Marxim

Frommer's Review

On a gritty industrial street near Moszkva tér, Marxim's chief appeal lies not in its cuisine but in its decor, which attracts visitors from far and wide. The motif is Marxist nostalgia (the entrance is marked by a small neon red flag), but with a nod to the macabre side of the old system. The cellar space is a virtual museum of barbed wire, red flags, banners, posters, and cartoons recalling Hungary's dark past. Several years ago, Marxim was unsuccessfully prosecuted under a controversial law banning the display of the symbols of "hateful" political organizations. Amazingly, this is one of very few places in Budapest where you can still see this kind of stuff, so thoroughly have symbols of the Communist period been erased. (Another place, of course, is Szoborpark [Statue Park].) The loud, very smoky cellar space is more of a bar than a restaurant. A number of draft beers are available on tap.

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