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CANDLELIT DINNER MENU
From now on – Every month offers a new Candlelit Dinner Menu
Experience our carefully composed three-course menu and celebrate each month with a memorable dining experience. The candlelit dinner provides a unique experience for those who value excellent service, gastronomic pleasures, and the memorably cozy atmosphere that gives a perfect background for sharing prime-time.
The candlelit dinner menu is a three-course menu, with a choice of an appetizer/soup, a main dish, and a dessert.
The price is HUF 9.990 per person, inclusive of VAT. A 12% service charge is exclusive of the menu price. Book your table at 06 30 336 3414 or restaurant.budapest@radissonblu.com.
CANDLELIT DINNER – MARCH
Soups, Appetizers
Duck liver brulée, Vanila, home-made scone 2,4,7
Salmon tartare, avocado, beetroot 5
Main courses
Fried baby chicken, truffle-mashed potato, grilled apple, mango chutney 7
Atlantic butterfish, beetroot risotto, grilled fennel, saffron-ginger sauce 5,7
Desserts
Zsolnay Trilogy 2,4,7,10
MENU FOR HARP
Fill your soul every Friday with a unique, multi-sensory dinner and book a table for the Zsolnay menu for harp.
Our set menu for Friday’s harp performance with three light dinner courses costs HUF 8.990. The final dessert is the Madrigal, perfected with hazelnut sponge cake, tonka bean custard, dark chocolate mousse, and ganache. This famous Zsolnay artisan dessert is a monophonic melody of tonka beans, offering lactose-free, no added sugar or wheat flour delights. Noémi Kutor will provide the special harp music, solo harpist of the Debrecen Philharmonic, between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. every Friday in the Zsolnay Café. The menu is offered for this period and can be booked via the book a table button below.
Zsolnay Menu for harp
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Meat soup with Gyosa dumplings
Chicken Supreme, truffle potato mousse, roasted root vegetables
Madrigal
The menu price does not include drinks and a 12% service charge.
HIGH-TEA FOR TWO
We serve a Classic English afternoon high tea for two in stylish handmade Zsolnay porcelain. According to tradition, Queen Victoria’s lady in attendance, Anna of Bedford, missed the time between main meals, so she enjoyed tea, sandwiches, or pastries with her friends. Create your tradition before a theatre performance or during a meeting with friends, and enjoy tea as a friendly event!
High tea for two includes:
Cream cheese-smoked salmon, cucumber, cheese canapés, Liptauer cheese-filled donuts, cheese and dill scones, blue cheese snack, home-made biscuits, and bonbons, a cup of tea or coffee per person, infused water
Price: HUF 8.990 Ft, exclusive of a 12%-os service charge.
THE ORIGIN OF SO-CALLED“ZÓNA” (ZONE) MEALS
We have been wondering about the origin of this Hungarian word that denotes small meal portions. In the 19th century steam engines had to resupply water and coal on their route. As a result, trains had to make frequent stops, and their routes were divided into zones where such stops had to be made. Clever restaurant owners took this opportunity to offer small meal portions to passengers during these short stops. Small portions may still be a good choice for guests before theatre or at a business meeting. Can you think of a clever word for “zóna” meals?
OUR SPECIALITY COFFEES
Roncadi Family representing the Italian coffee culture, started brewing in their family-owned brewery 50 years ago in Modena. Their vision reflects prime quality, humble for coffee, and attentive care. These features make the coffee brewed based on family recipes a perfect choice for our specialties.
CUBA SERRANO SUPERIOR – Our light roast Arabica coffee with a mixture of tobacco, hazel, and cocoa flavours and with a bitter chocolate aftertaste. Although its body is rather high, the sourness is only mildly felt.
SANTO DOMINGO – An exquisite coffee specialty made from carefully selected, high-quality Arabica coffee beans. During the roasting process, we only use coffee beans from one particular plantation. The flavor speaks for itself. A luxury taste for the most demanding customers. It is supplied through selective distribution, providing our partners a reflection of the high quality of their establishment with this very product.
