Location: Budapest, Frankel Leó út 24, 1027 Hungary
Venue Type: Family-run / Café Bar / Bizarre
Year of Inscription: 2022
Top 100 Bar In Europe 2024
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| EBG Rating: | 9.5/10 |
| Choice/ Quality of Drinks | ❤️ You are in bizarro-world, so don’t stress too much about the drinks. You’ll be offered beer or palinka, and there may be some wine or bar offerings if you manage to converse successfully with Aunty Viki. |
| Style/ Décor | ❤️❤️❤️❤️ A small drinkbar with a curved backlit ‘Calgary’ sign on the front door that has been “decorated” inside, stock full to overflowing with the life possessions of the owner Viki. It’s a powerful and unique appearance. |
| Atmosphere/ Character | ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ An atmosphere unlike any other, if you can imagine a Munich Boazn that has become bedraggled, overflowing, and hoarded with items belonging to its owner. A cat and dog wander in and out, and Auntie Viki fusses back and forth with odd jobs, occasionally stopping to take orders. At the end she works out the bill by hand on a piece of paper. |
| Amenities/ Events | ❤️❤️❤️ Limited outdoor seating, snacks, TV, books |
| Value For Money | ❤️❤️❤️ Irrelevant (though not expensive) |
| Description | For the mystique, its macabre unique experience this is a true one off and outstanding bar in Europe, to the point where such concerns as drink or food are irrelevant. The owner, Auntie Viki welcomes you into a small drinkbar around the size of a Munich Boazn that is stuffed with her life’s possessions, along with her dog and cat that bumble about. She is elderly and worthy of time and care, a local living legend as reviews will attest to. Cans of beer or palinka are the regular offer with a stock of spirits at the back of the bar. It even seems impossible to know where to sit, but you should be guided to the seat. Inside an old TV set plays, gowns and dresses are hungup in the back, and you wonder how the hell life took you to this place. This is going to be a very strongly love or hate venue for those reading, but we loved it and wish there were more places like it. Go while it’s still open. (Added June 2022) |
