Since I know the speed of a renovation or restoration in Hungary by experience, better if you avoid Szervita Square for a few years. In the Castle District took years to change the pavement to suit the style of the place better, and this is just one example. I remember the not so old story when the Castle Bazaar was renovated. The project initially planned for just $ 9 billion and had a total budget of about $ 20 billion finally. Handed over at least three times because something was still missing, and when I visited it about a year after the final handover, all the door handling were wobbling. Hopefully, Szervita Square will be luckier and beautiful, but don’t hold your breath. About the plans, it will be finished in December 2020. Seeing is believing. Probably my main problem is that I don’t like the building that will be erected there. It isn’t valid in that way. I love the premise; just into the Szervita Square, I wouldn’t put this too big ultramodern edifice. That square needs more air, more greens. Maybe I’m wrong, and it will be splendid. The current prominent houses will stay, so will be able to enjoy some 18th-century baroque architecture, the downtown St. Anne's Church, the old foundation with the new Virgin Mary statue on the top, Martinelli's former Palace of Invalides, the neoclassical the Schaffer House and the famous Art Nouveau Turkish bank house.
Also, there is the Rózsavölgyi Music Store, and next to it, an elegant Pharmacy.
Why I don’t advise to visit it now, because of the ongoing development. It is hard to walk from the containers and other building materials, and in front of the church you have to share a one -way road with two -ways traffic, sometimes jumping behind a parking car or a rubbish bin. Wen I wanted to take a photo of the facade of the Turkish Bankhouse, I had to squeeze myself in between building materials, rubbish bins, et.c, but I still wasn’t able to step back enough.
Be patient, and go a few years later on.