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Kosher/ Restaurants: First 3 are on the same block.
-The Hana -  Meat - Open for lunch and dinner  (Shabbos meals) Supervision: Orthodox Rabbinate - Hana seems to be closed. Hopefully, they will reopen
-Carmel - Meat - Open for lunch & dinner. Dont expect steaks but good Hungarian meat and chicken dishes. Supervision: Rabbi Oberlander - Chabad -    Menu
-Tel Aviv Cafe - Dairy - Open for breakfast & lunch and depending on the season dinner too. Cholov yisrael   English Menu     Hebrew Menu
-Kosher Butcher Shop on Dob u, behind the Kazincy shul courtyard. used to have delicious smoked salami
-Kosher Market as well on Dohany u 36 - standard israeli and even american brands. Also sells locally baked goods with Rabbi Oberlanders hashgacha. Fresh daily.
-Kosher Deli Budapest Síp u. 12
-Kosher Meatup Síp u. 5 https://koshermeatup.hu/en
-Brooklyn Bagel Újpesti rakpart 1, Budapest
-Shakshuka Kazinczy utca 30, Budapest, 8am-3pm - Shakshuka is temporarily closed

Synagogue:
-Kazincy U.(street) Ashkenaz - minyan every morning at 7:00 and mincha maariv 15 Minutes before shkiah
-Kis Diofa u.
-Chabad, Rabbi Oberlander. Shachris: Sun. 9:00, other days at 7:00 with breakfast served after davening, except Sunday.
-Other Chabad shul is geared towards Israeli tourists
-Chevra shas during the week and in the main shul across the courtyard on shabbos. You can check with Rabbi Oberlander about his minyanim

mikveh
on Kazincy open from 6:00, the code is written on the door, towels provided, entrance fee 500 HUF

Things to Do:
Pest side of city Chain Bridge:
-Parliament
-Terror museum
- Vaci U shopping area (watch out for pickpockets and scam artist),
-Andrassy U High end shops
-Embassies
-State Opera House
-Heroes square at the end of Andrassy u.
-National Museum
-Széchenyi Thermal Bath

Buda side of city:
-Tram ride up Castle Hill
-Fishermans Bastion
-Danube river cruise
-Bronze shoe holocaust memorial on the bank of the Danube

Hotels: (Doesnt pay to use any points at any of the hotel chains)
-Gellert nice but overpriced
-Four Seasons nice but overpriced
-Kempinski (Usually very cheap $100 a night)
- Continental, on Dohany street
- Astoria

Getting Around:
-Its a beautiful city to walk around.
-Uber suspended operations in Budapest in July 2016.
-Cabs can and will rip you off...especially those parked outside hotels.
-Use app called Taxify. Its similar to Uber. Use promo code TAXIFYBP for 1000 HUF first ride
-Airport to city should be flat fee make sure you dont get scammed.
- http://www.minibud.hu/en Airport Transfer from city center, hop on hop off sightseeing tour with English and Hebrew audio
- BKK Budapest 24-hour travelcard HUF 2500, they also have multi-day options
- BKK Budapest 24-hour group travelcard (for 1-5 passengers traveling together) HUF 5500
- Bus 200E from the airport to Metro gets you into the city in 50 min
- Bus 100E from the airport to the city center (stops: Kálvin tér, Astoria, Deák tér) - HUF 2200

Notes:
Avoid Euronet ATMs at tourist sites. Use bank ATMs. Always decline the "exchange guarantee" the ATM operator is offering you, choose local currency, your own bank will have a better exchange rate than what the ATM is offering you. The ATM "exchange guarantee" is a scam and hidden fee that should be avoided.

