You’ll need to leave downtown to experience this upscale, see-and-be-seen breakfast restaurant in a residential Buda neighborhood where the city's moneyed elites wind down. Located inside a wonderfully refurbished residential villa, Villa Bagatelle serves excellent egg-based dishes, frankfurters, breakfast pastries and there’s also a to-go bakery on the ground floor. The place is reachable in fifteen minutes by public transport from Pest (you’ll likely be the only guest arriving by bus, judging from the line-up in the parking lot). Try to sit on the outdoor terrace in the warmer months.

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