Cafés, Bakeries and Cake Shops in Budapest
Budapest still runs on coffee-house culture: gilded 1900s cafés, specialty roasters, sourdough counters and cake shops known for Dobos and Esterházy torte. Most cards say what to order.
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2D Beloved
Budapest's hand-drawn comic book café: soufflé pancakes and bingsu in a room that looks drawn. Two addresses, Szent István körút and Király utca, walk-in only.
Anjuna Ice Pops
An ice pop maker whose founders traveled to India in 2015 and came home wanting summer to last all year. Every pop is vegan and gluten-free, made from real fruit and plant milk, and some have no added sugar.
Arán Bakery Móricz
Arán bakery
Covered in our guide: Arán Bakery Buda: Irish-Trained Sourdough on Móricz Zsigmond körtér
Artizán Budapest
Artizán
There is now a second Artizán bakery in Óbuda on Bécsi út, and it keeps longer hours than the original, including Sundays.
Bambi Eszpresszó
Verdict: Essential. Bambi on Frankel Leó út is a time machine.
Belvárosi Auguszt Cukrászda
Covered in our guide: Bejgli on the Table, Szaloncukor on the Tree: Hungarian Christmas Food and Traditions, Priced in Budapest
Blueberry Brunch
Blueberry Brunch, Hercegprímás u. 17. Behind the Basilica, the highest-regarded room on this list, and the one that will not hold you a table.
Brooklyn Bagel
Covered in our guide: Kosher Restaurants in Budapest: Which Ones Are Actually Certified
Budapest Bakehouse
The minute you think you’ve got Budapest’s food scene mapped, it opens a dozen new places and makes your list look ancient.
Budapest Baristas
Before you walk into the first café you see on Andrássy út and order a “coffee,” you should know that Budapest has three entirely distinct traditions of coffee venue, and each one carries different expectations, price points…
Butter Brothers
Where to eat breakfast in Budapest, sorted by when you can get in: Két Szerecsen serves breakfast every day and takes bookings, Cookie Beacon is walk-in only, and Butter Brothers opens at 7:00 on weekdays.
Cafe Brunch Budapest Opera
Covered in our guide: Best Breakfast in Budapest: Start With the Opening Hours
Cafe Tamar
Cafe Tamar, Nagy Diófa u. 3 | Facebook. A sit-down dairy restaurant cooking Italian food with a Mediterranean touch.
CAPHE by Hai Nam Budapest
Caphe by Hai Nam
Bartók Béla út 35, District XI · Style: Vietnamese specialty café, Buda side
Centrál Café
Centrál Kávéház
The 1887 literary café on Károlyi utca: all-day eggs Benedict from 4,690 HUF, the Hungarian cake trio for 4,590 HUF, live music twice a day and the 15% service charge.
Chez Dodo
A six-macaron gift box is 7,940 HUF (about $25) in the webshop in 2026. There is also a Chez Dodo counter at Bocca Gourmet in MOM Park on the Buda side.
Chouchou
In the leafy Újlipótváros neighborhood, ChouChou is a chocolate and dessert workshop specializing in French-style pastries, truffles and bonbons alongside modern takes on Hungarian classics.
Cookie Beacon
Two Cookie Beacon rooms, one menu: eggs Benedict 4,600 HUF, cookies 1,990 HUF, weekdays 8:00 to 17:00, no bookings. Which branch fits your route.
Daubner Cukrászda
Now for the sweetest stop of the day: Daubner Cukrászda.
Dorado Café
Verdict: Worth the Hype, avoid weekend queues. Dorado in District VII has built enough of a local reputation that weekend mornings bring a queue, locals and visitors alike.
Édes Virágszálam
Édes Virágszálam is a flower shop and café on Szebeni utca in Csepel (District XXI), with homemade pastries and fresh bouquets.
Edison & Jupiter
Edison & Jupiter on Dorottya utca in District V, steps from Vörösmarty tér, is a specialty café and kitchen with a calm, gallery-like room and a reputation that has grown through word of mouth.
Erdős és Fiai Cukrászda
A family confectionery on Etele tér, a few steps from the Kelenföld metro and railway station, known for highly creative ice cream flavors and a festive range of bejgli at Christmas.
Espresso Embassy
Espresso Embassy on Arany János utca is a regular feature on international specialty coffee shortlists, and for good reason.
Fazekas Cukrászda
A family confectionery on Csömöri út, run by Ádám Fazekas. He studied gelato making in Bologna in 2016, opened the first shop in the village of Kisnémedi in 2017 and the Budapest one in 2018.
