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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.
360 Bar
360 Bar Budapest: rooftop cocktails from 4,620 HUF ($15) with a 360-degree view, a discreet street-level entrance, and a 15% service charge on the bill.
A38 Hajó
The A38 Ship isn’t just a music venue; it’s an experience, an institution, a Budapest icon. Imagine this: a decommissioned Ukrainian stone-carrier ship, transformed into what Lonely Planet once dubbed the “Best Bar in the World”.
Akvárium Klub
Akvárium Klub occupies the unlikely spot of coolest underground space in the most touristy square in Budapest.
Alessio
Hungarian magazine Glamour wrote that Alessio rolls "the tastiest gnocchi dough in the world". Order the four-cheese gnocchi and judge for yourselves.
Allee
Covered in our guide: District XI (Újbuda): The Guide That Starts With the Baths Being Shut
Álomlángos
Álomlángos Szentendre
Álomlángos. A small lángos window in the Váralja lépcső, the stepped alley that climbs from the main street toward Church Hill.
Amore di Napoli
A Neapolitan pizza and homemade pasta kitchen on Karinthy Frigyes út in District XI, baking since 2021 under the house motto Sempre con Amore.
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.
Anker köz
In 1907 the Vienna-based Anker life insurance company held a competition for its Pest headquarters. Ödön Lechner entered, Ignác Alpár won, and the palace went up between 1908 and 1910 beside Deák Ferenc tér.
Anna Baths, Szeged
Anna Fürdő
Anna Bath in Szeged: medicinal Anna water, chess in the pool, night bathing on Wednesdays and Fridays, and a full day in both wings for 4,200 Ft.
Anna-barlang
Covered in our guide: A Palace, Two Caves and a Bath in the Rock: Lillafüred and Miskolc
Annagora Aquapark
Open 20 June to 30 August 2026 only, 10:00-19:00. All-in adult ticket 10,800 HUF (~$34), pools-only 6,100 HUF (~$19). Direct train from Déli takes about two hours, then a 1.3 km walk. Buy the pools-only ticket unless s…
Anton by Alelí
ANTON by Alelí sits in the Dorothea Hotel block, directly across from Alelí's door, and the two now publish one menu. Neapolitan pizzas run 6,500 to 8,900 Ft.
Apostolok
Apostolok, the 1903 beer hall at Kígyó utca 4-6, now runs a King Matthias dinner show with fire-breathers and belly dancers, free with dinner nightly from 18:00. Feast platters from 33,900 HUF for two.
Aqua Land Termál- és Élményfürdő
Covered in our guide: Aqualand Ráckeve: The Thermal Bath at the End of a Budapest Train Line (2026)
Aqualand Ráckeve
Three thermal pools open all year, a slide park in summer, and a 200 meter walk from the H6 HÉV terminus. The easiest thermal day trip from Budapest without a car.
Aquarius Adventure Bath
Aquarius Élményfürdő
Aquarius in Sóstógyógyfürdő combines thermal pools, slides and a children's area. Adult entry is 7,600 HUF weekday or 7,900 HUF weekend; daily hours are 09:00–20:00.
Aquaticum Debrecen
One of Hungary's biggest thermal complexes outside Budapest: medicinal pools of 33 to 40°C inside a protected forest, entry from 4,900 HUF in 2026, and whether the trip is really worth it.
Aquaworld Budapest
Eleven slides, and a child under 120 cm can ride three of them. Full-day adult entry 11,900 HUF, family of four 34,200 HUF, open 07:00-21:00. Skip the 3-hour ticket, and check whether a hotel night undercuts your day o…
Aquincum Museum
Aquincumi Múzeum
From November the archaeological park opens only when the ground is dry, and the two indoor micro-sites drop to three ten-minute slots a day. The season split, the free day on 19 September 2026, and who the reduced tic…
Arán Bakery Móricz
Arán bakery
Covered in our guide: Arán Bakery Buda: Irish-Trained Sourdough on Móricz Zsigmond körtér
Arany Kaviár
A fine-dining restaurant on Ostrom utca in Buda, open since 1990 and recommended by the Michelin Guide since 2008.
Aranysárkány
Aranysárkány Vendéglő
Covered in our guide: Szentendre Day Trip: Old Town, Skanzen and Museums
Arcade Museum Budapest
Budapest's new arcade museum on Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út: more than 100 original arcade cabinets and pinball tables, all playable on one 5,900 HUF ticket, open daily 12:00-22:00.
Árpád Baths, Békéscsaba
Árpád Gyógyfürdő
Plan a visit to Árpád Bath in Békéscsaba: adult entry 3,000 Ft, warm thermal pools, a historic bath house and seasonal outdoor bathing.
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.
Auguszt Cukrászda Fény utca
Auguszt cukrászda
A family confectionery whose name has been on Budapest cakes since 1870, now with four shops: Belváros at Kossuth Lajos utca 14-16 in District V, the Auguszt Pavilon at Sasadi út 190 in District XI, Geraldine in the Múzeumkert…
Avasi kilátó
With a spare hour and a half, ride bus 30 from Tiszai station (every hour at 40 past, 26 minutes, back at 43 past) up the Avas, the hill above the center.
Babel Budapest
Babel holds one Michelin star; its 13-course tasting menu is 79,000 HUF (~$249) plus a 15% service charge. What to expect and how to plan the evening.
Babszi
Moved from Pécs to Budapest in 2025, this 100% vegan and gluten-free spot proves that “mentes” (allergen-free) doesn’t have to mean boring.
Balf Spa
Balfi Gyógyfürdő
Balf's sulphurous bath sits inside a rehabilitation hospital seven kilometers from Sopron, and it does sell tickets to outside bathers. Hours, water, and what to see.
Baltazar Budapest
Baltazár
Baltazár Bar & Grill at Országház utca 31, at the northern end of the Castle District, is a relaxed grill restaurant with Hungarian classics such as goulash and chicken paprikash beside the steaks and burgers.
Bamba Marha Burger Bar
Bamba Marha Burger Bar is a name synonymous with creative, high-quality burgers in Budapest.
Bambi Eszpresszó
Verdict: Essential. Bambi on Frankel Leó út is a time machine.
Bánki-tó
Up in the Cserhát hills near the village of Bánk, north of the city, sits a small lake with a grassy strand, pedal boats, and roughly none of the crowd energy of everywhere else here.
Baradla Cave
Baradla-barlang
Baradla Cave in Aggtelek, Hungary's UNESCO cave: the three walk-up tours compared, prices, winter departures, direct bus from Budapest and when to stay over.
Barcs Spa
Barcsi Gyógyfürdő
Six indoor pools, four outdoor, three Finnish saunas for 800 HUF more, 3,200-5,400 HUF entry. Three hours from Budapest, 20 minutes from Croatia.
Barlanglakás Emlékmúzeum
The oddest thing in Budafok is not a cellar at all. The Barlanglakás Emlékmúzeum at Veréb u.
Bartók Béla Emlékház
Selected performances appear on the official channel, a free, global window into the hall's sound world.
Beerselection
Csakajósör at Kertész utca 42-44 is the District VII option and doubles as a bar, so you can taste before you commit.
Béla bácsi cukrászdája
Covered in our guide: Layers of History and Buttercream: Where to Eat a Real Dobos Torte in Budapest
Beli's Vegan Bistro
Beli’s Vegan Bistro sits in the heart of historic Székesfehérvár at Jókai utca 1, with the entrance from Városház tér.
Belli di Mamma
The widest price spread on the list, from a 2,820 HUF Marinara to a 7,460 HUF signature.
Belső-tó
Roughly 700 meters by 400, reed-fringed, and sitting about 25 meters above the surface of Balaton with no connection to it.
Belvárosi Auguszt Cukrászda
Covered in our guide: Bejgli on the Table, Szaloncukor on the Tree: Hungarian Christmas Food and Traditions, Priced in Budapest
Belvárosi Disznótoros
A traditional Hungarian butcher shop (hentes) meets self-service restaurant, this place is all about sausages, grilled meats, and porky delights.
Bem rakpart
Bem rakpart, aimed across the river at the Parliament, near Batthyány tér metro.
Benedek-hegy
Covered in our guide: The City of Queens: Veszprém and Herend in a Day
Bercsényi utca
Covered in our guide: Szentendre Day Trip: Old Town, Skanzen and Museums
Berekfürdő Thermal Bath
Berekfürdői Gyógyfürdő
The Berekfürdő day wristband lets you leave and come back all day, a rule almost no write-up mentions. About 160 km east of Budapest, tickets from 3,800 HUF.
Bestia
A meat-focused restaurant facing St. Stephen's Basilica, open every day until midnight.
Biang Bisztró
Can't make it to Chinatown? Biang Bisztró at Oktogon serves Xi'an cuisine, including the namesake biang biang noodles: wide, chewy, belt-like noodles dressed in chili oil.
Bibimbap Korean Restaurant
Its Wolt listing takes orders until 00:30 on most nights, later than anywhere else on this list.
Biró-Giczey Ház
The two finest interiors on the hill are open only with a guide. The Gizella Chapel is a two-story chapel from the 13th century with frescoes of the apostles from the same period.
Black Cab Burger
A true veteran of the Budapest burger scene, Black Cab Burger (with their original spot on Mester utca) has been letting diners play burger architect since 2011.
Black Swan Lab
Behind an unmarked door on Klauzál utca, Black Swan Lab opens into a gold-and-black Art Deco room that leans hard into the 1920s and 30s.
Blaha Chicken Tenders
Blaha Chicken Tenders fries Hungarian chicken, breaded by hand and cooked to order, near Blaha Lujza tér. What to order and what it costs.
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.
Bogács Thermal Bath
Bogácsi Termálfürdő
Bogács Thermal Bath is a family-friendly spa in Northern Hungary with 11 pools, 6 of them medicinal, fed by sulphurous thermal water. Adult entry is 4,400 HUF.
Bojtorina Vegan Kitchen
While exploring Sopron’s historic wine region, head to Bojtorina Vegan Kitchen at Várkerület 98, which calls itself Sopron’s first purely plant-based restaurant.
Boldogkő vára
Covered in our guide: Castles in Hungary: 19 Day Trips from Budapest, with Prices and a Verdict on Each
Bombay Budapest
Bombay
Behind St. Stephen's Basilica on Október 6. utca, Bombay Budapest spreads over four rooms with four moods, bar included, and the bar pours nine different gin and tonics.
Borgáta Spa
Borgátai Gyógyfürdő
A 1968 village-built thermal bath in Vas county: 2,800 HUF adult entry, 5 pools, 47°C source water, an on-site campsite, and no winter season.
Borkonyha Winekitchen
Borkonyha
Borkonyha has held its Michelin star since 2014. A guide to Budapest's original wine-first restaurant: the menu, the Hungarian wine list, current prices and how to book.
Bors GasztroBár
If Budapest had a punk rock soup & sandwich shop, this would be it. Forget white tablecloths – here it’s chalkboard menus, loud energy, and Star Wars knick-knacks crammed into a tiny hole-in-the-wall on Kazinczy utca.
Bortársaság Kossuth tér
Covered in our guide: What to Buy in Budapest: Hungarian Souvenirs and Where to Find Them
Bortársaság Lánchíd
Covered in our guide: What to Buy in Budapest: Hungarian Souvenirs and Where to Find Them
Bortodoor
Bortodoor on Zichy Jenő utca is not a natural wine specialist.
Bory-vár
Not medieval by any stretch. The sculptor Jenő Bory built this himself between 1923 and 1959, mixing Gothic, Romanesque and Renaissance into a shape that answers to no historical rulebook at all.
Boutiq'Bar
If one bar anchors the high end of Budapest drinking, it's Boutiq'Bar in Terézváros. It has been pouring for more than 15 years, it was No.
Brooklyn Bagel
Covered in our guide: Kosher Restaurants in Budapest: Which Ones Are Actually Certified
Buda Castle
Budavári Palota
A palace coming back one courtyard at a time: free terraces and courtyards, St Stephen's Hall, a grand-prize winner in Paris in 1900, for 4,900 HUF, the guard at Sándor Palace and the cheap way up.
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…
Budapest Beer Festival
Szabadság tér
Four events answer to "Budapest beer festival." The one at Szabadság tér is the Belvárosi Sörfesztivál, which ran 1-6 September 2026 with free entry and a 4,999 Ft glass.
Budapest Garden
Budapest Garden in Óbuda turns into a "Fan Village" for major tournaments, with giant screens, street food and activities on the Danube bank.
Budapest History Museum (Castle Museum)
BTM Vármúzeum
Gothic statues found in a sealed cellar in 1974 and the medieval royal palace dug out under Buda Castle: the Castle Museum opens every day, Mondays included, 10:00 to 18:00, for 3,800 HUF.
Budapest Jazz Club
If you ask any local jazz aficionado, they’ll point you towards the Budapest Jazz Club (BJC). And for good reason.
