Latest reviews from Budapest
| 58 /100 Rojt és Bojt Coffee (Bar) TABOR U 5 “a cozy place with a few, wisely selected beers in bottle (Andechs hell, weizen, dunkel, Mönschoff, a Val Dieu beer and a Czech IPA at the time of my visit); a great (and last) opportunity to drink something before climbing plenty of stairs up to the Castle hill“ |
| 84 /100 Mixát (Bar) KRÚDY U 7 “Modern restaurant with a tap list of 30 beers on, across a range of styles. The food looked god but didn't eat anything. All beers available in 200 ml and 400 ml pours. Relaxed atmosphere. Table service. Prices OK. Worth a look.“ |
| 52 /100 ANKER KÖZ 1-3 “This place consists of a big bar with a smaller restaurant next door. The food looked rather good but I didn't eat anything. 27 taps on including guests, with a variety of styles. I wasn't terribly impressed with the quality of the beers that I tried however and thought that it was way overpriced (twice as expensive as any other craft beer place that I tried in town). Like another reviewer here it reminded me of BrewDog. On the whole I was rather disappointed and could not really recommend it.“ |
| 30 /100 RÁKÓCZI ÚT 29 “23 beers on tap (a few Czech and German ones, but mainly Hungarian craft beers) and several bottles/cans; the service though is unacceptably slow and completely negligent - there are better places nearby; I would never visit this place again - they really pissed me off! I waited 15 minutes after being seated to have someone serving me with a beer, while the place was completely empty and there were 4 waiters hanging around and chit-chatting among each other! Completely unacceptable behaviour! (annak a kretén pincérek szégyenének, aki leültetett minket: te félagyú szerencsétlen b+, mi a bánatért nem engedted, hogy rendeljünk a pultnál, ha miután leültetsz minket, oda se bagózol felénk egy örökkévalóságon át? én hozzád hasonló paraszttal még vendéglátóhelyen nem találkoztam!)“ |
| 86 /100 Legfelsőbb Beeróság (Bar) DOHÁNY UTCA 20 “Great ambiance, good service, 10 beers on tap and plenty of bottles/cans (exclusively Hungarian craft beers); worth visiting“ |
| 98 /100 LONYAY U 22 “rendszeresen gravitálok én is, hissz newton óta tudjuk, hogy kis nehézségi gyorsulás nélkül nem élet az élet.“ |
| 90 /100 LONYAY U 22 “This ended up being my favorite beer place in Budapest. Great selection of beers with a variety of styles, from pale ales, to sours to imperial stouts. All beers were decent, my favorite was the Lunasa red ale. 10 - 12 taps, all beers brewed on the premises. Brewing equipment visible behind a glass partition. Good service. No flights but small (200 ml) pours available. Good prices. No food. Beers available to go in crowlers and big glass bottles. My #1 recommendation for Budapest!“ |
| 70 /100 Szimpla Kert (Bar) BP. VII. KAZINCZY U. 14. “Famous Ruin Bar with a small but good selection of craft beers.“ |
| 74 /100 RÁKÓCZI ÚT 29 “Bar with a good selection of craft beers.“ |
| 68 /100 Beer Brothers Budapest (Bar) KOSSUTH LAJOS U. 20 “Bar with a good selection of Hungarian craft beers.“ |
| 62 /100 City Spar Erzsebet Korut (Grocery Store) ERZSÉBET KRT. 24 “Grocery store with a good selection of Hungarian craft beers.“ |
| 80 /100 Legfelsőbb Beeróság (Bar) DOHÁNY UTCA 20 “Bar with a good selection of Hungarian craft beers.“ |
| 74 /100 Beer Point Budapest (Bar) ERZSÉBET KRT 30. “Pub with a good selection of craft beers, mainly Hungarian. Tasty food.“ |
| 72 /100 Guri Serház Körút (Bar) ERZSEBET KRT. 26 “Bar with a huge selection of their own Guri beers. 28 beers on tap.“ |
| 52 /100 Olai Market & Cafe (Grocery Store) RÁKÓCZI ÚT 43-45 “Grocery store with a selection of average and commercial Hungarian beers.“ |
| 68 /100 SOROKSÁRI ÚT 110-112 “brewpub of Fehér Nyúl in an industrial area; they have 6 of their own beers in tap and several cans, as well“ |
| 82 /100 DOB UTCA 3 “a fancy american-style craftbeer-bar in the jewish center of Budapest. cozy place with nice places to sit and staff aware of their beer.
