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Members' reviews on EESÊNCIA RESTAURANT

4.7/5

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Eleanor T.

Visited in april 2024

Just go! If you can afford it, just go. It’s a wonderful experience and the food and wine are beautiful. As are the staff. No photos as we didn’t think to take any. Enjoying living in the moment here too much for a photo shoot.

Leif N.

Visited in april 2024

My wife and I both had the 7 course tasting menu with the non-alcoholic drink pairings. I highly recommend NOT doing this pairing. It was mediocre for some dishes and horrible for others. The drinks were either too subtle or overwhelming for the dish they were paired with. Food was ok. Well prepared but just lacking balance and flavor harmony. Service was standoffish and didn't know the menu very well. Unsure if truly Michelin caliber.

Gerard R.

Visited in april 2024

Fabulous Menu, we had the 7 courses accomplished with great wines.
The tasted delicious.
Very friendly staff and so competent.

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Francesco C.

Visited in march 2024

Cena fantastica. Tutto perfetto!!

Caroline T.

Visited in march 2024

What a wonderful dining experience. I can’t put a finger on anything. My favorite part about the food was that it was culinary art but I could still see and taste what I was eating. Highly recommend the 7 course tasting menu. Also dress lightly - restaurant is very well heated.

Monica L.

Visited in march 2024

A perfect culinary experience and a very nice evening. We had the seven course tasting menu with wine pairing menu. We chose both Hungarian and Portuguese dishes and we didn’t regret ????
Very single course was very balanced and beautifully presented. The sommelier was also very good and paired the wine perfectly

The personal was attentive and friendly

Augustine L.

Visited in february 2024

One Michelin star restaurant. Very nice Portuguese and Hungarian wine pairing tastings menu restaurant. Tiago the owner is very hands one. Supervise the kitchen staff all the time to ensure quality dishes. Food is great. With wine pairing.

Benny D.

Visited in february 2024

An excellent experience!!!

Janet S.

Visited in february 2024

Lovely experience. Had the fortune of sitting next to one of the owners for lunch while the other owner was cooking. Beautiful fusion of Portuguese and Hungarian, with phenomenal presentation and excellent service. We indulged in the five course tasting over lunch and were pleasantly surprised. The photographs speak for themselves. The amuse vouches were the highlight for me -- three phenomenal starters, with the cod tart (a brilliant take on the Portuguese egg tart) and the relish on the squid ink cracker being the true highlights for their flavours and textures. Wonderful experience and definitely Michelin worthy.

Claudia B.

Visited in january 2024

We had a birthday lunch here and it was faultless. We dine in fine restaurants quite often and there are invariably one or two experimental dishes which miss the mark but everything we had here was utterly delicious (though to note we didn't have the tasting menu) I don't eat meat but my partner loved the water buffalo tartar and declared the mangalitsa the best pork he has ever eaten (served with a scrumptious mushroom dumpling dish) and I had the dumplings with egg yolk and truffle and a small bite of his apple pie. The wines suggested to pair with the food were all stunning and the waitress made such an effort to celebrate my partner's birthday that he was quite emotional. The venue too is stunning - a warehouse style conversion which has been impeccable divided into "rooms". The stylist deserves an award.

Benjamin B.

Visited in january 2024

I tried this much-hyped place for lunch. The food was quite good but not as amazing as expected. The lunch menu pricing is incredibly confusing and misleading, as almost every dish has a surcharge, and then the regular a la carte is also available. This is needlessly complex, plus why not set a higher price for the lunch menu and then no need to upsell!

Sitting near the kitchen I also heard a lot of talk and comments from the chefs that perhaps it is better the customers do not hear… perhaps things will improve but I would wait a while until the place has settled into a flow.

Nandor F.

Visited in january 2024

Respekt und ganz großes Kompliment für das gesamte Team!
Alles war perfekt!
Hervorragendes Service,emotionsgeladenes essen voller Finesse,tolle Atmosphäre.
Diese Qualität ist kein Zufall,nimmt Platz und überzeugt euch selber…

Florent E.

Visited in january 2024

Excellent restaurant, le lieu est très joli, le serveur attentionné et très compréhensif envers les restrictions alimentaires de chacun. Sommelier très pro et connaît très bien ses vins. Les différents plats étaient délicieux, nous sommes ressortis plein à craquer !
Fait intéressant, ils sont ouvert le midi, là où les autres etoilésne sont ouvert que le soir. Une adresse à ne pas manquer donc !

