Budapest Food Tour: Local Tastings & Drinks
- 3 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Your Budapest food tour begins at the Pest's oldest church, right on the Danube, with views of Buda across the water. Paprika is a recurring theme in Hungarian cuisine. You'll taste it in goulash, sausage, almapaprika, and dips, and learn how Vitamin C was first discovered by a Hungarian! You'll learn about goulash communism, bite into deep-fried lángos, sip on fizzy grape must, and wander through hidden passages. Then make your way deeper into the Jewish Quarter, famous for Budapest's ruin bars, its vibrant street food, and art scene. Never more than 12 people in the group. Morning tours end with a chimney cake to eat on the go; afternoon tours include an additional alcoholic drink and end with a vegan version of a classic Hungarian dessert. 10 tastings, 2 drinks, 2 neighborhoods, and enough stories to change how you think about Hungarian food.
Inclusions
What's included
- Local English-speaking guide
- 10 food tastings at 4 stops including goulash, lángos, sausage, almapaprika, and fruit soup
- Small-group walking tour through downtown Budapest and the heart of the Jewish Quarter
- 'Food & the City' Insider Tips
- 2 drinks (fizzy grape must, wine or beer) on morning tours, 3 (all three) in the afternoons
- Morning tours end with chimney cake and afternoon tours with vegan cottage cheese dumplings
- Colorful murals, street art and a lively ruin bar
What's not
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Extra drinks
Itinerary
Meet your guide in front of the oldest church of Pest close to the Danube. Admire the gorgeous views of Elisabeth bridge and the Buda side including Gellért hill, Liberty statue and the Citadel.
Grab Hungary's favorite street food: lángos and find out why this deep-fried dough topped with sour cream, cheese and garlic is the go-to beach food for locals.
Continue on one of the oldest streets of Pest, where the elite would go shopping during Budapest’s Golden age and where you had to stand in line to get a Big Mac during the Cold War.
Stop at a family-run eatery whose founders invented Hungary's first lunch delivery service. Sip on some fizzy grape must from Tokaj, taste goulash, sausage, almapaprika and try a cold fruit soup.
Walk through a 200m long hallway once part of the Jewish ghetto, now full of lively bars and restaurants.
Discover colorful murals and street art, catch a glimpse of the Orthodox synagogue, then step inside a former stove factory now home to an eclectic ruin bar.
Visit a 19th-century market hall off the beaten path, sample paprika-themed dips and Hungarian wine
Both the morning and afternoon tours end within 10 minutes of Klauzál Square, but at different locations. The morning tour includes a cinnamon-flavoured chimney cake on the go and ends at a ruin bar, while the afternoon tour finishes with vegan cottage cheese dumplings at a restaurant after the ruin bar visit.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Your guide will be waiting for you in front of the Inner-City Mother Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, and wearing our purple Eating Europe bag!
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 12 travellers
- Operated by
- Eating Europe Food Tours Rome
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This activity requires a minimum of 2 guests. Should this not be met, we will contact you directly to help you get rescheduled or reimbursed.
- Children under 4 years old do not need a ticket and can join the tour for free. However, food is not included. Paid tickets with food included are available for ages 4 and up.
- Please note that the tastings mentioned are a selection of the delicious foods we often feature. Both offerings and tour stops may vary by day or season, but you're sure to enjoy a delightful array of local flavors!
- Have dietary requirements? Simply email us or add a note at booking, and we’ll do our best to accommodate vegetarians, gluten-free guests or other dietary needs where we can. For guest safety, this experience isn’t suitable for those with severe or life-threatening food allergies to ingredients found on the tour, and the company cannot take responsibility for any food allergies or intolerances.
How it compares in Budapest
- Its from-price is 61% below the median of the 277 city tours we list in Budapest.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 37 of 277.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Budapest
Budapest joins hilly Buda and flat Pest across the Danube, a grand capital of thermal baths, riverside palaces and lively ruin bars.
On the Buda side, Castle Hill holds Buda Castle, the Matthias Church and the white turrets of Fishermen's Bastion, all looking down on the river. The Chain Bridge crosses to Pest, where the Hungarian Parliament Building stretches along the bank and St Stephen's Basilica rises a few streets inland. Gellért Hill and its Citadella give the widest views.
Top-ranked sights in Budapest: House of Parliament (Országház), Buda Castle (Budai Vár), Chain Bridge (Széchenyi Lanchid) .
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