Budapest Kongresszusi Központ
Budapest takes its Christmas music seriously. Between the last Sunday of November and the 23rd of December, the city's three big halls and its coronation church put on Bach cantatas, the Christmas Oratorio, Handel's Messiah and…
Budapest Pinball Museum
Flippermúzeum
The Budapest Pinball Museum has 160+ playable machines and one flat fee for unlimited play until closing. 2026 prices, hours, and how to get to Flippermúzeum.
Budapest Wine Festival
Budavári Palota
The 35th Budapest Wine Festival ran 9-12 September 2026 at Buda Castle, Wednesday to Saturday. What tickets cost, the hours, the glass and how to get down the hill late at night, kept as a guide for the next edition.
Budapest Zoo
Fővárosi Állat- és Növénykert
A local's full guide to Budapest Zoo: 2026 ticket prices, opening hours, the newly opened Biodome oasis, Art Nouveau architecture, and which animal houses are actually worth your time.
Budapest-Nyugati pályaudvar
Budapest-Nyugati
This is the section every "10 days in Central Europe" post skips, and it is the only part of the trip you can genuinely get wrong.
Budavári Sikló
Covered in our guide: Budapest Card 2026: Prices, What's Actually Free, and Which Tier Pays
Buffalo Steak House
Western Étterem - Buffalo Steak House
Buffalo is not downtown. It is in Pesterzsébet, on Török Flóris utca, roughly 40 minutes from the center, and it trades on American-diner-meets-steakhouse: ribs, burgers, big platters, a warm and unfussy room.
Buja Disznó-k
Chef Lajos Bíró and his team opened Buja Disznó-k in autumn 2015 at the Belvárosi Piac on Hold utca.
Bükfürdő Thermal Spa
Bükfürdő
Plan a Bükfürdő Thermal & Spa visit with mineral-rich water, family pools and a separate sauna area. Compare current tickets and travel options.
Busójárás Carnival
Széchenyi tér, Mohács
A six-day masked carnival in Mohács whose date moves every year. How to work it out, the 2h50 bus from Budapest, and why Tuesday matters as much as Sunday.
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.
Cabrio
Cabrio is a natural wine bar with a Michelin Guide listing and a kitchen that's doing more than soaking up alcohol: small plates like burnt celeriac carpaccio and salmon trout tartare sit next to a pan-European list that leans…
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
Carl Lutz Memorial
The Carl Lutz memorial on Dob utca. Photo: יעקב, CC0, resized, via Wikimedia Commons
Cascade Barlangfürdő
The Cascade Cave Bath is the kind of place that makes you check the address twice.
Castle Garden Bazaar
Várkert Bazár
Várkert Bazár's Neo-Renaissance garden is open 6:00 to 24:00 every day, and its escalator and lift carry you up to Buda Castle for free. Hours, events and how to get there.
Cat Museum Budapest
A small museum of cat-themed art on Vadász utca in District V, with resident cats living among the exhibits.
Cave Bath, Miskolctapolca
Barlangfürdő
Miskolctapolca cave bath prices for 2026, opening hours and what is still closed after the 2024 fire. The bath reopened on August 20, 2026. Plus how to get there from Budapest.
Cegléd Thermal Bath
Ceglédi Gyógyfürdő
Cegléd's thermal spa runs 13 pools and an 18-slide aquapark, and its off-season day ticket is barely over a third of Széchenyi's. 2026 prices, hours and getting there.
Celsius
Celsius serves Asian-Hungarian fusion small plates (1,790-4,290 HUF) inside the old Stühmer chocolate factory, plus a 15% service fee. What to order, and what to skip.
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.
Chain Bridge
Széchenyi Lánchíd
The Chain Bridge at night is free to walk at any hour and floodlit after dark: the best viewpoints, the blue-hour window, and tram 2, bus 16 or the funicular.
Champs Sport Pub
If Jack Doyle's is a specialist, Champs Sport Pub is the supermarket. On Dohány utca in the Jewish Quarter, their pitch is simple: if a game is on anywhere in the world, it's on one of their screens.
Champs Sziget
Covered in our guide: Budapest's Sports Bars: Which One Actually Fits Your Match Night
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.
Cifrapalota
Géza Márkus built the Cifrapalota (the Ornamented Palace) in 1902 and 1903 as the city's first apartment building, and covered it in Zsolnay ceramics: 37 glazed panels mixing folk motifs, hearts, peacocks and the tree of life…
Cinema Mystica
Cinema Mystica is a ten-room light and sound exhibition in the Párisi Udvar. What the visit is like, who it suits, tickets from 4,400 HUF, hours and the Thursday tours.
Citadella Budapest
Citadella
Covered in our guide: 3 Days in Budapest: A Local's Itinerary for Both Sides of the Danube (2026)
City Park
Városliget
Városliget is free and open around the clock. Here is how its museums, bath, zoo and castle fit together, what each one costs in 2026, and a half-day and full-day route.
City Park Ice Rink
Városligeti Műjégpálya
The City Park ice rink is a boating lake for most of the year and 12,000 m² of skating ice in winter, with Vajdahunyad Castle behind it. Lockers, skates, the M1, and why the evening is a different rink.
Clark Ádám tér
Clark Ádám tér (open 24 hours, free) is where the bridge deposits you on the Buda side, at the foot of Castle Hill.
Classic Grill
Our friend from Belgrade chose the first dinner, and he chose well. Classic Grill has been serving Serbian cuisine since 1998 and takes its charcoal grill seriously.
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.
Cortile Sky Bar
The rooftop of the Cortile Budapest Hotel in District VI, with an infinity pool next to the bar.
Costes Downtown Budapest
Costes Downtown
Covered in our guide: Hungarian Breakfast in Budapest: What to Eat and Where to Try It
Costes Restaurant
Costes
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.
CoXx
CoXx (Dohány utca 38) is Hungary’s largest cruising bar: 400 square meters over two levels, three bars, themed nights every Saturday, and a Friday fixture that runs weekly.
Csaba Sausage Festival
CsabaPark
The 29th Csabai Kolbászfesztivál ran from 22 to 25 October 2026 in Békéscsaba, two and a half hours from Budapest by direct train. What happened on which day, what it cost, and why a night there beats a day trip.
Csendes Létterem
A former literary café turned surreal sitting room, walls stacked with mismatched knick-knacks, old toys, and local art.
Csepel Ice Park
Csepeli Jégpark
Csepeli Jégpark is a skating corridor 400 meters long with an upper level 2.2 meters above the main ice, reached by a 60 meter ramp. Here is what the structure actually is, and why District XXI is closer than it sounds.
Csepel Művek
Csepel Művek főbejárat
The Csepel tour is not resold on any booking platform, so if the Saturday you want is gone, the nearest thing is a guided walk through the city's twentieth century above ground.
Csepeli Strandfürdő
Covered in our guide: Budapest Thermal Bath Price Comparison 2026: Every Bath Priced, and Which One's Actually Worth It
Cserkeszőlő Spa
Cserkeszőlői Fürdő
Cserkeszőlő lets you re-enter on the same ticket, but only through gate 4. Entry 3,800-5,000 HUF by season, no weekend surcharge, 130-140 km from Budapest.
Csillaghegyi Strandfürdő
Csillaghegyi strandfürdő és uszoda
One of Buda's oldest lidos, up in the hills of Óbuda, with thermal and swimming pools spread across a wooded park.
Csirke Csibész
Sometimes you just crave good, straightforward fried or grilled chicken, and Csirke Csibész delivers. There’s a spot in the bustling Lehel Market Hall gallery and another on Nagymező utca, the “Broadway of Budapest.”
Csodák Palotája
Budapest's hands-on science center, now at its new home on Mátyás király út in Óbuda, with interactive exhibits, science shows and lab sessions.
Csokonyavisonta Spa
Csokonyavisontai Gyógyfürdő
Csokonyavisonta's water runs 75°C with more iodine and sodium than Hévíz, and adult tickets are 3,990 HUF. It's also 240 km from Budapest. The real verdict.
Cube Sushi
Cube Sushi is Magi Buda's sister restaurant, on Akácfa utca in District VII. It is open every day from 11:30 to 23:00.
Dabao Jiaozi
Generic jiaozi-style dumplings on a plate, illustrative of the dish, not Dabao Jiaozi's own kitchen. David Pursehouse, CC BY 2.0, resized, via Wikimedia Commons.
Dagály Baths
Dagály Termálfürdő
Adult entry 4,500 HUF on weekdays, outdoor thermal pools at 36 and 34C all year, two lap pools and a 1,250 HUF wellness add-on. Current prices, hours and tips.
Dandár Baths
Dandár Gyógyfürdő
Dandár is a calm 1930s thermal bath in District IX, and 3,500 Ft opens its indoor medicinal pools on a weekday. The 2026 prices, the hours, the 14+ age rule, and why the komplex ticket is the one to buy.
Danube Goulash & Langosh Bar
Goulash & Langosh Bar
The goulash and lángos place at Duna utca 1, now trading as Mama Paprika, sister to the original Goulash & Langosh Bar at No. 3: September 2026 menu prices, the 15% service charge, what to order, and the places a short…
Daubner Cukrászda
Now for the sweetest stop of the day: Daubner Cukrászda.
Debreceni Református Kollégium
Behind the church, at Kálvin tér 16, the Reformed College has its museum, which is the city's most atmospheric interior.
Demjén Thermal Valley
Demjéni Termál Völgy
Central Europe’s largest cave bath sits 90 minutes from Budapest. 2026 prices, real opening hours, and why the outdoor pools open until 2 AM beat the cave.
Déri Múzeum
Covered in our guide: Debrecen From Budapest: The Calvinist City, Its Museums and the Great Forest
Déryné
Déryné, the lively Buda café on Krisztina tér with roots in the 1910s and a kitchen that cooks late, plus its Déryné Kenyér bakery: menu prices, brunch, booking and transport.
Dharma
Kecskemét’s most reliable plant-based lunch is Dharma at Mária utca 2, in the city center.
Diósgyőri vár
Closed. The operator's site, diosgyorivar.hu, says the castle is not receiving visitors while the reconstruction runs, and points visitors to the jousting arena next door, the Lovagi Tornák Tere, which hosts concerts, theater…
Disznókő
A wine estate in Mezőzombor whose guided tours take in a vineyard walk, the winery and the underground cellar, and end with a tasting in its Yellow Wine House (Sárga Borház).
DiVino Borbár
DiVino is the most tourist-facing name on this list, and it's also the one I checked most thoroughly, because it's the one most likely to have a stale price quoted about it somewhere.
Doblo Wine Bar
Doblo has been the Jewish Quarter's wine bar for long enough that it doesn't need to try hard about it.
Dobó István tér
Covered in our guide: Eger in a Day: an Hourly Train, a Castle on a Hill, and a Valley Full of Cellars
Doboz
Check the day before you plan around it. Doboz now runs Wednesday to Saturday, 18:00 to 06:00, so Sunday, Monday and Tuesday are out.
Dödölléző
Ever had dödölle? Probably not – it’s a traditional Western Hungarian dish (Vas/Zala county) made from potato and flour, shaped by spoon, then fried in lard with onions.
Dohány Street Synagogue
Dohány utcai zsinagóga
Dohány Street Synagogue: 14,500 Ft for adults, closed every Saturday, last entry an hour before closing. 2026 hours, holiday closures, dress code, tickets.
Donna Mamma
Covered in our guide: Best Pizza in Budapest: 15 Pizzerias Worth the Trip (2026)
Donna Mamma Pizza Napoletana
Covered in our guide: Best Pizza in Budapest: 15 Pizzerias Worth the Trip (2026)
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.
Drégely vára
Drégely fell in 1552, the same year Eger held. Captain György Szondi and a small garrison fought to the last man, and Arany's poem about his two pages is why every Hungarian knows the name.
Drop Shop Wine Bar
Drop Shop sits a few minutes from Parliament, which normally is the kiss of death for anywhere trying to serve a serious glass of wine at a fair price, and it mostly avoids the trap: over 60 wines by the glass, a strong Italian…
Duna Aréna
Not a spa at all: the pool complex built for the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, with Olympic lanes open to the public.
DunaPanda Supermarket
If you cook Asian food, or miss home, this is the shop. Monori Center's directory lists Danube Panda at Jegenye utca 26, one of the two Asian supermarkets on the site.
Dürer Kert
Dürer Kert holds a special, almost legendary status for many Budapest locals, myself included.
Ecseri Piac
Ecseri is not on Ecseri út. It is at Nagykőrösi út 156, out in District XIX, and the name is a holdover from a previous site that stuck the way these things do.
Édes Mackó Kürtőskalács
Édes Mackó Kürtőskalács cukrászda
If you want to taste kürtőskalács at its most generous, you come to Édes Mackó, the sit-down pastry shop of the Vitéz Kürtős brand, whose stands have baked kürtős over beech charcoal (faszénparázs) every day for more than 23…
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.
