Pántlika Bistro is at Kossuth utca 101 in Csopak, in a white farmhouse on the village’s main street. The house won the Balaton House of the Year award in 2021. The garden has a Mediterranean feel and the interior is furnished with old household objects. It opened on 8 June 2024 and is open all year. Dogs and babies are welcome.
A model, an economist and a pizza oven
The bistro is run by the Kovács couple. Alfréd Kovács used to work as a model for several international brands and learned pizza-making in Milan. Bianka Kovács-Véninger is an economist from the corporate world. They met in a pizzeria in Siófok, where Bianka hired Alfréd as a pizza chef. After their daughter Janka was born they wanted to move to the north shore, and when they found this house they opened the bistro here. „In the end we had two great shared loves: Janka and this place,” Bianka told welovebalaton.
Neapolitan pizza from 48-hour dough
Pizza has been the star from the start. The dough rises for 48 hours, the recipe was refined with György Preyer, pizza chef at Vegazzi in Budapest, and it bakes in a 500-degree oven. The Parma ham and rocket pizza comes with San Marzano tomatoes, fior di latte mozzarella and a little mascarpone, and the burrata caprese arrives with oil-preserved tomatoes and crisp pizza bread. Funzine suggests a draught Peroni or a glass of fresh Csopak Olaszrizling with it.
A bistro menu that changes with the seasons
Next to the pizzas there is a one-page bistro menu that changes every three months. At guests’ request it now includes a breaded cutlet with fries, fruit sauce and pickles, and in welovebalaton’s test the grilled chicken breast with sweet potato and mango, feta and rocket salad was the hit. There is also tagliatelle bolognese, a Sunday roast, fresh salads, several dishes for children, and vegetarian, gluten-free and lactose-free options.
Drinks
Lemonades, apple spritzer, syrups from Tamás Pince, beers, gin and tonics, and a wine list of Csopak and other Balaton wines.
Who it is for
Families, thanks to the child-friendly menu and a place that is easy with a baby, dog owners, and anyone in Csopak looking for a good pizza or a light bistro lunch in a friendly garden. Besides locals, guests come from Tihany, Füred and Almádi.
What does it cost?
Mid-range: at the time of welovebalaton’s 2025 test, pizzas and mains were roughly 4,200-6,000 HUF.
Got a good photo from here?
If you have been here and took a nice shot of the food, the room or the view, send it in. We review every photo, and if it suits the page we publish it with your name.
The person behind the place
Two great loves: Janka and this place
Alfréd Kovács worked as a model for several international brands and learned pizza in Milan. Bianka Kovács-Véninger is an economist from the corporate world. They met in a pizzeria in Siófok, where Bianka hired Alfréd as a pizza chef. After their daughter Janka was born they longed for the north shore, and when they found this award-winning white farmhouse in Csopak they opened Pántlika in it in June 2024. "In the end we had two great shared loves: Janka and this place," says Bianka.
Kovács Alfréd és Kovács-Véninger Bianka, ownersWorth a taste
Neapolitan pizza from 48-hour dough
Baked in a 500-degree oven with San Marzano tomatoes and fior di latte mozzarella. Pair it with a glass of Csopak Olaszrizling.
Local tip
Watch the seasonal menu
The bistro menu changes every three months, so ask what is on. There is a roast on Sundays. The syrups come from Tamás Pince.
The BalatonEats meal plan
How to put your meal together
- 01Prosciutto di Parma e rucola
Parma ham, rocket, basil and a little mascarpone for creaminess.
- 02Burrata caprese
Burrata on oil-preserved tomatoes with crisp pizza bread.
- 03Grilled chicken breast
With sweet potato and a mango, feta and rocket salad with pomegranate and beetroot.
What guests say
What stays with guests?
A young place with few independent reviews yet. Welovebalaton's 2025 test praised the juicy grilled chicken, the colourful plating and the pizzas, and noted that guests come from Tihany, Füred and Almádi as well as locals.
Welovebalaton test (June 2025), Funzine 2024, Veszprém-Balaton Értéktár, Gasztrotérképek, as of November 2026.+
What brings people back
- Neapolitan pizza from 48-hour dough, 500-degree oven
- Award-winning white farmhouse with a Mediterranean garden
- Seasonal bistro menu
- Dog-friendly, easy with babies and children
- Open all year
!
Good to know before you go
- Few independent online reviews so far.
- Current opening hours are only on social media.
Photo credits
Pántlika Bistro