Fragola Fagylaltozó
Fragola
A Budapest family ice cream brand that opened its first shop in 2011 and now has shops across the city, built on Italian gelato culture and high fruit content.
Free! Gluténmentes Pékség
Covered in our guide: Ten Budapest Bakeries, and the One Thing to Buy at Each
Freyja the croissant story
Freyja - the croissant story (Buda)
Straight answer on this one: Freyja is a croissant shop, not a bakery you go to for bread.
Gelarto Rosa
Gelarto Rosa's two shops by St. Stephen's Basilica: opening hours, how the rose is built, this season's flavors, the take-home prices and how to dodge the queue.
Geraldine (Auguszt)
Geraldine Auguszt Cukrászda
Geraldine, Auguszt's pastry shop hidden in the National Museum garden, is named for a shopgirl who became Queen of Albania. Cake slices run 1,690-1,790 HUF, open Tuesday-Sunday 10:00-19:00.
Gerbeaud
Gerbeaud Cukrászda
Café Gerbeaud on Vörösmarty Square: what the cakes, coffee and afternoon tea cost in October 2026, why there is no booking, and how to enjoy it on any budget.
Goosebumps Coffee Lab
Goosebumps Coffee Lab is the one with actual published numbers, which in this category is rarer than it should be.
Hachi Dezā
Budapest's first dedicated Japanese dessert bar opened on Zrínyi utca in July. What Hachi Dezā serves, how it connects to the Hachi ramen family, and what to know before you queue.
Három Tarka Macska
Three Calico Cats, opened 2017 by a French-born Hungarian, flour milled outside Paris, and a neighborhood in Újlipótváros that treats it as municipal infrastructure.
Hét Kávézó
Hét Kávézó is one of Szeged's first specialty coffee shops: light-roast single origins, a classic Italian blend for espresso, and AeroPress, Chemex and V60 for filter fans, plus good teas for anyone skipping coffee.
Hetes Rétes
Out on Bécsi út, claiming 22 flavors and "90% filling", a claim this page cannot verify. Curd, apple, sour cherry and sour cherry with poppy are 790 Ft; poppy and cabbage are 890 Ft.
Jacques Liszt
Best pun in Hungarian gastronomy: liszt means flour, and Liszt is Ferenc.
Kató Néni Chimney Cake Workshop
Kató Néni Finomságai
An hour of hands-on baking in Kató Néni's downtown basement, three kürtőskalács to take home, vegan dough, from €28 a person in the operator's own listing.
Kelet Kávezó és Galéria
Covered in our guide: Best Breakfast in Budapest: Start With the Opening Hours
Két Szerecsen Bisztró Budapest
Két Szerecsen Kávéház és Bisztró
Covered in our guide: Best Breakfast in Budapest: Start With the Opening Hours
Kézműves Cukrászda
Covered in our guide: Ország Tortája 2026: Bíborfehér, Szilvafácska, and Where to Get a Slice
Kiskovász Pékség
A former Hungarian State Opera ballet dancer walked off the stage and opened a bakery.
KisPipacs
There is also a downtown shop under the KisPipacs name, on Papnövelde utca by Kálvin tér.
Kōhi Haus
Kōhi Haus on Hungária körút pours Vietnamese coconut and salt coffee, dirty matcha and taro matcha. Weekday-only hours, today's menu prices, and what to order first.
Kontakt
Kontakt, tucked into the Röser udvar courtyard on Károly körút right at the edge of the Jewish Quarter, has carved out a specific position: specialty coffee with a relaxed atmosphere, comfortable for both quick stops and…
Le Pain Quotidien
Le Pain Quotidien is the Brussels bakery-restaurant chain, and its Budapest branch, announced this autumn, sits at number 2 Andrássy út, at the city end of the avenue.
Madal Cafe Budapest
Madal Cafe
four spots, most central at Ferenciek tere 3, District V · Style: specialty coffee chain that respects the green stuff
Madal Coffee Co
Madal Coffee Co is the flagship of Budapest's third-wave scene and the benchmark against which other specialty shops are measured.
Magvető Café
Magvető Café on Dohány utca 13 belongs to a literary publisher, which tells you what it is optimizing for.
Málna The Pastry Shop
Zoltán Kolonics was head pastry chef at Gerbeaud before opening Málna with his wife Ágnes Varga, a former ballet dancer who shapes the look of the desserts, and the Dining Guide named Málna Pastry Shop of the Year in 2022, 2023…
Manioka Gluténmentes Pékség
Covered in our guide: Ten Budapest Bakeries, and the One Thing to Buy at Each
Mantra Specialty Coffee Bar
Mantra Specialty Coffee Bar on Veres Pálné utca has the broadest filter range of any bar here: AeroPress, Chemex, V60 and a Gina, which you will not find on many menus in Central Europe.
