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Operetta evenings in Matyas Pince

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Budapest Guide

Since the end of 2010 Mátyás Pince has introduced a new program for their Friday evenings, Operetta evenings. The program starts around 20.30 and lasts for 45-60 minutes. Both before and after the visitors can enjoy traditional Hungarian gipsy music. The songs played are not famous international songs, but traditional Hungarian operetta songs.

If it sounds interesting, check out our page about Mátyás Pince, and if it sounds very interesting we can of course help you with a table reservation.

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Starbucks: Finally in Budapest

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Budapest Guide

Standing in line in front of Starbucks in Budapest

Starbucks is finally here! Yesterday Hungary’s first Starbucks opened, in Budapest, in WestEnd Citycenter. That means that we do not have to wait any longer, but we can finally get the coffee from Starbucks in Hungary as well. If you go to WestEnd today, you might have to wait some still, because there are quite long lines in front of Starbucks. Now what we reported on May 6th that Starbucks would come to Budapest has come to pass, so why not go grab a coffee and a cake in Budapest newest coffee shop?

More information about Starbucks at our Starbucks page.

High quality in Cafe Kör

Posted on June 10, 2010December 6, 2022 by Budapest Guide

Cafe Kör is known to be one of the best restaurants in Budapest, and not without a reason. I recently had a chance to go there to eat dinner, and yet another time I was reminded about the difference between a poor, an average and a good restaurant.

We have recently eaten average food in Szeged Vendéglő, quite poor food at Fat Mo’s and then Cafe Kör was a breath of fresh air. Of course these restaurants are not meant to be compared either, but still… I ate together with four others and I am quite used to the problem that I do not like all the food being served. But, this time I was amazed! All food that was served was amazing, the staff smiled and served us patiently and the restaurant was packed throughout the entire evening. Without a table reservation it is almost impossible to get a table at Cafe Kör in the evenings.

In a time when most restaurants fight to get customers drop by, Cafe Kör simply draws people in, and they do it with great food and great service. The menu is everchanging so you have plenty of reasons to return.

Some people would say it is negative that they only accept payment in cash and that the interior is unmodern. But, it draws people and if you have not been there, why not go to Cafe Kör tonight for a dinner there (or probably tomorrow, as you are late out with your table reservation) and enjoy the food, the service, the interior and everything. Feel free to share your thoughts on the restaurants with us later either here, or on the Cafe Kör page.

Dining Guide 2010: Top 10 Budapest Restaurants

Posted on June 6, 2010 by Budapest Guide

Dining Guide has just released the names of the ten best restaurants in Budapest, according to their own research and a lot of tasting made in different Budapest restaurants. Below you can find the list, and notice that the top 10 restaurants are listed alphabetically. Dining Guide will later present the final list presenting the best restaurants, but so far they shortened the list to only ten restaurants. Now they will visit these regularly, check out their food, and based on this vote for a winner, which we off course will write about later.

Dining Guide Top 10 Budapest restaurants 2010, according to Dining Guide:
– Alabárdos
– Aranyszarvas
– Babel Delicate
– Bock Bisztró
– Chaetau Visz
– Costes
– Csalogány 26
– Fausto’s
– Kistücsök
– Onyx

Dinner at Szeged Vendéglő

Posted on June 5, 2010December 6, 2022 by Budapest Guide

Szeged Vendéglő is one of those typical Hungarian restaurants, looking quite okay from the outside, but still it took me more than seven years to eat there for the first time since I arrived to Budapest. Not long ago I finally went there to eat, and it was a quite enjoyable evening.

We started with Hortobagyi pancake and a Hungarian fish soup, followed by traditional Hungarian courses and apple and a sour cherry struddel for desert. Everything tasted well, though nothing caught us by surprise in any way. Nothing was extraordinary, except from maybe the folklore show that actual evening. In general I am not to fund of these kind of shows, and even less found of annoying musicians touring the restaurant to sell cd’s and maybe get some extra “tip” from some happy guests. The violinplayer did tour the restaurant, but the dancers and the singer of the folklore event did it with a big smile and it was in fact quite enjoyable!

The style of the restaurant is like a “csárda” outside Budapest somewhere, so it felt quite authentic.

For a video from the restaurant, visit our Szeged Vendéglő page.

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Fat Mo’s program June 2010

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Budapest Guide

Fat Mo’s has live music every evening, and further down you can find the list of artists performing in June 2010. It should be known that Fat Mo’s will also show almost all matches from the Football Championship, so if you want to see football, eat food and listen to live music, then Fat Mo’s can be a good option.

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Fat Mo’s program June 2010
1. Beauty Four
2. Leslie & Julio
3. Mustang Band
4. Kapuzárás Előtti Pánik
5. Trio Kalmito
6. Angel Shine & Cséki Kálmán
7. Sound Force Blues
8. Harakyru Band
9. Pribojszki Mátyás Band Blues
10. BalckriderS
11. Sophie Rhythm Band
12. Rudi Rock and Roll Show
13. Hot Jazz Band
14. Fekete Jenő – Muddy Shoes
15. Török Ádám & Misi Jameson
16. Unisex
17. Easy Livers / Tullamore Dew
18. Mustang Band
19. Freak Ballantine’s
20. Angel Shine & Cséki Kálmán
21. Leslie & Julio
22. Beauty Four
23. Sophie Blues Trio
24. TurnarounD Jameson
25. DavidSan Duo
26. Roll Skate Boogie
27. Hot Jazz Band
28. Sound Force
29. T.Rogers
30. Sonny and his Wild Cows

Dinner at Fat Mo’s

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Budapest Guide

Earlier this week we had the pleasure of eating a dinner at Fat Mo’s. As some of you know, the restaurant closed down last year, and some months ago it reopened, but now with brand new owners. So, the restaurant is yet again available, and it seems like this is a popular thing among the people around.

