I love visiting Budapest in winter. Especially now, before Christmas, walking around the city of beautiful architecture and art, soaking the great atmosphere. There is a place that I love to go to, that for me represents Budapest and where I feel like one of the artists from around hundred years ago, drinking good coffee and drawing in the warm corner of the cafe.
Vorosmarty square
Just walking into Cafe Gerbeaud, you’ll feel like you have walked into a different time. With marble floors, wood panneling on the walls, rococo plaster work on the ceiling and sparkling chandeliers, the interior is even more that you expect looking at the beautiful building in the center (Pestum). Connoisseurs will recognize secessionist style furniture and a little french influence.
The magic continues once you open the menu…you have to order a coffee and a piece of cake. Coffees are delicate and fine, and cake selection is completely exceptional. Try a well-known Hungarian Dobos cake or Esterhazy cake.
Esterhazy cake
Cafe Gerbaud is also know by their bakery goods that they have diligently perfected since they opened their doors in 1858. So if you stop by in the morning for breakfast, to read the newspapers, it will be as appealing. French brioche, English apple pie with vanilla sauce of traditional pogatscha with cottage cheese will spoil you. But those are the little pleasures we should all enjoy. 😉
You can take a part of that experience back home with you. Cafe Gerbaud will offer you, in the Green Salon, handmade bon bons, house jams, preserved fruits and cakes beaufully packaged. It won’t be an easy choice…
…and you will keep on coming back…
Stella – European Travelling Advisor
European Travelling Advisor 
All that good food was making me hungry. It is like you are right there enjoying it. Thank you. What a nice place to go.Keep showing us all the fun places we could go.
Dan & Deanna ” Marketing Unscrambled”
Hi Deanna,
always nice to see you on my blog! Hahaha, thank you, just trying to translate the experience into words the best I can. Glad you liked it.
Stella – European Travelling Advisor
Wow Stella, this place sounds magnificent. One thing we do look forward to is a cup of coffee with a piece of cake or a pastry. What great detail information you share.
Many Blessings….
Hugo and Roxanne
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Hi Hugo & Roxanne,
it is magnificent, I keep coming back to Cafe Gerbeaud and enjoy it every time.
Watch out for more interesting places to visit! 😉
Thank you!
Stella – European Travelling Advisor
Dear Stella
Wow that is amazing, it is so beautiful 🙂 I am putting this one on my list to visit. Thank You for showing this to me. You blog is fantastic. I love visiting your blog.
Thank You
Giovanna Garcia
Hi Giovanna,
you are welcome. I love it that you all like it.
Thank you for your support, it means a lot!
Stella – European Travelling Advisor