BARBár Cafe & Chocolate - Pálinka Tasting Programs in Budapest City Center, Just Off Váci Street

Enjoy Pálinka and Chocolate tasting programs in BARbár Cafe (Papnövelde utca 3., 1053 Budapest) near Váci utca in downtown Budapest.

The cafe is known for its creamy hot chocolate drinks made from Belgian chocolate pastilles, the kind owners and the recently launched Pálinka + Chocolate/Hot Cholate with Pálinka Tasting Programs.

Why Choose BARbár Cafe & Chocolate?

The cafe is a true gem on the scene of Budapest cafes that range from foreign and expensive coffee house chains to noisy, characterless places.

BARBár Cafe is located in the more peaceful part of district V. in a small side street of Váci utca (Papnövelde utca 3., see map
Open: Mon-Thurs: 12.00-22.00, Fri-Sat: 15.00-22.00, Sun: closed).

The owners, a young couple Tamás and Viki are very enthusiastic about the cafe and their aim is to make the guests utterly at home and relaxed in BARbár.

They use only high-quality ingredients for the preparation of coffees, hot chocolates.

Espresso, cappuccino and the other popular coffee drinks are made from Vergnano Italian coffee beans.

For the hot chocolate drinks they use real Belgian chocolate (dark or white chocolate pastilles and not powder that is sued in most other Budapest cafes).

Owners of BARbár Cafe & Chocolate Budapest

The freshly made lemonade drinks are very refreshing on a sultry summer day, and a spicy grog will warm you up in chilly weather.

BARbár Cafe & Chocolate - Budapest, near Váci Street

You can also have snacks should you feel peckish: toast sandwiches (try the black forest ham toast with mustard, cucumber and cheese) toast with various spreads (aubergine spread, Italian pesto etc.).

Those with sweet tooth can have one of the sponge cake variations: with Morello cherry, apple-cinnamon, double chocolate.

The dessert called Valami (Something) is simple but very filling: Morello cherry sponge cake with fruits and hot chocolate sauce

BARbár Cafe has laid-back atmosphere with warm colors and creative furnishing (refurbished Singer sewing machines serve as tables).

Pálinka & Chocolate/Hot Chocolate Tasting in BARBÁR Cafe

What's pálinka? - it is a traditional Hungarian spirit made from various fruits. Only those spirits are entitled to be called pálinka that are made exclusively from fruits (no artificial ingredients, colorings are added). Nowadays more and more artisan distilleries make a wide variety of pálinkás from a wide variety of ripe Hungarian fruits and berries.

The most popular fruits used for making pálinka are: apricot, plum, and pear. Slightly more exotic pálinkás include elderflower, blackcurrant, blackberry, and quince.

Pálinka with Chocolate

Experience an orgy of flavours while sipping fruit pálinka and nibbling a piece of chocolate bonbon filled with flavoured spirits.

The big pálinka + chocolate tasting program includes 5 shots (2 cl each) of different pálinkás, 5 pieces of bonbon and 0.33 l soda. (4 800 HUF).
The small pálinka + chocolate tasting program includes 3 shots of pálinkás (2 cl each), 3 bonbons and a 0.33 l soda. (3 800 HUF).

Hot Chocolate with Pálinka & Bonbons

Chocaholics will love the Chocolate Lovers tasting menu which includes:

Three types of Hungarian Handmade Chocolate Bonbons
A choice of Hot Chocolate Drink made from Belgian Chocolate spiced up with Hungarian Pálinka

Price: 3 200 HUF (includes a 0.33 bottle soda water)

See deatils below on the Chocolate lovers menu.

Hot Choclate tatsing in Barbár Cafe Budapest

Method of Reservation:

Choose a Tasting Package (you can choose more than one) from the scroll down menu below.
Fill in all the fields (name, email address: where the confirmation email will be sent, date of tasting - Note: reservation must be made at least 2 business days prior to the date of tasting! ).
Click on the Reserve Button - you'll be taken to PayPal's secure payment area where you can view and update your cart, and pay 10% of the total price securely online.

You'll receive a Confirmation Email with all the details of the pálinka tasting from BARbár Cafe & Chocolate within 2 business days.

Terms of Cancellation

If something comes up and you decide not to do the pálinka tasting you are required to cancel it at least 3 business days prior to the date of the tasting to get a full refund on the 10 % you paid. Contact us to cancel the tasting.