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Hungarian lunch/dinner with locals in their home w/ car transfer

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Overview

Available languages

English

2 hours

Mobile ticket

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)

Additional Info

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).

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

3-course dinner

Transport by an air-conditioned private vehicle

Driver/guide

3-course lunch

Wine, Pálinka (the popular local fruit brandy)

Drinks

Hotel/port pickup and drop-off

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

What To Expect

Your tour starts with meeting your guide at your hotel. He will drive you to the home of the family. The lunch includes a soup, main course and dessert. Drinks and Hungarian wine are also part of the meal. Our soups: Hungarian goulash soup, Hungarian bean soup with smoked ham, Potato soup with cream and smoked ham, Chicken soup, Ragout soup flavoured with tarragon, Hungarian fish soup, Hungarian bean-goulash soup, Mushroom soup, Green pea soup Our main courses: Hungarian stuffed cabbage/Hungarian chicken Paprikas/Hungarian goulash stew/Pork medaillons Hungarian style served with "lecso" (onion, tomato, paprika ), Lecsó/ Hungarian sirloin steak with fried onions / Hungarian vadas/ Desserts: pancakes/cottage cheese dumplings/somlói sponge cake/creamy pastry/Hungarian strudel/Zserbó/chestnut cake/Apple pie/Hungarian seasonal cakes (Please inform us in time, so we can prepare vegetarian dishes and special meals if needed.) After the hearty meal you will be transported back to your hotel. This tour has nothing to do with tourism. This has to do with Hungary, its people, culture, and food.

Sample Menu

main

Soup

main

Main course

dessert

Hungarian desserts

Options

Hungarian lunch/dinner with locals in their home w/ car transfer

Pickup included

Reviews

4.90

29 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

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  • Budapest dinner

    E H,

    Oct 28, 2025

    - Review from Viator

    5.00

    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.

  • Awesome Dinner and conversation

    Catherine B,

    Sep 14, 2025

    - Review from Viator

    5.00

    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!!

  • Off the tourist path.

    Becki M,

    Aug 27, 2025

    - Review from Viator

    4.00

    Be gracious and polite guests. These people are welcoming you into their home to have an authentic homemade meal.

  • Highlight of our trip

    Donald B,

    Jun 21, 2025

    - Review from Viator

    5.00

    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.

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  • Lovely afternoon meal with a Hungarian family

    vd975,

    Feb 3, 2025

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    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.

  • Lovely afternoon meal with a Hungarian family

    Virginia D,

    Dec 24, 2024

    - Review from Viator

    5.00

    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.

  • Felt like family, this off the grid tour is the BEST!

    Rebecca C,

    Sep 24, 2024

    - Review from Viator

    5.00

    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!

  • A good idea but the hosts had other priorities

    Catherine H,

    Jul 26, 2024

    - Review from Viator

    4.00

    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.

  • Dinner with locals

    JOYCE S,

    May 19, 2024

    - Review from Viator

    5.00

    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.

  • Wonderful way to spend an evening

    Jane M,

    Dec 6, 2023

    - Review from Viator

    5.00

    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.

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