The most beautiful café in the world – New York Café, Budapest

I had read about the most beautiful café in the world – New York Café, Budapest. However, I never actually thought I’d ever go there. I just always thought it was one of those things you read and know about but that’s just it.

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The Café used to be the beloved spot for editors and writers in Budapest and it is rumoured that the most influential newspapers in Europe were edited there. It was restored to what it currently looks like in 2006. The menu is quite multicultural; infusing Austrian and Hungarian delicacies such as beef goulash, wiener schnitzel, sacher with an interesting splash of the American classic New York burger.

Making a reservation at New York café, Budapest

We booked our lovely 3 pm lunch through New York Café’s reservation portal. I will recommend you make a reservation unless you are ok to queue. It gets quite busy and when we visited, there were at least 25 people on the queue.

How to get to New York café, Budapest

New York Café is located in the luxury New York Palace Hotel. The building was constructed and opened to the public in 1894.

Its address is 1073 Budapest, Erzsebet krt. 9-11.

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It was a 25 mins walk from our hotel in Vaci Utca. I initially was not going to walk anywhere since we were there in the middle of a heatwave. However, Mr E has a fitness band thing that records how many steps he’s done for the day. This meant that he somehow convinced me to walk everywhere with him.

Anyway, we eventually got there after 50 days and 50 nights, bang on 3pm. We got in and there was a long queue but thanks to our reservation, we were ushered past the queue straight to our seats. Thank Goodness I made this reservation.

So what makes New York Café the most beautiful in the world?

Ambiance

It was very Grand, Boujee, Opulent, Artsy, European, Spectacular. As much as it was very over the top, it somehow still looked very acceptable and dare I say, normal.

We sat down and I took it all in. Fancy mirrors, a quartet playing music in the background, everything you would expect from a 5 star café. It was all too beautiful. I mean I do love my afternoon tea so I have been to some of the most beautiful cafés during my travels but this one was different. Nothing too pretentious à la floral walls; just plain good old 19th century architecture. The walls looked like they dripped of gold, the paintings, the intricate carvings and all that art.

I have included some of the pictures to tell a more visual stroy. Pay attention to the details and think of the art. It reminded me of the art I had seen in the Sistine Chapel (Vatican City). So beautiful.

Let’s discuss Menu & Food

As I already explained it was a multi-cultural infusion. There were Austrian and Hungarian dishes, American burger and even the English Afternoon tea. Oh the dessert menu had so many lush options too. 

We ordered 2 servings of the New York burger which came with fries on the side. There is an unspoken rule where you never order just one main. So we also ordered the Supreme Chicken with Carrot Puree and Baby Pak-Choi to share. To drink, I had an Apérol Spritz (I don’t know when I became the girl who always orders Apérol Spritz lol), Mr E had a glass of red wine. While I was having my Hungarian chocolate milkshake dessert, Mr E had a Hungarian beer.

I had read that the food was just alright but I’ll be very honest, I enjoyed my burger. I asked for well done, Mr E asked for medium rare; both came out perfectly. Our chicken was tender and very tasty. Zero complaints from us here.

Service

For a popular, boujee café, it was surprisingly very good. There was a section reserved for just the guests of the hotel but I wanted to get some pictures for the blog. I asked politely and they were fine with me going up there to get my pictures. Our food came out in a timely manner; our orders were not mixed up, waiters were attentive and it was an overall lovely experience.

Now you’ve seen this, I dare you to show me a more gorgeous classic café, I’ll wait…..

Bisous, ‘Bugo x