Café Gerbeaud

"You might have to stand in line with visitors to enter this historic pastry shop and coffeehouse, but Gerbeaud is no tourist trap. Opened in 1884, it’s one of the few establishments that survived the Communist era — when it went by the name Vörösmarty and was under state ownership — and it still retains much of the striking original interior complete with chandeliers and cherrywood paneling. Apart from the vibes, you’re here for the Esterházy torte, named after a Hungarian noble family, which consists of layers of buttercream and ground walnuts topped with white fondant." - Tas Tobias

"Every visit of Budapest should include a stop at Gerbaud, Ruszwurm or New York Café." - Le Guide MICHELIN

"Serves traditional cakes and desserts in a luxurious, charmingly traditional environment." - Le Guide MICHELIN

"Gerbeaud One of Budapest’s best known and most ornately decorated coffeehouses—as well as one of Europe’s oldest—Café Gerbeaud has been satisfying the city’s sweets cravings since it opened in 1858. The decor in the cafe’s various rooms is pure decadence, with chandeliers, stucco, original exotic-wood panelling, and antique furniture; the traditional cake selection comes with slices of the café’s three most iconic cakes, including the both the Esterházy cake (buttercream and cognac) and the Gerbeaud, a cake layered with ground walnuts and apricot jam invented by Emil Gerbeaud, a Swiss national who took over the patisserie in the 1880. By Afar Magazine"

"The grandest of them all, its gilded rooms on downtown Vörösmarty Square have been the epicenter of Budapest social life for a century and a half."