Egri vár
If you add one countryside castle to a Hungary trip, add this one. In 1552 István Dobó and roughly 2,000 defenders held the walls against an Ottoman force many times their size, and the museum inside is built around that.
Eiffel Art Studios
The Opera has two houses, and the Eiffel Art Studios is the other one, in a former railway workshop at Kőbányai út 30 in District X.
Élesztő
Covered in our guide: 3 Days in Budapest: A Local's Itinerary for Both Sides of the Danube (2026)
Élesztőház
A craft beer house on Tűzoltó utca in District IX that works like a small campus. The heart is Élesztő, the beer bar, with 30 taps across two bars.
Első Pesti Rétesház
The only entry here that works as an actual destination rather than a stop. It runs the widest filling range in the city, classics alongside genuinely odd ones: chicken, foie gras, salmon.
Émile Restaurant
Émile
Émile, Gerbeaud's sister house in a 1920s Pasarét villa, serves all-day breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea in a garden with cabanas. Prices, hours, booking and tips before you go.
Ennmann Japán Étterem
Why go: A Japanese restaurant on Bem rakpart, near Batthyány tér. Check its Facebook page for the current menu and opening hours before going.
Ensana Thermal Margaret Island
A different proposition entirely. This is a hotel wellness center on Margaret Island, so you trade centuries of atmosphere for calm modern facilities and a park the size of a small town outside the door.
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.
Erzsébet tér
Covered in our guide: Budapest Walking Tours: Free vs Paid, and What the Money Actually Buys
Erzsébet-kilátó
Covered in our guide: Budapest Children's Railway and Chairlift: The Buda Hills Loop
Espresso Embassy
Espresso Embassy on Arany János utca is a regular feature on international specialty coffee shortlists, and for good reason.
Essência Restaurant
Essência
Essência is chef Tiago Sabarigo and his Hungarian wife Éva bringing Portuguese and Hungarian cooking together on Sas utca in District V.
Esterházy-kastély
direct coaches leave Sopron bus station about every hour in the morning and take about 50 minutes to the Fertőd, Esterházy-kastély stop, for 600 Ft.
Esterházy-kastély
The Esterházy-kastély on Hősök tere was fully restored between 2018 and 2020 and is open inside.
Esterházy-palota
From Káptalandomb the old town is a short walk, and it is compact: an hour or two on foot covers the main squares, more with a museum.
Esztergomi Bazilika
Hungary's first capital, where Saint Stephen was born and crowned, and still the seat of Hungarian Catholicism.
Esztergomi Vármúzeum
Covered in our guide: The Danube Bend From Budapest: Szentendre, Visegrád, Esztergom or Vác?
Fakanál Étterem
Fakanál, the sit-down option. The restaurant on the gallery publishes its full menu online, and it plays live music at lunch.
Falk Miksa utca
Yes, the rumpled TV detective has a Budapest statue, dog and all. Géza Fekete made it, and it went up in March 2014 on the corner of Falk Miksa utca and Szent István körút, outside the Kieselbach Gallery.
Faust Wine Cellar
It is a small cellar under a genuinely medieval cloister, and the arrival is the best part: you cross the Dominican Cloister inside the Hilton Budapest at Hess András tér 1-3, then go down 54 steps.
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.
Fekete Holló
Fekete Holló - traditional Hungarian on Országház utca, red-checkered-tablecloth energy, open daily.
Fekete Kutya
Fekete Kutya, Black Dog, sits on Dob utca in the middle of the Jewish Quarter's party-district buzz and still feels like a neighborhood spot.
Felix Kitchen & Bar
FELIX Kitchen & Bar, at Ybl Miklós tér 9 by the Danube, serves refined Mediterranean cooking from 11:30 to midnight, with a wine list curated by Tamás Czinki, Hungary's first Master Sommelier.
Fellner Jakab kilátó
The Fellner shot tower (Fellner Jakab kilátó). This 37 m tower was built in 1939 as a shot foundry: molten lead was dropped from the top into water to form lead shot.
Feneketlen-tó
Frankfurt sétány, six minutes on foot from Móricz Zsigmond körtér, seven from Újbuda-központ. The name means bottomless lake, which it is not.
feNNen Skybar
Buda's first serious rooftop: a heated glass house that works in winter, cocktails at 4,990-5,790 HUF, and service weaker than the view.
Fény utcai piac
Fény utca market (Fény Utcai Piac) is Buda's everyday food market, next to Széll Kálmán tér, with a strong line in organic and protected-origin produce and a coffee-and-errands feel that makes it more neighborhood hub than…
Fényes Baths, Tata
Fényes Fürdő
Fényes Fürdő near Tata opens 15 June to 31 August only, 3,400 Ft for an adult. The boardwalk trail and the sauna carry the other ten months.
Fényes Szauna
Fényes Fürdő near Tata opens 15 June to 31 August only, 3,400 Ft for an adult. The boardwalk trail and the sauna carry the other ten months.
Fényes Tanösvény
Fényes Fürdő near Tata opens 15 June to 31 August only, 3,400 Ft for an adult. The boardwalk trail and the sauna carry the other ten months.
Ferenc tér
Ferenc tér in District IX: look for the district's 2026 Advent program before you go.
Ferris Wheel of Budapest
Budapest Óriáskereke
The Ferris Wheel of Budapest on Erzsébet tér: all five ticket types, opening hours every day of the year, how the ride works, and why the hour after sunset is the one to aim for.
Festetics-kastély
An aristocratic residence rather than a castle, and the label stops mattering once you are inside. Baroque wings, French gardens, and the Helikon Library with its 90,000 volumes.
Festival of Folk Arts
Budavári Palota
Hungary's biggest folk-craft festival takes over Buda Castle every August. What it is, why it is not a souvenir market, and the one day you should not go.
Filozófusok kertje
My personal recommendation for a better Gellért Hill experience. It’s on the side of the hill, offering a unique, slightly angled view.
Fini'Z
Ráday utca, Budapest’s lively “restaurant street,” is home to Fini’Z.
FIRST Craft Beer
FIRST was founded by brothers Gary and Daniel Kurucz. The brewery and its 10-tap taproom are on Váci út 83 in District IV, and the food operation, FIRST Craft Beer & BBQ, is a separate address on Dob utca 3 in District VII, open…
Fisherman's Bastion
Halászbástya
The Bastion terraces are open 24 hours and free. Only the upper towers cost 1,700 HUF, and only from 9:00. Hours, prices, the free windows and how to get up.
Fiumei úti Sírkert
The Fiumei úti nemzeti sírkert, still called Kerepesi by everyone, covers 56 hectares on the eastern edge of the district and works as Hungary's national pantheon, the local equivalent of Père Lachaise.
Fő tér
Fő tér is the heart of it, a small square of Baroque merchants' houses with a memorial cross in the middle.
Fogaskerekű vasút Városmajor
Széll Kálmán tér to Városmajor. Take tram 56, 59 or 61 for the short hop to the Városmajor stop, where the cogwheel's lower terminus sits beside the park.
Folkart Kézművesház
Covered in our guide: What to Buy in Budapest: Hungarian Souvenirs and Where to Find Them
Folly Arborétum
Covered in our guide: August 20 at Lake Balaton: Fireworks, Festivals and How to Plan the Day
For Sale Pub
Every square inch of the walls and ceiling here is covered in notes, drawings and business cards left by guests over the years, and the floor is real straw.
Forni di Napoli
The trophy cabinet is real. Forni claims the World and European champion pizzeria titles for 2025, Best of the Best Michelin Class Pizza for 2025, the European champion title again in 2026, and fourth place at the 2026 world…
Forni di Napoli
The championship-title Neapolitan pizzeria runs two Budapest rooms and keeps its Bazilika kitchen open to 23:00. What to order, when to go, and which branch fits your evening.
Fővám tér
Fővám tér 13, tied to a tram-stop pole by the Great Market Hall.
Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár Központi Könyvtár
The main branch of Budapest's public library system occupies a converted aristocratic palace at Reviczky utca 1, and it is the most impressive interior in the Palace Quarter that a visitor can simply walk into.
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.
Frici Papa Kifőzdéje
Frici Papa Kifőzdéje – Király utca 55, 1077 Budapest. Nearest Metro: Oktogon (M1 Yellow Line) or hop off tram 4/6 at Király utca.
Fuji Restaurant
Fuji Japán Étterem
Fuji opened in 1991, which makes it one of the first traditional Japanese restaurants in Budapest.
FUTURA Élményközpont
FUTURA, the interactive science center in Mosonmagyaróvár (Szent István király út 142), fills an old granary with hands-on exhibits about water, earth, air and fire and the wildlife of the Szigetköz.
Füzéri vár
Füzér vára
One of the most dramatically placed fortresses in Hungary, on a rock spur deep in the Zemplén, and the castle where the Holy Crown was kept for almost a year after the coronation of 1526.
Gaby’s
Katona József utca 41 (District XIII, near Margaret Bridge)
Galamb Vendéglátás
Galamb Vendéglátás: a small District V bistro owned by seven friends, including actor Bence Brasch and Beton.Hofi. Fermentation-led plates, 1,800-5,800 HUF.
GastroCellar
The tourism agency's own article sends visitors to "a pálinka museum on Király utca" to sample the full range, and this is it.
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.
Gellert Baths
Szent Gellért Gyógyfürdő és Uszoda
Covered in our guide: 3 Days in Budapest: A Local's Itinerary for Both Sides of the Danube (2026)
Gellert Hill
Gellért-hegy
Covered in our guide: 3 Days in Budapest: A Local's Itinerary for Both Sides of the Danube (2026)
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.
Gettó Gulyás
Smack in the heart of the Jewish Quarter, Gettó Gulyás is a cozy, modern-industrial spot that feels both authentic and lively.
Gödöllő-Szabadság tér
Through the day the H8 runs every 30 minutes on the base timetable valid from 14 December 2025, so engineering works can change it.
Gödöllői Királyi Kastély
Hungary's largest baroque palace, and Empress Elisabeth's escape from Viennese court life. Furnished rooms, manicured gardens, and considerably less museum-hall sterility than the category usually delivers.
Gólya Presszó
Gólya
Gólya, meaning stork, is a cooperative in the full sense: the people who work there own the business together and make its decisions together, with no boss.
GoodBar Buda
GoodBar Buda breaks from Hungarian tradition with burgers and pizzas, including a Mini Trió Burger (three 60 g mini burgers) and a Mini Pizza Trio.
GoodBar GoodBurger
The name says it all: GoodBar GoodBurger is, well, a good bar that also happens to whip up some seriously good burgers.
Goosebumps Coffee Lab
Goosebumps Coffee Lab is the one with actual published numbers, which in this category is rarer than it should be.
Gordon Ramsay Bar & Grill
Ramsay's first Central European restaurant runs four service windows a day at the Dorothea Hotel, from a 06:00 breakfast to a 01:00 bar. What to order, how to book, and what the dress code means.
Govinda Vega Sarok
Govinda Vega Sarok sits just off Váci utca and is run by Hungary's Hare Krishna community as a vegetarian restaurant and salad bar.
Gozsdu Udvar
Gozsdu Udvar has posted its 2026 dates; the others have not yet, so look at the organizer's page before you set off.
Gravity Brewing
A brewery tour in the middle of the city, and a taproom that cares about stouts as much as hops.
Great Market Hall
Nagyvásárcsarnok
The Great Market Hall, also called the Central Market Hall: hours and the Sunday answer, what each floor sells, the operator's produce prices, gallery lunch prices and how to get there.
Grinzingi
Grinzingi Borozó
A family-run wine tavern on Veres Pálné utca, redone in the 1980s in the style of the wine taverns of Vienna's Grinzing, with wooden furniture and wine from the tap.
Gül Baba's Tomb
Gül Baba türbéje
Gül Baba’s Tomb is a free 16th-century Ottoman shrine and rose garden a gentle ten-minute walk uphill from Margit Bridge. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 18:00.
Gundel
Gundel by City Park: day menu or dinner set menu, the dishes born in this kitchen, real prices in HUF, the 15% service charge, booking and the evening dress code.
Gyógy tér
A few steps inland, Gyógy tér is the spa square, the forecourt of the State Heart Hospital, a working cardiology hospital, so enjoy it from outside.
Gyula Castle Bath
Gyulai Várfürdő
Gyulai Várfürdő sits beside a surviving medieval brick castle on the Hungarian Great Plain. Adult entry is 5,300 HUF, the sauna park now costs extra, and there's no direct train from Budapest.
Gyulai Almásy-kastély
The Almásy mansion, the Baroque palace opposite the castle, lost its furnishings after 1945, and its visitor center uses replicas and interactive displays to show the life of the aristocrats and of the servants who kept the…
Gyulai vár
Around it: the Castle Spa next door, one of the better countryside thermal baths in the country, and the sausage the town is named for.
