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Essência Restaurant - Tiago & Éva Budapest Reviews
Exceptional food, delightful service
Thanks so much for accommodating our large group (eight). We all enjoyed the food, as well as the elaborate, but friendly and delightful service. Those of us who had the chef’s signature dish (octopus) found it extraordinary. A number of our group said your restaurant was the highlight of their trip to Europe. Essencia is just exceptional!
Nice restaurant, great sommelier!
Nice restaurant with welcoming staff. We booked ahead from London before travelling as it had good reviews. We did the 7 course tasting menu which was nice, not wow but nice. A couple of stand out dishes - the langoustine was one, and both the beef and the lamb were cooked to absolute perfection! The service from the sommelier was exceptional, a lovely man and very knowledgeable. We enjoyed our evening, the food was good and we left happy.
Amazing expiriance
I have been in few michelin star restaurant and this is was one of the best of them! I loved that the chef worked in front of us and the open kitchen is great idea in general. The service was great, the dishs was very good with very thought and with great taste. And the prices were very fair.
Lack of inspiration?
Hmmm... Is it wrong to give such a restaurant only a 3/5? Well I think so based on the price range and expectation of a 1 star Michelin. Some reviews rate this restaurant as the 3rd best in the city. That I don`t understand. The welcoming at the door was a bit odd. The restaurant are very nice and the tables are spread around in a nice setting. If you want to have a view towards the kitchen there are only a few tables that have that. In my opinion these are the "only" options in such a restaurants. We had the 7 course menu with wine paring. The service are a bit casual. To be honest we did not have any highlights from this menu. Everything tasted good but non of the dishes blown us away. same with the wine parings. Everything seemed lack of inspiration. It was ok but nothing to remember. For over 200.000 forint for a couple we expected more and we have had much more from a 1 star before.
An adventurous meal at Essencia with the best company
My friend Mathias and I have the world's smallest food club. We decided to visit Budapest and try some of the best restaurants over there. I can say it did not dissapoint! The first impression is everything, and impress it did. A beautifull setting with close connection to the kitchen so you could follow what they are doing. As a chef I find it amazing to learn from others and get inspired. For starters I ordered the Hungarian waterbuffalo tartar. Beautifull plating, extremely tender, a great combination of acidic, sweet and salty flavor. This is a must try if you love tartar. The most important thing is the maincourse, here I decided to go for the Deerloin with wild shrooms and dumplings. The dish was looked aesthetic - a well executed plate. The deer was perfect cooked, tender and tastefull. Combined with the crispy topping, the amazing sauce, dumplings and mushrooms.. I loved the explosion of flavor, it was the best deerloin dish I've had in a long time. Last but not least, excellent service - I loved the history behind the restaurant as well as the service. Thank you for a great time! Best regards, Rasmus
A Michelin experience worth doing
We were looking forward to this Michelin experience and not disappointed at all. Special mention to the octopus with chorizo and the deer saddle. And the service was impeccable.
Feeling like in Portugal, eating like in Hungary. Amazing from start to finish.
If you enjoy a cozy vibe, feeling like eating at the shore of a town in Portugal, this is the place you go! I am really sad that we only got to eat a la carte in Essencia at lunch during our short stay in Budapest, because I believe we would've been in for a treat eating dinner with a menu put together by the Chef. We will most definately come back to Essencia in the future to do so! In the start of our visit to Essencia, we felt the vibe almost immidiately. And if we hadn't, the small appetizers would help to get in the vibe - it felt (and probably was) intentional to combine the flavours of the appetizers, that made us feel even more by a shore in Portugal. Also combined with the storytelling of the couple, Tiago & Eva, that I think is very well suited for what expression and impression they want make with they restaurant - from decor to service to choice of food on the menu, and so forth. I think they succeed with everything they've tried to do. We had a three course lunch (different starters and mains, same dessert) and they were all great. I had white fish for my main and it was like smooth and buttery - something I would be able to eat every day for a year, if I were challenged to do so, and I would enjoy it every single day. Our waiters (two ladies) were very kind as well. Not many tables were occupied so we basically just had to make eyecontact with one of them and they were there in an instant (not that we had to more than once, since they were very aware of everything going on at all times). Thank you for a lovely stay that really kicked off our Budapest 3-day weekend. You've left a very positive impression!
A fantastic evening - highly recommended
A wonderful experience and great food at Essencia. The highlight of our trip to Budapest, the Mangalica was my favourite dish. The service was very good, the staff were helpful and welcoming. In summary, excellent food, wine and service.
"essencia® RESTAURANT Tiago & Éva": Jing & Jang in Budapest...
In Budapest, "essencia® RESTAURANT Tiago & Éva" offers the best of Portuguese and Hungarian cuisine side by side, in a high quality, intimate setting, with professional service. Portuguese cuisine, with its focus on the "fruits of the sea", and Hungarian cuisine, with its focus on the "delicacies of the land", are presented in harmony with each other, with some "cross-over" of the "fusion" cuisine, but both retain their own character. At our birthday dinner, we sampled the degustation menus of "home" (Portuguese) and "at home" (Hungarian). Both were very tasty and enjoyable, with the Portuguese menu featuring mackerel ravioli and aged beef ribeye, and the Hungarian menu with duck cvekedli and venison spine with forest mushrooms and dumplings standing out from the field. The welcome bites were a pleasant way to set the mood, and the truffle flavouring, which could be ordered separately, added quality to our "dinner tour". The quality of the ingredients, the perfect harmony and orgy of flavours and colours, the high standard of service, showed that the "essencia®" deserved the Michelin star.
5 Stars !!
5 Stars throughout ! Great service and food, and bonus points for the octopus rice - which was by far and large the best we had in our life ! thank you !
Fantastic
We visited the restaurant in December 2022. We had tasting menus with wine pairing. The food was exceptional, the wine pairing very well chosen. The service was excellent, the decor and ambience very pleasant. I recommend!
Our favorite Michelin star restaurant
We came back again to try the autumn menu. We were satisfied as always. We also loved the juice pairing.
Relaxing experience
Itresting experience. Great food and services. Portuguese and Hungarian fusion. Excellent dinner music creating relaxing atmosphere.
Unique
I love both kitchens so I chose the mixed tasting menu with wine paring. The sommelier was excellent, I found wine pairings were exquisite and enjoy the knowledge shared with me. I found some of the portions a bit on the small size, but had a wonderful experience overall.
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