The Seybold-Garab Pince in Budafok, on the southern edge of Budapest, hires out two brick and stone cellar halls for company events, gala dinners, formal receptions, weddings and family celebrations. The larger hall seats about 100 guests, the smaller one about 40, and a covered passage joins them so a single event can use both. A courtyard sits in front for cocktail or barbecue parties.
Seminars and company events
The cellar presents itself as a setting for company events, gala dinners and formal receptions. The two halls suit different group sizes, which lets an organizer match the room to the guest list instead of filling a space that is too large. The smaller left hall works for a board dinner, a client evening or a team celebration of around 40 people. The larger right hall takes a seated dinner for about 100.
The official site does not describe projection equipment, meeting furniture or a plenary layout, so this is a place for dinners, receptions and evening events rather than a full day seminar. Ask the cellar directly if you need screens, sound or a daytime program.
Weddings and receptions
The cellar describes both halls as venues for events and weddings. The cellar branches are heated and each has three ventilation chimneys, which keeps the rooms comfortable for a long evening. Birthdays, name days and anniversaries are also listed among the celebrations the cellar hosts. The courtyard can be used for an aperitif before guests move down into the cellar.
Rooms and capacities
The reception area is the pressing house, where the large Seybold barrel stands. A well that once served for washing barrels now works as a serving table when guests arrive.
From the pressing house two cellar branches run in parallel.
The left branch covers about 60 square meters and seats about 40 guests comfortably. Carved limestone blocks line the walls.
The right branch is larger and higher. Its brick vault gives the hall a rustic look. It covers about 160 square meters and holds about 100 guests at tables. The first section of this branch shows antique objects from the early days of winegrowing and winemaking in Budafok.
A passage halfway along links the two branches, so an event can run across the whole floor area.
Catering
The cellar does not present a house kitchen for events. It states that the rooms can be hired in cooperation with other catering companies, so the organizer brings in a caterer. The cellar also runs its own wine programs. Tastings are led by trained winemakers and can show wines from several regions or the cellar's own wines, with Hungarian or French cheeses. Wine dinners follow a menu of at least five courses, each served with a matching wine. Both are offered to groups of 15 or more by prior arrangement.
History and setting
Friedrich Seybold came from Vienna to Budafok in the 1880s and founded a wine business that grew into one of the larger trading houses of the area. In 1883 he built the two parallel cellar branches with a residence above them. The pressing house holds a decorated cement barrel of 216 hectoliters, lined with Jena glass tiles and dated 1885. Its front carries a colored pyrogranite relief made by the Zsolnay factory. The barrel survived both world wars and is now a protected monument of applied arts. The cellar stands at Péter Pál utca 39, on what the site calls the oldest street of Budafok, in Budapest's 22nd district.
