CaFE IDA, the Palace Café

The royal palace's café, in Sisi's ground-floor salons: mirrors, console tables and crystal chandeliers, and you enter without a museum ticket.

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Where: Gödöllő

Inside the palace, on the ground floor; no museum ticket needed.

The place

CaFE IDA opened in March 2022 on the ground floor of the palace, in the so-called Sisi salons: the sitting rooms the queen used for receiving guests, with console tables, mirrors and crystal chandeliers. It has about forty seats and you enter without buying the museum ticket, so it works just as well for a coffee before the visit as for waiting for the light garden to open.

What to have

Coffee and pastries. It is not a restaurant: for a proper meal, cross to the Erzsébet Királyné hotel, five minutes away, or go up to the Napolizza pizzeria.

What to order: A coffee and cake in Sisi's salons after the visit, or before the light garden.

Practical details

Address

Grassalkovich-kastély, 2100 Gödöllő

Opening hours

Its website does not publish its own opening hours; it is inside the palace, which opens from 10:00 to 18:00

Cuisine

café, pastries

Details checked on 12 November 2026.

House specialities

Coffee

Cakes

Tips

Use it as a waiting room in winter From October to January the park is cleared from 16:00 to 17:00 before the light garden: it is coffee time.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a ticket for the café?

No, you enter without a museum ticket.

Does it serve meals?

Its website presents it as a café; for a meal, better a restaurant in the centre.

With young childrenAs a family

Opening hours and prices can change: check them before you go.

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