News & Views 1 minute 14 June 2019

Onyx Budapest Awarded 2 Stars in the Michelin Guide Main Cities of Europe 2018

Michelin has unveiled the 37th selection of the MICHELIN guide Main Cities of Europe which covers 36 cities in 20 countries and recommends a total of 2,108 restaurants.

In this new selection, Onyx, located in Budapest, obtains two MICHELIN stars and becomes the first in the city to have ever achieved this. Opened in 2007, the restaurant won its first star in 2011.

Chef Ádám Mészáros and Michael Ellis
Chef Ádám Mészáros and Michael Ellis

Michael Ellis, International Director of the MICHELIN guides, comments: “Chef Ádám Mészáros is very much a ‘home-grown’ talent who brings classic Hungarian dishes up to date. Onyx is a most elegant dining experience. On the plate, there is refinement, maturity and every dish is bursting with originality“.

The MICHELIN guide Main Cities of Europe 2018 also highlights the dynamism of the culinary scene offered in Vienna, with one new Two MICHELIN stars restaurant and four new One star restaurants. Four years after its first star, the eponymous restaurant Konstantin Filippou won its second MICHELIN star.

Restaurant Konstantin Filippou (Courtesy of Restaurant Konstantin Filippou Facebook page)
Restaurant Konstantin Filippou (Courtesy of Restaurant Konstantin Filippou Facebook page)

“With its creative, modern cooking style, Konstantin Filippou, who trained in a number of famous restaurants around Europe, offers his customers a sophisticated cuisine with well-balanced flavors and plenty of finesse, a cuisine worth a detour!” continues Michael Ellis.

Four new restaurants were awarded One MICHELIN Star in Vienna: Blue Mustard, Das Loft, Pramerl & the Wolf, and SHIKI.

58 restaurants have also been newly awarded One MICHELIN Star, raising the total to 380 one-star restaurants in this year’s guide.

As well as MICHELIN Stars, the Bib Gourmand – a distinction which recognizes good quality, good value cooking – is also very popular. 59 Bib Gourmand restaurants have been added to the MICHELIN guide Main Cities of Europe 2018, bringing the total to 295.

Published in English, the MICHELIN guide Main Cities of Europe is aimed primarily at business travelers who regularly journey throughout Europe, but it is also ideal for leisure guests wishing to discover Europe’s most romantic and culturally stimulating cities. Alongside written descriptions of every establishment, the guide features useful information including city maps.

The main cities of Europe featured in the guide are: Austria (Vienna, Salzburg), Belgium (Brussels, Antwerp), Czech Republic (Prague), Denmark (Copenhagen, Aarhus), Finland (Helsinki), France (Paris, Lyon), Germany (Berlin, Hamburg, Munich), Greece (Athens), Hungary (Budapest), Ireland (Dublin), Italy (Rome, Milan), Luxembourg (Luxembourg), Netherlands (Amsterdam, Rotterdam), Norway (Oslo), Poland (Warsaw, Cracow), Portugal (Lisbon), Spain (Madrid, Barcelona), Sweden (Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö), Switzerland (Bern, Geneva, Zurich), and the United Kingdom (London, Birmingham, Edinburgh).

Published  2018.03.27

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