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Please, no! I beg you not to look for a fast food restaurant in Budapest when you start feeling hungry.
Even if you only have a minute to choose and grab your sandwich and coke so you can quickly continue your sightseeing tour and have more time to admire this wonderful city. Hungarian cuisine is so varied and delicious with rich flavours and unique character,…
Go ahead.
The contrast will shock you. This fast food restaurant is not what you might expect.
Interior of the Mc Donald’s at Nyugati Train Station, Photo: Virag
Classical bourgeois atmosphere blends with the present day requirements of the franchise. In any case, I recommend you take a look at this interesting mixture of styles.
The fast food restaurant is in a side building of the Nyugati Train Station that opens from the big ringroad. (address: Teréz körút 55). Both Nyugati Train Station and the building of the recent McDonald’s were designed and built by Gustave Eiffel’s company (constructed between 1874-77). Gustave Eiffel is the man who went on to design the Eiffel Tower in Paris about 10 years later (constructed in 1889).
1877 before finishing the ring road, Source: Fortepan / Budapest Főváros Levéltára, Levéltári jelzet: HU.BFL.XV. 19.d.1.05.201
The same building in 2016, Photo: Virag
Although the food and beverage selection is the usual menu and the service is the same as any other McDonald’s restaurant in the world, here you can fly back in time while sipping your coffee and munching on your hamburger.
The interior is beautiful and unusual with a staged setting. The service area is split into two levels with a McCafé upstairs, and the normal fastfood restaurant below.
Interior of the Mc Donald’s at Nyugati Train Station, Photo: Virag
The dining area is spacious and elegant with huge windows, decorated walls with reliefs and a high curved ceiling.
Outside area, Photo: Virag
It’s one of the busiest fast food units in Hungary and surely one of the nicest ones in the world.
About the authors: Virág and János
Virág, a native of Budapest, and János, who’s been living in the city since 1997 are real fans of the capital of Hungary and try to awake the enthusiasm of others. They are dedicated to helping tourists to make most out of their stay.
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I love walking into fancy McDonald’s! It is the one fast food establishment I have to visit in each country. Mainly to see what is different on the menu, but love that there are some pretty cool interiors.
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Pop in to this one if you ever visit Budapest. You won’t regret it.
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What a gorgeous building, seemingly well-preserved. In the grand scheme of things, perhaps one day it can be used for something a bit more elegant than McDonald’s again!
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It used to be a fine dining restaurant. One day it may get back its original duty.
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Even I’d love a Big Mac if I could order it in a place as elegant as this!
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