Budapest Schnitzel and Eating House — Restaurant in Melbourne

Ordered the so called meat lovers veal Parmigiana costing over $32, thinking it was going to be a reasonably sized good quality portion, especially given the waiter confirmed that “it’s quite a meal”, then confirms the order back and heads off to the kitchen.

Meal arrives and turns out it’s the wrong dish, which l raised with the cold unfriendly attitude female waitress (began from the moment we came through the door) who goes on to tell me that the waiter who took the order is new employee and that l need again repeat my l order back to her (whilst she may not be a new employee, her customer service is best described as frosty.

After waiting and watching my wife eat her dish, my meal comes back out a second time and turns out to be nothing more than a barely warm terrible value 1mm paper thin meat (apparently they call it veal that’s been butterflied) drowned in “cover up” everything slosh sauce, including the burnt tasteless fatty crust in abundant proportion.

My disgust must have been noticeable as yet another waiter comes over to enquire about my meal to which l respond that l am extremely disappointed. Apart from getting my order wrong apparently due to the new waiter and having to raise it with that avoid at all cost female waitress, it was terrible quality and poor value. Finally he gives an apology and then promptly whisks my dish away, presumably to avoid other diners from noticing the terrible dish and obvious source of embarrassment.

Life goes on and whilst l believe in karma, rest assured l won’t be back, ever!

However the real purpose of this review is to inform potential future victims of my awful experience and so you have now...

Budapest Schnitzel and Eating House in Elsternwick serves up hearty, authentic Hungarian cuisine. We decided to try their “Best of Budapest” banquet and upgraded to a 3-course meal for an extra $15 per person, a choice we didn’t regret!

The meal started with a comforting chicken soup, simple yet full of flavor. The banquet itself was a feast with generous portions and a great variety of dishes. The chicken schnitzel was perfectly crispy and delicious, while the crumbed mushroom with dilled goat cheese was a flavor bomb we couldn’t get enough of. The goulash was rich and hearty, and I loved the nokedli noodles, which I tried for the first time. The cevapcici Balkan sausages was a touch dry but still very tasty, and all the sides were fresh and flavourful.

For dessert, we had the apple and walnut strudel. It was good, though a little heavy on the walnuts for our taste, but the custard it came with was absolutely delicious.

And just as we were about to leave, we spotted the túrógombóc on the menu, a semolina and creamed cheese dumpling rolled in sweet crumbs, topped with sour cream, and dusted with icing sugar. It turned out to be the highlight of the meal and easily the best dessert I’ve had this year. Simply unforgettable!

Overall, Budapest Restaurant offers fantastic food with attentive service. If you’re craving authentic Hungarian flavours, this place is...

SERVICE 2 star , FOOD IS GREAT 4/5 star , This is a hard review leave , came here for the 1st time last week , the service was good , food came out very fast and was very tasty , we had the plain Schnitzel with pleasant potatoes, and entree beef goulash and a chicken soup. We were in and out with in 35 min ,

we noticed a happy hr sign last time , so my wife and I came again a week Later , Arrived 5:48 pm with In There strict times , ordered the Same food I had last time including a beer and a strawberry Sparkling wine, both on. The happy hr list , we Made our order before 6 o’clock and finished our dinner at 6:20 , I went to pay and all prices were full price , I Asked why am I being charged full price when we are here during happy hour and was told because they took my order just after six and I said that was wrong , we sat down before 6 pm they then told me because my wife and I shared a schnitzel and that’s why we are paying full price but we ordered about $80 worth , of food and drink, This is a real shame because I really like the food here but I won’t be coming back for a long time as I don’t like being RIPPED OFF and being MISS LEAD , happy to pay full price out of happy hr , but this is unacceptable, FOOD FANTASTIC, staff are nice , Except the BALD guy with a beard he’s not very welcoming the rest of the staff are...