The Gay Hussar was a celebrated Hungarian restaurant located at 2 Greek Street, Soho, central London, England.

On his return to London in 1940, he established first the Budapest restaurant and then The Gay Hussar, which was to become popular with left-wing politicians.

[3][4] Diners included T. S. Eliot, Mortimer Wheeler, Aneurin Bevan, Barbara Castle, Ian Mikardo and Michael Foot.

In October 2013, it was made known that owners Corus Hotels would put the Gay Hussar up for sale.

[5][6] A group of journalists, politicians and lawyers formed the "Goulash Co-operative Ltd" to raise money to secure the eight-year lease,[7][8] but its bid was rejected by Corus.