Category: Restaurants

Royal meal in Karpátia Budapest

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Not long ago we got to enjoy an evening at Karpátia in Budapest, and we really felt good the time we spent there. Since the gipsy music starts around 18.00 every evening we went there 18.00 and got a table where we could enjoy the music, but still relax and not be disturbed by it.

Smoked farm ham with spicy cream cheese

As a starter we ate a “Hungarian appetiser platter with “mangalica” sausage and salami, paprika-flavoured ewe-cheese and vegetables” and a “Smoked farm ham with spicy cream cheese, blue grape jam and fresh baguette”. The portions were just perfect, and my wife commented that if she were at home she would stop eating after that. But, since we were out eating we did not stop after the starter.

After the good start we continued towards the main course with some real Hungarian meals; “Mangalica” pork medallions with spicy fresh “lecsó” and potato chips” and the second meal was “Pörkölt appetiser from veal, beef and chicken, with butter gnocchi”. I have never tasted three different Pörkölts at the same plate, but this was an easy way to find out which one is your own personal favorite. Both courses tasted great and with the starter already relaxing in our stomachs we started to feel very full.

Blackberry-yogurt cake

But, a good dinner needs to be finished with a good dessert. That is why we ended up ordering a “Piquant sour cherry strudel with cinnamon mousse”  and a “Blackberry-yogurt cake topped with bitter and white chocolate”. The strudel tasted as it should, the Blackberry yogurt cake was fine (nothing more), but by that time I felt so full that it didn’t really matter.

After a couple of hours we then headed home, completely satisfied and uncomfortable full!

It must be said that Karpátia is not the cheapest restaurant in Budapest, and the complete price of what we ate had a total price of around 18,000 Forint (appx. 65 Euro).  But it was a nice experience, the music was comfortable and we got to taste nice Hungarian specialities! So a visit to Karpátia can be recommend for those who want a nice Hungarian experience, in a traditional environment and at a central location.

More pictures from our meal and stay at Karpátia Restaurant in Budapest.

A little video (not to good quality) from Karpátia Budapest

Trofea Grill in Király Utca

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Trofea Grill in Király Utca

Some weeks ago we mentioned that a new Trofea Grill were to be opened in Király Utca in Budapest, and now it has been open for almost a month. It is located in the former location of Donatellas Kitchen and it is very similar to the other Trofea Grill restaurants in Budapest. One of the specialities in this new Trófea Grill restaurant is that they serve something no other Trofea Grill restaurants does… pizza!

They prepare one kind of pizza and if you would like a piece you have to tell one of the waiters! It did not taste too good as I ate it, but they still said that many people (including italiens) really do like their pizza!

New Trofea Grill coming up in former Donatellas Kitchen localities

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Trófea Grill
Trófea Grill

Out walking today I saw a flier lying on the ground. Normally I would not give much for a flier on the ground trampled on by thousands of people, but this time it did. On the flier I could see the logo of one of my favorite restaurants in Budapest; Trofea Grill. And at the flier I could see something about a new restaurant in the center of Budapest.

I quickly picked it up (and washed my hands patiently as I got home), and the text said that November 14 (if I remember correct) a new Trofea Grill restaurant will open in Budapest, in Király Utca 30. Now that does not mean so much to most people, but out of curiosity I checked it out, and then I found out that this was the former address of the delicious italian restaurant Donatella’s Kitchen before it moved into Hotel New York.

So it seems as if Trofea Grill is coming into the center of Budapest (all four locations has been kind of outside the grand boulevard so far), so that is good news I think, at least for me who like Trofea Grill!

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Good hamburgers and meat at Meatpoint

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Just some weeks ago I noticed a new place in WestEnd as I was walking around, Meatpoint! Just at the corner, next to Don Pepe and Hummus (which is run by the same people as Meatpoint). Existed to try out something new we tasted a hamburger and a chicken roll, and since then I have been doing so several times!

Meatpoint in WestEnd Citycenter - Budapest
Meatpoint in WestEnd Citycenter - Budapest

The food is prepared in front of your eyes, and though you normally have to wait a bit longer than in Burger King and McDonalds, it tastes much better. And it is quite fun to see as they shape your burger and then fry it in front of your eyes. And then it tastes very good! I can recommend Meatpoint, at least it was a success for me!