Great beer in nice atmosphere“ |
| 70 /100 LONYAY U 22 “We nearly missed this, and that would have been a disaster - this is a real find. A lovely cellar bar, and on a scorching hot day it was pleasantly cool inside. The neatly arranged brewery itself was almost all visible through some glass doors - you can see where the hot side is at the end, and there are about 6 FVs and sundry other vessels on the way. Very nice. No flights, alas, but everything came in 200ml pours, so that made a couple of rounds easily doable, for values of "couple" equal to three. Staff were great, they even let us play the "take a tiny sip of 3 from related styles to decide which 2 to buy" game a couple of times >wink<. The barman was their sales man, I took his business card as I'd love Kairi to bring some of their stuff back to Koht. The quality of the beers wasn't all good, some were dodgy, but the best stuff was delicious. Absolute must-visit venue in town.“ |
| 52 /100 Bölcső Bar & Food (Bar) ZENTA UTCA 3 “The smell of cleaning products dominates, but I think that's better than letting the toilets win. Otherwise the interior is pleasantly woody, and even more pleasantly piratey - there's a ship's bow down here! 7 beers on tap, most were new to us, but we limited ourselves to just the one each. 200ml pours for most of them, which is nice to see. I did spot a few bottles too. Quality was unexceptional, but that's better than some of the alternatives. Staff did their staffy things decently. Hasn't convinced me to return unless I've got time on my hands.“ |
| 74 /100 ORLAY UTCA 1 “My goodness, this is a super-civilised place. A beautifully air-conditioned cellar restaurant, gentle jazz playing, and with very professional and friendly table service. Heck, they even let a scumbag like me in! The beer menu was a QR code, but when we said "our old phones won't cope" the staff immediately printed out a copy for us. 33 beers on tap, including 3 new brewery ticks, which is quite impressive given that we've been in the country for half a week already. The food here was very good - our ratatouille with additions hit the spot, so did Marduk's beef stew. Flights are amusingly called "beer lotto" - 5 x 100ml for 10e. No way we're walking away without having 10 beers, thank you! Five of the premium imports weren't available as part of the flights, but came naturally in 100ml pours. Absolute must-visit venue in town.“ |
| 70 /100 KERTÉSZ UTCA 42. “What a delightful little place, an absolute gem in the Budapest scene. Six beers on tap from various craft breweries, but the impressive thing here is the bottle selection. Plenty of local craft and international classics. OK, it's a shop, and fridge space is limited, but that just means you'll quickly learn to come for the taps and leave with the bottles. Prices were a little higher than other places we'd been to, but not worryingly so. Staff was friendly. Must-visit place.“ |
| 40 /100 Kandalló Kézműves Pub (Bar) KERTÉSZ UTCA 33. “Just gives off an unfriendly vibe. It's not "sterile" because it's definitely not sterile. Nor is it industrial, as nothing from the industral age would have a wall as wonky as the one on their right hand side (check it out - no, honestly, it's worth going to this place just to see that wall). Nor is it cold, as it's a roaring heatwave today (it wasn't too hot either, in their favour). It's just somehow repelling me. It might be because we couldn't work out whether they did table service or not - some customers did seem to get it, and once we'd finally ordered beer from the bar, they were in precisely zero rush to actually take payment for it, despite our itchy feet. The selection of beer wasn't bad, at least a dozen taps of local craft, and the quality wasn't bad either - better than many other places, but, still, the enduring memory is one of not wanting to come back. Technically, I did drink trash beer here - but that's because the name of the beer was "thrash lager", and there's no "th" in estonian - so you pronounce it "trash". So at least this place gave us an opportunity for a laugh.“ |
| 78 /100 AKÁCFA U. 38 “Small place with tiny bit different beer selection. Super helpful staff. Nice selection of different labels on the walls.“ |
