The best Hungarian dinner w/ locals in their home w/ car transfer
Description
Because this tour has nothing to do with tourism. This has to do with Hungary, its people, culture, and gastronomy. Do you want to be just another tourist in Budapest? Or do you want to get a personalized travel experience and feel like a local? We invite you to participate in our Home lunch/dinner program, and to get a true taste of typical Hungarian food! The home lunch program introduces Hungarian cuisine and turns it into a real personal travel experience. For lunch we will serve you a complete Hungarian meal, along with some good Hungarian wine! "Lunch at Mom and Pop's house was the highlight. AMAZING! They were so nice too.. we wanted them to adopt us. They really made us feel at home. I feel lucky to have had such a unique experience. I will no doubt recommend this tour to anyone who visits Budapest." (As reviewed by a Tripadvisor member)
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Please provide the address of your hotel or your ship, where we will pick you up.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please note that we reserve the right, if necessary, to cancel the home lunch even the day of the lunch/dinner. Because of the personal nature of this activity things occasionally may come up that prevent the hosts being able to provide the lunch. However, this rarely happens and we do our best to provide the home meal!
- Participants are asked to provide their phone number at time of booking
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking place,
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- This is a private meal: only you and the hosts are there (and your guide).
Reviews(29)
We enjoyed the dinner of pea soup, duck, potatoes, cabbage and wine. Nice couple didn't speak English but the driver was a friend and interpreter. Tour of the house. Long drive from Budapest to the suburb.
We had an amazing time with our hosts! Our guide and hosts were absolutely amazing! So friendly and interesting! The food was amazing and awesome to learn about the history and culture of locals. Highly recommend!!
Thank you so much for your kind words! We’re so happy to hear that you enjoyed your time with us and felt the warmth of our hospitality. Sharing our culture, history, and food with wonderful guests like you is always a joy.
Be gracious and polite guests. These people are welcoming you into their home to have an authentic homemade meal.
Thank you for coming to our home! It was really nice to spend this evening with you. We hope we will see you again soon!
The dinner was the highlight of our river cruise down the Danube. The food and wine were great, and the hosts were most gracious in inviting us into their home and preparing a special meal for us to enjoy with them. The hosts also went out of their way to prepare special food for my wife, a vegetarian, and for my daughter in law who is gluten intolerant. It felt like we were having a dinner with friends. We learned more about, and developed a new-found appreciation for, Hungarian culture. Do not miss this opportunity if you visit Budapest. Finally, the arrangements our hosts made to pick us up and return us to our cruise ship were flawless. A clear 10 out of 10.
Thank you so much for your kind words — we truly loved having you in our home and sharing a special evening with you. It was a joy to cook for your family, especially making sure everyone had something delicious that suited their needs. We're so happy you felt at home, that means the world to us. Thank you for being such warm and curious guests. It was our pleasure to share a piece of Hungarian life with you. We hope the rest of your Danube journey was just as memorable. Kata and Dani
Attila was our guide and driver, to and from our hotel, which is a very nice benefit. He gave us interesting information about Hungary’s history and joined us for the lunch. Our hosts, Daniel and Kata, kindly welcomed us into their home and prepared a delicious, authentic Hungarian 3-course meal. It’s the best meal of our trip! I highly recommend this experience, to be able to meet and share a wonderful meal with a Hungarian family where they live.
Attila was our guide and driver, to and from our hotel, which is a very nice benefit. He gave us interesting information about Hungary’s history and joined us for the lunch. Our hosts, Daniel and Kata, kindly welcomed us into their home and prepared a delicious, authentic Hungarian 3-course meal. It’s the best meal of our trip! I highly recommend this experience, to be able to meet and share a wonderful meal with a Hungarian family where they live.
Wow! Want to feel like a true local? Book this! Driver/interpreter was amazing, had a family connection to our hosts which made it even more interesting hearing all of their history. We felt like their family by the end of it. Food was superb, made with love. I want to go back and just hang out on the couch with them!
The host couple had a very young baby and honestly weren’t really ready to host tourists, again. We did have some interesting conversations but the mum looked a little frazzled and kept disappearing. I felt sorry for her as she had clearly been pressured into hosting, this night. Also, make sure that your dietary requirements are clearly communicated.
Dear Catherine, we do not force anybody to do anything. One the hand hand, we are not like that. On the other hand, it does not fit with the whole concept of welcoming people and spending a good time together with them. We would not be able to please people, also we would not have got all of these good reviews. I asked Kata (the mom) about this, and she said she was tired on that day, which happens to women having their first baby. There were three of us hosts at the dinner, doing our best to entertain you. We are sorry that we were not successful.
Our Hungarian dinner with locals was great. A nice young couple with a baby. Food was great. The pickup and return to our hotel was very unique and greatly appreciated. A highlight of our visit to Budapest.
Thank you, we are doing our best to give you the best.
Excellent evening and the food was wonderful, Hungarian gourmet! Hosts were reliving and gracious. Highly recommended. Would do this again if I come back to Budapest.
Thank you Jane. Come again!