Drivers
Shlome Hernadi - +36 (209) 348-917 - liszka1953@gmail.com
Alex - +36 (30) 2042998
Shlome Kurtz - +36 (30) 3556735 - slajme@gmail.com
Meir Gluck - +36 (20) 4602373
Janos Bene - +36 (20) 9342408 - rentacarhungary@gmail.com
Berish Goldmann - +36 (70) 4524900 - forma11562@gmail.com
Bence Bekassy - +36 (70) 558 5405 - ben@busrentalbudapest.hu

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #600 on: May 06, 2019, 11:17:17 AM »
The M3 is a toll road by a "vignette" - make sure your rental car has a vignette - and set Waze accordingly

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highways_in_Hungary#Toll_requirements

http://toll-charge.hu/
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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #602 on: May 06, 2019, 04:18:40 PM »
is the bus to the airport now also stopping at astoria on both directions? can someone confirm?

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #603 on: May 06, 2019, 05:05:16 PM »
is the bus to the airport now also stopping at astoria on both directions? can someone confirm?
I think they are not. You can walk to Deak Ter, it's a short walk unless you have a lot of stuff

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #604 on: May 06, 2019, 05:33:15 PM »
I think they are not. You can walk to Deak Ter, it's a short walk unless you have a lot of stuff

according to the web, it was changed recently

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #605 on: May 11, 2019, 06:26:29 PM »
according to the web, it was changed recently

just to update: only the early morning departures to the airport are stopping at astoria.

BTW rudas bath was full with ANASH on Thu.

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #606 on: May 13, 2019, 01:40:30 PM »
i need a babysitter for couple of hours in budapest. would anyone have contact info of someone who could direct me?
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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #607 on: May 13, 2019, 02:48:38 PM »
i need a babysitter for couple of hours in budapest. would anyone have contact info of someone who could direct me?
Try calling R’ Oberlander

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #608 on: May 14, 2019, 05:24:37 PM »
Try calling R’ Oberlander
would you know his contact info?
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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #611 on: May 31, 2019, 02:40:26 AM »


Travelling to Budapest next week.  At the moment not interested on the danube river...


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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #612 on: June 12, 2019, 09:40:41 AM »
Anyone have an update on kashrus situation. Seems that there were forged  certificates from the meat supplier.
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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #613 on: June 12, 2019, 10:19:12 AM »
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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #614 on: June 12, 2019, 11:09:33 AM »
Anyone have an update on kashrus situation. Seems that there were forged  certificates from the meat supplier.
Are you talking about Dob utca? Don't they sell their own stuff?

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #615 on: June 12, 2019, 11:18:57 AM »
Are you talking about Dob utca? Don't they sell their own stuff?
There is talk that K*** was forging and selling non-kosher meat in Budapest and Vienna so Carmel and Hanna meats are a problem. I just saw something posted from Shaulson but havent corroborated it. 
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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #616 on: June 12, 2019, 02:30:00 PM »
There is talk that K*** was forging and selling non-kosher meat in Budapest and Vienna so Carmel and Hanna meats are a problem. I just saw something posted from Shaulson but havent corroborated it.
That would be extremely disappointing (as it usually is with these stories). Carmel has the same source for meat? It's Chabad hasgacha.

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #617 on: June 12, 2019, 02:33:48 PM »
That would be extremely disappointing (as it usually is with these stories). Carmel has the same source for meat? It's Chabad hasgacha.
only one source as far as I know
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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #618 on: June 12, 2019, 02:56:42 PM »
There is talk that K*** was forging and selling non-kosher meat in Budapest and Vienna so Carmel and Hanna meats are a problem. I just saw something posted from Shaulson but havent corroborated it.

Are you sure ?!? 
If it is not true, isn't this the worst form of loshon hore ?
Behind the Kazinczy synagogue, on a side street, there is a Beis Medrash.
A few steps further on, the room where they cut these huge sizes of meat.  I spoke to the maschgiach tamid there.
He told me, this meat has nothing to do with Chabad.  Could you verify ?  Thank you

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Re: Budapest Master Thread
« Reply #619 on: June 12, 2019, 03:03:04 PM »
Or perhaps you mean this message, next to the beis medrash in Budapest: