Below is a selection of unpretentious Budapest cafés and breakfast restaurants, in case you like to start your day in a relaxed environment, without the buzz of hyped-up places. They each serve excellent breakfast dishes, and draw a laid-back, mostly local crowd.
Hans van Vliet, the owner of Jedermann Café, is a legendary restaurateur in Budapest with a genius for creating atmospheric, all-inviting places for everyone to enjoy (hence "Jedermann", which translates to "everyone"). On any given day, tables might be filled with senior citizens fiercely debating Hungarian politics, students gossiping over a cup of coffee, and a theater director mapping out upcoming projects with the staff. Jedermann, which marries a café with a bar, is hiding in a quiet street in District 9, not far from the city center, but away from the throngs clogging the party district.