Restaurants on New Years Eve in Budapest

New Years Eve is a special evening, and several people want to celebrate it in a nice restaurant somewhere, with nice music, delicious food and great people. We have received several questions lately concerning where people should go, so therefore we wrote this article with information and advices. We will list up some restaurants and the offers they have for New Years Eve, and then you can decide what restaurant you want to visit in Budapest on New Years Eve. Do not forget to book your table beforehand, and if you want some help, just send us an email, and we will do it for you!


Karpátia Restaurant
They will have gipsy music playing Hungarian folk music and famous songs in the evening, and at 23.00 they will have a 30 minutes folklore event. After midnight there will be dance music played and the guests will have the possibility to dance. The visitors can choose between two menus:

1) Duck liver pâté with smoked trout from Szilvásvárad, Calvados-scented green apple chutney, Sweet potato cappuccino, Grilled pikeperch, morel mushroom filled with light cottage cheese soufflé, tender paprika sauce, Mint-raspberry sorbet, Crispy piglet French racks, noodles roasted with cabbage and wrapped with bacon, sweet onion compote

2) Venison saddle and potato roulade filled with prunes and chestnuts, with roasted vegetables and piquant glace, Almond-chocolate cake with cinnamon-caramel mousse and Goat cheese platter

Price: 110 Euro pr. person, and 10% tip will be added to the bill

Pampas Steakhouse
They will not arrange any special arrangement, but will have their normal menu and the restaurant will be open until 24:00.


Sir Lancelot
They will have normal menus until 21:00, but from then their special New Years Eve program will start. They will have plates of food for two people, three people, four people and for six people. During the evening the guests will experience renaissance live music, fakir belly dancing and more surprises.

Price: 18.000 Ft,- pr. Person

Full program and menu can be downloaded in this pdf-file.


Gundel Restaurant
In Gundel the guests are accepted from 19:30 in the evening. In the start George Lakatos and his band will play gipsy music, from 22:00 there will be a special New Years Eve program with operette singers, professional singers and a magician, followed by dance music from 23:00. Around midnight there will be fireworks, the Hungarian national song, clinking of glasses and welcoming the New Year.

Price: 53.500 Ft,- per person (around 205 Euro per person)


Mátyás Pince
In Mátyás Pince the guests can enjoy gipsy music with Attila Vadász and a folklore and operetta show. They have two different menus and the guests can choose between the two of them.

1) Smoked Trout of Szalajkavölgy in a Honey- Mustard Seasoned Salad - bed, Pheasant Consommé with Julienne Boiled Vegetables, Grilled Goose Liver with Fried Apple, Cranberry and Mushroom - Rice, Lemon sorbet, Tenderloin Filet with Green Pepper Sauce and Spicy Potatoes.

2) Cold Goose Liver in it’s Own Fat with Roasted Onions of Makó, Consommee with Quail Egg, Fillets of Pike-Perch from Lake Balaton with Dill - Schrim Sauce, Lemon sorbet and Larded Deer Fillet with Forrest Mushroom Sauce, Potato Croquettes and bacon Rolled Green Beans

Price: 26.000 Ft,- (100 Euro) pr. person.


Trófea Grill
The restaurant where you can eat from buffet table and eat and drink as much as you want offers live music with the Véra Tóth, special meals prepared for the New Years Eve and opening times from 20:00-05:00. They have loads of different food, so this is a safe bet for everyone, since they for sure will find something they like.

Price: 20.000 Ft,- pr. person.

Eating at Mátyás Pince

Earlier this week we had the chance to visit Mátyás Pince to taste their food, and to listen to some gipsy music while we were eating. Our goal and what we wanted to discover, was whether this was a restaurant to recommend to tourists or not. And after eating there we have for sure found out.

Our starter was a Hungarian Goulash soup, and we must say; it for sure tasted like Goulash soup... Some people told us that they serve the Goulash soup with beans several places (and they normally do not like that), but here they did not, and we were able to really enjoy the soup.

After the soup we ordered two different main courses; Breast of Pullet Grilled with Fresh Spices of Garden, with Mixed Salad in Roquefort Dressing and Paprika Chicken Stew Szeged Style with Home Made Butter Dumplings. The first is not really Hungarian, but my wife wanted that, so no need to argue! I ate the Paprica Chicken and I was really satisfied with the taste of it.

In places like this they often have annoying gipsy music playing in the background, and sometimes the musicians put their violins almost into your ears, but we had no problem with the musicians or the volume here.

As a dessert we ate "rétes" with ice-cream; a nice ending of a "hungarian" evening!

Conclusion
We really got a taste of Hungary, and if you are looking for a place to eat Hungarian food this might be one that will meet your needs. The prices are high compared with many other places, so it will probably not be a place where we will come back all the time; but for the sake of tasting Hungary it was satisfying our needs!

Restaurants in Budapest

Visiting Sir Lancelot in Budapest

Last week we had the joy of joining some of our guests to the Sir Lancelot restaurant in Budapest. It is a restaurant that will give you food and an experience you will not easily forget. Especially in the evening time (as it was when we were there) we could enjoy some small theatrical pieces and delicious food, in real medieval style.

The food is not typical Hungarian, but it is almost barbaric as everyone just takes what they want to eat from a big plate, and place it on their own small plate. But, that is the fun with the place, and we can definitely recommend this place to our visitors. The prices are higher than many other restaurants, but still not to expensive, so be sure to visit this place.

We recommend you to book a table beforehand at Sir Lancelot, so just send us an email with your name and a telephone number, and we will do it for you and your company!

A real Sir Lancelot Mug - and a tasty piece of meat

A plate full of tasty food

A new restaurant has been added - Pesti Lámpás

We have just added a new restaurant to our register of restaurants in Budapest. The Pesti Lámpás is located between the Ferenciek Square and the Kalvin Square in the heart of Budapest, and is a little bit hidden away from the crowds of tourists.

The atmosphere of the restaurant is one of the best in Budapest, and you can enjoy your food outside in the backyard of the building, hidden from the noisy streets.

Read more about Pesti Lámpás at this page, and if you need a table reservation or want to read about other Budapest restaurants just surf around our pages.

Traditional Hungarian restaurants

As you arrive to Budapest one of your first desires is often to taste real, authentic, Hungarian food. A good portion of Stuffed Cabbage, a Goulash Soup, some Hungarian Pörkölt, a fish soup or a filled Crepe will all give you a small taste of Hungary. But, where can you go to taste these things?

In our list of restaurants four are especially made for those who would like to taste some Hungarian Food. Karpatia, Matyas Pince, Arany Barany and Gundel all offer you traditional Hungarian food, accompanied by gipsy music (in the evenings). In Mátyás Pince they also offer you a small folklore show every Wednesday and Thursday evening.

Are you starting to feel hungry? You have a lot to look forward to as you will hopefully soon visit Budapest!