High quality in Cafe Kör

Cafe Kör - Main Course
Cafe Kör - Main Course

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.

Cafe Kör - Dessert

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.

Last flood pictures for now

Two days ago, early Tuesday, the Danube peaked at 827cm. Now the river is moving back towards normal status, though very slowly. This means that the lower riverside roads will be opened up early next week only, probably! That is unfortunate for everyone with car, as the closed roads lead to even more lines and waiting for innercity drivers. Since the Danube is subsiding this is probably the last post with flood pictures for now, but we hope you will enjoy these pictures.

Earlier flood pictures: pictures 1pictures 2

We will add some more pictures to our Facebook profile, so if you would like to see more, check out Budapest Guide on Facebook!

Floodpictures from Budapest

Flood in Budapest
Flood in Budapest
Flood in Budapest
Flood in Budapest
Flood in Budapest
Flood in Budapest
Flood in Budapest
Flood in Budapest

Dining Guide 2010: Top 10 Budapest Restaurants

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

Even more water in the Danube – pictures

This Friday we posted some pictures showing how much water is in the Danube currently. Since then even more water has arrived, and now it is almost 8 metres above normal level. The carroad running down along the Danube has been closed since Friday afternoon and I guess from tomorrow it will be loads of traffic and long lines for those coming to Budapest with car.

The pictures below were taking Saturday evening, and you can see the Castle in the background, the Chain Bridge and so on!

Budapest flood pictures (June4th, 2010)

Flood in Budapest
Flood in Budapest
Flood in Budapest
Flood in Budapest
Flood in Budapest
Flood in Budapest
Flood in Budapest
Flood in Budapest

Dinner at Szeged Vendéglő

Szeged Vendéglo outside

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!

Szeged Vendéglő main course

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.

Budapest restaurants

Flood in Budapest – pictures

It is raining and raining in Hungary, and all across the country people are suffering because of all the water. Thousands have left their houses and people are “rescued” from their houses by helicopters, almost like action films. But it is reality. Budapest is a city always well prepared against floods, and there are not to serious problems around, but later today the lowest road along the Danube will probably be closed on both the Buda and the Pest side, which will make traffic unbearable, at least if it should happen in the middle of rush hours today.

Below you can see three pictures made today during a guided tour, showing the level of the Danube

Pictures from the flood in Budapest 2013

Hungarian Parliament
Danube in front of the Hungarian Parliament
Flood in Budapest
Water and the Parliament
Flood and Chain Bridge
The Danube at a high level next to the Chain bridge

Pictures added to Facebook

Just thought we’d recommend our Facebook profile to all our visitors 🙂 The reason; we have just uploaded quite an amount of nice Budapest pictures to our profile, and we guess you will want to see them! And in the future to stay updated, you should “like” our profile and then you will get fresh updates about our Facebook profile added to your own wall!

Budapest pictures on Facebook
Szentendre pictures on Facebook – Join us on an excursion to Szentendre

We wish you all a pleasant day in this quite uncomfortable Budapest weather!

Fat Mo’s program June 2010

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.

Table reservation in Fat Mo’s

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

Budapest Guide on Facebook

We have just created a Facebook profile for our Budapest Guide. We do not have to many followers currently (the actual number is 1), but if you like our page and would like to stay updated about what’s going on at our page and in Budapest, you should consider dropping by our Facebook page from time to time.

We do have a Twitter profile as well, though that is not so often updated, you might want to follow us on Twitter in addition.

Have a nice day all ya nice people of Budapest (and all you on the way to Budapest)!

Pasion De Buena Vista concert Budapest

Pasion De Buena Vista
Pasion De Buena Vista
Are you interested in Pasion De Buena Vista? They are coming to Budapest this year, and this great event (at least for fans of Pasion De Buena Vista) will be held in Budapest Sportarena. The date is October 20, and Pasion De Buena Vista will enter the stage around 20.00. This will be a great music and dance experience, straight from Cuba

Pasion De Buena Vista
Budapest Sportarena
October 20, 20.00

Tickets: WorldTicketShop

Budapest events

About: Pasion De Buena Vista
After over 100.000 visitors in over 20 countries, „Pasión de Buena Vista” will be coming back to Europe in winter 2009 / 2010!!!
– Awarded with the „Radio Regenbogen Award“, the most important media- award in Germany, in the category „Show 2008“
– Live performance on one of the most important TV show „Wetten dass..?” on the 13th of June 2009 in Palma de Mallorca (about 13 million viewers on TV)
– Single release with the audience hit “La vida es un carnaval” from the album “Pasión de Buena Vista”