It is good to see a certain amount of new style Cafés coming to Budapest giving a difference to the old fashiones traditional Vienna type of Cafés. These old Cafés offering overpriced coffee in a grandmothers atmosphere with cake on a sunday afternoon for elder people. Not that these new fashion coffee stores are cheaper but they bring a bit of variety in the city and the lifestyle of Budapest people and so does the California Coffee Company. If you are on your way through the city and want to grab a fast coffee these places are perfect and fast. So have a look into California Coffee Company in Budapest.

Adresses:
Teréz Körút 38
1066 Budapest

Kálvin Tér 12
1091 Budapest

Szent István Tér 4
1042 Budapest

Or visit the California Coffee Company website.

Anyways the menu offers all kinds of starters such as soups, salads and hot and cold starters. You get italian Bruscetta, Hungarian Fish Soup or green pea soup with Wasabi and shrimps. So really it is a bit from everywhere in the world. It looks exactly the same for the main dishes, Wok fried chicken with chili and ginger or Gypsy steak with potatoes just to name 2 dishes which probably come from the other end of the world. Well than there is the dessert which is kind of unspectacular.

I haven’t eaten in Menta Terasz so I cannot judge the food but what I have seen looks really nice and the portions seem to be fair enough for the price they ask for. What they can do really good are cocktails and of course long drinks. To bring a little negative aspect to this review I was unsatisfied with the service of the staff in Menta Terasz because they were so slow in taking an order and bringing the drinks over to the table. Anyways that might have been an exception and normally they are fast.

Address:
Margit krt. 14.
1022 Budapest
Tel: 06-1-336-1250
Opening Hours: Sunday – Wednesday 11.00 – 02.00 and Thursday – Saturday 11.00 – 04.00
For further information about Menta Terasz visit their website.

Adress: Margit sziget, entrance Margit island

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Costa Coffee definetly makes fantastic coffee but the prices are fairly expensive, especially compared to normal Hungarian coffee prices. You can find fancy creations of the list like Mochachino or Caramel Machiato which taste quite OK but have nothing to do anymore with coffee. Anyways, you pay for a medium Cafe Latte around 650 HUF which normally would be probably around 350 Ft.

Nevertheless Costa Coffee brings some Coffee to go flair to Budapest and offers a nice ambience, wireless and next to all kinds of coffee creations some sandwiches and cakes. So if you fany aLondon type of coffee in the heart of Budapest than have a stop at Costa Coffee.

A couple of years ago when I first went to Gödör Klub in Budapest everything happened inside which on a saturday night is quite smoky and loud. Anyhow during the last years they managed to build up an outdoor area with tons of tables and chairs on the stairs goind up and down to the club.

During summertime you will find here many students having a beer, a coffee or just enjoying the wireless and the sun during daytime. In the evening there is a lot of program going on in Gödör Klub like live concerts, art exhibitions and much more.

The prices in Gödör Klub are average and taking into consideration that it is located very central you could even say that it is a cheap place to drink a cocktail, coffe or beer. Cocktails are around 1000-1300 HUF and the fresh Dreher beer comes 560 HUF.

All in all Gödör Klub is a fantastic place to spend a free summer afternoon but also to come for concerts of more or less underground bands and of course get some drinks.

Adress:
Déak tér
Opening hours: Sun – Wed: 10.00 – 02.00 and Thu – Sat: 10.00 – 04.00
Or visit the Gödör Klub website

Bar Domby is for sure one of the classiest bars in Budapest. It has the typical New York look and feel in black and gold interior with large, high mirrors hanging on the wall. The atmosphere is good and bar Domby seems to be crowded whenever you go there.

But it is not only the interior which is amazing but the drinks. World class drink, especially Martini mixes, made by bar keepers who understand their job and all that for reasonable prices. Bar Domby in Budapest is for sure a place for metropolitan people who love the flair of good and stylish bars. If you’d like to have some of that feeling whilst in Budapest go and check out Bar Domby. 

