Italian Restaurants in Budapest

Restaurants specializing in Italian cuisine belong to the very best establishments regarding overall of Budapest's restaurant scene.

Several Italian restaurants in Budapest were given certain culinary awards that mark the quality of food, service and atmosphere of these places.

So if you long after delicious Italian pasta, pizza or seafood and romantic, Mediterranean atmosphere in Budapest visit some of the restaurants listed below.

Fausto's (recommended by Michelin)

Address: Székely Mihaly ut 2., VI. district
Tel: +36 1 877-6210
Website: Fausto's

One of the oldest high-end Italian restaurants in Budapest (opened in 1994). Elegant interior, excellent food, friendly service.

Osteria Fausto's
Address: Dohány utca 5., VII. district
Tel: 269 6806

A less upscale version of Fausto's at its original location in the former Jewish quarter of Budapest.

Though it's less refined than its predecessor, Osteria Fausto's is still one of the top quality restaurants in Budapest with divine food and attentive and friendy staff.

Il Terzo Cerchio
Address: Dohány utca 40., VII. district

Looks like Italain restaurants love Dohány utca because the street has another highly recommended place specializing in Italian quisine: Il Terzo Cerchio

The interior with its brick-covered vaulted ceilings and large windows exudes warm, homey atmosphere.

The palce is quite busy in the evenings so if you prefer to have a more relaxed meal drop in the afternoon.

Il Terzo Cerchio is also a great place for business meetings: The three-course business lunch with coffee is

You can select from a range of classic Italian starters for about 1650-2350 HUF.

Soups: the menu offers 5 soups in the range of 950-1450 HUF including simple but tasty Tomato soup and a classic Italian zuppa: Minestrone.

Main dishes include a wide variety of pastas (between 1850-2750 HUF), fish, and meat dishes.

if you have room for dessert you can try the usual Italian sweet dishes like tiramisu, panna cotta or profitterol. Desserts are bewteen 750-1200 HUF.

By the way the weird name of the restaurant means "the Third Circle refering to Dante's Inferno.

Perhaps their motto represents the best what you can expect in this fine trattoria in Budapest:

"On the third level of Dante Infernal
Gluttony was punished with acid rain
In our hell,tasty and fresh food is the punishment"

The secret of the constant high quality of Il Terzo Cerchio lies in the fresh ingredients and the care with which the food is prepared and the guests are treated.

Okay Italia

One of the cheaper Italian restaurants in Budapest. They have 4 restaurants in Budapest, see their website for exact locations.

They have home delivery service (tel: 315 2201). All four establishments have different menus, but the good thing is that they offer half portions from pastas.

Porcellino Grasso

Address: Ady Endre utca 19., II. district, Buda
Tel: 886 7880

Pastas: cc. 1000-2600 HUF, pizzas: 1250-2190 HUF, fish dishes cc. 2750-3990 HUF, meat dishes: cc. 2400-4400 HUF

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Ristorante Via Luna

Address: Nagysándor József utca 1., V. district
Tel: 312 8058

Via Luna is an average Italian eatery in Budapest's city centre with varying qualiy in food and service.

Antipastis: cc. 500-1700 HUF, pastas 400 (you can choose your own sauce)-1600 (fried noodles), fish dishes: cc. 1700-3000 HUF, meat dishes: 1500-3000 HUF.

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Trattoria Pomo D'oro

Address: Arany Janos utca 9., V. district
Tel: 302 6473

Pastas are around 1900-2900 HUF, fish and seafood: 2200-4300 HUF, meat dishes: cc. 1800-5000 HUF.

Wonderul food, great wines from both Hungary and Italy and pleasant atmoshpere.

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Novelli Italian Grill Restaurant

Address: Nagykovácsi út 7., II. district, Buda
Tel: 391 6337, 06 30 983 2978

An upscale, non-smoking Italian restuarant in Budapest's Buda side.

Price guide: Antipastis around 1400-1900 HUF, pastas: 1400-2000 HUF, meat dishes: 1900-2800 HUF, pizzas: 1050-1850 HUF

Vapiano Pasta & Pizza Bar

Address: Bécsi utca 5., V. district
Tel: 411 0865

A recently opened self-service chain restaurant offering fine pastas and pizzas that are groupped according to price (1000 HUF, 1250 HUF, 1500 HUF and 1750 HUF) on the menu.

Millennium di Pippo

Address: Andrássy út 76., VI. district
Tel: 374 0880

A small, cozy family-run trattoria where the Sicilian chef makes home-style dishes from original ingredients brought from his homeland.

Main courses are around between: 2000-3500 HUF

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My wife and I visited 4 times during November 2007, March 2008
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The food was exceptional, soups (Bean ...

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My wife and I visited 4 times during November 2007, March 2008 and April 2008 whilst getting some dental work done.

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I'm American in Budapest, so the thing I miss the most from the Italian-American kitchen in Hungary is seafood. Specifically, Linguine and clam sauce.
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