Raising a glass on Bartók Béla – DiVino sets up on Budapest’s trendiest boulevard

From the tram, you can make out the illustrious company that DiVino is now keeping. As you arrive, on that very corner is the B32 Galéria és Kultúrtér. It officially belongs to Bercsényi utca, with the Hadik within easy reach. A zebra crossing separates it from the Kelet Café & Gallery and BÉLA.


This busy location might be unfavourable elsewhere, but here on Bartók Béla út, voted by Time Out readers as among the world’s coolest neighbourhoods, it is more of a huge advantage. Here, you’re in the heart of it all, plus you’re in a themed bar where you won’t go hungry or thirsty, and where wine is the first love.

DiVino Bartók’s operation is based on a long history of gastronomy and the wine trade, which can be seen in its sympathetic attitude to both – and in the fact that they’re not frantically struggling to get to where they need to get to. They’re planning for the long term, wanting to win over wine lovers in the area, those looking to relax with friends after work, or to extend the evening.


It's a democratic assortment, so in addition to the emphasis on wine, spirits, long drinks based on them, non-alcoholic cocktails and special beers organically connected to wine culture are also featured. After all, it would be a shame to put off a classy clientele just because there might be those among them who aren’t after wine alone.

The interior feels like a gastrobar, with lots of wood and metal, which skilfully communicates elegance and laid-back flexibility at the same time. Relaxation is an important component, most suitable when it comes to wine culture.


You can also count on tasting sessions, winemakers and junior winemakers. It's a lucky coincidence, by the way, that famed winemaker Palkó Rókusfalvy lives in the same house. Of course, he’s a regular at DiVino Bartók.

If you’re coming here for lunch, weekdays from noon to 3pm, you can put together your ideal midday meal from three types of appetiser, three main courses and two desserts, for 2,200 and 2,500 forints, extremely good value for the price. They make their international bistro dishes with seasonal, often regional, ingredients, not showy but rather easily identifiable crowd pleasers. Take, for example, the minestrone, Parmesan aubergine and apple strudel trio, or truffle brie on toast, creamy courgette pottage with poached egg, and vanilla rice cake for dessert.

If hunger strikes over evening drinks, then cheese platters, ham platters, olives and homemade bread can accompany sophisticated imbibing and a good story or two.

If you would like a little more privacy with your friends or your loved one, we recommend you reserve a small gallery. If more people come and a larger space is more desirable, you can spend time downstairs at a cosier table.

Just as there is no shortage of wine tastings and evenings with winemakers, they also have other themed events, always flagged up well ahead of time on DiVino’s social media pages. The season for cosy drinking is now upon us, but for warmer times later next year, they’re expanding their terrace from 2021.

And who wouldn’t want to enjoy a pleasant spring day, sipping a sassy spritzer, a bubbly prosecco or a zingy G&T on a District XI terrace?