Centrál Kávéház és Étterem
Area: 5. district
Opening Hours: everyday from 8-24h
Tradition and modernity. Respect for traditions, openness to new ideas. That is how Central Café could be described. We are proud of our forefathers an we are aware of the challenges of our age. We do not intend to evoke the past, but we intend to revive the kind of intellectuality that used to make this place one of the most popular intellectual centres of the capital. We intend to do so, with your help.
We cannot do more than to provide the "scenery" - the atmospheric environment, good food, seductive sweets and refreshing drinks - the good spirits must be brought along by you. By all those who stop by for a cup of coffee in the morning, for lunch at noon, for a glass of wine on the way to the theatre or a light dinner after the theatre and who take part in one of our programmes as members of a creative audience.
The historic past and the historic intellectuality impose obligations on us, the descendants, too. We profess that we have to think and work in a way so that the reconstructed Central Café and Restaurant opened again in 2000 could be the worthy successor of the historic Central. In times past, the newspapers and periodicals edited in the Central, the discussions and the social life conducted here were not only outstanding accomplishments of the Hungarian artistic and scientific life but also formed the way of thinking of the Hungarian society to a large extent and had a positive effect on the social and intellectual development of society.
We, working in the café, try to do our best in order to make the Central the number one and most successful coffee-house in Budapest. We are proud to say that the arts are welcomed guests at our place too. We would like our visitors to come back to us happily once and again. We feel it is our responsibility to gain acknowledgement for our work and to renew our profession.
Central: past values for future success.
With the restarting of Central, we would like to witness the birth of a social location, where talking, listening and understanding each other turn into cultural experiences and where we can set a good example for public life. We believe that step by step, Central will have an increasingly inspiring effect on Hungarian public life. We consider it something especially important to face that the café and the restaurant can only fulfil their mission if we closely work together with our guests and we mutually help the development of each other's way of thinking and taste. We believe that the Central is more than just an intimate coffee-house, a quality restaurant and a fine confectionery. But it cannot be more, without the constructive cooperation of our guests.
You are very welcome at the Central!
