Bors Gastro Bar - Bors is a sandwich shop that has a small menu of grilled sandwiches soups. Each one is around $3. They aren’t boring things like ham and cheese, though. They have a Thai chicken curry sandwich,
Fricska 2.0 - A little under the radar. Get the 3 course.
Két Szerecsen - Try to get something on the specials menu because they rotate out quickly. I really like the ribs with sweet potatoes and the stuffed chicken leg. If you have a few people, share the meat tapas plate— everything on it is amazing. Entrees are somewhere around $10-15 and the tapas plate is $15. They also have a chocolate cake dessert with ginger ice cream and sour cherries which is amazing.
Ruszwurm Confectionery - This is a very old pastry shop near the fisherman’s bastion on the Buda side. The sour cherry strudel is incredible. Apple is quite good, too.
Zhao Zhou tea shop - Zhao Zhou is a Chinese tea room that focuses on Puerh tea. In fact, it’s the best selection of Puerh I’ve ever seen anywhere. On top of that, the owner, Gabor, is probably the most knowledgeable person on Puerh I’ve ever met.
Margaret Island Open-Air Stage - This is an island in the middle of the Danube that’s sort of like Central park in NY (but only 1/3 of the size). It has running tracks, huge fields and forests, an amazing garden, ruins, a Japanese garden, a small free zoo, music-synchronized fountains, and a bunch of other stuff.