As we were in Fat Mo’s, most of the visitors seemed to be foreigner enjoying a beer while listening to the live music (starting around 22.00 every evening). We grabbed something to eat as well, and while the food was not the best we have eaten in Budapest, the restaurant still has an enjoyable atmosphere. The best thing we ate that evening was probably the tortilla with chicken, while the chicken wings we had as a starter and the brownie we ate for dessert was kind of forgetable.

Below you can see a little video from our stay at Fat Mo’s. For updated schedule of artists performing in the restaurant, check out Fat Mo’s Budapest.

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Good Italian restaurant in Vaci Utca

Posted on May 10, 2010December 8, 2022 by Budapest Guide

Not long ago I visited La Cucina, a quite new Italian restaurant in Vaci Utca. Since the restaurant opened we have always been curious about this restaurant, as it almost looks full as we pass by walking through Vaci Utca. Therefore we were looking forward to, and excited about the chance to finally sit down and taste the food in this Italian restaurant.

The price level is like a typical Italian restaurant in a shopping street, not very expensive, and not the cheapest of its kind either. The restaurant in itself is though very cosy, and it has a very nice atmosphere. You can see the chefs as they prepare your pizza, and it is a nice place to relax after getting tired visiting to many fashion shops.

We started out with a lasagne and a ceasar salad in La Cucina, and though they were starters, we could have stopped after the starter, because they were quite big both of them. Lasagne served in restaurant often taste only tomatoes, but this was better than the average lasagne to be found around. The Ceasar salad was just the way it should be, good!

Our maincourses were a pizza and a steak. The pizza was just yet another time, just the way it should be. The steak was also very good, though if the steak was the goal, we would have eaten in Pampas Steakhouse instead.

Before the dessert we were very satisfied with our food, and well pleased with this nice Italian restaurant in the middle of Vaci Utca. For us, the highlight of the dinner was though the dessert. We ate a Chocolate Mousse and a Panna Cotta, and they were both extremely good!

Leaving La Cucina after this meal I felt as if I had found a good Italian restaurant in Vaci Utca, and I would not be afraid to return for a meal sometime if I find myself hungry while shopping in Vaci Utca in Budapest!

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Fat Mo program May 2010

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Budapest Guide

Below you can see the program for the Fat Mo restaurant in May. Do not forget to reserve a table.

Fat Mo May 2010

1. LESLIE JAM

2. ANGEL SHINE & CSÉKI KÁLMÁN

3. SOUND FORCE

4. BEAUTY FOUR-4 GIRLS ON THE STAGE, SOUL

5. TURNAROUND, BLUES

6. MUDDY SHOES, BLUES

7. PEDROFON, SWING & ROLL

8. MUSTANG BAND, COUNTRY ROCK

9. HOT JAZZ BAND, JAZZ & SWING

10. SOPHIE BLUES TRIO, BOOGIE & BLUES

11. T.ROGERS BLUES BAND, BLUES

12. PRIBOJSZKI MÁTYÁS BAND, BLUES

13. HARAKYRU, SOUL & FUNKY

14. RUDI ROCK AND ROLL SHOW, ROCK AND ROLL

15. BLACKRIDERS, IRISH-COUNTRY

16. ANGEL SHINE & CSÉKI KÁLMÁN, SOUL & JAZZ

17. SOUND FORCE, BLUES

18. BEAUTY FOUR-4 GIRLS ON THE STAGE, SOUL

19. LESLIE & JULIO, ALL MUSIC

20. MUDDY SHOES, BLUES

21. UNISEX, POP

22. MUSTANG BAND, COUNTRY ROCK

23. ANGEL SHINE & CSÉKI KÁLMÁN, SOUL & JAZZ

24. SOPHIE BLUES TRIO, BOOGIE & BLUES

25. T.ROGERS BLUES BAND, BLUES

26. PRIBOJSZKI DUÓ, BLUES

27. KAPUZÁRÁS ELŐTTI PÁNIK, R & B

28. FREAK, FUNKY

29. ROLL SKATE BOOGIE, ROCK AND ROLL

30. HOT JAZZ BAND, JAZZ & SWING

31. SOUND FORCE, BLUES

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Starbucks to open in Budapest in 2010

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Budapest Guide

I am starting to be fed up a little bit with the rumours about Starbucks coming to Budapest, the rumours of the fact that Starbucks already opened a cafe in West End, and later it turned out that no Starbucks opened at all.

Today, May 6th, a whole lot of Hungarian newspapers reported that Starbucks for sure will come to Budapest in 2010, finally. The international company AmRest Coffee
will be heading the Starbucks coffeeshop in Budapest, and with such a serious company supporting the coming of Starbucks, it might turn into reality, like it has in neighboring countries like Austria and Romania.

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