Gerloczy is a neighborhood restaurant on Gerloczy street. Prices are unbelievably cheap, it’s hard to imagine how they can afford it. We found Gerloczy in Time Out Budapest Magazine’s list of best Hungarian food. Here are some things we sampled.

Lentil soup with sour cream and fried prosciutto.

Homemade pate.

Fried duck breast over greens.

Whole grilled mackerel for 2,300 Hungarian Forints? That’s about 10 bucks!

Hot mulled wine and double hot chocolate.

Pistachio macaron.

Gerlóczy Kávéház

1052 Budapest, V. Gerlóczy u. 1.
T: (36) (1) 501-4000

It took a while to find this place in the bitter cold of Budapest in the fall, but once we did it turned out to be a hidden treasure. Rivalda Restaurant may be found in the Buda Castle District and offers a great meal in the middle of your Castle tour day.  It’s a quiet restaurant with intimate decor and a very pleasing menu. Here are some treats we tried below.

Highly recommended!

Sauteed goose liver salad.

Wild mushroom soup.

Pork chop and noodles.

Farfalle with prosciutto, wild mushrooms and basil.

Rivalda Restaurant

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We found Borkonyha (Hungarian for “wine kitchen”) in a Time Out Budapest Magazine we found at Rivalda Restaurant on Castle Hill. We didn’t try the wine but apparently they have one of Budapest’s more impressive selections. The food was great.

Foie gras, lentils, and squash puree.

Wild mushroom, almonds, beets cake.

Fried pike with homemade gnocchi.

Squash ravioli, spinac, bleu cheese sauce (fantastic), topped with ginger (weird).

Mangia!

Borkonyha Winekitchen

Sas Utca 3, Budapest 1051, Hungary