8When I'm asked to recommend a fashionable restaurant, something hot and buzzy but also excellent, I often direct people to Kiosk, which specializes in updated Hungarian dishes. Kiosk has remained popular for more than a decade now thanks to a combination of solid food, panoramic location, and not unreasonable price points (the restaurant is also known for its active charitable work of feeding the city's homeless).
Kiosk's outdoor patio overlooks the Danube, the Elisabeth Bridge, and the neighboring Gothic-Baroque church, while the inside has a dramatically high-ceilinged, industrial-chic interior – the former gym of the prestigious high school of the Piarist teaching order that still occupies the rest of this historical building.
Kiosk aims to please all tastes with a diverse menu but the focus is Hungarian food. I especially like the goulash soup; the truffle-infused creamy egg noodles in the chicken paprikash; the seasonal vegetable stew (főzelék) variations; the schnitzel; and the updated mákosguba, a traditional bread pudding dessert soaked in vanilla custard and laced with poppy seeds. The proximity of Babel, a Michelin-starred dining temple next door and run by the same owner, helps ensure that the dishes are on point. €12-16 mains, advance booking a must.
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