PHILOSOPHY

“Those with a beautiful soul can create beauty...”

As a restaurant from the Carpathian basin, we are always striving to source and use the best available ingredients not just from our motherland, but also from the neighbouring countries as well as from the late Austro – Hungarian Empire. At the same time, our Chef Kornél Kaszás and his team have international experience spanning across the globe, which can also be seen in many of our dishes.

The thoughts and traditions of this multinational kitchen team – Hungarian, Ukrainian, Serbian – contribute to our Cuisine to be Central European and it also highlights our roots in the Carpathian basin. All this will be combined with the refined, scandinavian vision of our consultant Chef, Daniel Berlin from Sweden.

THE MICHELIN STAR

The Restaurant first opened its door in 2008 and it has been in operation ever since with minor interruptions. In 2019, our dedication and tremendous amount of hard work were rewarded with a Michelin Star, for what we have been working tirelessly for over a decade.

Kornel Kaszas took the rein as Executive Chef in 2022 and we managed to retain this coveted accolade with him once again.

As Hubert said at the very beginning: „to fail is not an option”.

"The principle of balance"
In 2017, Babel Budapest was named the best international restaurant by The Decanter magazine, highlighting our bold and unique wine pairing concept that is based on the outstandingly and undoubtedly great balance between food and white wines as well as champagnes.

The concept of the balance-based pairing was developed by Peter Blazsovszky, our Executive Head Sommelier in close cooperation with the Chefs over the years. Even these days, we still use the very same principles regarding our wine pairing that features only and exclusively hungarian white and sparkling wines.

HUBERT HLATKY-SCHLICHTER

“He was born for hospitality, that’s his profession, literally his life. Not only does he dream and create, but he is actively involved in the day-to-day tasks, and it is a pleasure to see this as a guest.

Hubert’s attitude is the joy of life itself, from which he gives to others abundantly: he doesn’t keep it just to himself, he helps others as a true philanthropist. It's good to eat with him, it's good to be with him!“

Éva Szentesi - writer

DANIEL BERLIN


„He is one of the most defining figures of the Babel family and we love it when he visits us to work together. I could not compere him to any other chefs who I know, therefore it was an important moment in my life when he said yes to our collaboration.

Not only does it affect us, but it also contributes to the gastronomic development of the entire Country through our work as Babel inspires many others. ”

– Hlatky-Schlichter Hubert

THE BABEL FAMILY

The Babel team is a close-knit family and We strongly believe in the importance of people’s characteristic, therefore it has a great significance next to hospitality and professional knowledge when it comes to recruitment.

We are determined to become the best possible workplace in the industry where people can flourish professionally as well as are able to have a great work-life balance.

In order to achieve this, We introduced some changes that are unprecedented in the world of fine dining. We work normal hours and every member of the team can have morning and evening off or even a whole weekend as there are no exploitative and burn-out shifts in the Restaurant. In return, We expect the most from our colleauges whilst on duty because at the end of the day we are all here to create an unforgotable experience for our Customers.

HISTORY AND ART

Babel Budapest was founded by Hlatky-Schlichter Hubert and he is still the owner of the restaurant to this day. The Establishment moved to its current location in 2015, to the building of the late Piarist High School on the historic Március 15. Square, right next to the oldest Church in the city center. He also opened another iconic Restaurant called Kiosk Budapest in the very same building, which can be seen through the wall from inside Babel.

As the building was originally designed to be a School with spacious interior places, it allowed us to install one of the largest and most well-equipped kitchen in Budapest. Inside the walls that have been preserved in their original condition and still showing signs of the great flood that took place in 1838, you can find an atmosphere that is timelessly elegant yet relaxed. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful Restaurant in Hungary.

There was many hungarian artists involved in the designing of Babel Budapest as we always emphasize the supporting of hungarian traditions and core values. The letter B in the word ’Babel’ that can be seen at the entrance is the work of the world famous Samuel Havadtoy and it showcases his very own and unique lace-making teqnique.

The Crockery was created by a Russian-Hungarian ceramic artist called Ksenia Wallenstein in close collaboratin with Hubert and Daniel and it was specifically designed to compliment the actual menu. The Crystals that we use in the Restaurant during service are all made exclusively for Babel Budapest at the Ajka Kristály manufactory and there can also be seen a temporary exhibition of beautifully designed and handmade glassware on our bookshelves.

