Beugró Pizzéria

This place is a little off the beaten track, a few hundred meters off the main road running along on the south bank of Lake Balaton. It looks pretty unassuming but we were attracted to try it for a take away pizza one night by it's friendly below-Balaton-average prices. We had six different pizzas all of which were very much in the Hungarian pizza style and all were fine though I wasn't personally so keen on the giros one - I have never been a huge of fan of baked lettuce... As they also serve standard Hungarian dishes we decided to go there for a family meal on our last night. It was a hot evening and a storm was brewing. We were told that if we didn't want to get struck by lightning we should sit indoors. We decided on the eating-and-surviving option but after ordering we waited a full (very hot) hour for our food. Not a great start. Just when we were about to leave the food arrived - in vast quantities I must say. Maybe they added extra salt to compensate for what we had lost sweating in the sweltering indoor seating area as it was even by Hungarian standards incredibly salty. Even so very authentic and everything tasted good, especially the beef stew which was excellent. The grill platter for 4 was enormous and enough for 8 normal appetites on a hot day. We ended up taking half of it home and eating it in cooler conditions over the next couple of days. The french fries were also unusually good I found. On the drinks front the wine was a mistake - chilled local red that fairly took gums off the roof of your mouth. Even my Hungarian company agreed that the chilled draught Dreher beer would have probably been a better option. In the end the long wait was all forgiven when we discovered that this busy Friday night was all being managed by a single cook who despite being on her own still managed to produce good hearty Hungarian fare for all of us at a great price. It seems that even at the Balaton it is challenge to get chefs who can earn at least double across the border in Austria. An unwished for trip to the hospital in Siofok the day before had confirmed that this is also the case with doctors in Hungary these days too. Sad state of affairs in this wonderful country.

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