| 72 /100 AKÁCFA U. 38 “A tiny little place packed full of good beer memorabilia - St. Sixtus crates stacked beside the staircase, dozens more crates bearing classic beer bottles all around the railing of the mezzanine, and enamelled tin signs on every otherwise unused patch of wall - love it! Beer selection's good too: a bunch of Flying Monkeys and other international and local craft on tap - I even spotted a Pohjala tap handle, but a very interesting selection of bottles/cans too - even a bag-in-box Oud Beersel, yes please! Not all the taps were fresh, I'm not sure how common a problem that is. Otherwise staff were great. I kinda get the feeling I'd be here quite often if I were local. A must-visit venue in town.“ |
| 56 /100 Beer Point Budapest (Bar) ERZSÉBET KRT 30. “Biiiig windows, all closed, and no ventilation, and 35C temperatures - what's Magyar for "greenhouse"? Several large-screen tellies showing sport also lowers the tone of the place a bit. Smash burgers, sigh, because pressing the meat onto the grill is totally a new invention, were on the menu, but we didn't eat. Anyway the important thing is the beers, and they were at least trying to satisfy the craft beer nerd's needs - 16 taps of varying craftiness, and for the true normies there were about a dozen macro nonsenses in bottles. Decent English spoken, and cards taken. Would come again when it's not a heatwave.“ |
| 54 /100 JÓZSEF KRT. 14 “Chaos here. I wonder what makes bar staff, if they've already been asked about the availability of sampler flights, when asked for "small" pours, given that 200ml, 300ml, and 500ml pours are available, pour 300ml pours. But most of the chaos was due to everything being organised like a work canteen - everyone queues along the counter, and everyone just shuffles along in lockstep, and hopefully everyone can find a human to serve them; I'm not sure everybody would. Beers in the fridges seemed to be named differently from the ones displayed on the pump clips, as they hadn't decided on Hungarian or English names. Never mind, I don't mind learning a few new Hungarian words, and we had plenty of time as we shuffled down the queue. Food was craft burgers, and Marduk's looked good, but we didn't eat. Was full of tourists as Rapestein were in town, maybe that overloaded them a bit? Beers were of variable quality, but there were some surprising winners, so you can't prejudge. Not my kinda place, apart from the fact that I'd need ticks and so have to come. So maybe you have to come here when in town. Maybe you don't.“ |
| 72 /100 Beerselection Craft Beer Store & Bar (Beer Store) JÓZSEF KÖRÚT 22-24. “Had 2 trips here, as it was reasonably local, and opened early. Amazing selection of beer, the bar part is less of a draw with only 4 taps, and only beers we'd had before, but I'd guess there were over 500 cans or bottles. Prices were a little less than what I'm used to back in Estonia, so I've seen better, but I've seen worse. Sitting down in their little mezzanine area is perfectly civilised. So were the staff. And the card payment terminals. Has to be a must-visit place in town, not just for take-away, but nice enough to chill in when nothing else is open nearby.“ |
| 56 /100 KÁLVIN TÉR 7 “Quirky craft beer bar, a little bit rough, but I do like the swing. 10 of their own beers on tap, and dozens of cans to chose from - we'll have some of those to take away thank you! Beers were so-so, the place isn't selling the brand well, but 200ml pours do limit the damage. English spoken and cards taken, so that's good. Utterly delicious fast food is available nearby, so if I was local I might be popping my head around the door occasionally, but this isn't a place with much of a draw of its own.“ |
| 52 /100 Beer Brothers Budapest (Bar) KOSSUTH LAJOS U. 20 “Looked like an OK place from the outside, and the boards promised 20 tap beers, but things went downhill quickly. The beers weren't on form, for a start. And the toilets were practically falling apart. Cheap small pours are a plus, plastic payment possible, and the staff were OK. One to leave for the locals who are less fussy, I'd guess.“ |
| 66 /100 Hetedik Lépcső (Bar) RÁKÓCZI U. 13. “Slightly sterile cafe-style bar and shop. Has a good range of Czech imports of varying levels of craftiness. Fortunately, for the proper craft stuff, they do 150ml pours. However, the best thing about this place is the giant plushy Mole. More giant plushy Wind in the Willows characters in craft beer bars, please!“ |
