QUÍ Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in Budapest

Probably the best looking and tasting food I ever had.

Visited for a lunch, place was empty, right at the door waitress put us to a table and prepared the menus for us. Was very professional and kind.

We ordered “dumplings” with meat as a starter, the sauce together with salty meat was amazing. Just what you expect from a starter, great introduction of the whole restaurant.

Before I go to the most interesting part let’s take a look at the environment. Bar/restaurant is located in the narrow street, all is clean and under reconstruction.

Inside the atmosphere sucks you in for a period of time you stay in. All is decorated with a thought in mind, nothing is random, all is finished and beautiful, you can choose to sit either behind a normal table or a bar table which is higher. Music and smell fits the place, nothing disturbs you.

The main dish that I am gonna comment were noodles with chicken and kari chicken with rice. I tried both, but kari was exceptional, I cannot even describe how good this kari was. I tried kari on many places but this one felt amazing.

Nothing over/under cooked, all was perfect without necessary oil or burns.

As a dessert we went for a chocolate cake which was really small and mango puding. Both were very natural and finished this whole experience with a smile on our faces.

The plates and mugs/glasser are so well designed you cannot let your eyes off them.

This is high class restaurant, with real vietnamese taste. I loved it and whenever I am in Budapest again I am only eating here!

Recommended 10/10, will be happy to visit again.

Stuff was nice, interior is beautiful and food i amazing. Price fits...

A beautifully designed interior space with a huge mirror along one side when you enter makes the somewhat narrow space feel more roomy. Audiophile speakers on either side of the divide between the front dining room and the rear bar area. The background music wasn't my style, but it wasn't annoying either. It's a pretty classy looking place, great for a date or business lunch or for impressing visitors. Service was very good, too, and English is spoken.

I ordered a "benchmark" plate of pad thai and my wife ordered the med ma muong, both orders with shrimp. We also shared the green papaya salad, medium hot. The pad thai was delicious, the rice noodles firm and chewy, shredded carrot and bean sprouts helped keep the noodles from being gloppy. The prawns were good quality, but a bit overcooked. The med ma muong was also quite good, and does not include the rice, which had to be ordered as a separate item (jasmine, fried or sticky). The green papaya salad was a nice accompaniment to the two main courses, and had a nice burn to it. Overall, the flavors were toned down and somewhat westernized from what I'd call authentic flavors. This isn't a criticism, and as I said, all the food was delicious. Prices are in line with the décor, location and quality.

We'll definitely be returning...

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⭐ Disappointing Service – Be Cautious ⭐

We visited this restaurant and ordered about 14 dishes. While the sushi was tasty, unfortunately, most of the other dishes were disappointing and lacked flavor.

The biggest issue was the Tom Yum soup, which was overly sour, lacked coconut milk, and was simply unpleasant. When we politely asked to remove it from the bill, the waiter rudely refused and said, "This is not your country; here in Hungary we don’t take responsibility for how the dish comes out of the kitchen."

Despite the fact that we barely touched the soup and ordered a large amount overall, both the waiter and the manager refused to acknowledge the problem or offer any compensation.

⚠ Warning: Poor service attitude, no accountability, and no willingness to fix kitchen mistakes. We left feeling disappointed and disrespected. A real shame, because the sushi was the only highlight.

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