This question has come up a number of times in mommy-baby group: where can one go shopping for baby in Budapest? Of course, many basic items for baby (like carseats, prams/strollers, clothes, linens, toys, carriers, diapers, bottles, etc) can be purchased at your local Tesco, Auchan or Cora. Kika and Ikea have lots of baby furniture and clever little accessories, and even smaller supermarkets like Kaiser’s will carry some baby items, many of them at surprisingly better prices than some baby stores. So it’s worth checking out your supermarket’s baby aisle when you’re doing your grocery shopping.
There are two large baby chains in Budapest (and to some extent in the rest of Hungary, too). These two are Brendon and Kenguru Gold. Each has several locations and stores of various sizes scattered all over. They sell a very wide variety of baby products, so it may be worth visiting them just to get a sense of what types of products are out there. They are, however, most decidedly not cheap.
Additionally, all of the major malls have at least one baby store, so look around the next time you visit Mammut, Árkád, WestEnd, MOM Park, Arena, Duna Plaza, Asia Center, Pólus, Europark, Lurdy Ház, Campona, etc. (Click on the links to see the list of stores at these malls.) Again, stores found in malls are usually not in the cheap category.
Of course, there are also a good number of independent, smaller stores and discount warehouses where they sell baby related items. Here are some of them broken down by district. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list.
1st district
Babyfun Babadiszkont
1015 Csalogány utca 42/A 1.
3rd district
Bogi Bababolt
1032 Ágoston utca 3.
Meske
1032 Zápor utca 69.
4th district
Baby Planet
1043 Aradi utca 16.
6th district
Babadiszkont
1062 Lehel utca 1/b.
7th district
Baba-sarok
1074 Rákóczi út 64-Hársfa utca 1 (corner)
Enikő Bababolt
107? Klauzál tér 10.
8th district
Elefáni Bababolt
1085 Baross utca 10.
Kismama bababolt
1083 Somogyi Béla utca 5.
9th district
ASTI Babaáruház
1095 Soroksári út 110.
Babauniverzum
109? Gubacsi út 6/a
Bababoo Bababolt
1095 Ipar utca 2/b.
Baby Outlet
1095 Soroksári út 160.
Brumi Maci
1095 Mester utca 13.
11th district
Balambér
1118 Regős utca 14.
Elefáni Babadiszkont
1113 Bocskai út 38-40.
13th district
Mária Babacentrum
1132 Visegrádi utca 25.
Baba Szafari
113? Váci út 99.
14th district
Minimanó
1149 Nagy Lajos király útja 112.
Apróságok Háza
1142 Erzsébet királyné útja 125.
16th district
Babasúlypont
1164 Felsőmalom utca 3/b.
18th district
Elefáni Babadiszkont
1182 Petőfi utca 14/a.
Babacenter
1183 Zsolt utca 30.
Panda Babaház
1184 Üllői út 387.
Bippa Babadiszkont
1188 Nagykőrösi út 53.
20th district
Bababolt Csepelen
1214 Kossuth Lajos utca 144.
www.bababolterzsebet.gportal.hu
This is by no means a complete list! Please feel free to leave a comment and provide info about a store you’ve found!