| 36 /100 KAZINCZY UTCA 8 “Looks like an OK locals' bar on two levels, but anything positive evaporates as soon as the pump clips come into focus - there may be 12 of them, but they don't identify what the beers actually are, only the brewers. Some of them are macros too. The english spoken here was quite poor, we couldn't extract beer names from the staff. House beer was a bit iffy. Nah, scroll past this one, leave it to the locals.“ |
| 68 /100 Hops Beer Bar Budapest (Bar) WESSELÉNYI U. 13 “Very little to add to Marduk's review, but I should have some notes for myself. This was neither the first nor the last of the "Pohjala Ambassador" pubs that we saw on the road trip, and, out of all of them, it's probably the one most worthy of exploiting that connection. Half of one of their fridges was nothing but podge! The beermats-everywhere thing is a positive part of the vibe of the place, trying to find a beer you've not had, or even a brewery name you can't even geographically locate is always fun. Likewise the hoptrolls on the wall just as you enter add even more character. I never quite found my hoptroll. I'm not sure how quickly they turn over their 12 taps, but it seems like the kind of place I would come back to regularly. 'Tis a bit pricey though, reminds me of home.“ |
| 72 /100 DOB UTCA 3 “Second of the First pubs in town. This one seems more beer oriented than the "Kitchen" one. We sat on the covered terrace where there was some airflow on a scorcher of a day. 17 house beers on tap, 3 macros. 200ml pours are ticker friendly, even if there are no sampler trays. Given the heat, we needed liquids! Friendly staff too, good English spoken, I think we were even given a small sample of something to sip in order to help us make up our minds - we bought everything in the end! Beer quality wasn't quite as high as the "Kitchen", but still had several goodies. Good place, definitely worth a trip.“ |
| 66 /100 3 MADÁCH IMRE TÉR “We did the two First bars back to back, but we basically bounced out of this one as the ventilation couldn't cope with the summer heatwave, and I have very little memory of it apart from getting efficient and friendly service from the staff: they basically popped off and came back with little tasters whilst we were still pondering what to do. I even got a familiar "chin chin!" from them! 13 of their own beers on, 3 international macros, on tap, but 21 of their own beers in the bottle fridge - haha, they even have Pohjala! Beer quality was very solid indeed. Very central location, seems like it would get a bit bustley at peak hours. Plan well to fit this one in, but prioritise the other, the BBQ one, if you can only fit one in.“ |
| 58 /100 ANKER KÖZ 1-3 “Right in a tourist part of town, and with prices to match. Oldies music being played stood out as a little unusual, which is better than most of the alternatives. Apart from that, it's a clean modern foodie kind of place, and the staff were pleasantly attentive, and spoke good english. They even brought 2 glasses without asking when I ordered 1 can, so were able to think ahead and work out what our plan was. The food menu had an eco-ish twist on traditional local specialities and, whilst it was not cheap, the quality was good. Hat tip to Kairi at Koht at this point - there were very few ticks here at all, I think I even resorted to doing format rerates. Selling your own beer should be cheap, but this felt like an experience in a Mikkeller or Brewdog Bar (that is, a ripoff franchise).“ |
| 68 /100 Crafty Bar (Bar) BUDAPEST, TOMPA U. 26B “Mediterranean street cafe vibe from the terrace, but brightly lit nordic interior. We chose the former. Does have a selection of craft beers on tap, 6 IIRC, but they ranged between proper craft and the craft that dare not speak its name. Fortunately, there were 5-beer flights available, so the damage was minimised. Plenty of stuff in the fridge too. Fairly friendly staff, English spoken, cards taken. A pretty relaxed way to end the evening.“ |
| 44 /100 One Beer (Bar) JÓZSEF KÖRÚT 63 “Laddish place awash with autotune and UFC on all the tellies, but the knockout blow was the smell of toilets barely drowned out by the smell of toilet cleaning chemicals. Most of the 12 taps weren't on. And some of the ones that were on were also off. OK, the fridges were full of interesting stuff, but to he honest, I wouldn't even bother. Perhaps take-away is the solution to this place.“ |
