Déryné Budapest: A Lively Buda Café, Late-Night Dining and Its Sourdough Bakery on Krisztina tér

When the British food and travel channel TOPJAW asked Florence Pugh to name the best restaurant in the world, she picked Déryné in Buda, for its café and bakery side by side: pastries in the morning, then lunch next door. Time Out Budapest reported the interview on 9 October 2026.

Déryné traces its story on Krisztina tér back to the 1910s. Today it opens at 8:00 on weekdays and 9:00 at weekends and closes at midnight or 1:00, and the kitchen keeps cooking late, with oysters, caviar and dry-aged steaks on the menu, live manouche jazz, piano or a DJ every day, and its own sourdough bakery at the same address. It is our pick for a proper dinner after a concert or the theater, and it also suits a long weekend brunch or a coffee after a walk down from the Castle. Skip it if you want a quiet working session over a laptop.

Source: Time Out Budapest, Florence Pugh on Déryné, read on 25 October 2026.

📋 Déryné at a Glance

What	Details
Where	Krisztina tér 3, 1013 Budapest (District I, Krisztinaváros)
Getting there	Tram 56 or 56A, or bus 105 or 178 from Deák Ferenc tér, to Krisztina tér
Hours	Mon to Wed 8:00-24:00, Thu and Fri 8:00-1:00, Sat 9:00-1:00, Sun 9:00-24:00
Bakery (Déryné Kenyér)	Daily 8:00-17:00, same address
After a show	Hot kitchen open late, not just the bar: our pick for dinner after a concert or the theater
Weekend brunch	Until 16:00, DJs from 10:00
Breakfast dishes	3,480-6,980 HUF (about $11-$21)
Steaks	9,780-24,980 HUF per 100 g (about $30-$76)
Service charge	15%, added to the bill
Booking	Online via deryne.com (SevenRooms) or +36 1 225 1407
Skip if	You need to work on a laptop, or want a quiet room

A Buda café with 1910s roots

The Hungarian site says the Auguszt confectioner family opened Déryné in the mid-1910s; the English site dates the opening to the summer of 1914, on what was then a street market in a quiet Buda neighborhood. The Hungarian site calls it the former regular haunt of the writer Sándor Márai, and over the decades it drew writers, actors, ballerinas and politicians alongside the people who live around the square.

Photo: Déryné

Déryné describes itself today as a high-quality local community club and café. “Club” is about the atmosphere: there is no membership, and anyone can walk in. It has its own bakery and pastry kitchen and serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and brunch, with a kitchen that cooks late, live music, the international press on hand and a busy terrace with red parasols. The team numbers around 100 people. The owner is Kristóf Kovács. A small basement fire on 6 September 2025 damaged some dining-room furniture; no one was hurt and the café opened at 9:00 the same morning, the owner told Index.

Source: history and concept from deryne.com (Hungarian) and deryne.com (English), read on 26 October 2026, and from Déryné’s own description of the house, sent to us on 26 October 2026; owner’s name and the 2025 fire from Index, read on 25 October 2026.

What to order, and what it costs

Déryné publishes four food menus: breakfast, lunch, dinner and a weekend brunch. The kitchen describes its food as modern comfort food inspired by Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cooking, which shows in the open fire laffa, the shakshuka and the Jerusalem baklava next to a Hungarian chicken paprikash, and it says its oyster, caviar and steak range is among the widest in town, with Japanese and Australian wagyu and European and American Angus in a dry-aging room.

Photo: Déryné

Breakfast, from the folks at the bakery:

Dish	Price
Pan con tomate on burnt tartine (add burrata +3,980)	3,480 HUF (about $11)
Open fire laffa with goat yogurt (add Turkish eggs +2,980)	3,980 HUF (about $12)
Caviar flatbread with sour cream and dill	3,980 HUF (about $12)
Carbonara croissant	4,280 HUF (about $13)
Egg burger, kimchi chili mayo, cheddar	4,980 HUF (about $15)
Avocado corn fritters with poached egg	6,480 HUF (about $20)
Crispy duck bagel, 9-hour confit	6,480 HUF (about $20)
Lamb skewers with shakshuka	6,980 HUF (about $21)
Jerusalem baklava with pistachio	5,980 HUF (about $18)

Lunch and brunch add Hungarian classics: fish soup (3,780 HUF, about $11.50), sour cabbage soup (3,480 HUF, about $11), “my mother’s” free-range chicken paprikash (4,980 HUF, about $15), the schnitzel at lunch (5,980 HUF, about $18) and duck leg confit (6,780 HUF, about $21). At weekend brunch the kitchen makes ten wagyu-gruyère burgers a day at 5,980 HUF (about $18), first come, first served.

Dinner turns toward sharing plates: wagyu tartare (5,480 HUF, about $17), lamb yakitori on charcoal (7,480 HUF, about $23), the Ibiza caesar (9,880 HUF, about $30) and the Brutalista lasagne (7,980 HUF, about $24).

Steaks and fish are priced by weight. Angus New York or T-bone costs 9,780 HUF per 100 g, dry-aged Angus chuck 14,980 HUF, Australian wagyu flank or rib eye 19,980 HUF and Japanese A5 Kagoshima rib eye 24,980 HUF per 100 g. Whole Italian sea bass is 6,580 HUF and lobster spaghetti 19,980 HUF per 100 g. A 400 g bone-in New York comes to 39,120 HUF (about $119) before service, so ask the weight before you order.

Coffee starts at 1,580 HUF (about $5) for an espresso; a latte is 1,980 HUF (about $6) and a flat white 2,980 HUF (about $9). The 15% service charge goes to the whole team, and the menus call any extra tip optional. With it, a paprikash and a latte come to 8,004 HUF (about $24).