Adress:
Anker köz 3. (Near Déak tér) 
District 6, Budapest
Opening hours: Daily: 6 PM – 2 AM
Or visit the Bar Domby website

The bar Minyon in Budapest is located in one of the upcoming areas of Budapest downtown, Király utca. In Király utca more and more bars, cafes and restaurants open up which all are styled well, serve good food and offer great cocktails. Bar Minyon is one of those. The interior reminds me of some lounge style straight from New York or London, modern a bit sterile but comfortable on every place.
The interesting thing about Bar Minyon is that on fridays and saturdays at 11 o’clock the bar turns into a club with dance floor, lound live music and a bar as long as the place itself. I haven’t been there for the club time but I heart that it is good.

During the day Bar Minyon is more or less a cafe with small snacks, fresh coffee and cakes. In the afternoon and evening in Bar Minyon well prepared food is served. The food is a bit overpriced but a classical fusion food which tastes great. You need to be a bit careful with the “Mangalica wrapped in Parma Ham” as the portion is really really small. I ate a duck curry with pasta which was really great. So I can recommend the food even though it is nothing extraordinary.
Next to the food Bar Minyon serves tons of different cocktails and a large selection of wines. All drinks, as well as the food, are a bit overpriced but still in a affordable range. If you feel like eating out in a new and stylish restaurant in Budapest Minyon might be the best choice for you. 

Adress: 
Király u. 8.
1061 Budapest
Tel: +36 1 878 20 16
Or visit the official Minyon Website 

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Recently I have read on Johnnyjet.com a review about Bar Galaxia in Budapest which made me curious about this bar. So I searched further on Google for Bar Galaxia and found tons of information and frustrated people who went there together with girls and got ripped off. The price was between 50.000 HUF and up to 260.000 HUF for a couple of drinks.

Therefore I want to warn you not to go to Bar Galaxia in Budapest as it is obviously a tourist rip off place. The scheme is always the same. Tourists meet some beautiful young women on the streets of Budapest (mostly on Vaci ut) who want to go for a drink. Of course the girls pretend to not know a place but they always find the same bars which in this case is Bar Galaxia. The toursits follow them blind, do not wantch the menu and pay massive amounts in the end.
The bill is as I said quite high but as soon as it comes to the payment some nice bouncers appear in the bar and won’t let you go anymore. So basically you have to pay. The problem is that the prices are in the menu, which you never see, and if you come back with the police after your visit they cannot do anything.
So please avoid this and other bars. I found a list of bars in Budapest at the homepage of the Embassy of the USA so please do not go to any of these bars. Read my reviews about Bars in Budapest and you will not have a problem finding a good, reliable bar with beautiful girls from Budapest. If you got ripped off or want to read more information about Budapest bar scam than visit the Budapestagent.com Blog post to that topic.

Adress: 
Bécsi utca 3.
District 5, Budapest

And another Szimpla Kert type of bar in Budapest yet a bit more stylish and modern. ApaCuka is in the center of the city but almost not findable. ApaCuka is in Horánsky utca which the taxidriver (40 years in business) and I never heart before. A quick look at the map tells it is near Blaha Luiza Tér.

Anyways, ApaCuka as I said is like Szimpla Kert in a modern way meaning that the bar is more styled, the walls are not coming down and the chairs and tables look alike. Well there is nothing special to say about drinks as the beer tasts just like in other bars in Budapest ad the Jägermeister as well. The price is average and the service even in high traffic times very friendly.
Downstairs you can find a dancefloor which was not used as it was tuesday when I was in ApaCuka. Maybe I will go there again because it seemed to be a relaxed atmosphere there and I enjoyed my drinks. 

Adress: 
Horánszky u. 5
District 8, Budapest.

If you are searching for a good place in Budapest to have a breakfast I can recommend to you Café Déryné in the heart of Buda. It is located right at Krisztina Tér, which is behind the tunnel and on the foot of the Buda Castle disctrict.

The offer of Café Déryné is large and you can find a breakfast for everybody, continental or English they have everything. Also very good is the coffee variation and the interior design is close to perfect. All this sounds like an expensive first class place to you? It is not, the prices are average but the service and the quality of food are great. 

Adress: 
Krisztina tér 3
District 1, 1013 Budapest.
Reservations: +36-1 225 1407
Opening hours: Weekdays 07:30 till 23:00, weekends 07:30 till 0:00
Or visit their website