Szép Ilona

Óbuda & Buda Hills


This refined Buda Hills spot is a good place to come for hearty indigenous fare, such as duck leg in orange sauce (3800Ft), at modest prices. The name refers to the ‘Beautiful Helen’ in the ballad by poet Mihály Vörösmarty: she falls in love with a dashing ‘hunter’, who turns out to be the young King Matthias Corvinus. Alas…