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#1,093 of 2,912 Restaurants in Budapest
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0.3 miles from Great / Central Synagogue (Nagy Zsinagoga)
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Budapest legújabb kézműves sör lelőhelye a belváros szívében! 32 sörcsappal, egy kiváló bottleshoppal és mennyei gasztró fogásokkal várunk Titeket. Tágas, nyugis belső, meghitt családi és baráti hangulat. Legyél Te is egy Craft Head! Étterem nyitvatartás: Minden nap 13:00-23:00 Bottleshop nyitvatartás: Minden nap 12:00-21:00
PRICE RANGE
$3 - $14
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, Late Night, Drinks
CUISINES
European, Pub, Gastropub, Hungarian, Central European, Bar
FEATURES
Table Service, Delivery, Takeout, Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Parking Available, Television, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, Digital Payments, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards, BYOB, Dog Friendly, Family style, Non-smoking restaurants, Sports bars
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Reviewed 3 weeks ago via mobile

Popped in here for a couple of drinks after dinner, and thankfully, we left after one. Quite apart from the inhospitable staff member who served us, there is absolutely no atmosphere in this bar/bistro. We ordered 2 gin and tonics, and what we were given...was 2 ginless, gin and tonics. Absolutely no gin whatsoever in our glasses. To make matters worse, there was a 27% service charge added, and to add insult to injury, our waiter played the sympathy card by saying that they don't see any of the tips. I wouldn't go back if the drinks were free.More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed 4 weeks ago

Great experience! We had a very pleasant night,with a good selection of wine and drinks. We loved the atmosphere.

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed November 2, 2023 via mobile

We went here on our first night in the city, the food wasn’t the best! One was a sausage dish, which looked horrible and the other was chicken, which was very bland. It wasn’t cheap either, disappointing.

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed August 6, 2023

Interesting choice of beers. Some exotic foods like pearch soup. Not too touristic, you hear around lot of Hungarian language. Full every night but reservation is not need as they serve inside and outside.

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed July 23, 2023 via mobile

We are here twice over a weekend, mostly because of the large outdoor eating/drinking area and the location. Firstly the service: the staff were friendly and fairly efficient but service was a little disjointed with plates cleared before everyone was finished and late cutlery. The...service was however prompt. Second the food: the burgers were very well received and tasty as was the Wiener schnitzel. The chicken paprikas which I had hoped would be a lovely rustic & tasty local dish had been ‘elevated’ or rather interfered with and spoilt though it was still fairly tasty.More

Date of visit: July 2023
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Reviewed June 20, 2023

We had the 6 dish tapas and I can honestly say it was soooo good. The place didnt have much atmosphere but the staff were nice and the food was brilliant recommend coming here to eat

Date of visit: June 2023
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Reviewed April 29, 2023

The place has nice atmosphere and very nice service from the waiters. Good advice for both bear and cocktails!p

Date of visit: April 2023
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Reviewed March 1, 2023 via mobile

The beer was actually really nice and reasonably priced however you can’t just go and get a beer it is all table service but waiters are like unicorn poop! Never around! And then they have the cheek to ask for a tip! Rude also!!

Date of visit: March 2023
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Reviewed November 8, 2022

