4Gerlóczy Cafe
Opened in 2004, Gerlóczy is a snug café and restaurant located in a quiet pocket of Budapest's downtown. Gerlóczy evokes a historical coffeehouse with a soaring interior, round tables ringed by leather banquettes, and formally dressed servers. Both the breakfast and the dinner menu feature reliable French classics alongside a few Hungarian staples such as chicken paprikash. Gerlóczy is most enjoyable in the warm months, when the action spills out to the terrace, presided over by the bronze statue of Károly Kamermayer, the first mayor of the combined cities of Buda and Pest (from 1873 to 1896). Note that Gerlóczy operates a boutique hotel on the upstairs levels.
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