I am British but live in Budapest, and recommend great care with taxi rip-offs. Even meters are often doctored so you can't rely on them. City Taxis (see other tips in this section) are fine, and used by many embassies – they have English speaking phone operators.
Tel: 2-111 111
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Other taxi firms use names that sound like City Taxi - you can guess why, and guess the risk if you use one of these. I speak from personal experience.
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