The Grand Coffee Houses

Belle-époque rooms, proper cake, and permission to sit for hours.

#01

The grande dame of Budapest coffee houses, on the city's finest square.

Belváros$$$$

Grand roomsCake

#02

Gilded, frescoed, gloriously over-the-top — worth the queue once.

Erzsébetváros$$$$

SpectacleWorth the crowds

#03

Our pick

A literary institution where one coffee still buys you an afternoon.

Belváros$$$$

LiteraryLinger

#04

Opera-house glamour and a slice of cake on Andrássy.

Terézváros$$$$

Old-worldPre-theatre

#05

Our pick

Budapest's oldest confectionery — tiny, Biedermeier, worth the climb.

Várnegyed$$$$

TinyHistoric