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 hideout near Charles Bridge.
Food program: Snacks
Tip: Reserve ahead; the bartenders do classic cocktails better than anyone in the city.
Address: Karoliny Svetle 26, 110 00 Praha 1, Prague
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 of pre-Prohibition cocktail classics.
Signature drink: Pre-Prohibition classics
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Take 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. The cocktails behind the gimmick are some of the city's best-spec'd.
Signature drink: UV-revealed menu cocktail
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Order the spec called Memory; the back room is quieter.
L'Fleur is AnonymouS Bar's small sister room, a tight cocktail bar with a Rorschach inkblot menu. Cocktails are designed around a single psychological theme each.
Signature drink: Rorschach-themed cocktail
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Smaller and tighter than Anonymous; the bartender's choice is the smart order.
Lokal Dlouhaaa pours Pilsner from tank in a 70-metre 1970s-style hall. The bar runs on the pace of a beer-tap-only Czech pub, with the same Pilsner you cannot find this fresh elsewhere.
Signature drink: Tank Pilsner Urquell
Food: Full Czech pub menu
Tip: Stand 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, taking no reservations, doing American-style burgers and beer in a 1950s-styled room near Karoliny Svetle.
Signature drink: Cash-only American beer pour
Food: American burgers
Tip: Cash only; the burger plate is the kitchen's main reason to exist.
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 of pre-Prohibition cocktail classics.
Signature drink: Pre-Prohibition classics
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Take 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. The cocktails behind the gimmick are some of the city's best-spec'd.
Signature drink: UV-revealed menu cocktail
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Order the spec called Memory; the back room is quieter.
L'Fleur is AnonymouS Bar's small sister room, a tight cocktail bar with a Rorschach inkblot menu. Cocktails are designed around a single psychological theme each.
Signature drink: Rorschach-themed cocktail
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Smaller 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. The owners brew Sibeeria themselves and curate a serious bottle and whisky list.
Signature drink: 32 changing taps of craft beer
Food: Snacks, sausages
Tip: The 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. The bar runs on the pace of a beer-tap-only Czech pub, with the same Pilsner you cannot find this fresh elsewhere.
Signature drink: Tank Pilsner Urquell
Food: Full Czech pub menu
Tip: Stand 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, taking no reservations, doing American-style burgers and beer in a 1950s-styled room near Karoliny Svetle.
Signature drink: Cash-only American beer pour
Food: American burgers
Tip: Cash only; the burger plate is the kitchen's main reason to exist.
