With a hint of black magic in its name and a cosy location in the basement of a residential block, this family-run restaurant has earned loyal local fans with its excellent takes on Hungarian classics. Feast on slow-cooked duck with beetroot, grey-cattle sausage or pearl-barley risotto. The two-/three-course lunches are a bargain at 2500/2850Ft.
Mandragóra
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