As a craft beer geek, I tried to visit all the renowned craft beer bars of Budapest I read about at specialised craft beer websites. Craft Head turned out to be an absolute winner with regard to the best complex quality of beer and service...to price ratio due to all this: - all the 2 dcl. "beer tasting samples" were served to me in an ideal temperature and all beers were fresh, which is not so common even in "beer capitals" such as Prague. This is a proof to me that they keep beer barrels cooled properly all the time as well as that they clean the pipes and tap equipment regularly and properly; - they had a wide selection of all key beer styles from Budapest and Hungary based breweries, from both "real physical craft/microbreweries" as well as "former home brewers' virtual breweries that brew their beers at external craft/microbreweries" (I do not know proper English terms for this as I only read Czech and Slovak craft beer magazines and websites); - given a beautiful historical building and rather upscale furniture, as well as a table service by waiters in suits etc., the prices were very reasonable (most beers, incl. IPA, less than 1000 forints per 2 dcl. glass), given also the location right in the centre of the capital city. Unless you are a beer brewer, a beer tasting geek or just a rich person, I see no reasons to pay about tripple prices for similar quaity beers at bars like Hops bar, or double prices at weird places on housing estates such as Jonas pub. While I understad and respect what MadHouse means for the Budapest craft beer scene, I did not enjoy my beer tasting there, as I paid double to tripple prices compared to similar craft beers in Prague, without finding any of the MadHouse beers outstanding in any way (all tasted OK to me, but none was worth the price for me), and serving 1 dcl. beer samples outside of tasting them right at a bar seems a bit unprofessional to me, as beers in just 1 dcl. glasses simply get warm on their way from the bar to the table. In this sense, if one also wants to enjoy a typical esthetics and vibe of Budapest, as well as beer samples tasting, I am unaware of a better place to sit down and enjoy as CraftHead - feel free to suggest to me at pmzahr@gmail.com. Some of the tourists or maybe even those "show off teenage Erazmus" large parties that complained about food and service in the reviews below just were not intelligent enough to read that this is not a restaurant, but a bistro, which means that there is a kitchen serving craft dishes, but not a large team of chefs able to prepare like ten different dishes at the same time. For these "Erasmus and other large parties" I can recommend going for a dinner to just any restaurant that has a word restaurant in its name near the legendary Szimpla Kert, and move to Szimpla to socialise in the best way one can in Budapest, chosing Hungarian craft beer or just traditional Pilsner Urquell or just some cheaper corporate Hungarian beers for those who are not craft beer geeks. Also here at the Craft Head, they had some medium size brewery beer from the Czech Republic, which I guess is the same brewery where they brew their own beers, but as I was fully focused on traditional microbreweries and "flying former home brewers" from Budapest I forgot which Czech medium size breweries this was (it was one of these traditional Czech medium size breweries which are fine in general outside of craft beer geeks tastings|. I did not try pairing Hungarian craft dishes with Hungarian craft beers yet, but on my next trip to Budapest I will give it a try the most probably here at the Craft Head.More

Date of visit: October 2022
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Reviewed October 27, 2022 via mobile

Excellent range of beers. Good food - what’s not to like. Main courses of duck and pork medallions were enjoyed.

Date of visit: October 2022
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Reviewed September 13, 2022 via mobile

The beers were great, but the crispy pork knuckle was very average!! When I saw it on the menu, I was excited!! But disappointed when it arrived!

Date of visit: September 2022
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Reviewed July 4, 2022 via mobile

We was a large group of friends who was travelling together in Budapest. We had pre-booked a table and the restaurant was prepared (we thought…) that we was coming on a Thursday evening in June. But ufortunately this was not a Good experience at all....They had no control at our orders and everything was very unproffesional and chaotic, there was people who got their food almost an hour after the first ones, but the worst was the really bad service from the vaitors. It is ok to get stressed when there is a lot of people coming, but the vaitors (except for one) was grumphy, rude and did a not acceptable job. The burgers was ok, but the Cesar salat had 4 small bites of chicken, no dressing and was almost just pieces of lettuce. So tips from us; use your money at a place that like to have costumers and behaves like normal, nice service-minded people, and not by people who lookes like they hate their jobs and litterary doesn’t give a f***… 🙄👎 Regards from NorwayMore

Date of visit: July 2022
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Reviewed April 22, 2022 via mobile

Very friendly staff, good selections of drinks, not only beers, but also interesting selection of whisky! nice place for dinner with friends.

Date of visit: April 2022
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Reviewed April 21, 2022 via mobile

If you try to eat and drink something in Buda late night and see a place stating that they serve till 01:00....do not go this restaurant because they even wont let you enter on 10:30

Date of visit: April 2022
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Reviewed April 18, 2022

2 weeks ago again we had a lovely dinner here. We ate 3 courses and they all were pretty delicious; and of course the beers too. Very good selection of beers. The staff was helpful and friendly.

Date of visit: April 2022
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Craft Head Brewpub & Bistro is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travelers:
  • Food: 4.5
  • Service: 5
  • Value: 5