Where can I eat after midnight in Budapest?
Late-night eating in Budapest is genuinely easy compared to most European capitals. Rákóczi tér and the surrounding Eighth District have kebab and lángos stands running until 2 or 3 a.m. on weekends. Nagymező utca in the Sixth District, sometimes called Budapest's Broadway strip, has a cluster of spots that stay open late serving Hungarian comfort food and pizza. For something more substantial, the 24-hour buffet-style restaurants called önkiszolgáló étterem still exist in a few spots around the city center, though they are a dying breed. The Jewish Quarter around Kazinczy utca has ruin bar complexes like Szimpla Kert with food vendors inside until late on weekends. If you want a full sit-down meal past midnight, your options narrow considerably and you are mostly looking at hotel restaurants and a handful of places near Deák Ferenc tér. Street food is the reliable move: a kürtőskalács or a hot lángos from a night stand will not disappoint.
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