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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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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Alsóörs Balaton wines · Bistro · Fish · Home-style cooking · International · Pizza · Seasonal
Italian trattoria in central Alsóörs for nearly 35 years, in a family house with a garden. Beef carpaccio, seafood pasta, ossobuco, seafood specials on the board, Italian wines.
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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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Tihany Burgers · Fish · Hungarian
Panoramic restaurant on top of Tihany's Echo Hill, with views of Lake Balaton and the abbey. Giant Wiener schnitzel, catfish paprikash with strapačky, duck liver, apple pie.
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Family-friendly Hungarian restaurant in Örvényes next to the listed watermill, since 1994. Balaton fish, Hungarian classics, wines from its own winery, covered terrace with playground, right by the cycle path.
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Balatonmáriafürdő Lángos · Street food
Family restaurant and snack bar in Balatonmáriafürdő since the 1970s: à la carte restaurant on the street and a lángos bar in the courtyard, one kitchen. Lángos, street food, weekday lunch 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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Köveskál Brunch · Local ingredients · Modern Hungarian · Seasonal
Guesthouse and restaurant in the centre of Köveskál, with a garden. Producer-led Káli breakfast with cheeses, homemade yoghurt and omelettes, and a four-course seasonal dinner Thursday to Saturday.
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Csopak Specialty coffee
Balaton tea and coffee merchant since 2016, based in Csopak. Japanese and Chinese teas (gyokuro, kabusecha, oolong, pu-erh), own-label speciality coffees, at Balaton markets and events and online.
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Vászoly Home-style cooking · Hungarian
Family inn in Vászoly above the spring lake, since 2017. Weekly changing home cooking, homemade syrups, jams and cakes. Currently closed; the family welcomes guests at Cvekedli.
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Badacsony Patisserie · Dessert workshop · Café · Specialty coffee
Dessert workshop and coffee house in an old post office in Badacsony. Buttery croissant, pistachio swirl and babka, French desserts, specialty coffee, brunch at weekends.
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Balatonlelle Bistro · Home-style cooking · International
Bistro in a white colonnaded villa with a big garden in Balatonlelle, open daily all year. Duck liver mousse, confit duck leg, grey cattle stew with gnocchi, Somlói sponge, Konyári wines.
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Keszthely Neapolitan pizza · Pizza
Neapolitan pizzeria and wine bar on Keszthely's pedestrian street, with a terrace under the trees. Wood-oven Bufala and burrata pizza, panuozzo with Parma ham, homemade tiramisu.
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Balatonszőlős Balaton cuisine · Balaton wines · Bistro · Farm-to-table · Home-style cooking · Local ingredients · Contemporary Hungarian · Creative Hungarian · Hungarian · Modern Hungarian · Seasonal
Vineyard-hill restaurant and workshop above Balatonszőlős, with a Tihany panorama and a big garden. Bone-marrow toast, Picitmás cordon bleu, mákos guba, Balaton wines.
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Szigliget Ice cream shop · Cakes and pastries
Ice cream parlour and café at the foot of Szigliget castle, also known as Várkávézó. Spatula-served, adventurous ice cream, salted pistachio, coffee, cakes and a stove-warmed interior.
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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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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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Balatonszemes Street food · Cakes and pastries
Waffle stop in Balatonszemes, next to the Music Pavilion. Pearl-sugar Liège waffles with fruit or chocolate toppings, coffee and lemonade for an afternoon stroll.
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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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