I love this place and chose to have my birthday dinner with a group of friends this year! I called a couple of weeks in advance to get on the calendar (not sure if that's necessary, but I was glad to have it all sorted). We got there at 8 - there was a group of 10-12 people at each of the 3 long tables in the place. Packed so tightly I couldn't push my chair back at all, because it was pressed against that of the person behind me. This is not meant to be a deterrent - it just reminds you that you're somewhere special.
After passing around some of the wine and beers we'd brought, the food started coming. Alex knows what he is doing and gets it just right, serving everything family-style so there is enough for everyone to eat just enough, without getting to that uncomfortably full point. Alex came out with a candle and birthday wishes in Hungarian, and the whole restaurant sang to me. We brought a cake, and passed around the extra once our table had gotten some. You feel like you're at a big old family gathering, where you don't remember everyone's name, but you're all related, and you leave feeling warm and full of everything good!