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, neighbourhood book-ahead crowd.
Food program: Full Czech pub menu
Tip: The desitka is the smarter pour than the dvanactka with food.
Address: Korunni 2506/106, 101 00 Praha 10, Prague
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 and a quiet courtyard.
Signature drink: Sv. Norbert beer
Food: Czech pub menu
Tip: Skip the dark; the amber is the brewery's tightest pour.
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. Cellars are big, queues are real, beer is heavy.
Signature drink: X-Beer 33
Food: Czech pub menu
Tip: X-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, no-frills tap-room style.
Signature drink: Matuska IPA
Food: American BBQ
Tip: Ask 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. The Mala Strana Lokal of the Ambiente chain, with the same kitchen as Dlouha.
Signature drink: Tank Pilsner Urquell
Food: Czech pub menu
Tip: Sit 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. Tank Pilsner, big windows, the office crowd settles in evenings.
Signature drink: Tank Pilsner Urquell
Food: Czech pub menu
Tip: The terrace seats in summer go fast; book ahead Friday onward.
Manifesto Market Smichov is the open-air food and drink yard near Andel. Twenty-plus food stalls, four bars including cocktails and natural wine, DJ sets in summer.
Signature drink: Craft cocktails and natural wine
Food: Twenty-plus food stalls
Tip: Cashless; queue is real on weekend evenings, come Tuesday or Wednesday.