AT THE ZSOLNAY CAFÉ, DESSERTS ARE AN ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE
The Zsolnay Café’s selection of desserts is unmatched in Budapest, and many of the treats on offer are made without traditional sugar, using hazelnut and almond flour. So as well as diabetics and slimmers, we’ve also thought of those with lactose intolerances. Madrigal represents three attributes: no sugar, no-wheat flour, and no-lactose without compromising the taste. The organic flavours of the Zsolnay Café’s exclusive Ronnefeldt tea range make for an even more memorable experience.
„MY CAFÉ, MY HOME FROM HOME”
WHY THE ZSOLNAY CAFÉ?
- We’re in the heart of the city, just a few paces from Oktogon.
- We are open from 10 am until 10 pm every day.
- Free WIFI
- It is easily accessible for people with baby carriages and wheelchairs.
- Our chefs serves fresh, locally inspired menu in every season.
- Our pastry chef makes a range of exquisite desserts. Many of them are lactose free or prepared with no added sugar / wheat flour.
- Your dog’s also welcome.
- You can conveniently park your car in our underground car park.
HISTORY OF THE ZSOLNAY CAFÉ
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The Café is on the ground floor of the Radisson Blu Béke Hotel, Budapest first opened in 1985, after the hotel was reconstructed. It took its name from the world-famous Zsolnay porcelain factory. Originally it was housed in the ceremonial hall on the first floor, but was later moved close to the street, so now you just have to walk through the main entrance to find your table. In keeping with tradition, for decades the coffee, tea and desserts have been served in Zsolnay cups and on Zsolnay dessert plates specially designed for the hotel. The selection is different for each part of the day. We offer a culinary experience that you’ll want to keep coming back for! The menu offers a selection of light meals freshly made with high quality ingredients, created by our chefs in the spirit of tradition coupled with innovation. Our customers’ health is also important for us, which is why we also serve lactose free desserts with no added sugar or traditional wheat flour. |
THE ZSOLNAY CAFÉ NOWADAYS
The Zsolnay Café is one of the most special places in Budapest. Some of our customers come for our delicious, hot food, while others are looking for a place to chat over a cup of coffee or tea, and some might simply fancy a mug of hot chocolate with home-made whipped cream while leafing through the daily newspapers. It’s the perfect venue for sitting down to congenial business lunches and suppers, holding inspiring company meetings, sharing a romantic bottle of champagne, or just enjoying an evening of cocktails with friends. Our customers tell us that we’re an oasis of calm on the busy Teréz körút stretch of the Grand Boulevard, where every member of our team works to make sure that everyone who walks through our door feels right at home.
Let’s meet again for a coffee, supper, or perhaps a drink. The main point is to have a good chat, and to enjoy a sociable, coffee-house experience!
HOME OF THE ZSOLNAY CAFÉ
In Budapest it’s a notable achievement for an old, venerable institution to have existed for a hundred years, especially having remained a hotel for all this time. The secret of survival for the Britannia, Béke and Radisson Blue was to carefully preserve traditions while constantly innovating and adapting.
The building located at Teréz körút 43, formerly known as the Britannia Hotel, first opened for business on 10 May 1913. Its first owner, the wealthy coffee merchant Henrik Fábri, based his new establishment on the English model. The hotel was fitted with the latest amenities: the rooms had running hot and cold water, steam and water-based central heating, and a central vacuum cleaning system were installed. Above the doors to the rooms special lights were fitted for calling room service.
