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Paris Budapest
Just a few steps away from Budapest’s landmark Chain Bridge, this sleek and scenic eatery offers one of the city’s best brunch selections every weekend, but during the four Advent Sundays leading up to this Christmas, the restaurant’s new Executive Chef Deff Haupt provides seasonal feasts par excellence. Along with an enticing assortment of fresh produce for salads, excellent French cheeses, and flaky croissants, guests can choose from a variety of entrées cooked to order, and the sprawling dessert section here – complete with chocolate fountain –makes this a true paradise for sweet-toothed diners.
When: Nov. 29 & Dec. 6, 13, 20, 11am-3pm
Cost: 10,000 HUF with wine, 9,000 HUF with soft drinks, 6,000 HUF for children between 6-12, free for children under 6
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Panoráma
Within the monumental Art Nouveau splendor of Buda’s waterfront Danubius Hotel Gellért, found directly below Gellért Hill and featuring an impressive view over the historic Liberty Bridge, this dignified eatery provides guests with an extraordinary Advent Sunday brunch offer on December 6th – in addition to a massive buffet (including rosemary-seasoned pumpkin soup with cinnamon cream, the salmon-and-perch duo with dill sauce, and turkey breast stuffed with chestnuts and served with rum gravy), all guests receive free access to the hotel’s concurrent 700-square-meter exhibition of model trains.
When: Dec. 6, noon-3pm
Cost: 5,990 HUF (+10% service charge), 50% discount for children between 6-14, free for children under 6
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Kollázs
Visit this new culinary hotspot of central Budapest – located within one of the world’s most incredible Art Nouveau buildings, the Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace – for two delightful Christmas brunches this year. First, on December 6th (the day when Santa Claus traditionally visits Hungary), a special guest will enhance the epicurean smorgasbord when the real Santa from Lapland comes to entertain the kids; later, the Christmas Day brunch features live music and top-caliber cuisine like paprika-crusted fillet of pike perch, and lavender-and-honey-flavored roasted turkey served with giblet gravy.
When: Dec. 6, noon-4pm; Dec. 25, 11am-3pm
Cost: Dec. 6 – 13,000 HUF + 12% service charge; Dec. 25 – 18,000 HUF + 12% service charge (50% discount for children between 6-14, free for children under 6)
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ICON
Found atop Castle Hill behind Fishermen’s Bastion, the Budapest Hilton’s ICON Restaurant provides incomparable views, and here during this year’s tempting brunches on Christmas Day and December 26th, feast your eyes on a sumptuous buffet selection laden with seasonal dishes of Hungarian cuisine. Starters include gourmet morsels like duck-liver paté with forest-fruit ragout or salad niçoise, followed by main courses like venison stew with juniper, fillet of cod with Chardonnay sauce, and goulash consommé, while the dessert selection features poppy-seed pie and traditional Hungarian beigli cakes.
When: Dec. 25 & 26, Noon-3pm
Cost: 8,690 HUF
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ÉS Bisztró
The unique “family table” feasts at this renowned restaurant of downtown Kempinski Hotel Corvinus provide guests with unlimited portions of top-quality entrées brought directly to every dining party – meaning that visitors never have to cross utensils with strangers in a bid to snatch up the last slice of ham – while buffet areas feature plenty of salads, cheeses, fresh breads, and desserts. This Christmas season, this eatery (overlooking the Fashion Street Advent fair) hosts Advent feasts and a Christmas Day meal, enhanced by live music and the Kids Club Corner overseen by professional nannies.
When: Nov. 29 & Dec. 6, 13, 20, 25, noon-3pm
Cost: 9,500 HUF +12% service charge (50% discount for children between 6-12, free for children under 6
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InterContinental Budapest
At this refined eatery located directly beside the Danube Promenade, guests admire sweeping vistas over Budapest’s riverscape – encompassing the Chain Bridge, Buda Castle, and Gellért Hill – along with lavish buffet brunches happening on every Sunday of Advent season, as well as on Christmas and December 26th. In addition to devouring seasonal specialties (such as wild-boar stew prepared with red wine and porcini mushrooms, roasted beef rib eye at the carvery station, and stuffed cabbage), brunch guests can check out the nearby life-sized gingerbread house proffering regional Christmastime delights.
When: Nov. 29 & Dec. 6, 13, 20, 25, 26, noon-3pm
Cost: Standard package – 10,900 HUF; Premium package (including wine) – 12,900 HUF
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Brasserie and Atrium
Here in the graceful glass-covered courtyard of Budapest’s historic Corinthia Hotel, a charming series of Christmas-season brunches offers themed banquets with live entertainment and tasteful surprises. On November 29th, brunch guests can watch the hotel’s Christmas tree be lit up for the first time as a choir performs holiday classics; Santa joins the diners at the Sunday feast on December 6th; the Advent Brunch on December 13th features Hungarian Christmas sweets; and the “Home for Christmas” brunch on December 20th includes homemade pralines – all concluded by a gourmet Christmas Day brunch.
When: Nov. 29 & Dec. 6, 13, 20, 25, Noon-4pm
Cost: 10,500 HUF (50% discount for children between 6-12, free for children under 6), +10% service charge
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ARAZ Étterem
For the Advent brunch series at this stylish-yet-relaxed eatery, guests enjoy free access to the wellness area of the adjacent Continental Hotel Budapest, providing a great way to relieve holiday-season stress. Live music and unlimited glassfuls of house wines add to the serene sensation of dining here, with these Yuletide-themed brunches including dishes like pumpkin salad with yogurt and prunes, roasted duck-breast fillet with red-wine-and-apple ragout, ratatouille with fennel, and French bűche de Noël cake. On Christmas Day, Araz hosts another brunch with live music and kids’ entertainment.
When: Nov. 29 & Dec. 6, 13, 20, 25, noon-3pm
Cost: 6,990 HUF (50% discount for children between 6-12, free for children under 6)
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