Nobu Restaurant

MICHELIN Guide Budapest : discover three unusual fine-dining restaurants

"World-famous Chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa’s Budapest outpost, opened in 2010 in the bustling city center, buzzes with a large sushi bar and round tables for groups—more a place to party, share plates, and have drinks than a first-date spot. Hungarian, Japanese-trained Chef Gábor Schreiner leads the kitchen, forged by rigorous early training in an authentically Japanese environment and inspired by Nobu’s bold, almost heretical blending of Japanese cuisine with Peruvian accents—a twist he first admired in a cookbook before fate brought him here. While local freshwater fish don’t fit easily, guests expect seafood, and the team follows Matsuhisa’s strict etiquette: sushi rice prepared to perfection and fish quality kept impeccable. The menu leans into Nobu’s playful “blasphemy”: jalapeño and garlic on raw yellowtail, the world-famous miso black cod (traditionally a mackerel preparation), a sashimi pairing foie gras with raw salmon, and edamame showered with sesame and chili instead of simply salted—rule-breaking that everyone loves." - Le Guide MICHELIN