This weekend, indulge in one of the mammoth all-you-can-eat meals served at outstanding restaurants across Budapest to celebrate springtime’s most hallowed holiday, as lively Easter-brunch buffets feature diversely delicious specialties along with sparkling wine and hopping activities for kids, like egg decorating and hunting. Don’t wait too long to reserve a table, because all of these elegant events will almost surely be fully booked – but fortunately, some of these eateries offer brunches on both Easter Sunday and Monday.
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Panoráma
Kids can follow the Easter bunny through a fanciful goody-laden labyrinth that winds through the halls of Budapest’s landmark Danubius Hotel Gellért, just one of many family-friendly attractions of Easter Sunday Brunch here. Guests savor customary Hungarian delicacies like Bakony-style veal with paprika and dumplings or pork medallions with creamy kohlrabi, offered with ever-flowing sparkling wine – and if the weather allows it, alfresco dining may be available on the hotel’s curvaceous terrace overlooking the Danube at the base of Gellért Hill.
When: Sunday, April 5, noon to 3pm (Easter labyrinth egg-hunt begins at 11am)
Cost: 5,990 HUF (+10% service charge), 50% discount for children 6-14, free for children under 6
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Gresham
Amid the fairy-tale Art Nouveau setting of Budapest’s world-famous Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace, the top-caliber Easter Brunch here includes numerous Italian specialties created by Executive Chef Leonardo Di Clemente, such as beef carpaccio with rocket and pickled porcini, carved Parma ham, and homemade ravioli with wild mushrooms and ricotta in walnut sauce. Along with games and face painting, children enjoy a menu featuring items that can be tempting for epicurean adults, like grissini breadsticks wrapped with ham or freshly made pancakes.
When: Sunday, April 5, 11am to 3pm
Cost: 17,500 HUF, 9,000 HUF for children between 6-12, free for children under 6
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ÉS Bisztró
Found in the heart of downtown Pest beside Fashion Street, this stylishly comfortable urban eatery offers a unique twist on brunch with their Family Table concept, offering visitors unlimited portions of varied Central European appetizers and main courses that are freshly made to order and brought directly to the diner, allowing everyone to share each dish. For Easter Family Table events on Sunday and Monday, the top porcine pro of Etyek offers a premium assortment of hams, and children can participate in an egg hunt and craft-making activities.
When: Sunday, April 5 and Monday, April 6, noon to 3pm
Cost: 9,500 HUF (+12% service charge), 50% discount for children 6-12, free for children under 6
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InterContinental Budapest
Situated directly on Budapest’s picturesque Danube Promenade, this serene eatery offers Lazy Sunday Brunches that encourage guests to relax while admiring beautiful views over Castle Hill and selecting varied breakfast and lunch temptations, including many vegetarian and vegan options. For this Easter Sunday, the brunch includes hams from Parma, Serrano, and Hungary, in addition to freshly carved Wellington beef fillet, succulent smoked salmon, and asparagus salad with strawberries and goat cheese; desserts include cream-filled chocolate eggs.
When: Sunday, April 5, noon to 3pm
Cost: 8,900 HUF (or 10,900 HUF including wine and beer), 50% discount for children 6-12, free for children under 6
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Brasserie and Atrium
Beneath a sprawling skylight in an enclosed courtyard, the elegant Sunday brunches here almost always have an imaginative theme based on the inspiration of Executive Chef Peter Bolyki, and for this Easter the buffet will include holiday favorites like ham and lamb while the Csicsó Band plays spirited Gypsy music. A giant bunny and Roy the Squirrel – the eatery’s resident entertainer for tykes – allow parents a little time to relax over a glass of Hungary’s traditional pálinka fruit brandy, and of course everyone will be treated to Easter chocolates.
When: Sunday, April 5, noon to 4pm
Cost: 8,900 HUF, 50% discount for children 6-14, free for children under 6
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ARAZ Étterem
Deluxe delight awaits hungry guests at this cosmopolitan dining destination on Easter Sunday – Chef de Cuisine Áron Barka is cooking up Hungarian specialties like wild-garlic cream soup, Mangalica-pork sirloin baked in bread with fresh lecsó pepper stew, and lamb-knuckle confit, while desserts include carrot mousse with lemon jelly and honey-cream cake. Kids will search for eggs while live music entertains everyone, and all brunch guests are freely welcome to use the rooftop wellness area of the restaurant’s adjacent Continental Hotel Budapest.
When: Sunday, April 5, noon to 3pm
Cost: 6,990 HUF, 50% discount for children 6-12, free for children under 6
