BalatonEats guide
A Hungarian csárda, a modern bistro or a leisurely dinner around the lake? Choose from the restaurants here. Profiles provide information about atmosphere, price level and booking as well as the food. Pick a town, then see which venue suits the occasion; always check the current menu on the venue’s own website.
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Balatonszárszó Traditional Hungarian · Mediterranean
Old-style restaurant open all year in the centre of Balatonszárszó, beside Route 7, since 2001. Antique furniture, record players, early-1900s photos of Szárszó on the wall. Pasta della casa, duck leg, catfish paprikash, poppy seed bread pudding, Zimek pálinka.
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Dörgicse Modern Hungarian
Small restaurant on Dörgicse's main street with a walnut-tree garden. Short, weekly-changing seasonal menu, Balaton Uplands wines, specialty coffee and a famously good túrógombóc.
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Keszthely Traditional Hungarian
Old-fashioned Hungarian restaurant in a Keszthely villa, with a shady garden. Beef stew with dumplings, zander Keszthely-style, schnitzel and a 3,390 HUF weekday lunch menu.
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Badacsony Balaton wines · Fish · Traditional Hungarian
Wine cellar and inn on the side of Badacsony below the basalt organs, on the Blue Trail, since 1997. Home-style Hungarian cooking, Balaton pike-perch, a 150-seat vine-framed garden with a view, playground, mountain taxi and the legend of Rózsakő.
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Tihany Fish · Traditional Hungarian
Classic Hungarian restaurant on Tihany's main square, behind the post office, with a cellar wine bar built in 1800. Goulash in a kettle, catfish fish soup, catfish paprikash, pork knuckle with bean cabbage, a trilingual menu, its own terrace and no service charge.
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Balatonkenese Bistro · Burgers · Fish · International
Panoramic bistro at the start of the Kenese promenade: fresh fish, steak, juicy burgers, hummus, Balaton wines, craft beers and cocktails, in summer, by the water.
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Tihany Traditional oven · Traditional Hungarian
A restaurant built into an open-air museum courtyard in central Tihany: a domed bread oven, a blacksmith's shop, carved statues and hundreds of old peasant objects, with oven-baked Hungarian dishes on clay and wooden plates, house beer in clay mugs, wild-fruit pálinka and folk music.
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Tihany Traditional Hungarian · Mediterranean
Big shaded terrace on Tihany's north shore next to Gödrös beach, looking across to Balatonfüred. Zander, stew, pizza, burgers: after the beach there's something for everyone.
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Fonyód Balaton wines · Mediterranean · Italian
Mediterranean bistro right on the Fonyód waterfront, at the Napsugár Club beach, facing Badacsony. Homemade pasta, risottos, wines, sunsets.
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Balatonlelle Balaton wines · Wine terrace · Traditional Hungarian
Restaurant and wine tavern in a 1784 press house on Balatonlelle-Kishegy, with a wide south-shore panorama, open daily. Goose leg with cabbage purée, wild boar stew, tenderloin with duck liver, poppy seed guba, Konyári wines.
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Zamárdi Traditional Hungarian
A home-style self-service eatery in Zamárdi, open all year: several vegetable stews (főzelék) daily, a two-course set menu, breaded meats, soups, family platters, takeaway and delivery.
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Balatonakali Patisserie · Café · Traditional Hungarian
Family restaurant, coffee house and pâtisserie in one in Balatonakali, by Route 71. Loaded potato pancakes, Hungarian classics, almond-crusted zander, and cake afterwards.
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