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Gerbeaud / Gerbeaud cukraszda

Restaurant Name: Gerbeaud House

Gerbeaud / Gerbeaud cukraszda is a traditional Kaffeehaus dating back to the year 1858 and it kept almost the same interior of that time:
Great chandeliers, mirrors with golden frames, ornate stocco-works at the ceiling,Thonet-chairs and marble-tables - just in the style of the traditional "Wiener Kaffeehaus" of the 19th century .
Unfortunately you may still see such places ONLY outside of Vienna nowadays ( i.e. in Czechia and Hungary)

Favorite Dish: Gerbeaud / Gerbeaud cukraszda serves great coffee and has a really big choice of homemade cakes.
In the same building, but with a seperate entrance they also have a restaurant open until late at night.
The Kaffeehaus Gerbeaud cukraszda is open daily 09.00a.m.-09.00p.m.
I had been there in 1987 and again in 2005.
Today the restaurant and Kaffeehaus Gerbeaud is again owned by an Austrian company.

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Theme: Local
Comparison: more expensive than average

Phone: +36 1 429 9000
Address: 1052 Budapest, Vorosmarty ter 7.
Directions: In the heart of Pest, on Voromarty ter. Accessible by metro M1 (Vorosmarty ter terminal), metros M2, M3 (Deak Ferenc ter), trams 47 49, buses 4 9 15 105 City (Deak F. ter/Erzsebet ter).
Website: http://www.gerbeaud.hu

Astoria Cafe: A cafe with a great interior

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on Feb 6, 2005

Astoria Cafe

Restaurant Name: Astoria Cafe

Astoria Cafe is a great place to have coffee in a great interior, dating back to the times of the Austria-Hungarian Empire, when all cafes in Budapest and other big cities tried to copy the Austrian Kaffeehaus.

Favorite Dish: Astoria Cafe is not a cheap place, it is in the very centre of Pest, just a few hundred meters from the Elisabethbridge.
Coffee and cakes - my favorite was "Dob�s cake" , a sponge cake with plenty of thin layers of hazelnut-cream and a top of caramel.

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Theme: Local
Comparison: more expensive than average

Phone: +36 1 317 3411
Address: 1053 Budapest, Kossuth Lajos utca 19-21.
Directions: Inside Hotel Astoria. Metro M2, trams 47 49, buses 7 7A 9 78 to Astoria station/stop.
Website: http://www.ohb.hu/astoria/index.en.html

New York Cafe House(under reconstruction): a special place with beautiful interior

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on Feb 6, 2005

Budapest New York Cafe House(under reconstruction)

New York Cafe in Budapest

Restaurant Name: New York Cafe House(under reconstruction)

Cafe New York / New York K�v�h�z will certainly be the most beautiful of all the cafes in the style of "Wiener Kaffeehaus" :
The big palais was first build by an insurance company with the name "New York" and got an Art Nouveau-Cafe with small boxes and galleries like in a theatre, an ornate golden decoration, marble, chandeliers, precious paintings...

Favorite Dish: The whole building was sold in 1999 and is reconstructed as a hotel today - its name will be " Boscolo Hotel " and the cafe will be a part of it !

Click on my link below and read more about it on their webpage !

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Theme: Local
Comparison: more expensive than average

Phone: N/A
Address: 1073 Budapest, Erzsebet korut 9-11.
Directions: On Grand Circle Boulevard, near Blaha Lujza ter. Accessible by metro M2, trams 4 6 28 37 37A, buses 7 7A 7exp 78 99 173exp (Blaha L. ter) and trolley-bus 74 (Erzsebet krt.).
Website: http://www.boscolohotels.it/hotel.cfm?SectionId=1001

%B%CB%S4Confectionary Hauer: Conditorei Hauer / Cukr�szda Hauer

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on Feb 6, 2005

Konditorei Hauer / Cukr�szda Hauer

Restaurant Name: Confectionary Hauer

Conditorei Hauer / Cukr�szda Hauer is a traditional Confectionary dating back to the year 1890. Rezs� Hauer became famous with his cafe in 1896 and after beeing closed for several years it was restored and re-opened in the year 2002.
The cafe is on the busy street between Keleti pu and the Elisabethbridge .

Favorite Dish: This cafe is still quite cheap and still a place with a great interior, where a lot of local people go.
"Esterhazy-cake" is another one of my favorite cakes with a white sugar-glacing & chocolate pattern on top.

On my link below, you may see a few more pics about this great place !!

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Theme: Coffeehouse
Comparison: less expensive than average

Address: R�k�zi ut 47
Directions: The cafe is on the busy R�k�zi street between the East-trainstation Keleti pu and the Elisabethbridge.
Website: http://videospace.c3.hu/mis/spuren/de/txt/foto/04-03.html

Muvesz Kavehaz - Artist Coffee House: a lovely oldfashioned cafe

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on Feb 9, 2005

Budapest Muvesz Kavehaz - Artist Coffee House

Muvesz Kavehaz - a lovely

oldfashioned cafe

Restaurant Name: Muvesz Kavehaz - Artist Coffee House

Muvesz Kavehaz is a lovely oldfashioned cafe with a great interior and excellent cakes and coffee, and while walking through Budapest I had a short break there to warm up and enjoy the special atmosphere with lovely wallpapers, chandeliers, small marble-tables and mostly just local people.
This cafe is just a few steps from the Opera, BUT still not yet overrun by tourists !

Favorite Dish: They have a big choice of excellent cakes and the best is, you may see them in the vitrine and point at them, instead of ordering from a menu.
Coffe is strong and great, too !
I may highly recommend this place for the special atmosphere and the excellent cakes !!

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Theme: Local
Comparison: less expensive than average

Phone: +36 1 352 13 37
Address: 1064 Budapest, Andrassy ut 29.
Directions: On Andrassy ut, almost opposite the State Opera House. Nearest metro station: M1 Opera. Trolley-bus stop Andrassy ut (#70 78) and bus stop Opera (#4 4exp) are also nearby.

Other restaurants: A funny place close to hostel Marco Polo

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on Feb 10, 2005

Alcatraz - a funny restaurant

Restaurant Name: Alcatraz cafe - restaurant

Alcatraz is a nice restaurant and music-pub, close to the hostel Marco Polo.
On a regular basis there is live music - take a look at the link below.
It was mainly the funny entrance and the fancy decorations that attracted my attention - click on my picture and enjoy !
Prices are slightly above average, but still quite cheap for tourists.

The restaurant is open :
Monday-Wednesday 04.oo p.m.-02.oo a.m.
Thusday - Saturday 04.00 p.m.-04.00 a.m.
Closed every sunday !
the kitchen closes at 1:00 a.m.

Favorite Dish: I had a great Salmon steak and payed 2600 huft ( = 11�uros) , I think that is certainly a lot of money for the local people and hungarian prices look at the first view always quite high, but when you considder that 1 Euro is 245 huft, it is finally cheaper than any western country in Europe !

On the link below, you may also take a look at their menu and prices.

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Theme: Local
Comparison: about average

Phone: ( 36 ) 1 478 601
Address: 1072 Budapest, Ny�r u. 1.
Directions: When walking on Rakoczi ut from the station Keleti pu, you go to the right, where a yellow church is on the left side of the street.
Website: http://www.alcatraz.hu/english.php?PHPSESSID=01e54fe34902afe221cc00db48960664
Other Contact: mailto:info@alcatraz.hu

Other restaurants: The markethall has great foodstands !

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on Feb 10, 2005

The big Markethall / K�zponti

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