The Best Italian Food in Hungary
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The best Italian food in Hungary, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide and 50 Top Pizza have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Anyukám Mondta comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Budapest and Encs.
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Alelí and Avalon Ristorante hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with 50 Top Pizza next.
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Rank 1. Anyukám Mondta
Mediterranean Italian
The focaccia comes out of a wood-fired oven, and that detail tells you a lot about what kind of neighborhood restaurant this is. The menu moves between homemade pizzas, modern Italian plates, and daily specials that occasionally take a turn toward the Middle East. Prices stretch across enough range that you can eat here casually or push further into dinner territory. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the service runs with genuine warmth rather than ceremony.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
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Rank 2. Alelí
Italian
High ceilings and a chic bar set the mood at this Italian restaurant inside the Dorothea Hotel, steps from the Danube. The kitchen leans on imported Italian produce for focaccias, hand-rolled pastas, and risottos, with a cacio e pepe that earns its reputation and a tiramisu built for sharing. Salads are dressed tableside, which is either charming or theatrical depending on your mood. The staff will happily steer you through the wine list.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Three places have the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 Alelí (this place) 68.544
- #2 Avalon Ristorante 68.544
- #2 Fausto's 68.544
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Rank 2. Avalon Ristorante
Italian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Three places have the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 Alelí 68.544
- #2 Avalon Ristorante (this place) 68.544
- #2 Fausto's 68.544
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Rank 2. Fausto's
Italian
A glass-enclosed terrace in Buda sets the tone at Fausto's, an upscale Italian restaurant where the presentation of the food is clearly keeping pace with the surroundings. The chef behind it has been feeding Budapest for a long time, and the move across the river seems to have added energy rather than costing it. Smart and unhurried, this is the kind of room where the pasta course arrives and you stop checking your phone.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Three places have the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 Alelí 68.544
- #2 Avalon Ristorante 68.544
- #2 Fausto's (this place) 68.544
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Rank 5. Forni di Napoli
Neapolitan Pizzeria
Budapest is not obvious Neapolitan pizza territory, but Forni di Napoli has made it one anyway. This wood-fired pizzeria runs a high-hydration dough that produces a soft, charred crust, and the kitchen stocks Italian DOP ingredients with the seriousness of someone who flew them in personally. The room has the energy of a Neapolitan Sunday lunch that never quite ends, and the staff treat every table like a personal project.
The awards
- 50 Top Pizza 50 Top Pizza Europe Excellent Pizzerias
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Forni di Napoli (this place) 65.882
- #5 Glutilino 65.882
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Rank 5. Glutilino
Gluten-Free Pizzeria
A gluten-free pizzeria where nobody has to ask, because the whole menu already is. Round Neapolitan-style pies, pastries, and a room that's simple but put-together with care. The kitchen has clearly done the homework to make gluten-free dough feel like a choice rather than a consolation prize. It landed on 50 Top Pizza Europe's Excellent Pizzerias list, which tells you this isn't just a workaround restaurant.
The awards
- 50 Top Pizza 50 Top Pizza Europe Excellent Pizzerias
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #5. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #5 Forni di Napoli 65.882
- #5 Glutilino (this place) 65.882