Prices are in HUF, which is what you pay on the bill. Converted at 1 USD = 328 HUF, the ECB rate on 23 October 2026. Rates move, so treat the dollar figures as indicative.

Source: menus from deryne.com, menu page (English): breakfast, lunch, weekend brunch, dinner and wines and drinks, read on 25 October 2026; cuisine description from Déryné’s own description of the house, sent to us on 26 October 2026.

Déryné Kenyér, the bakery

“Sea. Salt. Surf. Sourdough.” The bakery calls its team young, new-wave bakers who bake sourdough bread, croissants and cakes every morning and evening in a simple, sustainable workshop. It sits at the same address, Krisztina tér 3, and opens every day from 8:00 to 17:00.

Photo: Déryné

Item	Price
Surfside croissant	890 HUF (about $2.70)
Chocolate, apricot or almond croissant	1,280 HUF (about $3.90)
Pistachio swirl	1,580 HUF (about $5)
Potato pogácsa	280 HUF (about $0.85)
Baguette	1,280 HUF (about $3.90)
Tartine sourdough loaf	1,980 HUF (about $6)
Basque cheesecake or pistachio baklava	1,780 HUF (about $5.40)
Pozsonyi kifli, poppy seed or walnut (3 pieces)	3,280 HUF (about $10)

You can also order through the webshop at kenyer.deryne.com and collect without queueing, or have it delivered. The minimum online order is 5,000 HUF.

Source: Déryné Kenyér webshop and deryne.com, read on 25 October 2026.

Hours, booking and house rules

Déryné is open Monday to Wednesday 8:00 to midnight, Thursday and Friday 8:00 to 1:00, Saturday 9:00 to 1:00 and Sunday 9:00 to midnight. Weekend brunch runs until 16:00, with local DJs from 10:00. The hot kitchen stays open late, not just the bar.

Book through the “book a table” link on deryne.com, which opens a SevenRooms booking page, or call +36 1 225 1407. The Hungarian site also gives a WhatsApp number, +36 70 881 3715, and the email friends@deryne.com. For a coffee, a glass of wine or a cake, the kitchen tells first-timers to drop in without a booking. For weekend brunch, book ahead; the English site says reservations are required. Birthdays, private parties and group events go to friends@deryne.com or +36 70 397 2537.

The house rules are worth reading before you arrive. Continuous use of laptops, tablets and game consoles in the dining room is restricted, and video calls and speakerphone calls are not allowed. Children and dogs are welcome as long as the room stays calm, only food and drink bought on site may be consumed, and smoking is limited to designated areas.

Source: hours, booking, contacts and service charge from deryne.com (Hungarian) and English; house rules (PDF), read on 25 October 2026; the late hot kitchen from Déryné’s own description of the house, sent to us on 26 October 2026.

Is Déryné in the Michelin Guide?

Not at the moment: Déryné is not in the MICHELIN Guide’s current Hungary selection. It was awarded a Bib Gourmand, the guide’s good-value distinction, in 2014, and it still held one in the 2015 guide. For the city’s starred rooms, see our Michelin restaurants guide or our review of Borkonyha.

Source: MICHELIN Guide, Hungary restaurants; Xpatloop, 2014 awards; Index, 2015 awards, read on 25 October 2026.

Before you go

Book it for after the show. Dinner is still being served when concerts and plays let out, so you can sit down to a full meal instead of settling for a snack. Coming from the Castle District, bus 16 runs from Dísz tér down to Krisztina tér.

Go on a weekday for a calmer room. With DJs at weekend brunch and music most of the day, Déryné is a lively place. For a quiet breakfast or a date, a weekday is the better bet.

Pick up bread on the way out. The bakery closes at 17:00, so if you come for dinner, order ahead in the webshop or come back in the morning.

Ask about weight on anything priced per 100 g. Steaks, whole fish and the lobster spaghetti all are.

Leave the laptop at your hotel. The house rules limit long screen sessions, so for a work-friendly café try one from our specialty coffee guide.

Who it suits, and who should skip it

Déryné suits a Buda-side weekend brunch with a crowd, a steak or seafood dinner without a tasting menu, a late meal after a show, and a coffee and pastry after the Castle District. It also works for a date: our romantic restaurants guide puts it on the list for a day that can start at breakfast and end at midnight.

Skip it if you want a hushed room, need a table to work from, or are on a tight budget once the steaks and the 15% service charge come in. If you want a classic coffeehouse with cream cakes, see our best cafés in Budapest instead.

Nearby. Déryné sits at the foot of Castle Hill: the Castle District is a short walk up, and Vérmező park and the Tabán slopes are both close by.

Getting there

Déryné is at Krisztina tér 3 in District I, below the Castle hill on the Buda side. Trams 56 and 56A stop at Krisztina tér, two stops after Déli pályaudvar (metro M2) and three after Széll Kálmán tér. From Pest, buses 105 and 178 run from Deák Ferenc tér over the Chain Bridge, and Krisztina tér is the stop after Clark Ádám tér. Coming down from the Castle, bus 16 stops at Krisztina tér on its way from Dísz tér toward Deák Ferenc tér.

Source: routes and stops from BKK FUTÁR, read on 25 October 2026; check the BKK journey planner before you go.

The verdict

Déryné is a lively Buda café with 1910s roots that now does brunch parties, dry-aged steaks, late dinners and new-wave sourdough under one roof. Book for weekend brunch, walk in for coffee on a weekday, and take a croissant home from the bakery. For more morning options, see our best breakfast in Budapest and café brunch guides, and for loaves, our artisan bread guide.