Enjoy the duck and goose feast season 2025 in Košice

Visit a truly exceptional place in the middle of the Košice forests, where you can enjoy the current menu all the more surrounded by greenery and in an important historical area. In the recreational part of the town of Bankov there is the eponymous Hotel Bankov with its much sought-after restaurant. Wonderful duck breast sous vide with orange reduction and confit foie gras with chestnut dumplings, red cabbage in pocket and cabbage puree await you here. The starter of rabbit pate with onion jam and Tuscan wine jelly is definitely worth a look!

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I'm sure you know the legendary Café Slávia from Košice - but did you also know that today it is one of the renowned Košice restaurants with a boutique hotel right in the city centre with a view of the National Theatre Košice from the balconies? Let the pace of Košice's events slowly pass you by and enjoy the seasonal menu in the stylish interior of this Art Nouveau building. Order, for example, duck leg with caramelised sauerkraut and potato peelings or duck breast with mushrooms, chestnuts, pumpkin and apple gel with wine reduction. Save room for the apple dessert with lemon cream and cinnamon mousse. Yummy!

Do you know the Košice stalwart among the longest-running restaurants? Get to know the traditional cuisine that uses seasonal specialties with ingredients that are up-to-date according to each season. In Villa Regia these weeks you can enjoy crispy roast duck with homemade lorca, duck roast parfait with ginger gingerbread, orange gel and hazelnut croquant, and fantastic smoked duck breast with marinated beetroot, homemade truffle mayonnaise and bacon crumble, served with doughnuts stuffed with cottage cheese and dill. Well, the hardest part will be choosing!

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Stop in Košice for a fabulous gastronomic experience in the first author's bistro in the city, designed exactly according to the tastes of the famous chef. Bakoš Bistro can be found in the southern part of Košice, on Južna třída, where you will be amazed by the menu and the tempting design in its interesting interior. Come here too to taste the special duck feast with delicacies such as grilled duck breast with celery puree with white chocolate, demi-glace with coffee, potato croquette and blackberries as well as confit duck leg with onion dumplings, red cabbage puree, lokša chips, meat jus and glazed chestnuts with port wine. Are you salivating too?

Source: Bakoš Bistro

When visiting Košice, don't miss a unique item on the list of restaurants dedicated to literary greats - in the Old Town on Main Street there is an exceptional Márai Bistro with a reference to the work of the writer and native of Košice, Sándor Márai. Book a table for a romantic date, dinner with friends or a business lunch with tempting duck breast with pumpkin and beetroot puree and crispy arancini made of bryndza as well as atypical duck terrine with delicious citrus-herb flavour of orange and sage with fluffy brioche and delicate jelly made of Tokaj wine!

Source: Márai Bistro

Try the duck and goose feast in the oldest hospitality in Slovakia, which was known in the Middle Ages. Today you will find the famous Brewery Inn with a varied offer of beer specialties and delicious gastronomic delicacies. Find out more about the history of Košice and the medieval inn, which is said to have been the venue of the grandest wedding in former Hungary, during a guided tour of the restaurant. The autumn gastronomic season is already in full swing - try the amazing duck with red cabbage, potato lox and Karlovy Vary dumplings!

Sit at the tables in the restaurant, which belongs to one of the favourites among Košice pubs - in Camelot on the little square by Mikluš Prison, this autumn you can enjoy a fantastic hot dog with jerked duck meat, cranberry mayonnaise and home fries. Among the classics there will also be great duck breast on roasted tassels with sauerkraut and traditional duck leg on red wine, with roasted potatoes with caramelised carrots.

If you can't resist sampling the local specialities while you travel, click on our article with a link to gault&Millau's award-winning restaurants. Discover what Košice tastes like and take home the most delicious experiences from your travels!