Cinemas & movie theaters – All our local tips

Those speaking German would think of a cinema but when you get there all you see is a cafe. A really nice one but where are the films? Hidden in the back of course because Kino is not a multiplex cinema in a fancy mall showing the latest blockbusters, it rather guards the fire of art movie culture.

The design elements of the cafe leave no doubt about the connection to the movie world. Until the screening starts in the afternoon the cafe serves the guests with breakfast, sandwiches, newspapers and a wide selection of drinks. Anyway there’s a lack of places in Budapest where you can have proper breakfast, I mean omelets, muesli or fresh sandwiches like here.

Why not come an hour earlier before your film begins and stay afterwards? The two functions of Kino are totally integrated creating one cultural space where you can have a Kino-coffee, watch a movie and discuss the experience with others. No restrictions apply for other arts, theatre plays are also on the menu.

One more thing for the cinema: Wednesdays offer a discounted price of 700 HUF.

Some more photos here.

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Kino | Bars, Cinemas | Cinema ticket HUF 1000
Szent István krt. 16 | Outer Pest | +3619506846
08:00 – 00:00 daily

Some people consider this place as a bit old-fashioned because its style. If you enter the Odeon you will see film posters from the ’60s and the design still has a similarity with the original Bauhaus ideas of the founders.

Nowadays you can borrow films, or watch a movie here but there is another really important role which Odeon surely has: a meeting point for everybody who likes hot chocolate specially prepared by a really friendly staff and who likes the idea of free Internet and prefers non-smoking places.

It is a place where you are not forced to have a drink, you can just sit there for hours which helped this place a lot to became one of the favourite spots of youngsters in the district and the whole city as well.

The only problem with this place is that it closes its doors after 23:00 every day. So for a midnight chat or mail checking you have to search for another place. But during daytime, do not miss the opportunity to get to this really nice place.

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Odeon-Lloyd | Cinemas, Coffee & tea
Hollán Ernő utca 7. | Outer Pest
10:00 – 23:00 daily

Örökmozgó is a small cinema specializing in both old movies – some from the twenties or thirties, some more recent -, and more recent, artistic ones that you just can’t catch in the larger cinemas.

Besides having a very interesting selection, Örökmozgó is also highly bilingual – almost everything is either subtitled or voiced-over in English. If you’re interested in old movies, and especially if you want to see some old Hungarian ones, Örökmozgó is where you want to be.

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Örökmozgó | Cinemas | Ticket from HUF 500
VII. Erzsébet körút 39 | Central Pest | +3613422167
16:00 – 22:00 daily

Toldi was a central place for underground culture and contemporary art before. The place changed a lot because of a reconstruction and many of the guest who visited this cinema daily were seriously afraid that its essence will disappear.

In my opinion it did not. Ok the new style is a bit more designed for a common taste, but now the bathrooms are clean and the fact that they are cleaning the place daily gives a lot to anyone visiting.

The cafeteria is also quite nice, but quite expensive I have to say. They provide free Wifi and you can stay for as long as you want.

What is the most important is that they give place for some really good film festivals: Verzio Human Rights Film Festival also has some screenings here and art films are usually arriving from every corner of the world.

For a spring morning chat the outside benches are just perfect.

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Toldi | Cinemas, Coffee & tea | Per screening from HUF 780
Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 36-38 | Central Pest | +3614720397
10:00 – 20:00 daily (also depends on the screenings)