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 Bakery · Breakfast and brunch · Specialty coffee
Bakery bistro, bike shop and guesthouse in one building in Csopak, next to the beach. Sourdough bread, pistachio croissant, specialty coffee, and 2024 Alternative Restaurant of the Year.
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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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Siófok Brunch · Neapolitan pizza · Pasta
Neapolitan pizzeria in Balatonszéplak, with three-day sourdough and a 500-degree oven. Margherita, Diavola, Parma ham, in a relaxed garden setting.
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Badacsonyörs Balaton cuisine · Balaton wines · Wine terrace · Grill · Seasonal
Arboretum, family winery and panoramic restaurant on the hillside above Badacsonyörs, among cedars and cypresses. Own Folly wines, seasonal food, arboretum ticket required.
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Zánka Dessert workshop · Cakes and pastries · Seasonal · Vegan-friendly
Artisan ice cream parlour in Zánka's ZánKapu, with a terrace facing Hegyestű. Fruity flavours with a herbal twist: Zánkai álom, strawberry with basil, lavender zserbó.
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Keszthely Fish dishes · Traditional Hungarian · Traditional restaurant
Csárda built by the Festetics family in 1934 next to Keszthely's Helikon beach. Fish soup, fried carp bites, zander and their own Zala dödölle, in an old csárda atmosphere.
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Hungarian bistro with a twist in Siófok-Széplak on Vécsey Károly utca since 2019. Steak tartare, goulash soup, duck leg with red wine cherries, venison ragout with napkin dumpling, sheep cheese sztrapacska, floating island.
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Keszthely Bistro · International · Cakes and pastries · Vegan-friendly
Café, tapas bar and cultural meeting place on Keszthely's main square. Hummus, dips, sandwiches, carrot cake, book evenings, quizzes and acoustic music.
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Badacsony Grill · Creative Hungarian
Ádám Mede's own open-fire kitchen in central Badacsony, since 2025. Charcoal-baked bodag, pig's trotter stew, pig's ear with kimchi, steaks, in a relaxed atmosphere.
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Balatonboglár Oven-baked pizza · Modern Italian · Italian
Italian bistro in an old cooperative drinks shop in Balatonboglár, with retro chairs and a plane-tree garden. Wood-oven pizza, homemade pasta and ossobuco on the daily specials.
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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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Örvényes American · Brunch · Burgers · Street food
Bagel workshop in Örvényes by Route 71, with a garden street-food vibe, a cyclists' rest stop and a contemporary gallery. Random bagel, BBQ pulled pork, seasonal ideas.
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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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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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Mexican-inspired food truck in Szigliget by Route 71 and the cycle path. Tacos and burritos in homemade dough with chicken, beef, walnut and black bean or vegan, fiery jalapeño salsa, South Mexican coffee. Summer only, Gault&Millau POP 2025.
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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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Csopak Hungarian · Modern Hungarian
Tavern in the former Csopak water miller's house, beside the original mill wheel, with a thatched roof, big terrace and MICHELIN recommendation. Hortobágy pancake, fish soup in a kettle, crispy duck leg, venison with dödölle, Somlói sponge.
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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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