Darjeeling Teaház

1077 Budapest, Wesselényi u. 47.
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Open: Mon-Fri 8-24; Sat 9-24; Sun 9-23
Phone: +36 1 342 21 40

First of all, I'm sorry for the lack of review last week (or actually, the week before last week). I have a lot of responsibilities with the end of the semester approaching, which means that I don't have enough time for anything. I also blame the good weather.

The teahouse I visited recently is Darjeeling: a sweet, cozy place near Wesselényi street. Taking the 4/6 trams is the easiest way to get there. Just hop off on Wesselényi street's stop - or Blaha Lujza square's, if you'd prefer a walk before sitting down to sip some tea. 

Darjeeling has a nice atmosphere with its vividly painted walls and cheerful music (when I visited, they played country). There are three sections. The first is downstairs with a few wooden tables and chairs, right next to the stairs leading to the gallery. Personally, I think that this section is a bit featureless compared to the other two sections. As you walk up the stairs, you get to the second section, which is decorated more nicely. Here, you can sit to glass-covered tables and even read the magazines stored under them. The third section is my favorite: it's furnished with low tables and pillows to sit on.

There are three menus just for drinks; another for food; and a leaflet about water pipes. The tea menu is the thickest, of course, but let's take a look at all of them.

From tea and coffee, there's a wide selection available. We can choose from chai, black, green, fruit, rooibos, white, mate, oolong, herbal and Ayurveda teas, as well as specialties (lapacho, pu erh, tarry lapsang souchong). Prices range from 660 to 900 forints. Unfortunately, the tea menu is in Hungarian only; strange thing is, all the other menus have English names. 

As for coffee, we can choose from Italian, eastern, iced, alcoholic, Arabic, and special ones (the latter category includes Viennese, mélange, mochaccino, mocha, white mocha, caramel flavored, hazelnut cream flavored, chili flavored, and velvety coffee). The prices for these range from 400 (with the exception of espresso, which is 350) to 900 forints.

The hot chocolate menu lists ordinary, alcoholic, and special (caramel+hazelnut, orange+cinnamon, black and white, aftereight, ginger, cappuccino, and marzipan+almond flavored) drinks. These cost from 580 to 780 forints.

Food-wise, we can choose from salty and sweet treats, as well. There's muesli with yoghurt and fresh fruits (650 forints), muffins (450 forints), buttered croissant with jam (350 forints), cupcakes (400 forints), croissant Panini (450 forints), grilled sandwich (850 forints), grilled pita with fish paste (1200 forints), mango lassi (650 forints), and lemonade (550 forints).

There are menus available, too, from 750 to 1200 forints. 

Customer service is especially fast, but that may be because at the time I visited Darjeeling, we were the only customers. We got our order within ten minutes, and the croissant Fruzsi ordered was fresh and crispy. (Supposedly delicious, too.) The teapot was rather small, however; the tea I got was only enough for two cups.

Overall, Darjeeling is a nice little teahouse with reasonable prices and a very nice atmosphere.