Habroló Café & Bar
Habroló 2
The weekly program, as the bar publishes it: Monday is the Dreher Beerlympics, Thursday is the pub quiz and karaoke night, Sunday is live piano, and a drag show turns up on occasional Saturdays.
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.
Hachi-Ko
Hachi-Ko, the Hachi team's sake and ramen bar on Madách Imre út: hours, the 16:00-17:00 kitchen break, ramen around 5,480-6,180 Ft, tapas and booking.
Hagymatikum, Makó
Hagymatikum
Hagymatikum is Imre Makovecz's final organic-architecture masterpiece. 2026 entry from 5,900 HUF weekday. Prices, hours, and if the 2-hour drive is worth it.
Hanna Restaurant
Hanna
A Glatt Kosher restaurant in the garden of the Orthodox Synagogue on Kazinczy utca, founded by the Orthodox community in 1920 and housed in a two-story building that also hosts events.
Haraszthy Pincészet
Haraszthy is the big-table option. Each package is a cellar tour from the processing hall through the Knights' Hall down to the cellar, with house cold cuts, fresh bread and mineral water, and the tasting runs in Hungarian and…
Harkány Spa
Harkányi Gyógyfürdő
Explore Harkány’s distinctive sulfur water, indoor and outdoor pools and spacious park. 2026 prices, opening hours and ideas for a southern Hungary stay.
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.
Hentes Falatozója
Hentes falatozója / Butcher's diner
Tucked away on Szondi utca, Hentes Falatozója is a small neighborhood eatery. The draw is home-style cooking and friendly service.
Herend Porcelain Palace
Hungarian souvenirs worth carrying home from Budapest: paprika, Tokaji, Unicum, Herend and Zsolnay, embroidery and communist memorabilia, with 2026 prices, shops and the rules for packing them.
Herend, Castle District
Hungarian souvenirs worth carrying home from Budapest: paprika, Tokaji, Unicum, Herend and Zsolnay, embroidery and communist memorabilia, with 2026 prices, shops and the rules for packing them.
Herendi Porcelanium
The Minimanufaktúra is a guided demonstration workshop. After a short film, throwers and painters show how Herend porcelain is made.
Heroes' Square
Hősök tere
Heroes' Square is Budapest's free, 24/7 UNESCO square at the end of Andrássy Avenue. Here's what the Millennium Monument's statues represent, and how to visit.
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.
Hétköznapok
Canotto-style pizza out in Budafok, meaning a dramatically puffed, boat-shaped edge that cradles the toppings rather than framing them.
Hévízi Tófürdő
Covered in our guide: Hévíz Thermal Lake: Why 90 Minutes Is the Limit, Not the Warm-Up
HiBeef Hot Pot
HiBeef Hot Pot brings Chaoshan-style beef hot pot to Budapest’s Fővám tér, right next to the Great Market Hall. Paper-thin beef, a 9,999 HUF all-you-can-eat deal, and the 12-second swish.
High Note SkyBar
High Note SkyBar gives Budapest's only true front-row Basilica view from a rooftop. July 2026 drink prices, hours, and the slot worth booking. (2026)
Hímesudvar
A cellar five minutes' walk from the main square, with a wine bar and a garden, where you can simply walk in for a glass.
Hokedli Pottage Bar
If you think Hungarian food is all heavy stews and meat, Hokedli is here to prove you wrong. Specializing in főzelék, Hungary’s uniquely thick vegetable stews, this little spot serves them fresh, healthy, and creative.
Holdvölgy
A modern estate on top of a 500-year-old cellar system 1.8 km long, on three levels, which you explore with a map in its "treasure hunt" tastings.
Hollókő Ófalu
The castle stands on a rock above the village, and its oldest part, the pentagonal keep, goes back to the 13th century.
Hollókői vár
The castle is compact, and the village below turns it into a full outing: Hollókő is the only Hungarian village on the UNESCO World Heritage list, and its Palóc traditions, whitewashed houses and craft work are part of everyday…
Holocaust Memorial Center
Holokauszt Emlékközpont
A glass wall of about 180,000 names, an exhibition on what was taken from Hungary's Jews and Roma, and a 1924 synagogue. Open Sunday to Friday; adults 3,600 HUF.
Hopaholic
Hopaholic is a small craft beer bar on Akácfa utca in the Jewish Quarter, with a carefully chosen tap and bottle list for drinkers who already know their styles.
Hoppácska
If kürtőskalács is usually the dessert you eat after a hearty Hungarian meal, Hoppácska decided to skip the middleman and make it the meal.
Horgásztanya Vendéglő
Covered in our guide: Bejgli on the Table, Szaloncukor on the Tree: Hungarian Christmas Food and Traditions, Priced in Budapest
Horizont Brewing
Horizont is the Hungarian craft brewery with the international record.
Hospital in the Rock
Sziklakórház
Hospital in the Rock is visited on a 60-minute guided tour: €30 for the English program, 9,500 Ft for the Hungarian one. Prices, the walk to Lovas út 4/c, and the rules to know before you book.
Hot Stone Steakhouse
Hot Stone does something no other steakhouse in Budapest does: it brings a lava stone heated to 400°C to your table and you sear the meat yourself.
Hotsy Totsy
Hotsy-Totsy Bar & Barber
Down a staircase on Síp utca in District VII, Hotsy Totsy is the real speakeasy thing: velvet, low light, and a good measure of Prohibition-era style.
House of Houdini
The House of Houdini on Dísz tér is a small Houdini collection plus a live close-up magic show, open daily 10:00 to 19:00 for 15 euros. Booking, kids, getting there.
House of Music Hungary
Magyar Zene Háza
The permanent exhibition is 5,500 Ft. The Freddie show beside it is 8,900 Ft on weekdays and 10,900 Ft on weekends. Which ticket to book, and which one is still open on a Saturday evening.
House of Terror
Terror Háza
House of Terror at Andrássy út 60 was HQ to both the Arrow Cross and the communist secret police. Tickets, timing, and what waits inside.
Hungarian National Gallery
Magyar Nemzeti Galéria
Csontváry's twenty-square-meter sunset, fifteen winged altarpieces in the old throne room and a dome with the city below: a two-hour route through the Hungarian National Gallery, 5,800 HUF.
Hungarian National Museum
Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum
3,500 Ft buys the permanent halls at Hungary's oldest museum. The Coronation Mantle and Seuso Treasure are closed for now, so here is everything that is open.
Hungarian Parliament Building
Országház
Hungarian Parliament tour: 2026 box office prices for EEA and non-EEA visitors, what the 45 minutes actually covers, and when a booked bundle is worth it.
Hungarian State Opera
Magyar Állami Operaház
Hungarian State Opera House tour times and languages, seat prices for 2026/27 by category, standing room, discounts, the box office, the dress code, the summer calendar, The Nutcracker and New Year's at the Opera.
Hungarospa
Plan Hungarospa in Hajdúszoboszló: medicinal pools, indoor Aqua Palace, separate tickets, seasonal openings and two worthwhile stops in town.
Ibolya Espresso
Ferenciek tere 5, District V. Ibolya posts its news on Facebook; check its hours there before you go.
Ica mama húsboltja
Over on the Buda side, on the increasingly trendy Bartók Béla út, Ica Mama’s is a must.
IDE Pizzeria
Ide
A pizzeria from the team behind IGEN Pizza, selling Roman-style rectangular pizza al taglio, by the slice, at two places: the original on Pozsonyi út in Újlipótváros and an outpost inside ODA, the multi-kitchen restaurant on…
Igal Spa
Igali Gyógyfürdő
4,500 Ft buys a full day on Igal's 76°C medicinal water, 13 pools and the sauna world. From 1 October 2026 it opens 9:00-18:00 and the outdoor pools are closed.
IGEN Pizza
The Buda-side benchmark, and the most useful address in the city if you have a dietary requirement. AVPN certified, wood-fired oven, and the only pizzeria here selling all three dough and cheese swaps.
In Town Hot Pot
A generic hot pot spread of thin-sliced meat and broth, illustrative of the style, not a photo of In Town Hot Pot itself.
Indian Palate
Indian Palate, on Veres Pálné utca near Kálvin tér, is Budapest's tasting-menu Indian restaurant: a four-course tasting menu alongside a full à la carte menu served all day.
Indigo Express
Finally, affordable Indian food done right in Budapest. Born from the upscale Indigo restaurant, the Express version brings street food energy and modern interiors.
Indigo Restaurant
Indigo
Indigo has two restaurants, Pest on Jókai utca since 2005 and Buda on Fény utca since 2015, and between them they run the best value sit-down meal on this list: a weekday lunch thali.
Instant-Fogas
Instant-Fogas Komplexum
Instant-Fogas entry rules, opening hours, which rooms run which night, drink prices from the November 2025 list, the door policy, age limits and when there is a queue.
ISSEI Skybar
Japanese-Peruvian Nikkei on the Radisson Collection roof, with St Stephen’s Basilica close enough to touch. Our 2025 dinner, and what ISSEI costs today.
Jacques Liszt
Best pun in Hungarian gastronomy: liszt means flour, and Liszt is Ferenc.
Japanika
Japanika describes itself as "more than sushi" and draws on Tokyo, Bangkok, China and Seoul, with sushi, soups, wok dishes and grilled items on one menu.
Jedermann Café
Jedermann
If you’re craving that unpretentious, soulful neighborhood jazz joint, look no further than Jedermann Café. This place is pure bohemian charm, a spot where you instantly feel at home.
Jonathermal
Jonathermál in Kiskunmajsa, priced for 2026: ticket bands, season windows, night bathing hours, what the ticket covers, what costs extra, and how to get there.
Jurisics tér
Kőszeg guide: Jurisics Castle hours and prices, the 1532 siege behind the 11 o'clock bells, Írottkő, events, where to eat and trains from Budapest.
Jurisics-vár
Covered in our guide: Kőszeg: Hungary's Jewel-Box Town on the Austrian Border
K-Bunsik
A bunsik bar on Ráday utca. Bunsik is Korea's cheap, fast snack food, and the bar's own site explains the idea.
Kacsakő Bisztró
Kacsakő. A riverside spot on the bank of the Szentendre branch of the Danube, for a drink or a meal by the water on summer weekends.
Kádár Étkezde
After closing during COVID, Budapest’s most legendary kifőzde reopened in September 2025 under new management (by Sziget Festival founder Károly Gerendai, no less).
Kadarka Wine Bar
Kadarka óstoló bár
Kadarka is named after the grape, not the other way round, and it takes the naming seriously: upwards of 150 Hungarian wines by the glass, pulled from roughly 22 of the country's wine regions, with sample pours alongside full…
Kakas Presszó
A no-frills presszó on Károly körút, a few minutes from Deák Ferenc tér, with sport on the screens and sandwiches at the counter.
Kandalló Pub
Nestled in the heart of the lively Kertész utca, Kandalló Pub is where two great loves collide: exceptional craft beer and mouth-watering burgers.
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.
Kazinczy Street Synagogue
Walk east along Király utca and turn into Kazinczy utca, where the firewall at number 55 carries a painted treasure map of the neighborhood's bars.
Kecske-templom
Just off Fő tér, the Benedictine church is better known by its nickname. The Franciscans started it in the 1260s, and the tower was rebuilt around 1400 for the Geissel family, whose name means goat.
Kecskeméti Városháza
Covered in our guide: Kodály's Bells and Zsolnay Tiles: A Day in Kecskemét
KEG Sörművház
A 320-square-meter cellar pub on Orlay utca in District XI, opened by friends from high school.
Kehida Thermal
Kehida Termál
Kehida Termál is a family and medicinal bath in Zala county, about two hours from Budapest. Adult tickets start at 4,200 HUF; parking, a locker and medicinal-water access are included.
Kék Rózsa Étterem
Kék Rózsa
Hidden away on Wesselényi utca, just behind the Great Synagogue, Kék Rózsa (Blue Rose) is the kind of place you’d miss if you didn’t know to look for it.
Kelet Kávezó és Galéria
Covered in our guide: Best Breakfast in Budapest: Start With the Opening Hours
Keresztény Múzeum
Víziváros, Watertown, is the strip between Castle Hill and the river, and it holds one of the finest collections in the country.
Kertem
In warmer months, Kertem is a relaxed open-air bar under the trees in the park itself.
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
Kiadó Kocsma
Kiadó
Kiadó Kocsma on Jókai tér, a couple of minutes off Andrássy út, is the version of this closest to the center: a small neighborhood bar with a gallery level, simple food, and no interest in impressing anyone.
Kicsi Japán
Kicsi Japán means "Tiny Japan". It is a very small place near Kálvin tér with an izakaya-style interior and posters on the walls.
