Budapest is a very beautiful city, without any doubt. But many tourists come to Budapest at all, because they were told that everything was very cheap there! Of course, to some extent, this is the old advice. But still, here you can dine for much better money than it could be done in neighboring European countries.
There are many places in the city that provide satisfying and healthy foods a tired tourist less than 5 euros, and all this with a half-liter beer mug. Well, for 35 euros, you can have a snack here, and even luxuriously dinner in the restaurant, which is capable of quality and maintenance with restaurants in London or Paris.
Well, for those who come to Budapest at the end of the journey, and there is very little money left, here is a couple of tips:
Travel menu.
Let's start with the fact that almost every small restaurant on any of the tourist streets highlights a special tourist menu or a daily menu (NAPI MENU), which, most often, are composed of three dishes at a very low price. This option is very good! The variability of dishes in the tourist menu is not too big (many offered chicken sharp wings or goulash); And if some kind of dish from the set does not suit you and you want to replace it with another dish from the simple menu, you risk seriously spend on. So, as they say, "eat what they give."
EtkezDek
The inhabitants of Budapest also seek cheap places for dinners, perhaps even more greedily than tourists. The Hungarian word "EtkezDek" is translated as a "cheap lunch" - look for it on the signs of restaurants. Thanks to the efforts of the Klezmer musician of Bob Koene and his serious attitude towards the canteen and eaters in Budapest, several guidebooks on the cheap cafes of the world appeared, as well as a restaurant inexpensive food in Budapest, which became the usual stop for tourists who shot down his legs walking on the squares and Citizens streets. A restaurant "KÁDÁR ÉTKEZDE" At Klauzál Tér 9 is open from Monday to Saturday for lunch and offers tourists an assortment of Hungarian dishes at a very low price.
The atmosphere in this cafe is so simple, even coarsely, in general, cavetop and cavetop, but Etkezdes there are excellent. The menu, however, for some reason only in Hungarian. Even with the dictionary will be difficult to figure out what is there, like, so, ask the waiter. Or immediately order Etkezdes - the portions are so huge! Before this restaurant can be reached by metro (yellow branch) to Opera Station or by 4/6 trams in Erzsébet Körút or Király UTCA.
From such places you can visit the same "NORBI ETKEZD" (Tátra UTCA 5, next to Margaret Bridge), tiny and always full of people restaurant, so come here early. To get there, go to the subway (Blue Through) to the Nyugati station or on a 4/6 tram stop in front of the Margaret Bridge bridge.)
Fried chicken on Semmelweiss UTCA Street
The meat store, where they sell only the bird will become a way out for a hung toward a poor tourist. There are all huge queues. And in the far corner they also sell the roasted chicken in Hungarian. Sell very cheap, so, worth the wait. If you want to boast and try fua-gras, why not do it here? Cheap fua-game standards, but not too cheap as a whole option - 10 euros per piece or so, moreover, this dish can only be tried on Fridays and Saturdays.
Palacsintak
Hungarian crepe, that is, pancakes. Ralacsinta is scattered throughout the city; One of these restaurants, for example, is in a quarter from Szervita Tér - it is open 24 hours a day.
There is the same shop in Bud, it is also open around the clock and is located right next to the metro station. Both also work as an Internet cafe. The food is very cheap, the range of stuffs - salty and sweet - extensive. But you can eat a whole mountain of these pancakes for very little money. For really good pancakes, you can also go to an outdoor restaurant in the front of the shopping center at the end of the Red Metro Line, on the Örs Vezér Ter (other than the pancakes there are also burning lumps of Langoš, as well as pizza, horses and bakery products).
Retes.
Hungarian strudel. Bistro who sell these strudels, there is a whole sea! Usually above the cafe you can see a sign with this word, just look around. Question: Is it possible to dine tightly tightly? Well, if you like the cabbage, you can be sure that you came to the address. Looking at one of these street bistro on Lehel Utca Street. True, this stall closes on the weekend and most of the summer, but on the other days and the month of the cafe works from early morning to evening. Strudel is served hot, straight out of the oven, with a filling with a cappiness and with pepper, and it costs all the euro apiece. True, such a stall in the central market is better to avoid strodied there are not the best.
Langosh
Hungarian Langoching of yeast dough, which is roasting in boiling oil and is served with garlic sauce, sour cream and cheese, and can be all right away. Pretty satisfying and tasty! One of the best stalls, which trades Langoham, is located on the Ecseri flea market, at Nagykőrösi út 156).
Shops in the central market (Vámház Körút 1-3)
On the top floor of the central indoor market there are tables of food sellers. A wide variety of goods- on the market side overlooking the river. Here you can try ready-made dishes or various sausages or sandwiches. Cheap, satisfying, tasty.
Vapiano.
Excellent food at a price of up to 8-10 euros, a rather strange Italian network of fast food restaurants. This restaurant can be found on Bécsi UTCA 5. The cafe has a very stylish design and a very Italian appearance, if you can express it. And when the restaurant is filled with (however, almost always), orders are sufficient rather slow. But the pasta is always fresh, pizza, prepared very tasty and in the oven, and more excellent salads with Hungarian sauces.
Kinai Bufes. (Hercegprímás UTCA 4 and Karinthy Frigyes út)
Cheap Chinese restaurants. Chinese restaurants here, by the way, do not too much and are often found. But restaurants from Thai cuisine, on the contrary. True, not too, they are cheap, as not strange, but very popular, especially in the evening. So, in Kinai Bufes, prices are very low, dishes are from 3-4 euros. Restaurants clean, cozy, open for lunch and early dinner on weekdays. Very crowded, mostly local residents.
Bombay Curry Bar. (Andrássy út 28 and Corvin Köz 2)
Indian restaurants and very inexpensive place with very good food. Can not help!
Castro Bisztró (Madách Imre Tér 3)
This bistro serves the best and most inexpensive goulash in the city. Also, the bistro works as an Internet cafe, and here you can try Serbian cuisine dishes. Of the minuses, it happens there, but if it worries a little, be sure to look there!