what are the best hungarian food restaurants and best cafes/pastry shops in Budapest? I want to avoid tourist traps and taste authentic food

Answered by Gergő Csányi , Budapest, Hungary

Hi,
If you are interested in fine dining try the restaurant Rosenstein (http://rosenstein.hu/).
If you are on lower budget than a very good choice could be the Vakvarju restaurants (http://www.vakvarju.com/).
Enjoy!

Answered by Magicmushroom , Budapest, Hungary

Avoid the river Danube.
Choose Frici papa or Blue rose in Jewish Quarter.

Answered by Gabriella Farkas , Budapest, Hungary

Restaurant: Café Kör
Pastry shop: Europa

Answered by Budapest Bandi , Budapest, Hungary

In my opinion the best hungarian food restaurant is the paprika restaurant: http://www.paprikavendeglo.hu/
The best caffés:
Shamrock http://www.shamrockcafe.hu/
Balsac café: http://balzacafe.hu/

Answered by Zoli (周汉唐) , Buda, Hungary

I like this one:
http://www.trofeagrill.com/

Its kind of buffet dinner, for one amount of money you can eat and drink anything you can within 3 hours.

Cafes: on the Andrassy street there is an Alexandra book store and it has a really beautiful cafe, or the Californian Cafe close to the St. Stephan Basilic.

Answered by Adrian Humenyik , Budapest, Hungary

If you would like to taste traditional Hungarian dishes, I suggest the Tüköry restaurant. The prices are very friendly and the staff speaks languages, they also have menu cards in English and German. It is located in the 5th district of Budapest, in the Hold utca. Just behind the US Embassy (the Embassy's front is in the Szabadság tér)

Answered by Andras Csillag , Budapest, Hungary

My opinion is that one of the best authentic food restaurant is Pozsonyi Kisvendéglő http://www.etterem.hu/3414, and Zöld kapu http://zoldkapuvendeglo.mindenkilapja.hu/.
Regarding caffés: I suggest Szalai Cukrázda http://welovebudapest.com/hu/kavezok-barok/szalai-cukraszda.

Enjoy!

Answered by Gabi , Pestujhely, Hungary

Hi,
You've got quite a few ideas already, so I just reassure you about tips coming from Szilvia Kardos, Andras Csillag and Gergo Csanyi. Rosenstein is a brilliant family-owned fine dining place where yu have the best of traditional Hungarian and Jewish cuisine. Very similar place is the Fülemüle (Nightingale) Restaurant (http://www.fulemule.hu/en). Cozy little place with excellent food and service, also family-owned.
Pastry and café places - there are loads of them all over in the city, try them. The best places are in the so called Jewish quarter and Pozsonyi út and area. In general I would avoid places in the heart of Downtown and among the bank of Danube, those are the main tourist targets.
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have fun! :))