7 late wine bars in Tokaj, editor-picked by Cork & Curve. All Tokaj nightlife.
Rákóczi Cellar Bar, Tokaj town ★ 4.4
Tokaj town · Kossuth tér 15, 3910 Tokaj, Hungary
The evening tasting bar at the base of the Rákóczi Cellar complex in Tokaj town serves Aszú and Szamorodni by the glass until late during the summer season and festival weekends.
Tip: The late-evening Aszú by the glass is the best value format for a first Tokaj dessert wine experience; the house pours are drawn from the Trade House cellar stock below.
Tokaj main square wine terrace ★ 4.3
Tokaj town · Rákóczi utca, 3910 Tokaj, Hungary
The cluster of wine bars and terrace restaurants along Rákóczi utca and the main square of Tokaj town operate until late on summer evenings, offering the full spectrum of Tokaj styles by the glass to the pedestrian evening crowd. The outdoor terraces overlooking the historic wine-trading street fill from sunset until around midnight in summer.
Tip: The competition between neighbouring terrace bars means prices on Tokaj by the glass are reasonable here; compare several house Furmints before settling on a favourite.
Mád village wine bar ★ 4.5
Mád · Mád village centre, 3909 Mád, Hungary
Mád's village centre has a small cluster of wine-focused bars and producer tasting rooms that stay open into the evening during the festival season and summer months.
Tip: An authentic late-evening Mád experience is a bottle of single-vineyard Furmint shared at one of the terrace tables facing the village church; the silence after dark is a contrast to Budapest.
Sátoraljaújhely Sátor utca cellar bars ★ 4.2
Sátoraljaújhely · Sátor utca, Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary
Sátoraljaújhely, the northernmost town of the Tokaj wine region near the Slovak border, has a street of carved-tuff cellar bars on Sátor utca that are active on weekend evenings.
Tip: Sátoraljaújhely is less visited than the core Tokaj villages; the cellar bars here are more local in atmosphere and the wines are priced at local rather than tourist levels.
Sárospatak riverside wine bars ★ 4.5
Sárospatak · Kossuth Lajos utca, 3950 Sárospatak, Hungary
Sárospatak's riverside streets below the Rákóczi Castle have a relaxed evening wine-bar culture built around local Tokaj producers. The combination of the castle backdrop, the Bodrog river terrace and locally produced Aszú and Furmint by the glass makes for an appealing late-evening setting in Tokaj.
Tip: The castle is illuminated at night; a riverside table at one of the terrace bars with a view of the Rákóczi Castle and a glass of dry Szamorodni száraz is an atmospheric wine evening in Hungary.
Bodrogkeresztúr village terrace wine bar ★ 4.1
Bodrogkeresztúr · Bodrogkeresztúr, Tokaj wine region, Hungary
Bodrogkeresztúr, a small Hegyalja village between Tokaj town and Tarcal, has a cluster of terrace wine bars open on summer evenings that draw visitors from the surrounding cellar estates.
Tip: Bodrogkeresztúr is midway between Tokaj town and Tarcal on the regional wine road; stopping here for an evening glass is a natural pause point on a two-village itinerary.
Tolcsva village wine bar near Oremus ★ 4.0
Tolcsva · Tolcsva, 3934 Tokaj wine region, Hungary
Tolcsva, the village home of the Oremus estate and several smaller Hegyalja producers, has a modest village bar that stays open in the summer evenings after cellar visits wind down.
Tip: Tolcsva is one of the least visited of the main Hegyalja villages; the evening bar here has a genuinely local character that contrasts with the more visitor-oriented bars in Tokaj town.