Babel is a restaurant in Budapest. In 2017 the restaurant was chosen by Decanter magazine's reviewer Fiona Beckett as restaurant of the year. As of 2023 it was one of Hungary's seven Michelin-1-star-rated restaurants.
Description The restaurant offers modern cuisine. Most of the restaurant's ingredients come from Hungary and Transylvania. Its walls show evidence of the 1838 Great Flood of Pest.
History The restaurant was opened 2008 in Budapest by Hubert Hlatky-Schlichter, an entrepreneur with no restaurant experience. He hired a chef István Veres from Transylvania; Veres left in August 2020 after the restaurant had closed due to the COVID pandemic.
Reception In 2017 the restaurant was chosen by Decanter magazine's reviewer Fiona Beckett as restaurant of the year. As of 2023 it was one of Hungary's seven Michelin-1-star-rated restaurants.
See also List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Hungary List of restaurants in Hungary
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