Vegetarian cafe serving healthy mains, salads, smoothies, soups, raw cakes. Each day a vegetarian as well a raw vegan menu. Dog friendly, near the Buda Castle. Previously named Balamber. Open Mon-Fri 11:00am-7:00pm, Sat 11:00am-6:00pm.
Categories: Vegan-friendly, Western, Take-out, Hungarian
10 Reviews
First Review by RachelLouise
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Cute cafe, great service and comfort food - Edit
Worth climbing down the castle to have a meal or a cake at this place. Very kind service and very comforting, home-like food. The cakes look great but after a soup and savoury pancakes there wasn’t room for them :)
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Lovely place and great food - Edit
Healthy vegetarian and vegan options for a really nice price and a variety of delicious raw vegan cakes. The coconut balls are just the best ever. Kid and dog friendly. The staff is very kind and helpful and the interior is really charming.
Pros: vegan options
Cons: nothing
Contributions +38
Best Raw cake ever - Edit
I went in without having too many expectations and was totally blown away. The staff was very friendly and eager to help even though they only speak broken English. The main dish was really fresh and cheap, but the piece of cake as dessert topped everything. Would definitely come back if I happen to be back in Budapest
Contributions +52
many tasty vegan desserts - Edit
Cute small cafe. I bought some cookies that were vegan oats and chocolate, they were soooo good ! Also smoothies are only sold on a lunch time which is a shame
Contributions +177
hidden gem - Edit
this is a small little local cafe with veggie and raw vegan menu options that changes daily. all cakes are raw vegan and delicious!! will definitely return.
Pros: great price , many vegan cakes, raw options
Contributions +39
Adorable little place! - Edit
The cafè is really cute and well decorated. The staff doesn't speak english really well so is hard to navigate through the menu. The prices though are incredibly cheap for good quality, and the raw cakes are a definitive must-try! Highly suggested!
Pros: Cheap, Cute, Delicious
Cons: A little out of the way
Contributions +89
Love this place - Edit
A lovely café, little hard to find though. They make delicious raw cakes.
Pros: cakes, design
Contributions +378
Leckeres Essen, unschlagbar günstig - Edit
Das gemütliche kleine Restaurant liegt hinter dem Burgberg. Es eignet sich ideal, um dort nach dem Besuch des Burgpalastes Mittag zu essen. Das Essen ist lecker, unschlagbar günstig und die Bedienung unheimlich nett. Die Karte ist nur auf ungarisch, das Personal kann aber englisch und z.T. auch deutsch.
Pros: Preise, Essen, Service
Contributions +145
good food but non organic! - Edit
good food and very good raw cakes but non organic.
if it would be organic then i would give a 5.
Pros: good cakes, good salad
Cons: non organic
Contributions +191
Super cute vegetarian restaurant in Buda - Edit
I went here three times this week for lunch because I was attending a conference near Deli train station and this was the closest vegan-friendly restaurant. The food was delicious!
The decor is really cute. It reminds me of an English tea house. The staff is very friendly and the atmosphere is relaxing. They have free wifi, too.
For food, they offer one raw vegan plate and one cooked vegetarian plate every day for lunch. The days that I went, the raw plate was really good. It usually consists of a salad of chopped vegetables, some raw crackers, and some yummy raw side. The cakes are also raw and very tasty.
The prices can't really be beat. The daily menu includes the plate of your choice plus a small smoothie (probalby .2 liters), and cost 990 HUF, which is less than $5 at the moment. A piece of cake was around 400 HUF, I believe. The total for a filling meal with dessert was maybe 6 or 7 dollars. In the US, I estimate the same thing would have been over $20, because raw food isn't cheap.
The staff is friendly, but don't all speak perfect English. Fortunately, there probably isn't all that much you need to communicate, so it's not really a problem. They have displays of the daily dishes, so you can just point to the one you want, or say "vegan".
Pros: Price, Great atmosphere, Delicious raw food
Cons: Not 100% vegan, Cooked food is not typically vegan
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