Kilenc Sárkány
Kilenc sárkány kinai étterem
For over two decades, Nine Dragons near Keleti Station has served authentic Cantonese and Sichuan cuisine to Budapest's Chinese community.
Kilenclyukú híd
The Nine-Hole Bridge (Kilenclyukú híd). The symbol of Hortobágy carries Route 33 over the Hortobágy river in the middle of the village: 167.3 m of stone and nine arches, built between 1827 and 1833 to a design by Ferenc Povolny…
Kincsem Park
Budapest's biggest New Year's Eve sports day is an afternoon and early-evening event rather than a countdown party, so you are free by midnight. What it costs, how the betting works, and how to get out there.
KIOSK Budapest
Kiosk
Insider tip KIOSK holds a booked table for 15 minutes, so call ahead if you are running late.
Király Gyógyfürdő
Király fürdő
Covered in our guide: Budapest Thermal Bath Price Comparison 2026: Every Bath Priced, and Which One's Actually Worth It
Királyi Lovarda
Covered in our guide: Buda Castle Budapest: Royal Palace, Museums and the Ride Up
Királyi Palota
Covered in our guide: The Danube Bend From Budapest: Szentendre, Visegrád, Esztergom or Vác?
Kiscelli Museum
Kiscelli Múzeum
A Baroque monastery on an Óbuda hill, its bare-brick church full of big temporary shows, plus 1712 statues and old shop signs. Tickets, hours and the bus that skips the climb.
Kisharang Étkezde
Affordable, authentic, and atmospheric. The tradition of ringing the little bell when you enter adds a quirky, old-world touch that makes Kisharang unforgettable.
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.
Kistücsök Étterem
Kistücsök
Covered in our guide: Lake Balaton Day Trip from Budapest: Complete 2026 Guide
Kisüzem
Kisüzem, on Kis Diófa utca in District VII, runs a coffeehouse by day and something closer to a bar by night, without ever fully switching costumes.
Klauzál tér
The quarter's main square looks like any Budapest square on a weekday: a playground, benches, people walking dogs.
Kobuci Kert
An open-air garden bar in the courtyard of the Zichy Mansion at Fő tér 1 in Óbuda (District III), with concerts of folk, world music, jazz and Hungarian bands.
KockaPark
A building-brick play park in the same Campona mall as Tropicarium, with building zones and play areas.
Kodály Intézet
Zoltán Kodály was born in Kecskemét on 16 December 1882. The house is gone, and the plaque that marks his birth is on the wall of the railway station, so if you come by train, it is the first thing you pass.
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.
KOHO Budapest
KOHO is a design-led dining room on Horváth Mihály tér in the Palace Quarter, built around technique-led cooking, a curated wine list, cocktails and an analogue sound system.
Kőleves
One of the first restaurants in the Jewish Quarter, open since December 2005 and at Kazinczy utca 41 since 2012.
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…
KönyvBár & Restaurant
Imagine stepping into a cozy library, but instead of just borrowing books, you get to eat them. That’s the magic of KönyvBár & Restaurant (BookBar in English).
Kopaszi-gát
The riverside park at the foot of the Lágymányos bay, built as a district project and opened in the 2000s, with a walking path along the water and restaurants and cafés strung along it.
Koryo Bistro
Table booking, takeaway and delivery on koryobistro.hu.
Kóser Piac
Covered in our guide: Kosher Restaurants in Budapest: Which Ones Are Actually Certified
Kossuth Lajos tér
The state commemoration is at Kossuth tér, in front of Parliament, in the afternoon. Announcements give slightly different start times, so check the time on the day.
Kossuth tér
The Town Hall on Kossuth tér was designed by Ödön Lechner and Gyula Pártos and built in 1893 to 1897, with Zsolnay roof tiles and majolica and, in the Ceremonial Hall, murals by Bertalan Székely.
Kossuth tér
If you stay the night, give the center two or three hours. On Kossuth tér the paving carries nine circular mosaics of the solar system, and around it stand the 1872 Town Hall, the Hotel Korona of 1895, where the town's first…
Kovács Margit Ceramic Museum
Kovács Margit Kerámiamúzeum
Kovács Margit Ceramic Museum. The work of Margit Kovács, the ceramicist whose elongated, expressive figures and folk scenes make this the art museum to pick if you see only one.
Középkori Zsidó Imaház
Covered in our guide: Budapest History Museum: The Castle Museum and the Medieval Palace Beneath It
Központi Antikvárium
Múzeum körút is the western edge and Budapest's antiquarian row, where secondhand bookshops have traded since the Austro-Hungarian empire was a going concern.
KPUB
A Korean pub on Dohány utca, the street of the Great Synagogue. In its own words: "Korean fried chicken, BBQ, soju, or just a fun night with friends".
Krisna-völgy
Covered in our guide: August 20 at Lake Balaton: Fireworks, Festivals and How to Plan the Day
Kürtős Legenda
Kürtős Legenda bakes every chimney cake to order, over an open flame, right in front of you, so it reaches you warm, crisp outside and soft inside, never pre-made or reheated.
Kyros Gyros
Sometimes, even in Hungary, you just crave a damn good gyros. Kyros Gyros is the place to go for a proper one, made with care.
La Pampa Steakhouse
La Pampa runs a black-and-white room off Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út and it is the calmer sibling of the two Argentinian places: the room people pick for an anniversary or a client.
La Pesca
the Margherita or the Marinara if you want to judge the dough, the house La Pesca if you don't.
Labyrinth of Buda Castle
Budavári Labirintus
Adult entry 2,500 HUF, children up to 12 pay 600, about half an hour underground at 16-18C. What the Buda Castle Labyrinth shows, how to get there, and tips.
Lacikonyha
For a real taste of old Óbuda, Óbudai Lacikonyha on Reményi Ede utca is the place to go.
Lake Hévíz
Hévízi-tó
Hévíz is a lake, not a pool, and its water renews completely every three days. Tickets from 4,500 HUF, about 2.5 hours from Budapest. Better as an overnight than a day trip.
LÁNG Restaurant
Covered in our guide: White Raven Skybar Budapest: Review & Insider Tips (2026)
Lángos Land
On the Buda side, this humble market stall has become a local favorite for a reason. Their lángos – especially the krumplis (potato-based) version – is fluffy, huge, and fantastic value.
Las Vegas Casino Atlantis
Covered in our guide: Casinos in Budapest: Five Licensed Rooms, One Company, and the Door You Have to Get Through
Las Vegas Casino Corvin sétány
Las Vegas Casino Corvin
Covered in our guide: Casinos in Budapest: Five Licensed Rooms, One Company, and the Door You Have to Get Through
Las Vegas Casino Tropicana
Covered in our guide: Casinos in Budapest: Five Licensed Rooms, One Company, and the Door You Have to Get Through
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.
Le Petit Beefbar
Le Petit Beefbar sits inside the restored Drechsler Palace on Andrássy út, now the W Budapest, and it is the small, informal sibling of the international Beefbar group.
Le Petit Chef (CHESS)
CHESS Restaurant
Le Petit Chef & Friends at CHESS Restaurant, Dob utca 63: a four-course dinner with 3D animation projected onto your plate, from 35,900 HUF per person, about 1.5 to 2 hours, kids menu for ages 6 to 12.
Legenda Cruises
Legenda sails from Dock 7 on Jane Haining rakpart, the embankment at Vigadó tér.
Lehel Csarnok Budapest
Lehel Csarnok
Lehel Market (Lehel Csarnok), by Lehel tér, is a working market hall away from the main sights; check its opening hours before you go.
Lenti Thermal Spa
Lenti Termálfürdő
Lenti Thermal Spa pairs medicinal water with the Szent György energy park. Prices, pools, opening hours, and whether the drive earns it.
Leo Rooftop
Leo Rooftop Bar
Leo Rooftop faces the Chain Bridge head-on from Hotel Clark's 8th floor. Cocktails from 6,750 HUF, open daily to midnight, tables run two hours.
Lepence Spa
Lepence Fürdő
Lepence Spa is the thermal wellness center of Thermal Hotel Visegrád, open to day visitors 8:00-21:00. Ticket prices for October 2026, the pools, and how to pair it with the Citadel.
Leskowsky Hangszergyűjtemény
The Leskowsky Musical Instrument Collection at Rákóczi út 15 is Hungary's largest interactive instrument collection, and on the guided visit you can play many of the instruments, which makes it a good stop with children.
Levendula Ház Látogatóközpont
The lavender stop outside the bloom is the Levendula Ház (Lavender House Visitor Centre) on Major utca, run by the Balaton Uplands National Park.
Liberty Statue
Szabadság-szobor
Gellért Hill offers the best panoramic view of Budapest, period. The 14-meter Liberty Statue crowns the 235-meter hill, visible from most of the city. Entry to the hill, the statue and the Citadella park is free.
Ligeti Langos
Ligeti Lángos, a five-minute walk, for Hungary's fried-dough street food loaded with garlic, sour cream and cheese.
Lillafüredi függőkert
Covered in our guide: A Palace, Two Caves and a Bath in the Rock: Lillafüred and Miskolc
Lipót Thermal Bath
Lipóti Termálfürdő
Lipót's thermal and adventure bath: 2026 ticket prices, pool temperatures, the summer slide season, the under-14 rule for the medicinal pools, and the drive from Budapest.
Little Geisha Can Cook
Little Geisha Can Cook calls itself a "Sushi, Soup & Wok Bar" serving Japanese, Vietnamese and Thai cuisines, with sushi, pad thai and pho on the menu.
Little Italy Pizzeria
Little Italy söröző és pizzéria
Covered in our guide: Best Pizza in Budapest: 15 Pizzerias Worth the Trip (2026)
Liz & Chain
Liz & Chain Rooftop Bar
Liz & Chain looks straight down the Chain Bridge from the Pest side. Cocktail prices, the best table, hours, and whether the view earns it.
Lóczy-barlang
On the side of Tamás-hegy above town, the Lóczy cave was found in 1882 and opened to visitors in 1934.
Ludwig Múzeum
Insider tip Plan it as a daytime stop: both exhibition floors close at 18:00, Tuesday to Sunday, and the museum is closed on Mondays.
Lukács Baths
Lukács Gyógyfürdő
Gellért and Király are closed for renovation, so Lukács is the historic Buda-side bath locals actually use. The 2026 guide to prices, hours, and why it beats the tourist crowds.
Lumina Park
Lumina Park (Palatinus Strand)
Lumina Park has been open at the Palatinus on Margaret Island since 20 October 2026, with an Alice in Wonderland route. Scenes, 2026/27 ticket prices, hours and how to get there.
Lupa Beach
Lupa Beach, on a former gravel lake near Budakalász just north of the city, is what happens when someone looks at a Hungarian lake and thinks "what if this were an Adriatic resort."
LYR
LYR on Ferencesek utcája 4, in the pedestrian heart of Pécs, is a 100% vegan café and kitchen.
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.
Madhouse Bistro & Bar
Madhouse
Madhouse Bistro & Bar in Anker köz is the central place to find their beer, poured next to natural wines and cocktails, one minute from Deák Ferenc tér.
Magnum Sauna
Magnum Sauna (Csepreghy utca 2, District VIII) is the city’s long-established gay sauna, running since 2001: two levels, several saunas, a plunge pool, steam room and jacuzzi.
Magvető Café
Magvető Café on Dohány utca 13 belongs to a literary publisher, which tells you what it is optimizing for.
Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum
The national natural history collection at Ludovika tér in District VIII, with fossils, minerals and wildlife displays.
Magyar Vasúttörténeti Park
A large open-air railway museum in District XIV, full of historic locomotives and carriages, with a garden railway for small passengers.
Mai Manó Ház
The Mai Manó House at Nagymező utca 20, opposite the Operetta Theater, is the city's other big photography address, in the eight-level studio house the court photographer Manó Mai had built in 1894.
Mákvirág Étterem
A self-service canteen in Zugló, out past Hungária körút, with a café-buffet attached that opens at breakfast.
Mala Garden Restaurant
Mala Garden
Siófok is Balaton’s busiest summer town. In July and August its long waterfront fills with Hungarian, Austrian, German and international visitors, and the main strip (Petőfi sétány) stays lively from early afternoon until late…
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…
Mama Goulash
A small Hungarian kitchen on Dob utca in District VII with a short menu: goulash, chicken paprikash, lecsó, potato paprikash, schnitzel and three cakes.
Mama Paprika Restaurant
Covered in our guide: Best Goulash in Budapest: Seven Kitchens Worth the Walk
Mama's & Papa's Goulash & Langosh Bar
Covered in our guide: Best Goulash in Budapest: Seven Kitchens Worth the Walk
Mandala Day Spa
A boutique Oriental-style spa in District XIII with four pools, a jacuzzi, sauna and steam room, entry from 13,700 HUF for three hours. Booking is required, and the VIP package is the easy pick.
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.
