We will take a walk in the center of Budapest and by discovering the beautiful sights you might also engage your senses around taste. Therefore the Budapest culinary tour is a nice mixture of sightseeing and eating local.
We start the tour in the Central Market Hall near the Liberty bridge. The 120-year old market is of course one of the most important tourist attractions but it’s also a popular local market where people do everyday shopping. Let me show you around the finest products and tell you more about local shopping, eating and drinking culture. We’ll taste goulash soup, sausages, cheese and great Hungarian strudel, too. You’ll of course have the chance to buy the best and cheapest Paprika in town.
I’ll take you to small, authentic artisan shops, so that you can taste local ice cream, cakes and candy. Budapest is very famous for its bakeries. I cannot agree more with one of my guests who has told me that one can never be disappointed when tasting local pastries. I’ll amaze you by the variety of sweet and savoury pastries that are the locals’ favourites.
Local butchers are one of the housewifes’ best friends, the Hungarian cuisine is mostly about meat. Let’s try some hot dog freshly prepared at the butcher’s. Street food is becoming more and more popular among Budapesters, you’ll have the chance to taste the Lángos, the deep fried fritter, very often named the Hungarian pizza.
We’ll finish the tour near one of the traditional Budapest coffeehouses, from the late 1800’s. I can tell you about the local café culture, how much Budapesters love their coffee and cakes and enjoy having them in the 150-year-old stunning coffee houses.
I’m the photo editor of a Hungarian food magazine, so don’t hesitate to contact me for great recipes or recommendations about great Budapest restaurants.
| DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION | Hotel pick-up | |
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| NOT INCLUDED | Goulash soup, sausage, salami, strudel, pastry, chimney cake, Lángos tasting: EUR 30 / person
Public transportation tickets (if needed) |
All the above tours are private tours for you and for your family and friends only. The prices are for a group of maximum 4 people. Please let me know if you need a quote for more people.
Would you please contact me if you experience problems with your booking or if you’d like to book a tour on a day when I’m not available.
Tour Reviews
Julia had gave us an amazing and memorable tour. We signed up food tour with Julia. However, when Julia found out that we were on our last day in Budapest and haven’t visited Buda side yet. She quickly recommended to take us to the Buda side at the end of the tour. The Buda side with Matthias church was one of the highlights of our trip. In addition, we tried and ate lots of traditional Hungarian food. Julia is knowledgeable, nice, and flexible. We highly recommended Julia without any reservations.
Julia was wonderful! we came hungry and left very full. We did the 2-6 tour and did not need dinner. She was full of great knowledge of Budapest, and Hungary as a whole. Being here here who life made for great conversation. Highly Recomend.
Julia was amazing !!! My Wife, Sons and I, we all loved Julias experience. We love food and Julia took us to many places and showed us an important part of the Hungarian food. The food was great, the sausages, salamis, goulash, the bread, everything. Thank You Julia… GREAT EXPERIENCE, GREAT GUIDE.
Julia was an awesome guide to Budapest! We had a great time on our food tour with Julia. It was definitely one of the highlights of our trip. Julia arrived promptly on time and speaks perfect English. She was passionate and engaging. My only regret was not booking more than one tour with her.
She was a wonderful guide! The food tour was so much fun and we really enjoyed our tasting of Budapest!
Julia’s foodie tour was absolutely wonderful.. I wanted to introduce my husband and brother and sister-in-law to all the fantastic Hungarian food. Her tour definitely gave them a great taste of Budapest. Julia’s knowledge not only of the local cuisine but of Budapest and Hungary as well was very thorough. It was delightful walking and talking with her on this tour. She has a great sense of humor too. She knows where to find the best goulash in town! Thanks Julia for a fantastic foodie tour.
I can’t add much to the previous reviews. She brought Budapest to life for us in a matter of hours. Knowledgeable, witty, charming, and accommodating. We liked how she gave modern history anecdotes through her own story. Highlight of the trip. Highly recommend!
We have just spent a wonderful afternoon with Julia, exploring the culinary delights of Budapest. Julia’s passion, knowledge, caring and warm delivery during our Foodie Tour made it a memorable experience. She is a true ambassador for Budapest. Her love of the city flows from her as she takes you through the myriad of streets to taste Hungarian food. A must do tour when you are in Budapest.
We really enjoyed this tour. Julia took us to all of these different shops and cafes to sample the different foods of Hungary. Every place we stopped she furnished a sample of the foods for us to eat. By the time we finished the tour, we were stuffed. I think our favorite places were the market, the Gelarto Rosa and the butcher shop Belvarosi Disznotoros with all of the different meats. Julia is a lot of fun and knows the places to go for you to sample the best of Budapest.
Julia is a wonderful guide and this tour is highly enjoyable not only for the food but also the insights into the Hungarian way of life both now and 30 years ago. A food tour is a great way to experience a city and it’s people, the way they shop, socialise and celebrate. Julia certainly brings a great deal of warmth to her tours and we thoroughly recommend her to you.
Julia K. was excellent on our Budapest “foodie tour”. It was delightful to visit the various small food shops and local vendors in the city. But most important was the obvious enthusiasm that she had for sharing her knowledge of her city. Just delightful to hear of some of her childhood memories of the city, such as when the first McDonalds opened in Budapest. Also as Americans, we enjoyed hearing her impressions of a first visit to New York City. In the end, just a delightful experience – Köszi
The Best tour!!! Julia customized our half day tour and we saw all the highlights of Budapest and more!!! She navigated us through the city on both sides via public transportation (with minimal walking required). Our tour included recommended foodie spots and restaurants! With sunset at 4:30 pm we enjoyed some night scenes of the city! Julia is very flexible /accommdating. She was punctual /spoke excellent English. We were a group of 6. Got many fantastic photos. I highly recommend Julia!!!
We had a delightful day with Julia. Her love of her city and knowledge of the food scene was very evident. Helped us avoiding tourist traps when buying souvenirs too!
We could not possibly have had a more accommodating and fun-loving guide to take us through beautiful Budapest. Initially scheduled for a walking tour, it had to be re-adjusted to a less strenuous food tour at the very last minute due to my parents’ cancelled flights and a re-scheduling of other activities. From start to end, Julia was very responsive and accommodating.There are tons of guides out there, but it is rare to come across someone so dedicated and passionate about what he/she does, and Julia is just one of them. The family left Budapest with a happy heart and stomach.
Julia was wonderful! She met us promptly at our cruise ship and took us on a great tour of eating Hungarian food along the way! We walked the large market tasting and talking as we went. We wound our way through coffee shops, pastry shops, restaurants, and even a new soup take-out joint! We were shown a local grocery store with treats! Who knew we would all like the varieties of sausages and paprika?! We ended up on a rooftop bar drinking traditional drinks! It was a great tour of food in Budapest!
We had a absolutly wonderfull tour with Julia K. She really knows it all. She is also fun and charming. It was like having a day out with a friend. Time flew by. We give her 5 shining ? With a +.
Julia not only introduced us to a ton of delicious and unique food, she also shared an extensive amount of history with us. And it wasn’t just food history; it seemed like she had a story about every single building we passed or tiny street we ducked through. My husband and I kept looking at each other the whole tour and thinking, “how lucky are we to be led around by a local who knows and loves her city so much?!”
We spent 3 days with Julia recently – a whole day Danube Bend tour then a half day ‘foodie’ tour around Budapest followed by another half day city walking tour. Julia was delightful company and very enthusiastic and knowledgeable – with excellent English – and we thoroughly enjoyed our time with her and our visit to Budapest. We would certainly recommend her as a guide.
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