David's Kitchen Budapest: Sourdough Brunch and Babka on Klauzál tér

Every loaf at David’s Kitchen is made with sourdough, and the baker behind it spent almost two decades in fine dining first. David Seboek and his wife Leora ran Baraka, one of Budapest’s early fine dining restaurants, and in February 2024 they opened this bakery, brunch café and deli on Klauzál tér, the green square at the heart of the Jewish Quarter.

Come here for a long, unhurried brunch on the Pest side: Turkish eggs over labneh with chili oil, shakshuka with fresh coriander, a hummus bowl with shredded beef cheek, a slice of sourdough with everything, then babka or rugelach from the display case. Brunch is served all day, plates cost about $13 to $18, and the square outside makes a good spot for a takeaway picnic. It sits a few minutes from the 4 and 6 trams and fits neatly into a walk around the quarter. The one catch: there are no reservations, so you walk in and take the next free table.

📋 David’s Kitchen at a Glance

What	Details
Where	Klauzál tér 13, 1072 Budapest (District VII, Jewish Quarter)
Getting there	Tram 4 or 6 to Király utca / Erzsébet körút, or trolleybus 70 or 78 to Akácfa utca
Hours	Sun to Thu 8:00-16:30, Fri and Sat 8:00-15:00
Brunch	Served all day, 4,290-5,990 HUF per plate
Coffee	Espresso 890 HUF, cappuccino 1,390 HUF, flat white 1,690 HUF
Service charge	10%, added to the final bill
Booking	No reservations, walk-in only
Takeaway	Deli with bread, mezze and sandwiches; picnic bag for two 24,900 HUF
Skip if	You need a guaranteed table at a set time, or want dinner without a group booking

From Baraka to a bakery on the square

David Seboek learned to bake bread in Angers, in France’s Loire valley, and worked at a French-American pastry bakery in New York. At Baraka he baked the bread and pastries himself, and he switched from yeast to sourdough around 2010. Baraka was regularly recommended by the Michelin Guide and closed during the pandemic. In a 2024 interview David called the bakery a long-cherished dream, and said he would rather describe David’s Kitchen as a deli and café than a bakery.

That is a fair description of how it works. The breads are all sourdough. The brunch menu changes with the seasons and leans Mediterranean, with Middle Eastern notes such as labneh, tahini, za’atar and hummus. The display case mixes French, American and Middle Eastern sweets. There is also a deli counter with mezze, sandwiches and granola to take home. At opening, a good part of the ingredients came from the market hall on Klauzál tér, next door.

The room was laid out with the designer Dóra Fónagy. Its windows look onto the park, and it was planned without too many tables, to keep it calm and uncrowded.

Source: concept, breads and sweets from davidskitchen.hu (Hungarian version), read on 29 October 2026; David Seboek’s background, the opening and the room from Dining Guide (11 February 2024); Baraka’s Michelin recommendations and closure from Street Kitchen (27 November 2025); owners from Gault&Millau Hungary, read on 29 October 2026.

What to order, and what it costs

Start with the Turkish eggs: eggs on labneh with tahini and chili oil, served with a thick slice of house sourdough. Street Kitchen called them the star of the brunch menu, and Gault&Millau Hungary singles out the brunch plates “from Turkish eggs to labneh”. If you prefer something baked in the pan, the shakshuka costs the same. For a sweet brunch, the French toast comes with caramelized apple and kaffir lime mascarpone cream.

Dish	Price
Shakshuka with fresh coriander (vegan version with vegan feta and crispy tofu)	4,690 HUF (about $14)
Turkish eggs with labneh, tahini, chili oil	4,690 HUF (about $14)
Savory French toast with sunny side up egg, bacon, maple butter	4,690 HUF (about $14)
Avocado cashew “guac” with marinated vegetables, feta, za’atar and egg	5,490 HUF (about $17)
D’s Kitchen omelet with smoked salmon, labneh, avocado cashew “guac”	5,990 HUF (about $18)
Hummus bowl with shredded beef cheek and tahini date sauce	5,990 HUF (about $18)
Vegan hummus bowl with roasted vegetables	4,290 HUF (about $13)
Sweet potato salad bowl with quinoa, parsnip, cranberry	4,290 HUF (about $13)
French toast with caramelized apple and kaffir lime mascarpone cream	4,490 HUF (about $14)
Homemade granola with Greek yogurt and fruit compote	4,290 HUF (about $13)
Za’atar focaccia sandwich with turkey and Monterey Jack	4,490 HUF (about $14)
Espresso / cappuccino / flat white	890 / 1,390 / 1,690 HUF (about $3 / $4 / $5)
Freshly squeezed orange juice (2.75 dl)	2,190 HUF (about $7)

All egg dishes come with the house sourdough. Extras include goat cheese on the shakshuka (700 HUF), bacon on the Turkish eggs (990 HUF) and an extra egg (500 HUF). Prices include VAT, and a 10% service charge is added to the final bill, so Turkish eggs and a flat white come to 7,018 HUF (about $21).

Leave room for the display case. The sweets are not priced on the menu, so check the counter, but the ones to look for are the babka, the chocolate rugelach and the croissants, all of which Gault&Millau Hungary names as must-tries. The drinks list goes well beyond coffee: matcha, chai and turmeric lattes, Zhao Zhou teas, espresso tonic, and kombucha and water kefir from Natu Farm.

