Péterffy Palace, Baroque palace in District V, Hungary

Péterffy Palace is a Baroque building in central Budapest with an ornate stone facade and two family crests positioned at its center. The structure displays the careful craftsmanship of the era with balanced proportions and decorative stone work.

János Péterffy, a judge of the court of appeal, had the palace built from 1755 to designs by András Mayerhoffer, on the site of the house of Jakab Proberger, first master of Pest's brewery. It later passed to the Macsenka, Grabovszky, Krist and Widler families. Similar Baroque palaces nearby, including the Grassalkovich Palace also by Mayerhoffer, were demolished around the end of the 19th century during redevelopment linked to the Elizabeth Bridge, leaving this one Pest's only secular Baroque building in its original form.

The name honors the Péterffy family who commissioned the building and made it their residence for generations. Today it houses a long-established restaurant that has become part of the neighborhood's everyday rhythm.

The building stands below today's street level: the striped ground floor of the central risalit is reached by a few steps down from Piarista Street. Look for the Baroque wooden gate flanked by two iron-grilled windows, with stone atlases carrying the balcony above. The restaurant entrance is through this gate.

A red marble plaque on the facade marks the height of the 1838 Pest flood. The building itself sits below today's street level, since the street was raised in later centuries, so the entrance is reached by a short descent.