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Best Cafés in Hungary (2026)

Coffee shops, bakeries, tea rooms and dessert spots for breakfast, a light lunch or a break between sights.

6 places · Updated October 27, 2026

Our top 3 cafés in Hungary

  1. New York Café Grand historic café, Erzsébetváros (Grand Boulevard)A lavish 19th-century café on the Grand Boulevard, with gilded ceilings, frescoes and marble columns, open from breakfast until late evening.
  2. Gerbeaud Historic café and confectionery, Belváros (Vörösmarty tér)Budapest's best-known confectionery, founded in 1858 and run by Emil Gerbeaud from the 1880s, serving cakes and pralines on Vörösmarty tér.
  3. Centrál Grand Café & Bar Historic literary café, BelvárosA literary café near the University Library, open since 1887, with all-day breakfasts, Hungarian cakes and live piano music twice a day.

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1. New York Café

Grand historic café$$$Erzsébetváros (Grand Boulevard)

A lavish 19th-century café on the Grand Boulevard, with gilded ceilings, frescoes and marble columns, open from breakfast until late evening.

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2. Gerbeaud

Historic café and confectionery$$$Belváros (Vörösmarty tér)

Budapest's best-known confectionery, founded in 1858 and run by Emil Gerbeaud from the 1880s, serving cakes and pralines on Vörösmarty tér.

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6. Fekete

Speciality coffee and brunch$Belváros

A speciality coffee shop on Múzeum körút with an espresso bar and a separate room for filter coffee, breakfast and lunch.

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