Located on District VI’s unassumingly urban Szondi Street, Slow Foodiez opened in late 2015 with a clear mission, and – as the name suggests – a different interpretation of breakfast and lunch from most other eateries in town. Despite serving the two most important meals of the day with a twist, the restaurant has not ventured too far from traditional café principles: the basic concept focuses on reasonably priced, healthy food offered amid a cozy-yet-professional setting, where patrons can grab a quick, nutritious bite.

In Budapest, places that specialize in breakfast and lunch are found in abundance recently, so we were intrigued to find out if Slow Foodiez could set itself apart from the competition on unpretentiously bustling Szondi Street. As it turns out, the genre still has untapped potential, and we were reminded once again that the simplest ideas are sometimes also the most appealing.

The eatery is dedicated to vegetarian-vegan-raw vegan cuisine, but the attitude is not forced or intrusive at all. They believe in doing what they do to the best of their ability, which makes the restaurant a welcoming place for both those who refrain from meat and those who savor it wholeheartedly.

The stylish two-story restaurant currently offers a daily lunch menu, with the introduction of a permanent menu planned for this month. During our visit we tested the cream of red lentil soup and the Brussels sprouts spaghetti made with plant cream, following them with a tasty and chocolaty Ischler pastry, and a few slices of poppyseed roll, both of which were baked using only plant-based ingredients. We loved everything we sampled: the hot soup felt especially good in the cold weather, and the pasta was also delicious and perfectly seasoned, despite the fact that Brussels sprouts always evoke suspicion in a lot of people.

The lunch menu costs 1,500 forints, which is just under the limit of being too expensive for what it is, but since the food here is nutritious and filling, the price seems justified. Other items on the menu included bean soup with vegan sour cream, pancakes with vegetables, and Székely-style raw vegan cabbage.

Available all day, the breakfast selection is equally diverse, featuring dishes like the vegan omelette with Liptauer (790 HUF), scrambled eggs with vegetables and homemade bread (500 HUF), and a breakfast platter with a variety of delectable goodies (1,290 HUF).

The only negative aspect we can point out is that the restaurant closes before dinnertime. The owners say it’s because Hungarians usually only go out to eat for breakfast and lunch, and tend to stay in for dinner most of the time, but with the city’s vegetarian and vegan community continually growing, perhaps the opening hours will someday expand into the evening.
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1067 Budapest, Szondi Street 11.