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1-450 1118;
www.firkasz.hu
; Tátra utca 18; mains 2490-5420Ft;
noon-
midnight; 15)
Set up by former journalists, this retro-style restaurant called 'Hack', with lovely old
mementos on the walls, great homestyle cooking, a good wine list and nightly piano music,
has been one of our favourite Hungarian 'nostalgia' eateries for years.
INDIAN
PÁNDZSÁB TANDOORI
1560-3800Ft; noon-11pm; ; 15, 115)
It may not look like much, but get closer and your olfactories will tell you that this little
hole-in-the-wall place with upstairs tables serves some of the best home-cooked Indian food
in Budapest. The signature tandoori dishes are excellent, and there's also a good choice of
vegetarian dishes.
HUNGARIAN
KISKAKUKK
noon-midnight; 75, 76, 4, 6)
This ever-so-traditional Hungarian eatery with the retro shop sign in front has been serving
up classic
gulyásleves
(hearty beef soup; 780Ft), bone marrow on toast (1650Ft) and
Kaposvár-style stuffed cabbage (2250Ft) for over a century. It's tried and tested and true.
ITALIAN
OKAY ITALIA
1390-2590Ft, mains 1990-5490Ft; 11am-midnight Mon-Fri, noon-midnight Sat & Sun; 4, 6)
A perennially popular eatery started by Italians more than 20 years ago, Okay Italia does a
full range of dishes, but most people come for the pasta and pizza. The terrace on the Big
Ring Rd is a lively place to meet in summer.
BUFFET
TRÓFEA GRILL
weekends 3899/5999Ft, dinner 5499/5999Ft;
noon-midnight Mon-Fri, 11.30am-midnight Sat,
11.30am-8.30pm Sun; 15, M3 Lehel tér)
This is the place to head when you really could eat a horse (which may or may not be on
one of the serving tables). It's an enormous buffet of more than 100 cold and hot dishes over
which appreciative diners swarm like bees.
