Frici Papa Kifőzdéje

Frici Papa is a tourist-heavy restaurant in Budapest favored by visitors looking for low-priced Hungarian food and old-school vibes. Prices are truly rock-bottom, even by local standards. The humble two-story interior features cheap wood paneling, tablecloths covered with sticky plastic, and waiters dressed as if parachuted here from the 1980s.

The extensive menu comprises Hungarian classics – beef stew with egg dumplings; stuffed cabbage; chicken paprikash – most of which are average at best. Among the better options are the cottage cheese-based túrós csusza noodle dish sprinkled with pork fat, the mákos guba dessert blanketed in poppy seeds, and the Hungarian crepes (palacsinta).