Massolit Books & Café
Massolit on Nagy Diófa utca is the best single option for serious laptop work in Budapest, by a clear margin. The space is substantially larger than most Budapest cafés, with a bookshop integrated into the seating area.
Matcha Island Budapest
Matcha Island
Dohány utca 37, District VII · Style: organic matcha café in the party district
Matchy35° Budapest
Matchy35
Nagy Templom utca 17, District VIII · Style: matcha dessert bar inside a sushi spot
Miyu Matcha Budapest
MIYU Matcha
Veres Pálné utca 8, District V · Style: ceremonial matcha bar
Mizu Brunch & Coffee
Mizu serves brunch all day, every day, from 7:00: eggs Benedict on a butter croissant, avocado bowls, burrata, açai bowls and waffles, plus ciabatta sandwiches.
Műterem
szobrász műterem
Műterem, the word means "studio" or "atelier", sits on Tavaszmező utca in District VIII and occupies the position of neighborhood café for the local artist and design community.
Művész Kávéház
Művész Kávéház, “Artist’s Café”, on Andrássy út sits one minute from the Opera House and has been the pre- and post-performance gathering place for Budapest’s arts crowd since 1898.
My Little Melbourne
My Little Melbourne on Madách Imre út occupies a particular niche in the Budapest coffee scene: Australian-style coffee culture transplanted directly to the Jewish Quarter, with all the flat whites, long blacks, and absurdly…
New York Café
Budapest's gilded New York Café: menu prices in HUF, the 15% service charge, when the queue is shortest, how dinner and gallery lunch booking works, and the house rules.
nor/ma
nor/ma has grown a lot since this guide first ran. There are now three: Kecskeméti utca 11, the large nor/ma grand at Millenáris on Margit körút, and a dedicated bread bakery that opened on Bartók Béla út in March 2026 near…
Nor/Ma Grand
Nor/ma Grand brings Nordic baking to central Buda. The pistachio croissant, what breakfast costs, and when to arrive to get a table.
Padre Pio Café
Padre Pio is a neighborhood café and bakery up in District XII, made for an unhurried coffee, a fresh pastry or a cold lemonade, with a small program of community events.
Parti Kávézó
Parti Medve Könyvesbolt és Kávézó
Covered in our guide: Szentendre Day Trip: Old Town, Skanzen and Museums
Pékműhely
Pékműhely has been a small family bakery since 2010, run by Kata and Józsi, with a wild starter they made that year and have kept going ever since.
Pipacs Pékség
Read this bit before you get on the HÉV: Pipacs is open Monday to Friday and closed both Saturday and Sunday. It is the single most useful fact on this page, and it is the one that ruins the most weekend trips out to Óbuda.
Promenád Kávéház
Home of the sugar-free “Szilvafácska.” This one is a Balaton detour rather than a day trip from Budapest, so it belongs on a lake itinerary instead of a city one.
Rege Cukrászda
Of all the Lake Balaton stops, Tihany is the one to pick if there is time for only one.
Serene Specialty Coffee
Serene is a specialty coffee bar on the Grand Boulevard in District VIII, and its twist is Turkish coffee brewed in hot sand, served next to the usual espresso drinks and a matcha made with real fruit.
Steamhouse Cafe
Budapest in summer has a reliable population of rooftop bars, but the rooftop and terrace café scene, where the product is coffee rather than cocktails, is more selective.
Szamos Gourmet Ház
Szamos is the most accessible, high-quality option for most visitors. With locations in major shopping malls like Allee and Árkád, and prime spots near Váci utca and the Parliament, you’re never far from one.
Százéves Cukrászda
The Százéves Cukrászda on Erkel Ferenc tér was founded in 1840 and is one of Hungary's oldest pastry shops.
Szimply
Szimply, Károly krt. 22. Light, health-forward cooking, and the portions are sized to match. If what you want is a big cooked plate, one of the other rooms suits you better.
Tamp & Pull
Tamp & Pull on Véső utca in District XIII is an espresso and matcha bar on the ground floor of the Nordic Light office building.
The Magic Budapest
The Magic Budapest is a magic-themed restaurant with two locations near the Opera House, the one Harry Potter fans look for. 2026 hours and prices, verified, plus what to order.
UpTown Kosher Bakery
Covered in our guide: Kosher Restaurants in Budapest: Which Ones Are Actually Certified
Vivina's Café & Roastery
Vivina's Café & Roastery on Szerb utca did place: 79th in Europe on the June 2026 list.