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Jan 25 '10
Costes announced as "Restaurant of the Year" winner for 2009
Costes was declared the "Restaurant of the Year" for 2009 by the dining website Dining Guide, which organized the contest for the fifth time. The winner of the award was decided by a 36-member jury. The kitchen of the Ráday...
Feb 24 '09
Closing Time (I): Lou-Lou Aimed for the Michelin Stars, Fell to Earth
Last March I wrote a piece entitled "For Now, Lou-Lou (and Hungary) Will Have to Settle for the Top 33" about how a high-end Budapest restaurant that had been openly pining for a Michelin "star" would have to console...
Oct 29 '08
A Critical Look at the First Critical Hungarian-Language Restaurant Guide
We know, we know. We're late again bringing you our take on an important development in the Hungarian restaurant scene. The Étterem és bor kalauz (Restaurant and Wine Guide), published by Alexandra press and written by Tamás Molnár B. and...
Mar 14 '08
For Now, Lou-Lou (and Hungary) Will Have to Settle for the Top 33
Because this publication follows the rather quaint (at least in Hungary) policy of not taking free meals from restaurants - or any sort of compensation/bribes - when doing reviews, we try to make sure that whenever we splash out...
Feb 22 '08
Great Italian Restaurant Tops Not-so-Great Hungarian "Best of" Restaurant List
Longtime readers will know that we don't give much space to the endless "best of" restaurant lists churned out in Hungary, for the simple reason that most are nothing more than shameless, "pay-for-play" PR stunts. But sometimes the results...
May 22 '07
Tune in To Csalogány 26 Before it Gets Cancelled
One of the great mysteries of the Budapest dining scene is how so many tables in so many "white tablecloth" restaurants can manage to remain empty on any given night. In one sense this glut is a boon to...
