Dining Out in Budapest
Today's Budapest is very much a cosmopolitan city, and you can find any type of food from anywhere in the world. Most restaurants offer a mixture of Hungarian and international flavours, but at much more affordable prices than you will find at home. Restaurants are required to display their prices outside their doors, so you always know what to expect before you take the plunge.
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Budapest Cafés
After a day of intensive sightseeing or soaking in a mineral bath, do as Budapesters do and unwind over strong coffee and sweet cake in an old, cosy café. There were more than 400 coffeehouses in Budapest at the turn of the 20th century, attracting everyone from soldiers and aristocrats to poets and actors, and some of the best are still in business today.
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Goulash Backlash
The Guardian, September 4, 2004
It's all change on the menus of eastern Europe. James Wallman finds Budapest a tasty option.
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Restaurants Reviewed
Read reviews of more than 50 restaurants in Budapest, published by Budapest Week online.
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Out on the Town
The first thing many British visitors ask is "when do the pubs and bars close?". To a Budapester, this is something of a difficult question, and the answer is often “when the last guest leaves”. As a rule of thumb, smaller cafés and drinking dens close around midnight, while larger music venues tend to go on until at least 2am on weekdays and well into the early hours at the weekend (which usually begins on Thursday). There are also a number of hybrid restaurants that offer live music and turn into clubs in the evenings.
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Hungarian Tourism Quality Award
The new Hungarian Tourism Quality Award programme was launched two years ago. It aims to help tourists chosing the best hotels and restaurants all over the country. The Q brand is a guarantee for the highest standards, thus these premises provide maximum guests’ satisfaction and meet all the authorities’ requirements.
For the winners click 'read more'.
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