Budapest nightlife

Nightclubs, discos, clubs and bars

When hunting freebees is more your cup of tea there are many bars and clubs in Budapest with interesting female clientele like B7. Dokk Club at Shipyard Island on the Buda side is located in a former ship-building factory and is the place to be for the young, rich and beautiful of Budapest. Fat Mo’s Music Club at Nyáry Pál Utca 11 in Pest is popular with locals and expats and has often parties visited by students and other locals. Also very popular with students and college kids if only for the cheap drinks are Morrisons Music Pub and School Club. The last venue is located in the basement of an university building and notorious for its outgoing atmosphere.

The Irish pubs Becketts and Irish Cat Pub are popular with expats in Budapest and if you are lucky you can meet a girl hunting (wealthy) foreigners. Old Man’s Music Pub has a lot of live music and is famous for its sexy barmaids and crazy atmosphere. Old Man’s Music Pub located on Akácfa street 13 is a notorious pick up place for pro and semi-pro girls as well, you can always spot some sexy dressed ladies clearly looking for (foreign) customers. The two dance floors of Bahnhof Music Club located in Váci Utca are during weekend packed with a fine selection of Budapest girls. A similar audience and atmosphere can be found in clubs like Creole and Portside.

A popular club with youngsters and students is E-Klub which is frequented by many local stunners. There are many special club evenings where a young and fresh crowd bounces to the commercial house and techno tunes of guest DJs. Things can get very wild at the notorious foam party evenings. E-Klub is located next to the Planetarium on Népligeti street 2. During hot summer nights in Budapest head to Café del Rio, an energetic open air disco where beautiful Budapest show their Latin dance skills or go ecstatic to cheerful R&B and vibrant electro house. Café del Rio is situated directly at Petöfi híd, on the Buda side of the bridge and is also a great venue to visit live concerts of famous foreign acts.

Update night clubs and bars in Budapest:

Corvintető: calls itself the one and only open air rooftop underground club in Budapest. Its assets: sunset, huge open space, pálinka, panorama, ice-cold beer, comfortable sofas, dancing ’till dawn, sunrise in the middle of the city. You can find Corvintető on the top of the once state owned department store on Blaha Luiza square 1-2.

After Music club: one of Budapest's nightlife legends frequented by pretty local girls. Concerts, DJs, dance parties: After Music club literally never sleeps and is open 24 hours a day. After Music club is located on Nyár utca 6 close to Old Man’s Music Pub.

Zöld Pardon:  an open air place on the Buda side near the Petofi bridge and opposite to Café del Rio.  In summer evenings Zöld Pardon offers many live concerts of Hungarian bands. The dance floors are usually packed with young beautiful Budapest girls dancing to charts, R&B and hip hop.

Holdudvar: a huge and very popular open air disco on Margaret Island. The crowd is laid back and friendly and the atmosphere can be very outgoing. Holdudvar is an ideal venue for dancing under the stars or chilling and sipping cocktails in the club's lounge section.

Piaf Klub: this small late night bar is still open and lively at the time all its rivals have closed.  Piaf Klub is an unorthodox afterparty club with a thrilling mix of remarkable characters, red-velvet brothel-like interiors, muted lights and jazzy music.

A38: in a previous life an Ukrainian ship, now one of the hottest clubs in town. On the deck there is a restaurant and during summer season a terrace, the dance floor is in the hold. A38 is very popular with artists, designer and other creative people. A38 is located close to Petofi bridge on Buda side.

Soho London: in District 6 on Nagymező utca 31, close to B7 is the lively pub Soho London. The place cannot be missed due to the inviting neon lights. Its Latino and 80's parties are very popular with locals and foreigners alike.

Rudas Romkert: situated in the green area between the Rudas baths, Erzsébet Bridge and Gellért Hill, Rudas Romkert is the ultimate summer party destinaton for Budapest's youngsters.

Morrisson's pub: this watering hole at Révay utca 25 is one of the landmarks in Budapest nightife thanks to its large offer of cheap prized (Belgian) beers, outgoing parties and its vast amount of fun loving Budapest girls.