Margaret Island
Margitsziget
Margaret Island is a 2.5 km, almost car-free park in the middle of the Danube. Medieval ruins, the musical fountain (closed for renovation until May 2027), Palatinus pools and how to get there.
Mária Valéria híd
The Mária Valéria Bridge connects Esztergom with Štúrovo, and because both countries are in the Schengen area you simply walk across.
Marlou Wine Bar
Marlou is part wine shop, part bar, part small bistro, tucked behind the Opera House, and it's the one venue here where you should ask what's open by the glass that night rather than assuming a full bar list.
Marxim
A pub on Kisrókus utca, a few minutes' walk from Széll Kálmán tér, that has built its whole look around the communist era, starting with the name.
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
Mátra Borozó
A small wine tavern on Corvin tér, below Buda Castle, in business since 1948, where the wine is still served from containers set into a metal counter in the middle of the room.
Matteo’s Italian Classics
Matteo’s Italian Classics – Rákóczi tér 7, inside Rákóczi Market Hall, 1084 Budapest
Matthias Church
Mátyás-templom
Matthias Church on Castle Hill: ticket prices, visiting hours, the 197-step tower climb, and the royal stories worth slowing down for.
Mazel Tov
A restaurant and bar built around a big, light-filled garden on Akácfa utca, serving what it calls New Jewish Kitchen since 2014: hummus, falafel, shakshuka, shawarma and grilled meats to share.
Meat Heaven
Meat Heaven is a gastropub that takes its beef seriously rather than a steakhouse that tolerates beer.
Memento Mori
Covered in our guide: The Danube Bend From Budapest: Szentendre, Visegrád, Esztergom or Vác?
Memento Park
Hungary didn't destroy its communist statues; it moved them to a field outside Budapest. Memento Park's 2026 prices, hours, guided tours and how to get there.
MemoRise Skybar
Bástya utca 33, Budapest. The season and opening hours vary, so check the hotel's MemoRise page before you go.
Milky Way
Hidden in a second-floor courtyard, Milky Way is run by a Wenzhou native with fifteen years of fish-market experience.
Millenáris
Millenáris park
Held in the sleek, modern Millenáris Park, this event is a showcase for Hungary’s vibrant contemporary design scene.
Mini Ételbár
Mini Ételbár in District VII is a family business that has served home-style Hungarian cooking for 20 years from a surprisingly modern interior behind an old-school façade.
Minipolisz
Why it's worth it Children run the show here and parents mostly watch, which is the point. It suits younger school-age children best; teenagers will be bored.
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.
Molnár’s Kürtőskalács
Molnár’s is less a bakery and more a Váci utca landmark. You'll spot it immediately, with people taking photos through the glass, and the address is about as central as it gets.
MOM Sport
The loudest night of Advent. Gospel Karácsony tours Hungary with a different American choir each year, and in 2026 it is Vincent Bohanan, a Stellar Award-winning choir director, with The Victorious Army from Atlanta: close to 30…
Monori Center
This is the real thing, not a tourist market. Monori Center describes itself as one of the largest wholesale centers in Central and Eastern Europe, with more than 300 showrooms and 70,000 square meters of warehouses, and 90% of…
MONYO Tap House
MONYO Brewing has made craft beer for more than ten years. Its flagship is Flying Rabbit, a 6.5% IPA, also brewed in a gluten-free version, alongside the fruity Hero beers (Cherry Hero, Mango Hero) and Invisible Bikini Stout.
Mór’s Eatery
Mór’s Eatery near Deák Ferenc tér serves straightforward Hungarian comfort food: generous portions of classics like korhelyleves (hangover soup) and Gödöllő-style stuffed chicken breast.
Móra Ferenc Múzeum
The neoclassical museum on Roosevelt tér, facing the river, is the sight that stays open on Mondays.
Morrison's 2
The thing to check before you go: this is the venue on the list that runs ticket-only nights.
Moto Pizza
Web: Moto Pizza links | Moto Pizza Oktogon on Wolt
Műcsarnok
Covered in our guide: City Park Budapest (Városliget): How the Park Fits Together, What Is Free, What It Costs
Müpa Budapest
Müpa is out of the center. It stands at Komor Marcell utca 1, near Rákóczi Bridge, and parking in its garage is free with a ticket for a paid performance that day.
Museum of Ethnography
Néprajzi Múzeum
Walk the free grass roof at any hour, then go underground for Busó masks, a Maya stela from 731 and the oldest surviving Székely gate. All-in ticket 5,500 HUF, closed Mondays.
Museum of Fine Arts
Szépművészeti Múzeum
A painted Romanesque Hall that was a storeroom for seventy years, Raphael's tiny Esterházy Madonna, Goya and Egypt: a two-hour route, plus 2026 prices, Monday closure and Gauguin slots.
Museum of Illusions
The Museum of Illusions Budapest has reopened after its renovation. Adult tickets cost 6,500 HUF, it opens daily at 10:00, and the visit takes about 90 minutes. What is inside and how to fit it into a day.
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.
MVM Dome
MVM Dome: Boris Brejcha, Saturday 31 October. The masked king of what he calls high-tech minimal plays the arena at Üllői út 133 to 135, with support from his FCKNG SERIOUS label.
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…
Nagy Fa-Tál Konyhája Budapest
Nagy Fa-Tál Konyhája
Covered in our guide: Hungarian Breakfast in Budapest: What to Eat and Where to Try It
Nagyerdei park
Covered in our guide: Debrecen From Budapest: The Calvinist City, Its Museums and the Great Forest
Nándori Cukrászda
At 1,200 HUF a slice, Nándori's Dobos is the best value of the Pest classics, and the whole cakes are priced just as fairly.
National Athletics Centre
Nemzeti Atlétikai Központ
Budapest hosted the first World Athletics Ultimate Championship on 11 to 13 September 2026. Ticket prices, how to reach the stadium, and how the three free daytimes around it were best spent, kept as the 2026 record.
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.
Nobu Budapest
Nobu
Why go: The Budapest branch of Nobu, serving Chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa's Japanese-Peruvian new-style cuisine.
Nokedlish
A brilliant concept – nokedli (Hungarian egg dumplings) as the main event, not just a side dish. Started in 2024, already expanded to 3 locations including their first on the Buda side.
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.
Normafa
The Elizabeth Lookout is closed for long-term repairs. Normafa is still a great half day: bus 21, the Zugliget chairlift, the Children's Railway and the ridge walk.
Nosztalgia Fürdő Egerszalók
Nosztalgia Fürdő is a separate open-air bath beside the main parking area. Choose it for a simpler thermal soak and its later opening hours; it has its own ticket.
Nyakas Pince
Nyakas Pince is in Tök, a small village at the foot of Nyakas Hill in the Etyek-Buda wine district, about 40 minutes from Budapest.
Nyíregyházi Állatpark
Covered in our guide: Sharks Under a Rainforest Pyramid and a Lake Once Worked for Soda: Nyíregyháza and Sóstó
Óbudai Fő tér
Óbudai Fő tér környéke
Óbuda's old main square turns into a neighborhood Christmas fair from 27 November 2026, with an ice rink open every day, concerts and family programs on weekends, and food and craft stalls around the square.
ODA
Covered in our guide: Hungry Little Locals: Budapest’s Best Kids-Friendly Tables a Dad Can Recommend
Okuyama no Sushi
Why go: A small sushi bar run by Japanese chef Okuyama, in a plain basement setting.
Onyx Restaurant
Onyx
Onyx, the former two-star kitchen on Vörösmarty tér, now serves ÆTHER: an 11-course dinner at a table for sixteen, 69,000 HUF plus 15% service, Thursday to Monday.
Opus Jazz Club
For a more contemporary, polished jazz experience, Opus Jazz Club is your destination.
Örs vezér tere
Gödöllő is about 30 kilometers northeast of Budapest, and the H8 HÉV from Örs vezér tere covers it in 41 to 43 minutes for 1,000 HUF one way.
Ötkert
A converted 19th-century building minutes from St. Stephen's Basilica, with two dance floors, a retractable roof over the courtyard, and a HipHop Bistro room running trap and Afrobeats against the main hall's club anthems.
Ötvenhatosok tere
The 1956 Memorial, Ötvenhatosok tere, City Park. The memorial in the photo above stands on the old parade ground where the Stalin statue was pulled down on the evening of 23 October 1956.
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.
Pál-völgyi Cave Budapest
Pál-völgyi-barlang
Covered in our guide: Budapest Heat Wave Survival: The Local Rhythm That Beats 35°C Days (2026)
Palack Wine Bar
Palack is the only wine bar on this list that isn't on the Pest side, and it earns the trip: a terrace on Szent Gellért tér with Liberty Bridge and Gellért Hill in view, an 80-to-100-label list built around smaller Hungarian…
Palatinus Lido
Palatinus Strand
Plan a Palatinus visit on Margaret Island: indoor thermal pools, seasonal outdoor swimming, autumn pool status and current ticket prices.
Palotaszálló
Covered in our guide: A Palace, Two Caves and a Bath in the Rock: Lillafüred and Miskolc
Pampas Argentine Steakhouse
Pampas Steakhouse near the Great Market Hall serves 11 premium cuts from five countries. What to order, what it costs, and when to book.
Panjab Tandoori
Out in District XIII on Pannónia utca, a few steps from the Vígszínház theater, Panjab Tandoori brings Punjabi tandoor cooking to Újlipótváros.
Pannonhalmi Főapátság
Covered in our guide: Győr and Pannonhalma From Budapest: A Baroque Town and a Hilltop Abbey
Párisi Udvar
The Brudern house of 1817, designed by Mihály Pollack, gave the corner its Paris nickname. The Inner City Savings Bank bought the plot in 1906, Henrik Schmahl designed the present building, and work began in 1909.
Parti Kávézó
Parti Medve Könyvesbolt és Kávézó
Covered in our guide: Szentendre Day Trip: Old Town, Skanzen and Museums
Pasarét Bisztró
All that cultural contemplation will leave you hungry. Good news: Pasaréti tér is a local foodie pocket worth exploring.
Paskál Baths
Paskál Gyógyfürdő
Budapest's youngest thermal bath, out in Zugló: 2026 prices, the Sunday late close, and the holiday blocks when weekday rates quietly become weekend rates.
Pastrami Óbuda
Pastrami Étterem
A restaurant on Lajos utca in Óbuda built on Hungarian regional cooking from local producers' seasonal ingredients, which describes itself as a place for families and friends to spend time together.
Patricius Borház
Patricius program, prices, hours and booking: Patricius, email to Hungary Unlocked, 20 October 2026. Address, car access and phone numbers: patricius.hu, read 20 October 2026.
Peaches and Cream
The glossiest room on this list, on the Nagymező utca theater strip, with a younger international crowd and a music policy built around R&B, hip-hop and chart hits.
Pebbles Natural Wine & Kitchen
Pebbles calls itself a natural wine bar and kitchen, and its list carries something almost no other Budapest list does: Turkish natural wine, including a Turkish pét-nat, next to Hungarian bottles such as a Tokaji from…
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.
Periferico
A Neapolitan pizza and Mediterranean kitchen on Csepel, open since January 2021, and the best value-to-quality ratio in this guide.
Pesterzsébet Salt Bath
Pesterzsébeti Jódos-Sós Fürdő
District XX thermal bath on Szent Erzsébet medicinal water: 13 pools, a sauna world and a beach, adult entry from 4,700 Ft, and free parking on site.
Pesti Lángos
Pesti Lángos – Dohány utca, VII. district (Jewish Quarter)
Pesti Vigadó
Pesti Vigadó is an 1865 concert hall on the Danube with a sixth-floor Panorama Terrace, and one 3,500 HUF ticket covers the building and every current exhibition.
PICK Bistro & Lángos
Covered in our guide: Hungarian Sausage: Kolbász, Hurka and Szalámi, and Where to Eat Them
Pierrot
The first restaurant of the Zsidai family, open for more than four decades in a building on Fortuna utca that once housed a 13th-century bakery.
Pinczi Hús-Hentesáru
Pinczi is a genuine Terézváros veteran, dishing out classic hentes fare for over 30 years. It’s a time capsule in the best possible way, and a handy stop near Nyugati station for a quick, no-nonsense, satisfying bite.
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.
Pizza Manufaktúra
Open since 2011 and still the best cheap pizza in the city. MANU+ splits the difference between Roman and Neapolitan: soft and airy with charred spots, but firm enough to hold in one hand.
Pizzaművek Corvin
The square-pizza place at Corvin köz 4 launched as TÉGLA, Hungarian for "brick", and now trades as Pizzaművek Corvin, one of four Pizzaművek kitchens in the city.
Pizzica
Whole pizzas run 3,490-3,890 HUF on its delivery listing, and the four-slice Pizzica Selection is 3,890 HUF, which puts a slice a little under 1,000 HUF.
