21 casual dining worth the trip across Czech Republic, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Czech Republic guides.
Lokal Dlouhaaa ★ 4.4 · Prague
stare-mesto · Dlouha 731/33, 110 00 Praha 1
Lokal Dlouhaaa is the longest of Ambiente's Czech pubs, a 70-metre tile-and-wood room in Stare Mesto pouring Pilsner from tank and cooking honest Czech classics.
U Mateje ★ 4.4 · Prague
praha-6 · U Mateje 152/1, 160 00 Praha 6
U Mateje sits in residential Dejvice and holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand. Chef Jan Puncochar cooks modern and traditional Czech with a focus on sauces and high-quality meat.
Kantyna ★ 4.4 · Prague
nove-mesto · Politickych veznu 1511/5, 110 00 Praha 1
Kantyna is Ambiente's butcher-canteen, a stand-and-eat steak counter where you order at the meat case and pay by weight, two blocks off Wenceslas Square.
Cestr ★ 4.4 · Prague
nove-mesto · Legerova 57/75, 110 00 Praha 1
Cestr is Ambiente's Czech-cattle steakhouse near the National Museum, serving cuts off the Czech pied breed alongside tank Pilsner and roast bone marrow.
Mr HotDog ★ 4.4 · Prague
letna · Kamenicka 24, 170 00 Praha 7
Mr HotDog in Letna is a tiny counter the neighbourhood books a week ahead. The American-style hot dogs and sliders are taken seriously enough to fill a 15-seat room nightly.
Lehka Hlava ★ 4.4 · Prague
stare-mesto · Borsov 280/2, 110 00 Praha 1
Lehka Hlava has cooked creative meat-free food in an Old Town room between Charles Bridge and Narodni since 2005, under a starry-painted ceiling locals book in advance.
Lokal U Bile Kuzelky ★ 4.3 · Prague
mala-strana · Misenska 80/12, 118 00 Praha 1
Lokal U Bile Kuzelky is the Ambiente Lokal closest to Charles Bridge, a 1862 cellar pub pouring tank Pilsner and cooking the same Czech classics as the Dlouha branch.
Lokal Hamburk ★ 4.3 · Prague
karlin · Sokolovska 55, 186 00 Praha 8
Lokal Hamburk is the Karlin outpost of the Ambiente pub chain, on the site of a 19th-century river-harbour inn. Pilsner from tank, honest Czech cooking, evening crowd.
Vycep ★ 4.3 · Prague
vinohrady · Korunni 992/92, 101 00 Praha 10
Vycep is a modern Czech pub in Vinohrady with a Michelin Bib Gourmand. Chef Jiri Hrachovy brings a Wallachian touch to the Czech repertoire, plus tank-poured Pilsner.
Pho Vietnam Tuan and Lan ★ 4.3 · Prague
vinohrady · Anglicka 529/15, 120 00 Praha 2
Pho Vietnam Tuan and Lan opened in 2010 on Anglicka and was the first Vietnamese restaurant Prague's foreign press wrote about. Pho bo and bun cha at fair prices.
Sisters Bistro ★ 4.3 · Prague
stare-mesto · Dlouha 39, 110 00 Praha 1
Sisters Bistro on Dlouha is Hana Michopulu's modern take on chlebicky, the Czech open-faced sandwich, with farm-sourced spreads and a small lunch menu of mains.
Maitrea ★ 4.3 · Prague
stare-mesto · Tynska ulicka 6, 110 00 Praha 1
Maitrea sits a minute off Old Town Square and is Lehka Hlava's sister room, a calm tea-room-restaurant doing full vegetarian Czech classics plus a cheap daily lunch.
Dejvicka 34 ★ 4.3 · Prague
praha-6 · Dejvicka 34, 160 00 Praha 6
Dejvicka 34 holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand. Chef Tomas Cerny cooks Italian-Czech bistro plates in Prague 6, drawing on twenty years in Italian Michelin kitchens.
U Fleku ★ 4.2 · Prague
nove-mesto · Kremencova 183/11, 110 00 Praha 1
U Fleku has brewed beer on the same Nove Mesto block since 1499. The cavernous beer hall pours its own 13-degree dark lager, brewed exclusively on site, with Czech classics.
U Modre Kachnicky ★ 4.2 · Prague
mala-strana · Nebovidska 460/6, 118 00 Praha 1
U Modre Kachnicky in Mala Strana cooks the old Czech repertoire, roast duck and venison, in two Baroque-era dining rooms a five-minute walk from Charles Bridge.
Pizza Nuova ★ 4.2 · Prague
stare-mesto · Revolucni 655/1, 110 00 Praha 1
Pizza Nuova is Ambiente's certified Vera Pizza Napoletana room in Stare Mesto, baking margherita and house pasta a block off Namesti Republiky for the family crowd.
Bistro 8 ★ 4.2 · Prague
holesovice · Veverkova 8, 170 00 Praha 7
Bistro 8 has been Letna and Holesovice's quiet European bistro since the late 2010s, with a single daily menu and a kitchen that buys at the Holesovice market.
Vinohradsky Pivovar ★ 4.2 · Prague
vinohrady · Korunni 2506/106, 101 00 Praha 10
Vinohradsky Pivovar rebuilt the 1893 Vinohrady brewery in 2014 and pours its own house lager alongside Czech pub classics in a glassed-in tap-room and beer garden.
Mistral Cafe ★ 4.1 · Prague
stare-mesto · Valentinska 11/56, 110 00 Praha 1
Mistral Cafe sits in the Old Town near Staromestska, a bright modern bistro running all-day breakfast, daily soups and a popular weekday lunch menu the office crowd queues to grab.
Beas Vegetarian Dhaba ★ 4.1 · Prague
vinohrady · Belehradska 569/90, 120 00 Praha 2
Beas Vegetarian Dhaba is the Vinohrady branch of a Prague vegetarian Indian counter where you fill a plate cafeteria-style and pay by weight. Cheap, vegan-friendly, fast.
U Medvidku ★ 4.0 · Prague
stare-mesto · Na Perstyne 345/7, 110 00 Praha 1
U Medvidku has poured beer since 1466 in the same Old Town building. The microbrewery upstairs makes X-Beer 33, the strongest beer ever brewed in the Czech Republic.