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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Csopak Balaton cuisine · Balaton wines · BBQ · Bistro · Home-style cooking · Contemporary Hungarian · Modern Hungarian · Specialty coffee · Seasonal
Small restaurant at Csopak railway station, with Viktor Vázsonyi's joyful cooking. Daily-changing plates: smoker-cooked meat, paprikash with nokedli, spreads, Balaton wines.
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Nemesgulács Balaton wines · Bistro · Wine terrace · Cultural pub
Wine bar and bistro in an old concrete plant in Nemesgulács, next to the railway halt. Gilvesy wines, fried chicken sandwiches, croquetas and vinyl nights.
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Balatonmáriafürdő Lángos · Street food
Family restaurant and lángos kiosk in Balatonmáriafürdő with a colourful terrace. Sit-down à la carte at the front, kiosk in the courtyard, street food, daily menu, dog-friendly.
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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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Balatonboglár Home-style cooking
Summer lunch restaurant in Balatonboglár, on the ground floor of a guesthouse. Two-course menu from 2,750 HUF, three kinds of fish soup, big mixed-grill platters, no service charge.
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Hévíz Hungarian · Regional Hungarian · Traditional restaurant
Big traditional csárda in Hévíz, a few minutes' walk from the lake, since 1985. Cauldron goulash, venison stew with dödölle, goose leg, platters for two, live music in the evening.
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Balatonfüred Traditional csárda · Traditional Hungarian
Forest csárda in Füred's Koloska Valley, below Tamás-hegy. Cauldron goulash, venison stew with dödölle, roast duck, with the wildlife park and hiking trails a few steps away.
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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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Keszthely Asian · Sushi
Small sushi bar in Keszthely's centre, next to Pajti, born from a sushi night that went too well. Freshly rolled maki, tempura, ramen and a mini Asian shop.
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Keszthely Café · Breakfast and brunch
Breakfast café in Keszthely on Bercsényi Miklós utca, from 7 in the morning. Pan-fried egg dishes, scrambled eggs with your choice of egg count, toasted sandwiches, halloumi burger.
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Balatonfüred Bakery · Specialty coffee · Cakes and pastries · Vegan-friendly
Gluten-free pâtisserie, bakery and café in Balatonfüred, on the first floor of the Silver shopping centre. Free-from krémes, Eszterházy, Sacher, wild-sourdough bagels, frozen products.
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Csopak Wine bar
Wine bar and winery on the Csopak vineyard hill, with a wide Balaton panorama. Wines from Csopak, Tihany and the Káli Basin, wine snacks, specialty coffee, a Gothic vaulted cellar.
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Balatonfüred Balaton cuisine · Balaton wines · Gastropub · Grill · Fish · Home-style cooking · Local ingredients · Creative Hungarian · Seasonal
Gastro pub at the Figula winery in Füred, with a big Balaton panorama. Attila Tóth's short, changing menu: zander, duck leg, Sunday meat soup and a square-metre krémes.
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Tihany Restaurant · Modern Hungarian
Michelin-recommended modern Hungarian restaurant in an 1822 Tihany abbey press house, with a terrace facing the Inner Lake. Venison with porcini, catfish with csusza, lavender cake.
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Zamárdi Bistro · Burgers · Creative Hungarian
Beach bistro with colourful chairs in Zamárdi, at the end of Margó Ede sétány. Sour cucumber soup with salmon, burgers, white pizza with burrata, tiki cocktails; beach dish of the year in 2019.
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Fonyód Hungarian · Traditional Hungarian · Modern Hungarian
Family-friendly restaurant in Fonyód near Várhegy, with three shady terraces. Venison in vadas sauce, duck leg with cabbage pasta, fish soup, and some bolder pizzas too.
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Vonyarcvashegy Balaton cuisine · Balaton wines · Fish · Modern Hungarian · Regional Hungarian · Seasonal
Panoramic restaurant above Vonyarcvashegy, in the Zenit Hotel, open all year. István Ács's modern Hungarian and Zala cooking, catfish roulade, a 70-bottle wine list, winter garden.
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Zalavár Traditional Hungarian · Regional Hungarian
Country canteen in Zalavár, next to Kis-Balaton. Homestyle Hungarian lunch, huge portions, cheap daily menu, layered potatoes, chicken ragout, aspic in winter.
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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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