Cocktails, wine bars and dives: drinking in Prague for grown-ups.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Prague for grown-ups.
Hemingway Bar in the Old Town is Prague's serious cocktail destination, holding the city's largest absinthe collection and over 200 rums in a corner-room.
DrinkAbsinthe cocktail with rum reduction
FoodSnacks
TipReserve ahead; the bartenders do classic cocktails better than anyone in the city.
Black Angel's Bar hides in the Gothic cellar of U Prince Hotel beneath Old Town Square, with a 1930s prohibition mood and an exhaustive list.
DrinkPre-Prohibition classics
FoodBar snacks
TipTake the velvet booth at the back; bartenders work spec from the era's manuals.
AnonymouS Bar in the Old Town runs a V for Vendetta theme with a menu revealed under UV light. Order the spec called Memory; the back room is quieter.
DrinkUV-revealed menu cocktail
FoodBar snacks
TipOrder the spec called Memory; the back room is quieter Standing room when busy.
L'Fleur is AnonymouS Bar's small sister room, a tight cocktail bar with a Rorschach inkblot menu. Located in Stare Mesto. Order the rorschach-themed cocktail.
DrinkRorschach-themed cocktail
FoodBar snacks
TipSmaller and tighter than Anonymous; the bartender's choice is the smart order.
BeerGeek Bar in Vinohrady runs 32 changing taps of Czech and international craft beer. Order the 32 changing taps of craft beer. At Vinohradska 1342/62.
Drink32 changing taps of craft beer
FoodSnacks, sausages
TipThe Sibeeria stout is the house pour; trip across to Slavikova for the shop.
Lokal Dlouhaaa pours Pilsner from tank in a 70-metre 1970s-style hall. Located in Stare Mesto. Order the tank pilsner urquell. At Dlouha 731/33.
DrinkTank Pilsner Urquell
FoodFull Czech pub menu
TipStand at the bar if no booth is available; the second tap pour is the smarter order.
Sad Man's Tongue is the Old Town's rockabilly bar-bistro, cash-only, no reservations, doing American burgers and beer in a 1950s-style room.
DrinkCash-only American beer pour
FoodAmerican burgers
TipCash only; the burger plate is the kitchen's main reason to exist.
U Fleku has poured beer since 1499 on the same Nove Mesto block. Order the flek dark lager 13. Wave off the Becherovka shots; pay for the beer only.
DrinkFlek Dark Lager 13
FoodCzech pub menu
TipWave off the Becherovka shots; pay for the beer only Standing room when busy.
Vinohradsky Pivovar's house lager pours from tank in a glassed-in tap-room above the brewery. Outdoor beer garden in summer, classic Czech kitchen.
DrinkHouse lager from tank
FoodFull Czech pub menu
TipThe desitka is the smarter pour than the dvanactka with food.
Strahov Monastery has brewed beer since around 1400. The current brewery on the Castle hill pours its own Sv. Norbert beers next to a Czech pub kitchen.
DrinkSv. Norbert beer
FoodCzech pub menu
TipSkip the dark; the amber is the brewery's tightest pour Standing room when busy.
U Medvidku in the Old Town brews X-Beer 33, the strongest beer in the Czech Republic, in a microbrewery above the 1466 beer hall. Located in Stare Mesto.
DrinkX-Beer 33
FoodCzech pub menu
TipX-Beer 33 is for one pour; the standard 12-degree is the keeper.
Automat Matuska in Dejvice is the Krivoklatsko brewery's Prague taproom, opened 2019. American BBQ from the kitchen, Matuska IPAs and lagers on rotating taps.
DrinkMatuska IPA
FoodAmerican BBQ
TipAsk which Matuska pilsner is on; the IPA travels but the lager rotates.
Lokal U Bile Kuzelky pours tank Pilsner Urquell in an 1862-era cellar near Charles Bridge. Sit in the front room; the back fills with the tour-group crowd.
DrinkTank Pilsner Urquell
FoodCzech pub menu
TipSit in the front room; the back fills with the tour-group crowd.
Lokal Hamburk in Karlin is the river-harbour-themed Ambiente Lokal, the most neighbourhood-feeling of the chain. Order the tank pilsner urquell.
DrinkTank Pilsner Urquell
FoodCzech pub menu
TipThe terrace seats in summer go fast; book ahead Friday onward.
Manifesto Market Andel is the open-air food and drink yard in Smichov, the successor to the Florenc pop-up. Fifteen stalls, a beer bar, cashless.
DrinkCraft cocktails and natural wine
FoodFifteen food stalls
TipCashless; queue is real on weekend evenings, come Tuesday or Wednesday.
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