Best Cafes in Budapest
A list of the 11 best cafes in Budapest, including Gerbeaud (Belváros, Budapest). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, so voting decides it from here.
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Gerbeaud
cafeBelváros, Budapest
Confectionery and coffeehouse founded in 1858 by Henrik Kugler, moved to its current Vörösmarty tér site in 1870 and later developed by Emil Gerbeaud.
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Centrál Kávéház
cafeBelváros, Budapest
Literary coffeehouse opened in 1887 on Károlyi utca, historically a meeting place for writers including the Nyugat circle.
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Fény utca, Buda, Budapest
Family confectionery on Fény utca in Buda, run by the fourth generation of the Auguszt confectioner family.
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Művész Kávéház
cafeTerézváros, Budapest
Coffeehouse on Andrássy út in a building from 1884, formerly a Gerbeaud branch known as Kis-Gerbeaud, later a gathering place for writers such as Iván Mándy.
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Hadik
cafeÚjbuda, Budapest
Coffeehouse on Bartók Béla út reviving a 1910s literary café once frequented by Frigyes Karinthy and Dezső Kosztolányi; reopened in 2010.
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Espresso Embassy
cafeLipótváros, Budapest
Specialty coffee bar on Arany János utca under a 200-year-old vaulted brick ceiling, one of the pioneers of Budapest's specialty coffee scene.
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Belváros, Budapest
Small hole-in-the-wall specialty coffee shop midway between Deák tér and Kálvin tér on Múzeum körút, serving espresso and filter brews from rotating roasters.
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Újlipótváros, Budapest
Original branch of Budapest's Madal specialty coffee chain on Hollán Ernő utca, serving coffee from its own Beyond Within roastery alongside guest roasters.
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Kontakt
cafeBelváros, Budapest
Specialty coffee shop in the Röser courtyard off Károly körút, serving rotating guest roasters and purist about filter coffee served without sugar or milk.
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Erzsébetváros, Budapest
Tiny specialty coffee bar on Madách Imre út in the Jewish Quarter, an early pioneer that helped bring Australian-style specialty coffee culture to Budapest.
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Újbuda, Budapest
Book-lined specialty coffee shop and gallery on Bartók Béla út, an early business credited with helping revive the boulevard, serving single-origin coffee from Casino Mocca.
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