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In Budapest it’s a notable achievement for an old, venerable institution to have existed for a hundred years, especially having remained a hotel for all this time. The secret of survival for the Britannia, Béke and Radisson Blue was to carefully preserve traditions while constantly innovating and adapting. The building located at Teréz körút 43, formerly known as the Britannia Hotel, first opened for business on 10 May 1913. Its first owner, the wealthy coffee merchant Henrik Fábri, based his new establishment on the English model. The hotel was fitted with the latest amenities: the rooms had running hot and cold water, steam and water-based central heating, and a central vacuum cleaning system were installed. Above the doors to the rooms special lights were fitted for calling room service. In its heyday, the hotel was run by Aladár Németh and his wife, who honed the catering and entertainment to perfection. Back in the day, the famous novelist Ferenc Móra had a room here, and this was also when the Szondi pub was established, and it was in the hotel that the novelist Zsigmond Móricz founded his unique literary and political club that was centred on the literary journal ‘Nyugat’ (West). The glass painting and illustrations in the halls were all works of Jenő Haranghy, professor of the College of Applied Arts. Because of these, the Britannia was also jokingly referred to as the Haranghy Museum. And of course, he was the natural choice to paint the fresco that adorns the cupola room, which was opened in 1937. In the ‘60s and ‘70s a whole host of famous Hungarian performers took to the stage here, including Kamill Feleki, Hanna Honthy, György Klapka, Ilona Medveczky, György Korda, János Koós, László Aradszky, Péter Máté, Kati Kovács and Géza Hofi. Following nationalisation after the Second World War, it went on operating as the Béke (Peace) Hotel, and its Orfeum Night Club was a key fixture on the entertainment circuit: Andrea Szulák, today a household name in Hungary, was one of many who launched their careers here, and Tibor Bitskey and György Klapka were also regularly on the bill. It has traded under its new name since 2009. Located in the city centre, the Radisson Blu Béke Hotel, Budapest enjoys all the advantages of belonging to a top international hotel chain, while taking a pride in its traditions. The hotel’s staff do all they can to make everyone feel at home in this exciting building. |
OUR TEAM
“Nowadays cooking is all about kitchen technology. I am proud of being a real cooking chef; I love the smell of the kitchen, the humour of my colleagues, creativity in my job and our achievments. I beleive that everything is teamwotk in the kitchen, so I only claim from my colleagues that I personally can do. Zsolnay Café is a highly inspirative surrounding, the ideal place for phantasy as you can feel all the tradition of a 100 years old café but the everchanging environment pushes you towards a very cool gastronomy line. Lets the culture of 100 years return but let me give a little flick to it…”
Zoltán Tóth, Executive Chef
„We offer the old Hungarian classics – Dobos Torte and Eszterházy Cake – as well as reinventions of the traditional sweets, such as a layered version of Somlói Galuska, or the completely new desserts, conjured up by us, which cannot be tasted anywhere else, like the Szófia Míra.”
László Barna, Pastry Chef
László Barna believes that his work can only be performed with total dedication, with heart and soul, because this is the only way of working the magic that goes into making a truly special dessert. He is a dedicated and energetic craftsman willing to learn every day. As a student and as a pastry chef, he remains faithful to the traditions of his craft and the creative strength of his team.
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Zsolnay Corner & Shop
The beautiful Zsolnay porcelain and ceramic products are known and recognised the world over. Our coffee-house is named after the legendary porcelain maker. And in keeping with tradition, for decades the coffee, tea and desserts have been served in Zsolnay cups and on Zsolnay dessert plates specially designed for the Radisson Blu Béke Hotel, Budapest.
CONTEMPORARY ART IN ZSOLNAY CAFÉ
he unrivaled virtuoso experimentation technique and the special material make it possible to see through the depths of the soil and the rocks in the pictures of Mr. Tamás Felsmann and son, István Felsmann. After pouring and post-treatment of the resin and layering of the various materials, it gains its current plastic surface, thus achieving the unity of painting and sculpture. It becomes visible and feasible as the water looks for its way and as the light defeats dark, so the water can penetrate the solid material until it finds its way to the surface.
The paintings of the works of art and the color scheme harmonizing with the elements of the interior design of the renewed Zsolnay Café.
Tamás Felsmann & István Felsmann: Aqua Medicamentosa revealing of the unseen
Art (No. 1., 2.1, 2.2, 3.)
2018
Zsolnay Kávéház – the recognized unexpectable
We look forward to seeing you!
OPENING HOURS
Monday – Sunday 10:00 – 23:00
ADDRESS
43. Teréz körút, Budapest-1067
CONTACT US
+36 1 889 3900, +36 1 889 3966
sales.budapest@radissonblu.com