Your guide to Lake Balaton
Restaurants, street food, cafés and wine spots around the lake — easy to explore, with up-to-date, practical guides.
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Balatonlelle Balaton cuisine · BBQ · Bistro · Burgers · Home-style cooking · Creative Hungarian · Hungarian · Traditional Hungarian · Modern Hungarian · International · Seasonal
Year-round waterfront restaurant in the Balatonlelle sailing marina, with a sunset terrace. Duck with barley risotto, pork belly ramen, Pitbox burgers, vegetarian and kids' dishes.
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Badacsony Contemporary Hungarian · Creative Hungarian · Regional Hungarian
Family restaurant at the foot of Badacsony since 1989, with its own Fata wines and a garden. Reworked Hungarian dishes: catfish paprikash with mangalica crackling, pork cheek stew.
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Balatonfüred Balaton cuisine · Local ingredients · Modern Hungarian · International
Big waterfront restaurant at the end of Füred's Tagore promenade, with a terrace facing Tihany. Running since 1984, renovated in 2023: zander, catfish, giant schnitzel and platters for two.
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Gyenesdiás Patisserie · Ice cream shop
Award-winning ice cream workshop and cyclists' rest stop in Gyenesdiás, by the cycle path. Badacsonyi mennydörgés, Illatos Izabella, salted pistachio, free-from and vegan flavours.
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Balatonalmádi Snack bar · Fish dishes · Traditional Hungarian
Old fish fry at the entrance to Balatonalmádi's Budatava beach. Bream, zander, pikeperch, trout fried to order, catfish and mixed fish soup, fermented cucumber.
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Balatonszemes Balaton wines · Farm-to-table · Local ingredients · Modern Hungarian · Regional Hungarian · Seasonal
Bib Gourmand Balaton restaurant in Balatonszemes since 1992. Regional flavours menu, venison in vadas sauce, catfish paprikash, floating island, a separate Chef's Room, rooms, open all year.
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Badacsony Neapolitan pizza · Cakes and pastries
Pizzeria, cake counter and cocktail bar at the Badacsony Borterasz on Római út. Bence Gajár's own workshop: burrata and truffle pizza, Sweetrose cakes, cocktails.
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Köveskál Balaton cuisine · Balaton wines · Wine terrace · Local ingredients · Hungarian · Regional Hungarian · Seasonal
Restaurant, wine house, guesthouse and gallery in an old Köveskál house. Short seasonal Hungarian menu, chicken Kiev with truffle butter, walnut guba, Káli wines.
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Gyenesdiás Patisserie · Ice cream shop · Café
Family pâtisserie in Gyenesdiás near the beach. The famous Móni krémes, homemade cakes, rugelach, artisan ice cream in summer, a play corner for kids.
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Balatonkenese Traditional Hungarian
Checked-tablecloth family csárda in Balatonkenese since 1992, with a shady garden and open all year. Fish soup, Borsos zsák, honey-glazed ribs, homemade somlói.
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Balatonfüred Café · Breakfast and brunch
Specialty café and brunch spot on Füred's Aranyhíd promenade, with a sunny terrace. Lucky Cap and Morganti coffee, V60, Eggs Benedict, avocado toast, open all year.
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Balatonfüred Bistro · Brunch · Seasonal
Brunch spot and seasonal bistro next to Füred's Kisfaludy beach, with a terrace facing the lake. Eggs Benedict, full English, pumpkin soup, confit duck, gomolya cheese.
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Balatonföldvár Fish dishes · Traditional Hungarian · International
Restaurant in the centre of Balatonföldvár since 1992, open all year. Hungarian cooking, fish, pizza and portions so big that two of you will be well fed.
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Paloznak BBQ · Modern Hungarian
The Homola winery's country restaurant in the centre of Paloznak, with a charcoal grill and a romantic garden. Currently closed for rebuilding; reopening date not yet known.
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Balatonfenyves Restaurant · Home-style cooking · Traditional Hungarian
Family restaurant in Balatonfenyves since 1991, with a vine-arbour garden. Aunt Gabi's roast duck, homemade liver dumpling soup, big Hungarian portions, a place generations come back to.
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Keszthely Traditional Hungarian · International
Family restaurant in Keszthely-Zámor near Libás beach, since 2012. Hungarian and international dishes, duck leg, a vegan section, terrace, glazed garden room, live music.
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Tihany Bistro · International · Seasonal
Waterfront hotel bistro at the Tihany Yacht Club marina, by the ferry, on the site of the former Füge. Goulash, giant Wiener schnitzel, gnocchi, chocolate soufflé, dogs welcome.
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Balatonfüred Balaton cuisine · Balaton wines · Wine terrace · Fine bistro · Local ingredients · Contemporary Hungarian · Modern Hungarian · Seasonal
Michelin-recommended wine bistro in central Balatonfüred, the Zelna organic winery's own place. Smoked sturgeon tartare, zander fillet, aranygaluska, wine pairing, terrace.
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Editor's selection
Restaurants, wine terraces, patisseries and cafés around Lake Balaton that welcome guests outside the season. With opening hours, sources and the date we checked.
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Four ways to start the day in Balatonfüred: Pazar, Perla, Péklány and SENZA. Checked food options, seasonal details and links to our place guides.
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Balatonfüred restaurants for lakeside lunch, brunch, dinner with wine or a meal after a walk. Six checked places and tips for choosing and booking.
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Five Siófok restaurants for a lakeside dinner, Neapolitan pizza, Hungarian lunch, a trip to Töreki or a group meal, with practical booking tips.
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