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Rivalda Café and Restaurant
City: BudapestAddress: H-1014 Budapest, Színház u. 5-9.
Tel.: +36 1 489 0236
Dear Guests!
Rivalda Café & Restaurant, located in the heart of the world-heritage Buda Castle district, has established itself as one of Budapest’s premier dining experiences since its opening in May 2000. It has come to represent an inviting atmosphere of casual sophistication, and the best in outdoor dining in the quiet calm of its 18th century courtyard.
An inspired menu blends contemporary European cuisine with local ingredients, and an extensive, carefully conceived wine list highlights the best in Hungarian vintners and vintages. Rivalda offers a full range of catering services. In addition to the restaurant and the courtyard, a newly completed private banquet hall is available on the first floor.
Rivalda Café & Restaurant in Budapest is the perfect venue for weddings, family reunions, birthday and anniversary celebrations, press conferences and corporate dinners.
Your Proprietors
After successfully winning a tender, your owners, Agnes Weninger and György Gunst took over this space on the ground floor of a heritage building, once an 18th century monastery, and brought it to life in May of 2000.
They have worked hard to put their special signature on both the cuisine and the décor, and to make their mark in the historic Castle district and indeed in the gastronomic life of Budapest. György, your Chef, brings his experience from the hallowed halls of the famous Gundel Restaurant and from the Hotel InterContinental, as well as several shorter stints abroad in Switzerland, India and South Africa.
This is combined with Agnes' experience in Canada managing many types of foodservice establishments, as well as her own restaurant/ lakeside country Inn, and learnings from extensive travels throughout the world. György is not your typical Chef. An avid antique collector and classical music buff his interests range far and wide. Agnes has many altruistic interests, and serves on the Board of Trustees of a number of charitable organizations.
The restaurant regularly provides in-kind contributions and dinner donations, and has participated in fundraising for the Terry Fox Foundation and the Budapest Festival Orchestra Foundation.
Our Cuisine
The seasons play an essential role in creating Rivalda's menu, resulting in a complete menu change three-four times a year. In the Spring we herald the arrival of asparagus, morel mushrooms, spring onions and radishes. In the summer, dishes are lighter and cooler, featuring the abundant supply of fresh fruits and vegetables that are available in Hungary today. In the Fall and Winter, sauces get a bit richer, and dishes a little heartier, with wild game in the spotlight. Chef Gunst prefers reduced sauces and stock-based sauces and altogether all parts of the entrées are treated with a lighter touch, to be in line with the way we eat today. It is important that diners enjoy a balanced meal and not feel that they have over-indulged in heavy, excessive foods.
Open daily 11.30 - 23.30