The menu marks vegan options for the shakshuka, the avocado plate, the hummus bowl and the granola, and marks allergens by number on the menu. Oat, coconut or lactose-free milk costs 300 HUF extra. The kitchen is not kosher: the menu includes bacon and Prague ham. For certified places, see our guide to kosher restaurants in Budapest.

Prices are in HUF, which is what you pay on the bill. Converted at 1 USD = 330 HUF, the ECB rate on 28 October 2026. Rates move, so treat the dollar figures as indicative.

Source: dishes, prices, service charge and drinks from the brunch and drinks menus on davidskitchen.hu, Menu, read on 29 October 2026; dish recommendations from Street Kitchen (27 November 2025) and Gault&Millau Hungary, read on 29 October 2026.

No reservations: how seating works

David’s Kitchen does not take table bookings. It is walk-in only, and guests are seated in order of arrival. The room was planned without too many tables, so a larger group should be ready to wait for tables to free up together, or to split up.

The exception is a private dinner. The house hosts candle-lit dinner parties for 12 to 20 seated guests, or up to 30 for a more casual gathering, with a welcome drink, a Mediterranean buffet with savory pastries, a choice of mains such as salmon, slow-cooked beef cheek or oyster mushroom risotto, and dessert. Send an inquiry through the private dinner page, or call +36 30 221 8869.

Source: walk-in policy, contact and private dinners from davidskitchen.hu (Hungarian version) and davidskitchen.hu, Private Dinner, read on 29 October 2026.

Hours, and the paused dinners

David’s Kitchen opens at 8:00 every day. It closes at 16:30 from Sunday to Thursday and at 15:00 on Friday and Saturday, so on those two days aim for a late breakfast rather than a late lunch.

The website also lists a Friday and Saturday evening slot from 18:00 to 22:00. That is for a separate dinner service, “By day, we brunch. By night, we burger”, with wine, cocktails and burgers. The dinner page currently says these dinners are temporarily paused for technical reasons. Check the website or Instagram before you plan an evening there.

Source: hours from davidskitchen.hu and the David’s Kitchen shop; dinner pause from davidskitchen.hu, Dinner Menu, read on 29 October 2026.

Take it to the park: deli and picnic bag

Klauzál tér is a park, so takeaway makes sense here. The deli sells bread, mezze and sandwiches through its online shop and at the counter: a baguette is 990 HUF (about $3), a 150 g tub of the avocado cashew “guac” 1,990 HUF (about $6), and a cauliflower and hummus sandwich 3,490 HUF (about $11).

The picnic bag for two costs 24,900 HUF (about $75). It comes in a David’s Kitchen tote and holds a baguette, two slices of sourdough, three mezze spreads (hummus, labneh and egg salad), an almond croissant and a babka bun, a vegan chocolate chip cookie, a sweet potato brunch bowl or two granolas with yogurt, plus two fresh orange juices and two waters. Each extra guest adds 6,000 HUF (about $18). Order it through the online shop. For a bigger park than the square, City Park is a short ride away.

Source: picnic bag and deli prices from the David’s Kitchen shop, read on 29 October 2026.

Who it suits, and who should skip it

David’s Kitchen suits a slow breakfast or brunch in the Jewish Quarter, anyone who cares about good bread, and vegans, who get a proper choice rather than a single dish. It also slots well into a day in District VII: the square is a stop on our self-guided Jewish Quarter walk, so brunch before you start or a babka halfway round both work.

Skip it if you need a guaranteed table at a fixed time, as there is no booking, or if you want a full Hungarian breakfast: the menu is Mediterranean and Middle Eastern. And for now, it is not a dinner option unless you book a private dinner for a group.

Getting there

David’s Kitchen is at Klauzál tér 13 in District VII. The quickest tram is the 4 or 6 along the Grand Boulevard: get off at Király utca / Erzsébet körút or Wesselényi utca / Erzsébet körút, then walk about five minutes into the quarter. Trolleybus 70 and 78 stop at Akácfa utca, closer still, and trolleybus 74 at Kéthly Anna tér. From metro M2, Blaha Lujza tér is about 10 minutes on foot; from M1, Opera is a similar walk.

Source: stops and routes from BKK’s published timetable data (valid 29 October to 1 December 2026), read on 29 October 2026; check the BKK journey planner before you go.

Compared with other brunch places

David’s Kitchen is a daytime bakery with sourdough at its core and a Middle Eastern accent, and the walk-in rule is what sets it apart from places you can book. For more options across the city, see our guides to brunch cafés in Budapest and the best breakfast in Budapest. If bread is the reason you travel, Arán Bakery on the Buda side is the other sourdough name to know, and our specialty coffee guide covers where to go for the cup itself.

The verdict

A fine dining baker who now makes sourdough for brunch is a good reason to cross the Jewish Quarter in the morning. Walk in early, order the Turkish eggs with that bread, and take a babka for later.

More places to eat are on our food and restaurants page, and our best cafés in Budapest guide covers the coffeehouses in town.

Facts checked on 29 October 2026 on davidskitchen.hu. Prices and hours change, so check them before you go.