Pollack Mihály tér
Pollack Mihály tér is where three of them face each other across one small square.
Postás Strand
Covered in our guide: Szentendre Day Trip: Old Town, Skanzen and Museums
Pótkulcs
A bar in a former workshop on Csengery utca, reached through a leafy courtyard, with art on the walls and regular live music.
Pozsonyi Kisvendéglő
If you want to escape the downtown bustle and eat like a real Budapester, head to Pozsonyi Kisvendéglő.
Prime Steak & Wine
Prime is the full fine-dining steakhouse performance: gold and brown, Baroque Baccarat chandeliers, custom carpets, tableside carving, a Caesar salad and a tiramisù built in front of you.
Printa
Covered in our guide: What to Buy in Budapest: Hungarian Souvenirs and Where to Find Them
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.
Pünkösdfürdői Strandfürdő
A small family lido in the northern suburbs, with a children's pool, sports courts and the cheapest lido ticket in Budapest: 3,100 HUF on weekdays and 3,300 HUF at the weekend.
Püspökvár
Káptalandomb, Chapter Hill, is the old core of Győr above the rivers, with the cathedral, the Bishop's Castle and the chapter houses grouped together.
Rákóczi téri Vásárcsarnok
Most visitors head for the Great Market Hall on Fővám tér, which is beautiful and in every guidebook. Rákóczi tér market is the one people who live here use, and it is a ten-minute walk from the National Museum.
Rákóczi-vár
Covered in our guide: The Castle That Kept the Holy Crown: A Zemplén Weekend From Budapest
Ráth György-villa
György Ráth was the museum's first director general and one of the great private collectors of his day.
Red Ruin
Red Ruin hours: its Google Maps listing, checked 21 October 2026; Facebook: facebook.com/RedRuin.
Református Nagytemplom
Covered in our guide: Debrecen From Budapest: The Calvinist City, Its Museums and the Great Forest
Rege Cukrászda
Of all the Lake Balaton stops, Tihany is the one to pick if there is time for only one.
Régi Híd Vendéglő
You cannot leave Szeged without its most famous dish: halászlé, fisherman's soup, made here in the thick, rich Szeged style.
Renaissance Restaurant, Visegrád
Renaissance Étterem
Visegrád's Renaissance restaurant serves King Matthias roast platters from 21,900 HUF for two, plus a Saturday knights' tournament and feast. Hours, menu, buses.
REÖK Palota
The Art Nouveau Reök Palace (1907) flows like water, all curves and decoration, and it is one of the most photographed buildings in Hungary.
Rétesbolt Anno 1926
A proper single-purpose rétes shop on Lehel utca, and according to its own website it turns 100 in 2026.
Rétescake
Three Budapest shops, and the lowest price traceable to a primary source: 710 Ft for apple, 890 Ft for cabbage, both taken directly from their own webshop product pages.
Retró Lángos
Retro Lángos takes Hungary’s most beloved street food and kicks it up a notch. Their lángos is consistently crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside, and it shows in the line that forms most afternoons.
Riso Ristorante
Riso
An Italian-Mediterranean restaurant with a leafy garden terrace below Buda Castle, at the foot of the Vienna Gate, with its own children's playground.
Rizmajer Sörház
Rizmajer Sörház on Móricz Zsigmond körtér serves lunch menus in a relaxed pub atmosphere: the kind of place where having a beer with your sausage-potato soup and pork stew is not just acceptable but encouraged.
Robert Capa Center
Robert Capa Kortárs Fotográfiai Központ
About 138 Robert Capa photographs, from Spain to Indochina, plus André Kertész, in a 1912 house off Andrássy út. Tickets from 3,000 HUF, closed Mondays.
Robinson
A restaurant built on a small island in the City Park lake, open since 16 July 1989. Steaks are cooked over charcoal in a Josper oven, next to Hungarian classics and Italian pasta.
Rókusfalvy Birtok
Etyek is the wine village on Budapest's doorstep, a 44-minute bus ride from Kelenföld. Rókusfalvy runs an English tasting on Saturdays at 14:00 for 7,500 HUF a head, the last direct bus back leaves at 21:53, and three …
Rókusfalvy Fogadó
Etyek is the wine village on Budapest's doorstep, a 44-minute bus ride from Kelenföld. Rókusfalvy runs an English tasting on Saturdays at 14:00 for 7,500 HUF a head, the last direct bus back leaves at 21:53, and three …
Római Strandfürdő
A summer lido on the Buda bank of the Danube in the north of the city, with lawns, three pools and a slide park.
Rosenstein
A family restaurant behind Keleti station, run from father to son by Tibor and Róbert Rosenstein, cooking classic Jewish-Hungarian food in a room that feels like a family dining room, with six private rooms for celebrations.
Rózsakő
Badacsony wine tastings, the hike to Rózsakő and Kőkapu, and the quiet Káli Basin with its stone sea and villages, plus trains, boats and prices.
Rudas Baths
Rudas Gyógyfürdő
Rudas is a 16th-century Ottoman bath with a rooftop pool over the Danube. Prices, night bathing hours, single-sex days and which entrance to use.
Rumbach Street Synagogue
Four minutes north, on Rumbach Sebestyén utca, stands the synagogue the Viennese architect Otto Wagner designed in the 1870s, with Byzantine and Moorish features.
Rumour
Rumour, by chef Jenő Rácz, leans into theater: a secret-door entrance on Petőfi tér, a 21-seat counter wrapped around an open kitchen, and an upstairs Dining Room with conventional table settings.
Rumpus Tiki Bar
Rumpus Tiki Bar & Kitchen, Király u. 19 in District VII, a few minutes from Deák Ferenc tér. A tiki cocktail bar that now runs a themed brunch every day, 9:00 to 16:00, before the bar side takes over in the evening.
Saboré
Covered in our guide: New Restaurants in Budapest: October 2026
Salaam Bombay
Covered in our guide: Budapest's Best Indian Restaurants: Seven Kitchens and What Each Does Best (2026)
Salgó vára
The most photogenic ruin in Hungary, and it costs nothing. What is left of the castle stands on a 625 m basalt peak above Salgóbánya, stone against volcanic rock and forest, and on a misty autumn morning it stops looking like a…
Saliris Resort
Explore 17 pools beneath Egerszalók’s white travertine terrace. Saliris prices, sauna options and ideas for combining the bath with Eger.
Salt Budapest
Salt
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.
Sándor-palota
Next door to the palace, at Szent György tér 1, the early classicist Sándor Palace is the office of the President of Hungary.
Sárvár Spa
Sárvári Gyógyfürdő
Sárvár runs two thermal wells, 43°C and 83°C, splits into a Healing Spa and a Family Spa, and closes at 21:00. Adult entry 6,600-8,900 HUF. 2026 prices, hours, and how it differs from Bükfürdő.
Sauska Pezsgőpince
Email Sauska. That is the whole answer, and it is worth stating as flatly as that, because everything else in Budafok is built for groups.
Savoyai-kastély
Most people treat this as a bath with a train station attached. It is also a genuinely interesting small town, and two buildings justify an hour before or after the water.
Scruton Belváros
Covered in our guide: Cheap Lunch in Budapest: 9 Spots Where You Can Eat Well for Under 3,000 HUF (~$9)
Scruton V.P.
Scruton V.P., the Scruton bistro on Veres Pálné utca, serves a two-course weekday Business Lunch from 11:30 to 14:00, while stocks last.
Selva Skybar
Selva Skybar sits on the 12th floor of Infinity Budapest Hotel, with a real Aston Martin on the terrace, Danube views and themed Show Dinners. What the rooftop is like, pool access and how to check it is open.
Semmi Extra és egy kis Kert
An Óbuda restaurant with a courtyard garden, opened in 2016, that runs a weekly-changing lunch menu, priced like a canteen and served like a bistro.
Seoul House
The veteran. Seoul House calls itself the first Korean restaurant in Budapest, serving Korean food in Budapest since 1990 with the same chef since 1990, today on Fő utca in Víziváros, the Buda riverside quarter below the Castle.
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.
Shandong
Shandong Étterem
At most Chinese restaurants, sweet and sour pork is forgettable. At Shandong, it's the reason to visit.
Shoes on the Danube Bank
Cipők a Duna-parton
Sixty iron shoes line the Danube where Arrow Cross militiamen shot Budapest's Jews in 1944-45. It's free, open 24/7. History, etiquette, and how to visit.
Siklósi vár
Eight hundred years of continuous habitation, Gothic and Renaissance layers, and an inner courtyard that does more for the atmosphere than any exhibition could.
Simon's Burger
Simon’s Burger arrived in Budapest with a bang, quickly earning the nickname “the Hungarian Five Guys” for its dedication to the American-style smash burger.
Siófoki Nagystrand
Covered in our guide: Siófok: Beaches, Nightlife and the Boat to Tihany
Sipos Borház
In 2026 the Sipos Borház in Badacsonytomaj hosted a “Retro Balaton” themed day, with classic lángos, spritzers (_fröccs_), and an open-air cinema (_kertmozi_) in the evening.
Sir Lancelot
Sir Lancelot Lovagi Étterem
Sir Lancelot, the knights' restaurant at Podmaniczky utca 14, serves meat platters you eat by hand, from 20,900 HUF for two. Open daily from noon; book by phone.
Skanzen
If you have children and it is the season, the Skanzen, Hungary's open-air village museum, is a short bus ride out of town (bus 878 or 879 from bay 7 next to the HÉV terminus, 12 minutes, 400 Ft).
Smashy Burger
Smashy's Oklahoma-style smash burgers near Kálvin tér: two burgers, no seating, in and out in under two minutes. Prices, hours, and whether the queue is worth it.
SOLID
A rooftop brunch restaurant on the 7th floor of Hotel Rum, the sister of SALT, the Michelin-starred restaurant downstairs.
Sóstógyógyfürdő
Sóstó means "salt lake". In King Matthias's time it was called Igrice, and the salt left on its shore in summer was used to make soda, which earned more than the healing water did.
Sóstói Múzeumfalu
Covered in our guide: Sharks Under a Rainforest Pyramid and a Lake Once Worked for Soda: Nyíregyháza and Sóstó
Spicy Fish
Spicy Fish Budapest
Spicy Fish is Budapest's most acclaimed Chinese restaurant, serving authentic Sichuan cuisine in a modern setting.
St. Andrea Wine & Skybar
An Eger winery's rooftop over Vörösmarty Square: most signature cocktails at 5,400 Ft, open daily 15:00 to midnight, and a terrace table you should book.
St. Stephen's Basilica
Szent István-bazilika
The St Stephen's Basilica dome gives Budapest its best rooftop view. Ticket prices, lift or stairs, booking and the quietest time to climb.
Stand Restaurant
Stand
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.
Stand25 Bisztró
the three-course Stand25 menu (19,500 Ft) lets you start with gulyás, follow with the boar cheek pörkölt and finish with any dessert from the menu.
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.
Stifler Bar
Stifler is a small empire of venues across Budapest, each built for a different night. This entry covers the original: Stifler Bar on Erzsébet körút 19, the purest sports-watching branch of the family.
Storno-ház
Four buildings on Fő tér, Storno House, Fabricius House, the Tábornok House and the Firewatch Tower, are linked into one Museum Quarter with a set of separate exhibitions, and you choose what to see rather than buying a ticket…
Sümegi vár
One of the best-preserved medieval fortresses in the country, and the one that leans hardest into performance: knight tournaments, costumed feasts, the full summer program.
Sushi Ocean
Sushi Ocean is halfway between Parliament and the Chain Bridge, in a basement decorated to evoke Japan, with Japanese music playing.
Sushi Sei
Sushi Sei is in Óbuda, near Kolosy tér, at Bécsi út 58.
Susi by Cork
Susi by Cork in Újlipótváros: a tiny creative sushi spot by a Ukrainian team and their fictional chef Susiko. Nigiri from 1,980 HUF, open daily 11:00-22:00.
Süt a Nap
In the heart of Miskolc, at Széchenyi utca 43, Süt a Nap calls itself the first and only free-from vegan restaurant in Borsod county.
Szabadság tér
A tiny bronze Kermit sits in the park in the middle of Szabadság tér (Liberty Square), facing the little hut at its heart.
Szamos Cafe
Szamos
Covered in our guide: Layers of History and Buttercream: Where to Eat a Real Dobos Torte in Budapest
Szamos Chocolate Museum
Szamos Csokoládé Múzeum
The Szamos Chocolate Museum sits on the upper floor of Szamos Cafe on Kossuth ter, across the square from Parliament. The guided tour costs 7,500 HUF, runs an hour, and every slot on the public calendar is Hungarian on…
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.
Széchenyi Baths
Széchenyi Gyógyfürdő
Verified 2026 prices, real opening hours, and the timing tricks that beat the crowds at Széchenyi, Budapest's essential thermal bath now that Gellért is closed until 2028. Written by locals.
