The American Dream comes true in Hungary – Zing Burger + Secret recipes

Zing Burger & Co is a continually expanding restaurant chain. Currently, they have 9 locations in the country, out of which 8 is in Budapest. Check them out here.

Zing is a dog-friendly place as we discussed here, click here, here and here to find even more dog-friendly restaurants in Budapest.

The Zing Story

Zing started in 2013 with not more than a food truck, as written on their website. Eszter Csanda and Susánszky Ádám, the founders of the company, had in mind the renewal of street food in Hungary. Zing started small, with serving the hamburgers on festivals of the capital city.

The turnover skyrocketed as people started to discover the Zing experience and a Zing place opened its gates in 2014. In 2016 came the most significant expansion, new locations popped up like mushrooms. Both on the Buda and Pest side of the capital got zinged, including Király Street, Széll Kálmán tér and Allee.

At the Inner City location (in Nádor Street) they even offer dinner menus besides their delicious hamburgers.

The boom in 2016 meant Zing became a brand, it was no longer a small business. Basically, Zing became a fast food restaurant chain starting with just one food truck in Budapest.

But why is it successful?

Zing credits success to only using high-quality ingredients, in fact, this is their principle, they even have a motto of:

“A hamburger is nothing more, than a good bun and a good patty. How to spoil it? It’s up to you.”

At Zing guests get a high-quality bun: mainly Békés county grains are ground into flour at Szabó Mill. Not to speak if the Angus beef patties they are well-known for. They even have a private label soft drink, Zing Limo, which contains no artificial colouring, aroma or preservatives.