The best Czech restaurants Prague

Mix with tourists from all over the world to discover Czech folk dances and traditions with this two-hour interactive program. Dance, music and costumes will make your head spin and furnish the timeouts between courses. The menu is typical (soup, salad, roasted potatoes, sausage, pork meat, chicken) and the beer flows freely. Then you can dance in this old renovated house, inside or outside depending on the season. Needless to say, booking is essential.

An emblematic Prague café and restaurant, where the ramparts once stood, the Louvre Café recalls the atmosphere of the cafés of the Austro-Hungarian Empire with its dressed waiters, aristocratic furniture and a hushed atmosphere conducive to a galant or business meeting. A true place of history, the Louvre café counts among its customers Karel Čapek, Franz Kafka, Albert Einstein and Masaryk. The restaurant offers excellent Czech cuisine, for very reasonable prices and first-class service. A great experience!

In a radical departure from traditional hospoda, The Base's decor is purposely uncluttered, brightly lit and discreetly furnished. The trendy 30-somethings can also be found here, with the copper beer vats as a backdrop (here we only drink Urquell pilsner), and order traditional Czech dishes in a light version, based on local and seasonal produce. Goulash, pork chops and roast duck are all very well done! A little pricey, but you pay for the atmosphere, and the daily menu means you don't have to spend too much.

Salabka is a charming complex with an excellent gourmet restaurant and its own winery in the district of Troja. Quality wines and spirits have been grown here since the 13th century. Since 1955, Salabka wines have already won several international awards. Chef Petr Kunc prepares creative specialties. The dishes are worked, the colours, the texture, the tastes blend together for a very successful culinary experience, all in a magnificent green setting set back from the hustle and bustle of the centre.

Unpretentious, but a great place to dine on a budget and in good proportion, a stone's throw from Old Town Square and close to the Roxy. Czech cuisine with a wide range of meat recipes, some trout sold by weight and a wide range of side dishes, all for a very reasonable price. So, for those who don't want to spend too much while filling their stomachs, this is your Prague rendezvous. There are a few tables outside on the sidewalk, but the street isn't very busy.

We come here to drink a beer and taste some of the best Czech dishes in Prague. Wild boar, roast goose or duck, pig's knees or roast suckling pig or smoked sausage. Pints of beer, cabbage and knedliky obviously accompany the whole thing, an excellent address frequented by the local businessmen who came to eat well... and drink well. Very reasonable prices, even if the place, a chain present all over the country, lacks a little charm and the service is not the best in town

Czech specialities and recipes inspired by the Alpine region are rather successful, in both cases fresh and light products. We also come here for breakfast, very complete and rather cheap in terms of quantity and quality of products: good pastries and fresh fruit juices. A good idea if you have decided to save it at your hotel. And then we also come for the setting: comfortable sofas and a cosy atmosphere under high ceilings, a small terrace on the street, all just a stone's throw from the heart of Nové Mĕsto

The "two cats" (that's his name) are painted on the façade of this arcaded building located on a charming square. Here you are in a typical hospoda in the centre of the town with a tradition that dates back to the 17th century. As soon as you enter, you know you're going to drink Plzeň, the drawings that symbolize this brand are on all the walls among the pictures of the old Prague. In the evening, the atmosphere is often provided by a musician. Crowd, hubbub and smoke. We like the warm atmosphere of the place, reminiscent of old inns from another time.

A good address in the center of town, behind the Rudolfinum, for tasting authentic Czech cuisine. The decor is that of a typical hospoda , and many locals gather here every day over a beer to talk about anything and everything. Don't miss the home-made svíčková , pork knuckle or roast duck, which are particularly good. The "all-you-can-eat" menu is rather inexpensive, but beware: the bill can rise quite quickly when you start dabbling in the meat and game specialties.

An address that offers local specialities at very attractive prices, despite its location in a tourist area. The portions are huge, the duck roasted with cabbage and knedlíky for example, the beer very cold. Also specialities such as marinated camembert or Prague sausage, which are continuously cut by the cooks. The service is ultra-fast and professional. Terrace quite pleasant in summer and rather quiet, although a few steps from the continuous tourist flow between the Old City and Wenceslas Square.

There is one exception to the touristy restaurants of the Castle district: a hidden tavern just a stone's throw from the Castle (no sign on the door - you can spot the entrance by the red-and-white coat of arms adorned with a black ox's head). We come here to drink the beer that flows freely and enjoy some of Prague's best "Czech tapas": tlacenka (the equivalent of our snout with vinaigrette), marinated sausage, pivni syr (a cheese that resembles maroilles) and klobasa are excellent and can be enjoyed for lunch, dinner or an aperitif.

An address that summons all the credos of the Czech tavern: large wooden tables, antiques and old posters, a bar that delivers pints of beer, continuously brewed on the spot, without asking you for your opinion, it seems so normal! The tavern has more than 300 seats, so we're used to going fast. You will find on the menu all the Czech specialities that go with beer: marinated sausages, camembert in vinegar, breaded cheese... And for the meal: duck and potato bread! Anyway, we come out with a lot of calories.

The daily specials are cheap, the bill climbs a little faster for the a la carte menu, but in any case, it's fresh, copious and well prepared. You enter through the butcher's department (where you can choose your pieces of meat if you have come for that), then you go to the self-service area: on the left the kitchens, on the right the bar. Just punch in and take, the staff ticks off your consos and you pay as you leave. Simple, efficient, cheap and, inevitably, crowded at meal times. Make sure you make a reservation if you want to dine there.

You enter this restaurant as you would enter your home. A dream home, where the warm white and grey decoration seems to fade away to better highlight the design objects that adorn every corner of the establishment. On the restaurant side, we spend a very good time in a room where the tables are well spaced in the interior room, the veranda or even the small secret garden, open to the sunny days. Cuisine dominated by Czech cuisine but made with lightness and carefully selected products. To be demanding without paying too much!

Regular guests usually visit this hostel early, before going to a concert or opera, so the tables are more lively between 6pm and 7.30pm than later in the evening. In any case, you will have a good time eating, especially if you are a carnivore: the owners of the establishment started their business with a butcher shop, and the animals always come from their own farm. In burgers or more typically Czech recipes, the common point is above all the generosity of the portions!

A very beautiful tavern, traditional in form but resolutely modern in layout and decoration. On three floors, the wooden tables on a stone and brick wall welcome a local clientele who let themselves be served before ordering a pint of beer brewed on site in the large copper tanks that cannot be missed when entering the establishment. The traditional cuisine is robust and generous, mainly of Czech inspiration: soups, duck, cabbage... An excellent base for a solid lunch.

It has been a long time since we decided not to recommend a restaurant in the Place de la Vieille Ville because of the widespread use of tourist attractions. It must be said that this new establishment plays another card: that of quality and authenticity. Simple and modern décor, classic recipes but not bourratives, friendly service, neither too slow nor too fast, rare in the district... Everything contributes to a lunch break (lunch menus are a bargain!) or a successful dinner in the most beautiful square of the city!

If you are looking to get off the beaten track around Vyšehrad Castle, this is the perfect place for a short stop during the day. More than a century of traditions! They prepare very good Czech specialties here (roast duck in the spotlight of course) at reasonable prices and in generous portions, often much better than in downtown restaurants. Of course, they serve delicious craft beer. A small, friendly restaurant with about 100 seats for a very local experience!