Széchenyi István tér
The Pest bridgehead sits at Széchenyi István tér (open 24 hours, free), one of the more handsome squares in a city that has quite a few handsome squares.
Széchenyi tér
Covered in our guide: Pécs in a Day: Eight Hours on the Ground, Fifteen Hours Gone
Szegedi Dóm
Dóm Square is one of Hungary's largest squares, dominated by the twin-towered Votive Church, which the city pledged after the 1879 flood destroyed most of Szeged.
Széll Kálmán tér
Széll Kálmán tér, at the foot of a staircase. Search "Mekk Elek szobor."
Szemlő-hegyi-barlang
Photo: Egri Csaba / Duna-Ipoly Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság, used with permission
Szent István Király Kápolna
Covered in our guide: August 20 at Lake Balaton: Fireworks, Festivals and How to Plan the Day
Szentbékkállai kőtenger
Drive inland from Badacsonytomaj and within ten minutes the lake disappears behind the hill.
Szépasszony-völgy
Szépasszony-völgy – a horseshoe of cellars pouring Egri Bikavér and Egri Csillag straight from the barrel
Sziget Festival
Óbudai-sziget
Sziget Festival 2027 runs 10 to 14 August on Óbudai-sziget; 5-day passes are on sale from €349 plus handling fee. What 2026 cost, transport, camping and budget.
Szigligeti vár
A volcanic peak above Balaton's northern shore, with views over the Balaton Uplands and, on a clear day, Badacsony.
Sziklatemplom
Covered in our guide: 3 Days in Budapest: A Local's Itinerary for Both Sides of the Danube (2026)
Szimpla Kert
Szimpla Kert: free entry, what the chalkboards charge for beer and cocktails, the Sunday farmers market, the door rules and the queue.
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.
Szórakaténusz Játékmúzeum
The Szórakaténusz Toy Museum at Gáspár András körút 11 is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 to 17:00, and costs 1,200 Ft (about $3.70).
Tagore sétány
Covered in our guide: August 20 at Lake Balaton: Fireworks, Festivals and How to Plan the Day
Tai He Lou
While Spicy Fish gets all the attention, Tai He Lou quietly serves Chinatown's best Dongbei (Northeastern Chinese) cuisine.
Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal on Szondi utca in District VI is the one to pick if you want the full survey rather than a curated shortlist: a long menu runs from tandoori standards to a long run of curries, biryanis and a proper vegetarian section…
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.
Taste the World (Ázsia bolt)
No time for District X or XV? This shop sits on Csarnok tér, beside the Great Market Hall, so it slots into a morning in the center.
Tatai vár
Neither the largest nor the most dramatic, but it stands on the shore of the Old Lake in Tata and reflects in it, which covers a lot of ground.
Tel Aviv Café
The dairy kosher counterpart to Carmel, run by the same company a few doors down. Small, bright and modern, with Israeli and Mediterranean flavors and breakfast and brunch served all day.
Templom tér
Covered in our guide: Szentendre Day Trip: Old Town, Skanzen and Museums
Temporary Budapest
Temporary+
Covered in our guide: New Restaurants in Budapest: October 2026
Teyföl
Teyföl. A restaurant at Városház tér 2 whose kitchen reworks Hungarian classics and childhood favorites, with a drinks list built entirely on small Hungarian producers.
The Duchess
The Duchess at Matild Palace has Budapest's most theatrical rooftop entrance and the skyline to match. Prices, hours, dress code and the slot to book. (2026)
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.
The Spot Budapest
The Spot
Hungarian and Transylvanian cooking at Batthyány tér with the Parliament across the water: 2,900 Ft weekday lunch, mains 4,890 to 13,990 Ft, heated winter igloos.
The Tasting Table
Covered in our guide: Budapest Food Tours and Cooking Classes: Pick by Appetite, Budget and Hours
Tihanyi Bencés Apátság
For a calmer, more artistic evening, Tihany has the answer. In 2026, instead of fireworks, it projected a spectacular 3D light show (_fényfestés_) onto the northern wall of the historic Benedictine Abbey.
Tihanyrév kompkikötő
Tihanyrév
The Szántódrév to Tihanyrév crossing is the only ferry crossing on Lake Balaton, and a useful shortcut rather than a novelty: it drops you on the peninsula from the M7 side without the drive around the lake.
Time Out Market Budapest
Time Out Market Budapest is not the Great Market Hall. What it serves, what it costs, when it is busiest, and which stalls earn the trip.
Tokio Budapest
Tokio
Tokio opened in 2006 and its interior was redesigned in 2019. The restaurant describes its cooking as Oriental cuisine paired with Japanese precision, and it works as a bar as much as a restaurant, with sake and a wine list.
Toldi konyhája
Toldi konyhája on Batthyány utca, below the Castle District, is a classic canteen serving retro Hungarian dishes: think kocsonya (meat jelly), tojásos nokedli (egg noodles), and tarhonyás hús (meat with Hungarian pasta), in…
Törley Látogatóközpont
Törley Gyűjtemény és Látogatóközpont
There is an escape hatch, called a garantált látogatás: occasional published dates that individuals can join at 6,900 Ft per person without assembling a group.
Torockó Vendéglő
A century-old neighborhood vendéglő on Martinovics tér in Kőbánya, serving since 1906 and in its present form since 1985, with a garden out back and a menu that treats offal as a category rather than a curiosity.
Tóth Kocsma
A cellar kocsma on Falk Miksa utca, near the Parliament end of the Grand Boulevard, with wooden furniture and vaulted ceilings.
Traditional Goulash & Langosh Bar
Covered in our guide: Best Goulash in Budapest: Seven Kitchens Worth the Walk
Trattoria Pomo D'Oro
The most expensive pizza on this list and the only place where nothing costs under 5,250 HUF.
Tropicarium
One of Central Europe's biggest saltwater aquariums, inside Campona mall in District XXII. 2026 tickets are 4,700 HUF on a weekday, 3,900 HUF from 5pm, 5,500 HUF at weekends. Shark feeding is Thursday at 14:30, it open…
Tuning Burger
Tuning Bar & Burger
A generic gourmet burger stack, illustrative of the premium style Tuning Burger is known for, not an actual photo of Tuning Burger.
Turkiz Restaurant
Türkiz Restaurant serves properly good Turkish food a few minutes' walk from Parliament, and it is the one in this guide that earns a reservation and a dressed-up evening.
Tűztorony
Covered in our guide: Sopron From Budapest: The Faithful Town, Fertőd and the Lake
Tűztorony
The Fire Tower (Tűztorony) stands at the bottom of the street. It is 48 meters tall, on a base that is probably medieval, with a late-Baroque top and balcony added in 1811 to 1814.
Új Zsinagóga
A few streets north of Dóm tér, the New Synagogue (Új Zsinagóga, Jósika utca 10) was built between 1900 and 1903 to plans by Lipót Baumhorn.
UpTown Kosher Bakery
Covered in our guide: Kosher Restaurants in Budapest: Which Ones Are Actually Certified
Uránia Nemzeti Filmszínház
Covered in our guide: Best Family-Friendly Activities in Budapest 2026
Váci székesegyház
Covered in our guide: The Danube Bend From Budapest: Szentendre, Visegrád, Esztergom or Vác?
Vajdahunyad Castle
Vajdahunyad vára
Vajdahunyad Castle is a free 1896 architectural showcase in City Park: four styles, the Hungarian Agricultural Museum inside, and its 2026 prices and hours.
VakVarjú Újlipótváros
VakVarjú Újlipót
1133 Budapest, Bessenyei utca 4-6 (RaM Colosseum), phone +36 1 398 62 55.
VarjúVár
VarjúVár is on Ybl Miklós tér, a Vakvarjú kitchen doing Hungarian cooking with a rooftop terrace and a Pest view.
Városháza Park
Városháza Park, near Deák Ferenc tér: check its 2026 Christmas program before you go.
Varosliget Cafe & Restaurant
Covered in our guide: Széchenyi Beer Spa: A Thermal Soak With Your Own Beer Tap
Vaszary Galéria
The Vaszary Villa on Honvéd utca was built in 1892 as the summer villa of Kolos Vaszary, Prince-Primate of Hungary.
Vegazzi
Worth being precise about this one. Vegazzi is a vegetarian specialty pizzeria, not a vegan one.
Velence Resort & Spa
Plan a lakeside spa day near Budapest: daily 10:00-20:00, adult tickets 5,500-7,900 HUF, family pools and a direct train to Velencefürdő.
Veli Bej Bath
Veli Bej fürdő
Veli Bej is one of Budapest's two working 16th-century Ottoman baths, now that Gellért and Király are closed. 2026 prices from 5,700 HUF, hours, and rules.
Véndiák Étterem
Véndiák Étterem on Egyetem tér has served traditional Hungarian cuisine since 1938.
Veszprémi vár
Covered in our guide: The City of Queens: Veszprém and Herend in a Day
VígVarjú Étterem
On the ground floor of the building, VígVarjú Étterem serves an à la carte menu and a tasting menu in a historic setting on the Danube promenade.
Vino Piano
This one's a curveball on purpose. Élesztőház is the craft beer ruin pub that turned a former glassworks factory into Budapest's first serious craft beer complex, and tucked into that same courtyard is Vino Piano, a genuine wine…
Vintage Garden
An Italian restaurant and pastry shop on Dob utca that redecorates the whole room, the menu and the cocktail list from time to time.
Visegrádi Fellegvár
The best panorama of the Danube Bend in Hungary, from a medieval fortress on a mountain above the river. About 45 minutes from Budapest by car, or bus plus ferry if you would rather do it scenically.
Visszhang-domb
Visszhang-domb parkoló
A short walk behind the abbey. The legend is that your voice used to bounce back off the abbey walls across the valley; today there are too many buildings and trees in the way for the echo to carry.
Vivina's Café & Roastery
Vivina's Café & Roastery on Szerb utca did place: 79th in Europe on the June 2026 list.
Vörösmarty tér
Hungarian craft exhibitors fill the stalls on Vörösmarty tér, from horn combs made by a family workshop founded in 1923 to ceramics, glass flowers and handmade leather goods.
Wang Mester
Wang Mester Kínai Konyhája
Wang Mester serves elegant Sichuan cooking near City Park: mapo tofu, Kung Bao prawns, and an open kitchen where you can watch the whole thing happen.
Warmup Bar
Warmup Bar is Budapest's small no-menu cocktail bar where the bartender builds your drink around what you like. How it works, hours, booking, and when to go.
White Raven Skybar
White Raven Skybar delivers Budapest's best rooftop views for 6,900 HUF cocktails. What's worth it, what to skip, and exactly how to book it (2026).
Why Not Café & Bar
Why Not Café and Bar
around 800 HUF, and worth ordering on its own merits.
World Mall
World Mall is not a downtown food hall. It is a large Asian wholesale trade complex on the outer edge of District XV: two halls of several hundred small traders, mostly Chinese and Vietnamese goods, Asian groceries and spices…
Yama Budapest
Yama means "summit". The restaurant calls itself an "experience-focused gastro hub" and describes its food as authentic but not traditional, building on classics with new ideas.
Zalakaros Spa
Zalakarosi Fürdő
Zalakaros day tickets are 6,700-7,400 HUF, roughly half of Széchenyi, for 22 pools and real medical treatment. 2026 prices, hours, and how to get there.
Zemplén Kalandpark
The Zemplén Adventure Park covers the Magas-hegy and Szár-hegy above Sátoraljaújhely, 10 minutes by bus from the railway station.
Zeneakadémia
Covered in our guide: Christmas Concerts in Budapest 2026: Bach, a Folk Nativity, Gospel and Fischer's Secret
Zing Burger
Zing Burger is a true Budapest legend. They started as a food truck back in 2013 and quickly won the city’s heart (and stomach) with quality ingredients, 100% Angus beef patties, and homemade sauces.
Zöldlevelecske
For a plant-based lunch in the center of Szeged, Zöldlevelecske is a salad workshop at Klauzál tér 5, inside the more than 170-year-old Kárász House.
Zrínyi utca
Another one that isn't Kolodko: a rotund bronze constable by András Illyés, unveiled on 20 October 2008 on the corner of Zrínyi utca and Október 6.
Zsófia-kilátó
The Zsófia Lookout (Zsófia-kilátó) stands above Lake Hámori and looks down on the Palace Hotel, the hanging garden and the lake.
Zugligeti Libegő
Glide above the treetops on the retro Zugliget Chairlift (Libegő). Half the fun is the slow, quiet ride with your feet dangling over Buda's leafy villas.
Zwack Unicum House
Unicum Ház
The House of Unicum tour costs 4,200 HUF with two tastings, or 5,900 HUF for the Premium with five, Riserva included. Book ahead at zwack.jegy.eu; the family story is the heart of it.