Gundel is a historic restaurant and palace in Budapest's City Park that organisers can book for meetings, conferences, gala dinners and weddings. Its event rooms take from 15 to 220 guests indoors, and the garden holds far more outdoors. The venue stands at Gundel Károly út 4, beside Heroes' Square, and caters every event from its own kitchen.
Seminars and company events
The official site lists conferences, corporate meetings, banquets, gala dinners, balls and award evenings among the events held here. Smaller rooms suit board meetings, training sessions and business lunches. Larger rooms handle plenary sessions and evening receptions. Rooms can be fitted with projectors, screens, sound systems and microphones on request, and the event team helps with room set-up, technical equipment, menu planning and decoration.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are a stated specialty. Ceremonies can take place indoors in the palace rooms or outdoors on the terrace under old trees. The Queen Elizabeth Ballroom, the Herendi Room, the Gundel Garden and the Bagolyvár event venue are all named as wedding settings. Couples choose between a traditional menu and a modern one, with options from welcome bites to a midnight menu. A dedicated wedding organiser handles requests.
Rooms and capacities
The palace has nine air-conditioned event rooms with daylight, plus the wine cellar, the garden and a terrace. The Queen Elizabeth Ballroom takes 160 to 220 guests and can be combined with the Andrássy Room, which holds 40 to 60. A lobby serves registration and cloakroom, and a separate banquet entrance leads up a marble staircase. Meeting rooms are listed for 8 to 40 people. The Solti Room, Zsolnay Room, Herendi Room, Family Room, Library and Winter Garden & Salon suit smaller dinners, negotiations and presentations.
The Gundel Garden takes 400 to 500 guests for dinners and parties and up to 1,000 for a cocktail reception. The upstairs terrace is listed for 120 people. The Bagolyvár event venue, a short walk away at the park entrance, holds 40 to 75 guests indoors and out.
Catering
All events in the palace are catered by the Gundel kitchen team under corporate chef András Wolf. Service can be a buffet, finger food or plated courses, and menus can be adapted to dietary needs. The wine cellar, with its own entrance, hosts tastings and private dinners from 15 guests. Gundel also caters events elsewhere in the country.
History and setting
The building is described by the venue as a palace of about 130 years, linked to Károly Gundel and his recipes. It stands in the City Park, next to Heroes' Square and Vajdahunyad Castle. Several rooms keep period decoration, including Zsolnay ceramics, Herend porcelain and chandeliers.
Getting there
Public parking is available around the City Park. For some events, private parking can be arranged in advance at the Biodóm car park or the indoor car park of the Museum of Ethnography.
