• CLOSED: Cigköftem

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  • White Vegetarian
Vegan-friendly
Juice bar
Middle Eastern
Turkish

Offers the Turkish vegetable pate made of grains, walnuts, tomato puree, sunflower oil, parsley and green onions that shape into little balls or fingers and put in wraps or with mixed plates. Reported closed, Nov 2017.


9 Reviews

First Review by Yigin

Loona

Points +484

Vegan
20 Apr 2018

Loved this place a lot! :(

My heart is breaking for this place :( I ate dürüm here countless times, mostly on busy home office days when I did not have time to eat more traditional lunch and only had time to grab something I can take home and eat in front of my PC while working. But while it functioned perfectly as a worst-case-scenario tummy saver, it was much more than that: we also visited the restaurant several times with my husband too during weekends. We both loved the taste of the herby-bitter, spicy dough they added to the dürüm, and in my opinion, with the crispy vegetables added it was much better than any similar food, like vegan kebabs or falafel wraps. And it was cheap, too!
The staff was always kind to fulfill my special requests on which vegetables to exclude and which to add as an extra from the salad bar, and extras from the salad bar were added with no extra cost :)

During the summer rumors caught up that the restaurant will close, but when I asked the staff they told me it's only going to be renovation. After long months of being closed without any visible progress (and an inactive facebook page) I slowly started to lose hope that they will ever reopen, and finally another restaurant has opened in their place. Based on how many times I have eaten alone or with only one or two people around, and how many times I have seen people come in and leave without ordering, I wouldn't say it surprises me, still, I really miss this place, that taste, and am super sad about the closure :(



Updated from previous review on 2018-04-20

Pros: tasty, cheap, good location

Cons: closed :(

RecepEkinci

03 Sep 2022

Hello, for us vegans, Çiğköftem Budapest is opening in Budapest. Wait for September 15, have a nice day😄(József krt. 48)

Loona

03 Sep 2022

Wow, that is fantastic news, thank you for letting me know, I cannot wait! 😄

RecepEkinci

03 Sep 2022

We are definitely waiting for you Loona!
you can reach us here :
https://instagram.com/cigkoftembudapest?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Nayvee

Points +124

Vegan
01 Oct 2017

Night out buddy

Delicious Turkish food without additives, big servings for a pretty good price. Vegan food is clearly labelled, though the menu isn't written in English, but you can figure it out from the pictures. It's open until 1am, perfect before or after or during partying - such a life saver, you can fill your tummy with healthy food instead of french fries from McDonalds!

Updated from previous review on 2017-07-23

Pros: Late night opening , Settled in the city centre, Reasonably priced

Cons: No English labels

Dianebg

Points +580

Vegan
03 Aug 2017

Vegan kofte!

First time I tried vegan kofte, it was delicious and very healthy. And very cheap too!

DavidHasselberg

Points +24

Vegan
26 Jun 2017

Delicious cig köfte

Perfect cig köfte wraps, just like those in Istanbul if not even better. Vegan options are clearly labelled. Price for a wrap equivalent to about 2.50 euros, so a super cheap and tasty yet filling meal.

The negative reviews are probably from people who haven't tried cig köfte before, but I can assure you that this is a top notch place for this speciality.

Pros: Great taste with fresh vegetables , Nice staff , Cheap

Cons: None, unless you don't like cig köfte

victoriazwr

Points +60

Vegan
12 Feb 2017

great place

this place is amazing if you need something quick to eat on the go. delicious & cheap! the only disadvantage is that the menu is only in hungarian

Pros: central location, delicious food

Cons: menu not available in english, could be less spicy (that is only my taste hahah)

Pilgramunna

Points +311

Vegan
12 Oct 2016

cold patty for burgers

the same paste is used for durum and burger and is served cold. not very tasty. price was ok. be careful, is vegetarian - serves turkish yoghurt drink.

mansgoggel

Points +56

Vegan
14 Aug 2016

Fast food

The cigköfte dürüm I had was pretty good. The price was alright, too. Be careful with the ice cream, though. Even though the restaurant is supposed to be all vegan, like half of their ice cream contains dairy.

Pros: cheap, fast service

Cons: dairy in ice cream

AinoPerttunen

Points +224

Vegan
24 Jul 2016

Very unfriendly service

We came here with high excpectations, but apparently they weren't excpecting any clients. Everything was written in Hungarian so we asked for help and recommendations in English but they didn't say one single word. Finally we got some cigköftem balls with salad but they were quite average. For dessert we tried Vegan Ice Cream but selection wasn't really good, mostly the same sorbets you can get anywhere. Vegan Punch Ice Cream was really good though and had a nice youghurty texture! Still can't rate high because of the incredibly unwelcoming service :(

Pros: Punch vegan ice cream

Cons: Unfriendly staff

RecepEkinci

03 Sep 2022

We are sad about this event, we saw that there is no vegan çiğköfte in Budapest and it opens on September 15th! (Different business owner)
everyone speaks english :)

Yigin

Points +27

Vegan
Owner
16 Jun 2016

excellent

Es schmeckt sehr gut




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