This restaurant serves wonderful food and desserts. I had tenderloin with gooseliver, really great. Gundel pancakes for dessert. Delicious and much cheaper than the actual Gundel restaurant.
It is necesary to reserve table. The restaurant was full every night.

Too much smoking though. And too bad they don't accept credit cards.

good food, service is ok. lousy ventilation and cannot pay by card. atmosphere is not ok: noisy and air hardly breathable. not living up to all the hip.

Just taken up residence in Budapest after 2 years in Kyiv, so had high hopes for some choice food, particularly due to recommendation in 'Time Out' Restaurant Awards 2009.
I would have to say Underwhelming, mediocre food - my wife had roast cod, which turned out to be 'salt cod' and was undercooked, after pointing this out the SAME plate was brought back re-heated, 'very tacky' .
If this is the best of Budapest then Kyiv looks stellar!

My wife and I (she's Hungarian) took two friends from the U.S. here and we're glad we did. Everything was great! We dined at a few hand-picked places in Budapest over three days and this was our favorite.

We arrived around 6PM without reservations and, while busy, it wasn't cramped at all...but I can see how that could be an issue during peak times.

We were given a table and told we'd have to be finished by 8:00 due to a party w/ reservations. It wasn't a problem. Cafe Kor is definitely worth a try.

always good. great atmosphere, i love it!

OK, the tables are bit close, and your clothes will smell of smoke and cooking. And it works better for smaller groups because the place can be a bit noisy. But if you want a truly atmospheric experience with really tasty food and excellent service, this is the place. I have been going to restaurants in Budapest for many years, and this remains one of my favourites.

Really enjoyed our meal here. Superfab: fruit soup, chestnut puree and strudel desserts. (Merely) fab: huge duck breast in tangerine sauce, venison pate with dried cherries, eggplant puree with vegetables, some Egri Birkaver wine or other. Not that great: grilled libamaj -- overcooked. Servers were wonderful. Small portions really appreciated. Yes it was intermittently smokey.

Since the former head waiter opened an other place, avoid!

We were there last week & enjoyed our meal. Had 'Cold Fruit Soup' & 'Duck Crackling' to start which were both good & unusual. Mains were 'Salmon with Lemon butter' & 'Hungarian Goulash'. Dessert Strawberries & Ice Cream. Both mains were served with beautiful home-made potato croquettes.
Apart from the very uncomfortable tables it was a good experience!

I love this resturant! I like that you can order small portions so that you can get the wonderful taste of more than one dish. The servers have always been polite and accomodating. I would prefer if they took credit cards. Without question one of the best in Budapest!!!