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.
The restaurant offers modern cuisine. [1] Most of the restaurant's ingredients come from Hungary and Transylvania. [2] Its walls show evidence of the 1838 Great Flood of Pest. [3]
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; [3] [4] [2] Veres left in August 2020 after the restaurant had closed due to the COVID pandemic. [4]
In 2017 the restaurant was chosen by Decanter magazine's reviewer Fiona Beckett as restaurant of the year. [2] As of 2023 it was one of Hungary's seven Michelin-1-star-rated restaurants. [1]
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