, everywhere. Stand goes to 20% if you request a VAT invoice. Budget for it: on a 69,500 HUF menu that is another 10,425 HUF per head before you have ordered a drink.
• Pairings can double the bill. Salt’s Prestige wine pairing is 90,000 HUF against a 69,500 HUF menu. The non-alcoholic pairings are not a consolation prize either: Salt’s homemade juice pairing at 26,000 HUF and Costes Downtown’s mocktail pairing at 22,000 HUF are properly built, and often better matched to vegetable-forward food than the wine is.
• Dress smart casual and relax. Stand and Rumour both say they have no dress code. Nowhere on this list requires a jacket. Collared shirt or a decent dress, closed shoes, done.
• Book weeks out for weekends. Stand and Salt are the hardest tables. Stand opens bookings 60 days ahead.

The Verdict

Budapest is a better city for plant-based fine dining than its reputation suggests, and it got there fast. Five kitchens run dedicated menus, several of them fully vegan, and one of the best of them costs less than 20,000 HUF.

If you want the ranking in one line: Tati for value and for actual Hungarian food done without meat, Babel for the best vegan cooking at a starred restaurant, Salt if sustainability and fermentation are the point, Costes Downtown for a standalone vegan degustation and a brilliant lunch deal, and Stand if the two stars are the specific thing you are buying.

If you are vegan, cross Stand and Rumour off before you start looking. Both are clear about it in writing. For the wider view of the city’s starred scene, including the non-vegetarian angle, see our Budapest Michelin guide, or browse the rest of the food and restaurants guides.