李貝貝

Visited in january 2024

美味的餐點，甜點很特別不過對我稍微甜了

Caroline R.

Visited in december 2023

Super food, interior and staff. This restaurants is has such a good aura and food that if I would give it more then five stars if it was possible. Their signature dish - the octopus is probably one of the best ones I’ve ever had. In all the dishes overall the quality is very very high. Would absolutely recommend this restaurant! The wine list is very good as well.

João N.

Visited in december 2023

A fine fine dining experience. The food is great, service is attentive (your water glass is always filled, your napkin gets folded when you go to the restroom) and knowledgeable (wine recommendations are well justified). Although it may be difficult, it would be good if dishes could be adapted to dietary restrictions.

Gábor V.

Visited in december 2023

One of the best places in Budapest at a great location. You can taste here local ingredients and dishes also. We really liked it so I can recommend this place as one of the best ones in Budapest.

Fanni J.

Visited in december 2023

Incredible!

ベナクリス

Visited in december 2023

This is a nice restaurant with two distinct options between Portuguese and Hungarian taking menus. We did the two tasting menus with wines from those countries, and overall, the dishes were delightful. The only dish we were not too impressed with was the cod that came with the Portuguese tasting menu. The sauce was delightful, but the fish itself was quite salty. The service was good as well, the waitress we had explained each dish nicely. There was one dish where we had a different server present the dish without much explanation. Overall, this is a nice place to check out if you want to explore some fine dining.

Josefine S.

Visited in december 2023

Fantastiskt upplevelse och service. Absolut värt ett besök och vi kommer säkerligen tillbaka för att prova något annat gott.

Ursula M.

Visited in december 2023

We ordered the 6 course tasting menue. (1x May17 - 1x Hungarian). The first courses were amazing, the Crab dish had shell pieces inside of the meet, from there on the dishes became a bit unusual and tasted off and very acidy. The duck and rib eye meets were great, the side dishes not so much and almost indefinable. The bread pudding dessert was very salty. Overall a good restaurant, maybe just today a bit off.

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sarasa

Visited in december 2023

We ordered a five-course Portuguese meal. Every dish was delicious and was a series of surprising and inspiring experiences. We could tell that a lot of attention had been paid to details such as seasoning, presentation and the temperature of the plates. We tried the non-alcoholic pairings and all the drinks matched the food and were truly delicious. The waitstaff all treated us with a good sense of distance and we were able to settle in for our meal. We would return here again.

Pedro M.

Visited in december 2023

We have been to a few Michelin restaurants across Europe (specially Portugal) and I have to say Tiago is one of a kind.
We had one Portuguese tasting menu and one Hungarian so we could taste both and they were both equally amazing! One point I need to highlight is Tiago's skills in making sauces, all of the dishes had some of the most amazing sauces we ever had, that perfectly blended with the dish, very well balanced. So far the best Portuguese Chef I have tasted!
Thank you Tiago & Evá

Nicolas C.

Visited in december 2023

Absolutely phenomenal and soectecular place....the cuisine was outstanding, the flavors fantastic and the service just wonderful. We enjoyed every single course of our multi-course dinner.
Every dish was great. The Portuguese flavors shone through.

They have an amazing wine list and knowledgeable staff to advise. Excellent sparkling, whites, red and sweet wine, all local were outstanding.

I will for sure be back.

nadege m.

Visited in december 2023

Habituée des restaurants étoilés j’ai tout aimé chez Essencia : cuisine fraîche inventive, délicieuse et qui se digère avec une facilité déconcertante ????????
Le service est particulièrement affable et l’ambiance jolie cosy nordique.
Si je reviens à Budapest je retournerai à Essencia ????????

EESÊNCIA RESTAURANT

Open - and from 18h00 to 23h00

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Sas utca 17, Ve arrondissement, Budapest, Hungary Show on map

+36 70 600 0315

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Opening hours

Monday

Closed

Tuesday

Closed

Wednesday

18:00 - 23:00

Thursday

12:00 - 15:00 and 18:00 - 23:00

Friday

12:00 - 15:00 and 18:00 - 23:00

Saturday

12:00 - 15:00 and 18:00 - 23:00

Sunday

Closed

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