| 64 /100 Tripla Hofmann (Bar) BUDAPEST, CORVIN SÉTÁNY 2/B “Cozy little place with a friendly owner. Terrace also available, but we sat inside as the air conditioning was more tempting, and the artwork - including a stoned medusa - more interesting . With us inside, the place was nearly half full! Even fuller was the smallish fridge jam packed with different Hungarian beers, we recognised all the Mad Scientists (hat tip to Kairi), but there were plenty of new brands too. More immediately tempting were the ticks on tap, 2 macro, 4 craft, available in 200ml pours. Reasonably agreeable brews too. Good English spoken - we got some handy advice from the staff about priority places to go to before we left. Nice place, definitely worth the trip.“ |
| 68 /100 Élesztő (Bar) TŰZOLTÓ UTCA 22. “This seems to be 2 bars in one - the main bar Eleszto has 20 taps, but there's Spirit bar right next to it with 10 more taps. Round the courtyard, there's also some craft burger place, and other hip happening things to experience, including a hostel if I read the signs correctly. Damn - we could have stayed 100ml closer to this place if only we'd known! The courtyard is alas covered, so in the hottest summer on record, you're gonna melt. Fortunately they know this, and have provided industrial strength fans to get the air moving. Squirt, squirt, ahhhh..... OK, it's my first time to Hungary, and there were a lot of ticks, so it looks like a ticker's heaven, but the staff confessed that they don't change their selection particularly frequently. Regarding the staff - they were great, chatty, happy to tell us who brews the house branded beers - whilst we were drinking our first set of three, I'd already decided that our guy had earnt himself a little gift from Estonia - cheers, mate! Knowing we didn't have to rush to have all the beers made it easy - we came here almost every night. Highly recommended.“ |
| 88 /100 ANKER KÖZ 1-3 “Klasse Taproom und Restaurant. Es gab ca 25 eigenes Taps und spitzen Farm to table Food. Sicher der beste Laden für Beerfreaks in Ungarn!“ |
| 72 /100 Jaromír a Templomhoz (Restaurant) LŐRINC PAP TÉR 4. “Böhmisches Restaurant mit 8 tschechischen taps + Flaschen. Essen ok.“ |
| 88 /100 KELETI KÁROLY UTCA 9. “Etwas abseits gelegen lohnt sich der Weg. Die Rumänische Brauerei betreibt hier ein Braueirestaurant. Ca 8-10 taps und weitere Flaschen. Keckeres transylvanisches Essen. Dazu top Service. Wer mal was anderes versuchen möchte, hingehen!“ |
| 86 /100 BAZ Beer Bar (Bar) DOHÁNY U. 30/A “Netter moderner Brew Pub mit ca. 6 eigenen Taps. Kam kurz vor Feierabend, bekam problemlos noch ein paar Bierchen. Ist nicht überall in Budapest so…danke! Biere waren lecker, komme gerne mal wieder.“ |
| 80 /100 LONYAY U 22 “Kellerbrauerei. Sehr modern. 12 taps, 11 eigene Biere. Keine Flights. Preise für Budapest sehr günstig! Biere gut. Hier lohnt ein Besuch.“ |
| 80 /100 AKÁCFA U. 38 “Craftbeer Bar. 10 tolle taps, aber sehr hochpreisig. 8€ für 0,2l Imp. Stout aus Portugal ist echt zu viel! Die ungarische Punk Musik gibt dennoch nen Extrapunkt.“ |
| 68 /100 Kandalló Kézműves Pub (Bar) KERTÉSZ UTCA 33. “Restaurant mit ca 15 taps. Biere gut, Essen nicht.“ |
| 80 /100 Wunder Sörművek Budapest (Bar) ZICHY JENŐ UTCA 41. “Super chill gritty and hot cellar with bare brick walls and metal music. A few taps with Hungarian craft and some random Germans. In the fridges everything from german, netherlands, us to local craft. Guy behind the bar is not shy to talk extensively about his selection. Fair prices. I only regret not coming sooner.“ |
| 66 /100 Legfelsőbb Beeróság (Bar) DOHÁNY UTCA 20 “Chill modern place. When I came only 8 taps in service. There is 0.3 or 0.5 for everytjing on tap and then a few fridges full of hungarian craft beer. Worth a visit when you are in the area.“ |
| 74 /100 ANKER KÖZ 1-3 “Modern slightly alternative vibes here. They go with the science theme (some of the glasses look like chemistry equipment, lots of rain forest plants). Quite busy on a Wednesday evening. Good selection of various styles, all from mad scientist. Every tap beer can be ordered in 1 dl samples. What I had was good. Recommendable in my opinion!“ |
| 90 /100 LONYAY U 22 “A brewpub in a cellar with 12 beers on tap - and full view to the brewery itself :) definitely worth visiting“ |
