Essência Restaurant - Tiago & Éva

Made a reservation today spontaneous and was extremely positivity surprised. Probably one of my nicest star restaurant experiences. Amazing food, of course, but also really nice atmosphere, down to earth service and extraordinary international wine pairing. Thanks for the evening!

Exceptional experience. Service and food wise absolutely outstanding. 7-course menu 17th May is one of the best I ever had. Wine recommendation was perfect.

Highly highly recommend! We ordered all the dishes on the a la carte menu, and every dish was sooooo good. In particular - 1. The corn salad was a pleasant, refreshing surprise; 2. The octopus is so soft and tender that it’s very impressive; 3. Same for the lamb, it’s the most tender lamb I’ve ever have; 4. The deer with summer squash was the highlight. Very tender meat with a very refreshing, slight sour squash sauce. It’s a flavor that I’m not familiar with but also fall in love with immediately. The dessert and the closing bites are soooo good too. Very impressive that everything is so perfect!! The service is very nice too - very elegant, very tentative, but doesn’t bring pressure.

Great service, relaxed atmosphere, outstanding food, drinks and wines. We enjoyed a filling three hour dinner at Essência on our first night in Budapest and already decided we will be back for this experience. The dishes were divers and yet well fitted together and the wine pairing went beyond the traditional recommendations. A fizzy rosé, a 20 year old white and a honey-peach dessert amongst others went extremely well with the food. köszönöm szépen

We went with the tasting menu and were blown away! Every dish was incredibly flavorful and beautifully presented. The service was outstanding—super attentive and friendly without being overbearing. On top of that, the restaurant itself is gorgeous. Overall, an amazing experience from start to finish. Highly recommend!