Food and Drinks You Must Try In Budapest

One of the best ways to experience the culture of a city and country is to try new food and drinks. Here are some recommendations on what to try and where to eat.

Traditional food

Főzelék: Veggie stew

Hortobágyi palacsinta: Pancake

Túrós csusza: Curd dumplings

Gyümölcsleves: Fruit soup

Túró rudi: Cold chocolate bar filled with quark cheese

Lángos: Deep fried flat bread with cheese, sour cream and garlic juice

Kürtőskalács: Chimney shaped cake

Dobos torta: Sponge cake layered with chocolate topped with hardened caramel

Somlói galuska: Vanila, walnut and chocolate flavoured sponge cake

Kakaós csiga: Twisted pastry filled with cocoa

Traditional drinks

Bikavér: Dry full-bodied red wine

Tokaji Aszú: Sweet honey dessert white wine

Dreher Bak: Full bodied sweet dark beer

Pálinka: Fruit Brandy

Unicum: Hungarian Jägermeister

Traditional restaurants

Getto Gulyas: reasonably priced fine dining with Hungarian cuisine

Szazeves Restaurant: opening in 1831, this is the oldest restaurant in Budapest. Expensive Hungarian cuisine.

Many of these traditional foods can be found at the largest and oldest indoor market in Budapest, the Great Market Hall 

Non-traditional restaurants

Bors Gastro Bar: star wars themed take away restaurant with low price soups, grilled baguettes, salads, pasta dishes, homemade drinks and desserts.

Gringos Amigos: for low priced Mexican fast food. Voted Budapest's best street food.

For more street food, head to the Street Food Karavan for a selection of delicious fast food.

Gelarto Rosa: a shop that serves delicious flower shaped ice cream. It is located very close to St Stephen's Basilica.