Budapest
As chilled a place to drink and nosh as you’ll find in south Buda, the Tranzit has made its home in a small disused bus station, put art on the walls and…
Budapest
As chilled a place to drink and nosh as you’ll find in south Buda, the Tranzit has made its home in a small disused bus station, put art on the walls and…
Budapest
Children and adults alike are treated to a warm welcome at this basement rabbit warren attached to the Élesztő ruin pub and cluttered with teddy bears,…
Budapest
In fair weather this little cafe called the 'Silent Partner' sets up a terrace around the gates of peaceful Károlyi kert and serves coffee, wine and light…
Budapest
This big boozer known as the 'Plum Blue Tomato' in Hungarian is like something out of the old American sitcom Cheers, especially the ground-floor bar and…
Budapest
For a place housed in a communist-era kiosk dating back to the 1970s with a bizarre flyaway roof, this DJ bar and cafe is very hip and has a great terrace…
Budapest
This popular cafe by the edge of the lake in City Park dating back to 1895 is a great place to relax, watch rowers on the lake and have a coffee or…
Budapest
Central and always heaving, DiVino is Budapest's most popular wine bar, as the crowds spilling out onto the square in front of the Basilica of St Stephen…
Castle District
This lovely new cafe on the top floor of the one-time Batthyány tér covered market takes its coffee very seriously indeed, with blends from Colombia to…
Budapest
Not the original branch of this 'august' 1870 institution, but it is the most central and convenient one. Take a seat within the opulent interior and…
Budapest
This throwback thirsty, with flowers in its hair, peace signs emblazoned on the walls and cringy slogans ('Don't worry, feel hippie') is a comfortable…
Lake Balaton & Southern Transdanubia
This family-run retro-style wine bar and bistro is a peaceful retreat near the lakefront. The menu is stacked with local wines, and the owner is often on…
Budapest
A favourite new watering hole in Buda, this pint-sized pub (though there are three tiny floors) has some 55 craft beers available from Hungary's five…
Lake Balaton & Southern Transdanubia
One of the most popular places in town to grab a drink or a quick bite (dishes 1200Ft to 3100Ft), Karolina is a sophisticated cafe-bar with live music…
Budapest
Dating back to 1854, 'Plan' (as in the communist five-year variety) is a retro-style cafe-bar on two levels, decorated with photographs of Hungarian…
Castle District
The decor is cinema-inspired (Hollywood memorabilia on the wood-panelled walls, leather director's chairs) and the beautiful crowd often act like they’re…
Pécs
With a curiously boat-shaped wooden ceiling, this snug bar provides a safe haven for lovers of good beer. Apart from craft beers from all over Hungary,…
Budapest
At the southern end of City Park, Kertem is a wonderful beer garden, filled with multicoloured chairs and trees strung with fairy lights. By day it's an…
Castle District
Located in Swan House, a remarkable example of Hungarian 'organic architecture', this friendly place welcomes 'wanderers, lovers, artists' and more. There…
Pécs
Cooltour embodies so many cool things it's hard to choose what we love best. It's a ruin pub, yet it's open all day, making it fine for both coffee and…
Castle District
Anyone who takes their chai very seriously would be advised to visit this 'tea shop and lab' whose owner sources the best and most exotic leaves from…
Budapest
One of the original bars on the IX Ráday utca nightlife strip, this place has a coffeehouse feel to it with old sepia-tinted photos on the walls and pool…
Pécs
Nappali is one of the hippest gathering spots in town for a coffee or a glass of wine. Its outdoor seating fills up on warm, lazy evenings, and there's…
Pécs
This wine bar tucked away in a stone house in the hills above Pécs offers a fantastic selection of local wines served by gracious and knowledgable staff…
Budapest
In a small courtyard off lower Váci utca, this is the place to go if you want to sip a soothing blend made by tea-serious staff and relax in a Japanese…
Óbuda & Buda Hills
This teensy bar just over Margaret Bridge, which opened a quarter-century ago, hides an Aladdin’s Cave. It's filled to bursting with antiques and a host…
Budapest
Squeeze into this minute coffee shop (there's just a bar to perch at and tables in the quiet open-air inner courtyard), where you can sample well-poured,…
Budapest
Covered decks below the southern foot of Széchenyi Chain Bridge on the Pest side form the more sophisticated (but less fun) of Pest's two new fair-weather…
Budapest
The Caribbean-style food here is missable, but you should definitely taste master mixologist András Lajsz's incomparable American-style (hi, LA!)…
Pécs
'Drinking coffee is sexy' says the sign outside this thimble-sized place. We agree. Is this a cafe? A wine bar? A bit of both, actually, with carefully…
Esztergom
This cafe-cum-cultural centre in Watertown, with mix-and-match furnishings, a steady stream of events and a shop selling a rare mix of must-have non…
Budapest
This modern cafe is among the leafiest in Pest thanks to an ingenious 'urban gardening' plan and has first-rate views of Szabadság tér through the foliage…
Szentendre
Our favourite cafe in Szentendre is an ultramodern and very comfortable affair attached to the Margit Kovács Ceramic Collection. The staff are fonts of…
Budapest
A popular drinking spot in the week with indoor and outdoor spaces (including a cool central courtyard), the 'Five Garden' ('five' as in district V)…
Eger
As much a Latin cocktail bar as a cafe (with Has Bean Bolivian and Ethiopian coffee) and a place for fancy burgers (1890Ft to 2490Ft), Cortado Gastrobar…
Budapest
With an unfinished, grungy look, and break-your-neck stairs to the small seating area upstairs, this thimble-sized coffee shop is serious about java. The …
Budapest
This serene place with quite a mouthful of a name just north of Liszt Ferenc tér is rather serious about its teas (940Ft to 1590Ft). Climb up the stairs…
Budapest
A very relaxed open space and club with multiple rooms opposite the southern edge of City Park, Dürer Kert boasts some of the best DJs on the ‘garden’…
Castle District
Named after a communist-era local soft drink, Bambi has hardly changed since the 1960s and that’s just the way the clientele here likes it. Friendly…
Lake Balaton & Southern Transdanubia
This atmospheric cellar below Anna Grand Hotel serves an excellent selection of local wines, along with meat-and-cheese plates to go with the tipples.
Budapest
Named after a flaky rolled pastry, this welcoming neighbourhood gay bar on ‘Beautiful St’ (could it be anywhere else?) is a cafe with a tiny mezzanine…
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