Ground floor is where hungarian families actually shop for groceries. Incredible local produce, fresh kurtoskalacs chimney cakes, real hungarian prices everywhere. Lángos costs 600 forint down here versus 1500 forint upstairs in tourist section. Hunt for the elderly woman at back left corner near fövám tér entrance - she makes fresh lángos every 10 minutes with proper hungarian sour cream 🥖

Upstairs level is pure souvenir markup but negotiate aggressively on everything. Grabbed premium szeged paprika for 1200 forint instead of 2000 asking price by walking away twice. Sellers expect haggling especially with foreigners

Perfect timing is weekday mornings around 9am before river cruise groups arrive from nearby dock. Basement level has aldi-style supermarket with hungarian snacks - grab túró rudi chocolate bars and pogácsa savory biscuits. Sounds weird but túró rudi is basically hungarian kit-kat made with cottage cheese and its incredible

Avoid saturdays completely unless you enjoy being trapped in tourist mob