I bet when you think of a Michelin star rating at a restaurant, you are not instantly inclined to think of rubber tires. It is pretty ironic considering the fact that Michelin publishing the oldest and best-known European hotel and restaurant guide, which awards the Michelin stars, is a tire company. Anyway, that is exactly where the story of the famous Michelin Guide began. The Michelin Guide was first launched in 1900 to encourage road tripping in France and started anonymously reviewing restaurants in 1926 by means of a three-star system, concentrating on the quality, mastery of technique, personality and consistency of the food, not on interior décor, table setting or service quality.

Havana’s La Bodeguita del Medio, the birthplace of the Mojito cocktail, is known as a wonderful gathering place that truly unites colonial past with our present time through its rum cocktails, cigars and local cuisine. Today you’ll find franchise restaurants in every corner of the world such as Mexico, France, Gran Canaria, Czech Republic, etc. As part of the restaurant chain, La Bodeguita Del Medio has finally arrived in Budapest. This is the first really authentic Cuban bar and restaurant in town, located in the fully renovated Fészek Klub.

Slipping, sliding and gliding around an open-air rink, hand in hand with your loved one is probably the most romantic thing you can do in winter - at least until you fall over. It has not been different in the last centuries. My grandpa took sight of my grandma dancing on ice in Városligeti Műjégpálya (City Park Ice Rink) in the 30s of the last century and he fell in love at first sight. He was standing at the edge of the rink for hours and couldn’t take his eyes off my grandma. He was impressed by her talent of doing the Rittberger. He decided to rent a pair of skate and try it. He had absolutely no talent, his windmilling arms ruined his style and suddenly he bumped into my grandma. This is how my grandparents met and stayed together forever.

I bet most young guys dream of becoming a superstar bartender who is as popular among women as Brian Flanagan was in the movie Cocktails. For those who haven’t seen the movie, Flanagan wanted to open his own top class cocktail bar called “Cocktails & Dreams”. When walking around the beautiful city of Budapest you notice that there are a few “Flanagans” around who managed to make their dreams come true. So why not come for a walk with us and check out these 5 cocktail bars where bartenders fulfill the greatest need in our society: getting and keeping us drunk with the best cocktails in town.