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Assistants · Budapest cafes and bars, HU · November 2026

Where assistants send people in Budapest cafes and bars

24 answers from ChatGPT and Gemini, asked on 2026-11-04, to the questions people ask and to questions about the top businesses in the index. 100% of them link a business's own site or its booking software, and 0% link a marketplace.

Fewer than 30 answers, so this share is not compared with other cities.

100%

of answers link the business's own site or its booking software

0%

link a marketplace

–

no marketplace linked

24

answers, 24 to the questions people ask and 0 about businesses

Of the 24 answers to the questions people ask, 100% link a business's own site or its booking software and 0% a marketplace.

Updated 2026-11-04. The Budapest cafes and bars index · Places named, question by question · Markdown · JSON · Share image · All cities.

League table

The destinations, most linked first

Each row is a place an answer can send people. Share is the percentage of all 24 answers that link to it. Each assistant's column counts only that assistant's answers.

DestinationKindAnswersShareChatGPTGemini
The businesses' own sitesown site24100%12 100%12 100%
Press, guides and forumspress and guides1042%010 83%
budapestbylocals.comother site417%04 33%
reservours.comother site417%04 33%
barstalker.deother site28%02 17%
curiousspoon.appvendor, direct28%02 17%
offbeatbudapest.comother site28%02 17%
specialtystories.coffeeother site28%02 17%
Time Outdirectory28%1 8%1 8%
adventuresofacarryon.comother site14%01 8%
amberlynhotel.comother site14%01 8%
asztalfoglalas.comother site14%01 8%
beerinthecity.comdirectory14%01 8%
booked4.usother site14%01 8%
brewatlas.codirectory14%01 8%

24 more destinations with fewer answers each are in the JSON.

By assistant

What each assistant does in Budapest cafes and bars

ChatGPT: answered by gpt-6-luna (12).

Gemini: answered by gemini-3.8-flash (12).

Places named when people ask

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places and a link to book or order with each one directly. The table shows how many of the places it named came with a link to the place's own site, to a marketplace or to a directory, or with no link at all.

AssistantOwn site or directMarketplaceDirectoryNo linkPlaces
ChatGPT97%0%0%3%36
Gemini84%0%0%16%38
Question by question

Who gets named, and with which link

Asked on 2026-11-04. A place in this index links to its report. A place with its own site that isn't in the index yet links to a scan. "No link" means the assistant named the place but didn't link its site. Each question links to the full list of places named.

QuestionChatGPTGemini
A quiet cafe near the centre where I can sit with my laptop this morning.Madal Café own site
Massolit Books & Café own site
Smúz Café own site
Massolit Books & Café no link
Madal Cafe own site
Magvető Café own site
Good cocktails tonight, and I want to reserve a table for four.Boutiq Bar own site
Hotsy Totsy own site
Kupak Bar & Bistro own site
BoutiqBar own site
Hotsy Totsy Budapest own site
Black Swan Budapest own site
The best specialty coffee in town, open right now.Espresso Embassy own site
Apricot Coffee own site
IVY COFFEE own site
Espresso Embassy no link
My Little Melbourne no link
Ecocafe own site
A pub showing the football tonight. Can I book a table?Stifler Sports Bar own site
Füge Udvar own site
Becketts Irish Bar own site
Stifler Sports Bar own site
Jack Doyles Irish Pub & Restaurant own site
Champs Sport Pub own site
Brunch at a cafe on Saturday. Where do I book?TATI own site
Fluffy’s Cafe & Brunch own site
LuLu Budapest own site
Twentysix Budapest no link
Vibe & Concept own site
À La Maison Grand own site
Anyám szerint own site
A bar with live music this Saturday night, reserve a table for six.Tapas Bar by Felisa own site
Budapest Jazz Club own site
Kacsa Étterem own site
Budapest Jazz Club own site
Red Carpet Lounge & Piano Bar own site
BOHO Budapest own site
Coffee and a good cake this afternoon. Where should I go?Apricot Coffee own site
Gerbeaud Café own site
Páholy Café own site
Gerbeaud Café own site
New York Café own site
Espresso Embassy own site
A rooftop bar for sunset drinks, reserve a table for two.Leo Rooftop own site
High Note SkyBar own site
Liz & Chain Rooftop Bar own site
High Note SkyBar own site
St. Andrea Wine & Skybar own site
360 Bar own site
A cafe for breakfast near the centre tomorrow at 8.Cosy Café own site
Cyrano Étterem own site
Antré Restaurant own site
Brunch Bistro Budapest no link
Opening time own site
Cirkusz Budapest own site
Artizán Bakery own site
A quiet bar for a first date on Thursday evening. Can I book?Esca own site
Kadarka Wine Bar own site
Pici Pörc own site
BoutiqBar own site
WarmUp Cocktail Bar own site
The Tasting Table Cellar own site
The best craft beer place tonight. Do I need to reserve?Beer Brothers own site
FIRST Craft Beer & BBQ own site
Élesztőház own site
MADHOUSE Bistro & Craft Beer Bar no link
Mad Scientist own site
Csakajósör own site
A cafe or bar where we can play board games tonight, table for five.Board Game Café Budapest own site
TIMI BAR & COFFEE own site
SideQuest Bar own site
Board Game Café no link
Board Game Café Budapest own site
Játsz/Ma Társasjáték Kávézó own site
Method

How this is counted

Everything here is counted in answers, using the latest answer from each assistant to each question, asked with web search on. Some questions are the ones people ask ("best pizza delivered right now", "book me a table for Saturday"). The others are three questions about each of the top-ranked businesses in the index: the official website, where to book and where to order. Every link in an answer is read. A destination counts once for each answer that links to it, whether as the place to book or as a source the assistant cited. So each share is the share of answers that link that destination, and the shares don't add up to 100%.

All the businesses' own sites share one row, whatever the business. A booking or ordering vendor on the business's own domain counts as direct. Marketplaces and directories are named. Listing, review and map sites (Tripadvisor, Google Maps, Yelp) count as directories, even where the scanner files them with the marketplaces. Newspapers, magazines, guides, forums and tourism sites share one row. Anything left is listed by its registered domain, and a model sorts each of those unknown hosts once into directory, press, marketplace, vendor, business or other, with the reason shown. Text that only looks like a host because a space is missing ("them.here") is dropped. Business names are matched against the index. A place that isn't in the index links to a scan of its site, if the assistant gave one.

Updated 2026-11-04. The data is open, and the JSON version of this page has every destination. Methodology.