The team at Spago Budapest, located in Matild Palace, has received a huge honor as – in addition to retaining its Michelin recommendation – this year Imre Rácz, the restaurant’s Head Sommelier, has been awarded Sommelier of the Year in the Michelin Guide Hungary 2023, for his unrivalled passionate dedication and outstanding knowledge of exclusive wines.

Festive season begins at Matild Palace

As the most magical time of the year arrives, the elegant and stunning halls of Budapest's premier luxury hotel, Matild Palace, come alive with a plethora of lavish programs and enticing offers.

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Only exclusive champagne bar opens

More than 50 French varieties await bubbly lovers

"Come quickly, I am tasting the stars!" is what Dom Pierre Perignon is said to have shouted when he invented champagne. The origin of the phrase is questionable but the sentiment is not, and bubbly French champagne is popular with just about everyone, enchanting ...

InterContinental Budapest Sunday Brunch

Caught in two minds, both OK

Outside the picture windows the weather is absolutely filthy as winter turns on its ugliest face. Passers-by on the Corso are rugged-up to the max and bent into the howling wind. Snow threatens. Inside, looking out from the InterContinental hotel’s restaurant, we are perfectly ...

El Asador de Pata Negra in District VI

Smoky flavours from Spain

If you are looking for Spanish food in Hungary, you will surely come across Pata Negra. The brand covers more than only the two excellent tapas bars in Pest and Buda. Vilmos Losits and Szilveszter Mókusz opened another high-class grill restaurant, El Asador de ...

Caviar & Bull in District VII

360 degrees of culinary adventures

Caviar & Bull has been one of the top places for gourmets and connoisseurs for the past four years.

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Take-home treats from à table!

Feasting French-style

While we await the reopening of restaurants – one of these days – the French bakery and pâtisserie with the rather confusing name of “à table!” has joined the home-delivery ranks, or házhozszállítás as this service is known in Hungarian.

Chocolate and politics side by side at Parliament Square

Delectable museum delivers sweeter promises

I really enjoy coming across unusual and unexpected things, such as recently when I was passing through central Pest on the number 2 tram, taking in the high splendour of the Duna River and the opposite Buda side until my arrival at equally splendid ...

Interview with former director of Italian Michelin Guide Fausto Arrighi

A man respected and feared

Year after year the Volkswagen-Dining Guide – Hungary's oldest and only gastronomical platform – awards excellence and pinpoints the best restaurants. In 2020 it has again included an internationally recognised expert in the final decision-making to achieve an objective and professional verdict: Fausto Arrighi. ...

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Take-home treats from à table!

Feasting French-style

While we await the reopening of restaurants – one of these days – the French bakery and pâtisserie with the rather confusing name of “à table!” has joined the home-delivery ranks, or házhozszállítás as this service is known in Hungarian.

Chocolate and politics side by side at Parliament Square

Delectable museum delivers sweeter promises

I really enjoy coming across unusual and unexpected things, such as recently when I was passing through central Pest on the number 2 tram, taking in the high splendour of the Duna River and the opposite Buda side until my arrival at equally splendid ...