Budapest – District XI (Jonas Craft Beer & Food)

I’ve been walking around District XI for two days and I’ve realised I’ve managed to visit all the craft beer bars already and left other matters, but there we go….. Anyway, this rather intriguing venue is located at Bikas Park, although I understand that they started off with a craft beer bar somewhere else in the city.

The craft beer options aren’t the easiest to see, but there are some tempting beers on there. They do food as well although it was too hot for me to be able to think about that, as I’m not very good with scorchingly high temperatures.

The interior of the bar and most people were sitting outside because they like being attacked by wasps and getting sun burnt. It was clean, functional and welcoming with something of an on-trend feel to it. They seemed to be selling a fair amount of coffees, so I think there’s something of a cafe bar style to the place.

I compromised and sat near to the outside to show a willing attitude towards sitting in the park.

The first beer I went for was the 3 Bean Stout from Lervig and I’ve had this before in the UK and rated it very highly. It’s a rich, powerful, punchy and robust beer with flavours of coffee and decadence. Lervig are from Stavanger which is a city that I’ve been to, but before I knew about craft beer, so I must consider another visit there to see the brewery itself.

The second beer I went for was the Rebel Berry from Horizont Brewing and this was suitably sour with plenty of raspberry to it, although it was a little thin.

The prices are towards the higher end of the scale, but still below what they’d cost in the UK, so I was content with the arrangement. The service was friendly and efficient, although I did think that the ordering process was a little unclear as to whether to order at the bar or wait for table service. There’s a decent range of keg options and also plenty of cans on display as well, with most beer styles being covered, so I’d happily go here again as it’s always positive to see such efforts being made with craft beer.