PHILOSOPHY

“Those with a beautiful soul can create beauty...”
As a restaurant from the Carpathian basin, we are always striving to source and use the best available ingredients not just from our motherland, but also from the neighbouring countries as well as from the late Austro – Hungarian Empire. At the same time, our Chef Kornél Kaszás and his team have international experience spanning across the globe, which can also be seen in many of our dishes.

The thoughts and traditions of this multinational kitchen team - Hungarian, Ukranian, Serbian - contribute to our Cuisine to be Central European and it also highlights our roots in the Carpathian basin. All this will be combined with the refined, scandinavian vision of our consultant Chef, Daniel Berlin from Sweden.

THE MICHELIN STAR

The Restaurant first opened its door in 2008 and it has been in operation ever since with minor interruptions. In 2019, our dedication and tremendous amount of hard work were rewarded with a Michelin Star, for what we have been working tirelessly for over a decade.

Kornel Kaszas took the rein as Executive Chef in 2022 and we managed to retain this coveted accolade with him once again.

As Hubert said at the very beginning: „to fail is not an option”.
"The principle of balance"
In 2017, Babel Budapest was named the best international restaurant by The Decanter magazine, highlighting our bold and unique wine pairing concept that is based on the outstandingly and undoubtedly great balance between food and white wines as well as champagnes.

The concept of the balance-based pairing was developed by Peter Blazsovszky, our Executive Head Sommelier in close cooperation with the Chefs over the years. Even these days, we still use the very same principles regarding our wine pairing that features only and exclusively hungarian white and sparkling wines.

HUBERT HLATKY-SCHLICHTER

“He was born for hospitality, that’s his profession, literally his life. Not only does he dream and create, but he is actively involved in the day-to-day tasks, and it is a pleasure to see this as a guest.

Hubert’s attitude is the joy of life itself, from which he gives to others abundantly: he doesn’t keep it just to himself, he helps others as a true philanthropist. It's good to eat with him, it's good to be with him!“

Éva Szentesi - writer

DANIEL BERLIN

„He is one of the most defining figures of the Babel family and we love it when he visits us to work together. I could not compere him to any other chefs who I know, therefore it was an important moment in my life when he said yes to our collaboration.

Not only does it affect us, but it also contributes to the gastronomic development of the entire Country through our work as Babel inspires many others. ”

– Hubert Hlatky-Schlichter

THE BABEL FAMILY

The Babel team is a close-knit family and We strongly believe in the importance of people’s characteristic, therefore it has a great significance next to hospitality and professional knowledge when it comes to recruitment.

We are determined to become the best possible workplace in the industry where people can flourish professionally as well as are able to have a great work-life balance. In order to achieve this, We introduced some changes that are unprecedented in the world of fine dining.

We work normal hours and every member of the team can have morning and evening off or even a whole weekend as there are no exploitative and burn-out shifts in the Restaurant. In return, We expect the most from our colleauges whilst on duty because at the end of the day we are all here to create an unforgotable experience for our Customers.

HISTORY AND ART

Babel Budapest was founded by Hlatky-Schlichter Hubert and he is still the owner of the restaurant to this day. The Establishment moved to its current location in 2015, to the building of the late Piarist High School on the historic Március 15. Square, right next to the oldest Church in the city center. He also opened another iconic Restaurant called Kiosk Budapest in the very same building, which can be seen through the wall from inside Babel.

As the building was originally designed to be a School with spacious interior places, it allowed us to install one of the largest and most well-equipped kitchen in Budapest. Inside the walls that have been preserved in their original condition and still showing signs of the great flood that took place in 1838, you can find an atmosphere that is timelessly elegant yet relaxed. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful Restaurant in Hungary.

There was many hungarian artists involved in the designing of Babel Budapest as we always emphasize the supporting of hungarian traditions and core values. The letter B in the word ’Babel’ that can be seen at the entrance is the work of the world famous Samuel Havadtoy and it showcases his very own and unique lace-making teqnique.

The Crockery was created by a Russian-Hungarian ceramic artist called Ksenia Wallenstein in close collaboratin with Hubert and Daniel and it was specifically designed to compliment the actual menu. The Crystals that we use in the Restaurant during service are all made exclusively for Babel Budapest at the Ajka Kristály manufactory and there can also be seen a temporary exhibition of beautifully designed and handmade glassware on our bookshelves.
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