Fat Mo is history

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Fat Mo Budapest - History
Fat Mo Budapest - History

Someone asked me for help to reserve a table at Fat Mo’s last week. I kept on trying through email, telephone and tried to reach their internet site, but nothing worked. Today I visited the restaurant just to check it out, and then it was a sign outside the entrance with the text: “Closed”. I brought my camera to make a picture, but the battery was empty. My extra batteries always at hand were empty as well. Then I thought I could make a picture with my mobile, but the battery was so low, that I could not make a picture with it. So I can not show a picture with the text, but it was written closed, for sure!

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Hard Rock Cafe in Budapest 2010?

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I often get the question if Hard Rock Cafe can be found in Budapest. The answer has so far been no, and it will probably be so for a year more, at least. Starbucks also planned for a long time to open in Budapest, and in 2010 they finally managed to do so. Anyway, out searching today I found a page claiming that Hard Rock Cafe might come to Budapest fall 2010 (fall 2010: this has not yet happened). At HardRock.com there is a list of “coming soon” Hard Rock Cafes, and at the bottom of the list Budapest can be found.

So far we only have Hard Rock Cafe on t-shirts in Budapest, but it would be great to be able to visit and see the real things, so lets hope – and time will show!

Hard Rock Cafe Budapest
Hard Rock Cafe Budapest - only on t-shirt!

Most popular restaurants in September

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Sir Lancelot
Sir Lancelot

Based on the amount of table reservations made in September we have made our own unofficial “Most popular restaurants in September” statistic. This does not say anything about the actual popularity of the given restaurant based on amount of visitors, but it gives a little feeling where our visitors like to go eating in Budapest.

Most popular Budapest restaurants in September
1. Sir Lancelot
2. Trófea Grill
3. Mátyás Pince

Most people who have seen our former statistics will realize that this is absolutely not something new and revolutionary result. Sir Lancelot is almost always ending up on first place, Trófea ends up on the second place, and then Mátyás Pince on the third place. The third place is normally where the battle stands, and both Karpatia and Pampas Steakhouse were close in September, but none of them managed to sneak in before Mátyás Pince.

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Most popular restaurants in May

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May is over and yet another time we can present the list of the most popular restaurants in Budapest in May. As we always say this is only based on the amount of table reservations we do, so it is not giving a complete list concerning what restaurants are most popular in town, but it will give you a feeling at least, concerning what restaurants are most popular among our readers.

Most popular Budapest restaurants in May
1. Sir Lancelot
2. Mátyás Pince / Trofea Grill
3. Pesti Lámpás

It became a draw at the second place this month, while Sir Lancelot still continues its winning row. New on the list is Pesti Lámpás which managed to get a third place in competition with Belcanto, Donatellas Kitchen, Gundel, Pampas Steakhouse and some others.

The biggest pizza in Budapest?

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Donatellas Kitchen foodThis weekend we visited Donatellas Kitchen in Budapest, located in Király Utca. The street in itself has become a great place full of nice hotels and quite some restaurants, and Saturday it was time to check out this new italian restaurant which we have heard so much nice about.

First we were afraid that we would not get a table as it was almost full, but we managed to get hold of a table in a no-smoking area! The four of us eating decided to eat a one metre pizza, made up of three different selected pizza from the menu (which we could decide ourselves). From the time we ordered we received the pizza Italian restaurant budapestwithin shortly, and it was delicious, just as the italians prepare it. And it was a lot, so the four of us did not manage to eat it (the rest was brought home in a doggie bag).

For dessert we ate another pizza with fruits on and a Italian trio… absolutely delicious! We went away very full and happy; we found our new favorite italian restaurant in town, though quite expensive if you decide to eat something else than pizza, at least compared to for example Il Patio.

Donatellas Kitchen
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Most popular restaurants in April

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Every month we publish what we call the „Most popular restaurants” list, based on the amount of table reservation we do. More and more people ask us for help with table reservations, and a new thing is that a map showing the location of the restaurant is also included on the confirmation letter you receive from us!

Based on table reservations in April we can publish the following list:

Most popular Budapest restaurants in April
1) Sir Lancelot
2) Matyas Pince
3) Trofea Grill

It was a close race, and both Belcanto and Karpatia fought for the third place, but Trofea Grill still managed to grab hold of it! New list will be published in the start of June