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restaurant 3600-15,200Ft; noon-11pm Mon-Sat; ; M2 Astoria)
Elegant Fausto's offers a top-class dining room and a cheaper osteria just around the corner
from the Great Synagogue. It does brilliant pasta dishes, daily specials and desserts. There's
also a well-chosen selection of Italian and Hungarian wine. Two-course lunches in the oster-
ia (2900Ft) or three-course in the restaurant (5000Ft) are a better-value way to dine here.
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
ANDRÁS TÖRÖK'S TOP SPOTS
András Török is the author of the cultBudapest: A Critical Guide,still going strong
after eight editions. We asked him to share some of his favourite eateries.
I love
Olimpia
- a tiny place, only for 20 people or so, always packed - and the chef
is always coming up with something creative.
Klassz
is one of my favourite wine res-
8125;
http://cafezsivago.hu
;
VI Paulay Ede utca 55)
, a cafe with a Russian slant, as you would ex-
pect. But to really get away from the hustle and bustle of the city I head for
Művész
Kávéház
early, at 9am when it has just opened and there's no one else there.
Andrássy út & Terézváros (East)
BURGERS
RING CAFE
10am-midnight Mon-Sat, to 10pm Sun; ; M1 Oktogon)
Excellent burgers, with lots of different varieties, in this small, modern joint that also does
snacks, salads, sandwiches, and breakfast till 1pm.
HUNGARIAN
MENZA
2390-4690Ft; ; M1 Oktogon)
This stylish restaurant on one of Budapest's more lively squares takes its name from the
Hungarian for a drab school canteen - something it is anything but. It's always packed with
diners, who come for its simple but well-prepared Hungarian classics with a modern twist,
in trendy, mid-century-styled dining rooms. Weekday two-course set lunches are 1090Ft; re-
servations recommended.
