Lokal Dlouhaaa ★ 4.4
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.
OrderThe tartare with bread; tank Pilsner Urquell.
Bistros, trattorias, taverns and neighbourhood rooms: the mid-tier places where Prague actually eats.
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Lokal U Bile Kuzelky ★ 4.3
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.
OrderSmazeny syr; tank Pilsner.
Lokal Hamburk ★ 4.3
Lokal Hamburk is the Karlin outpost of the Ambiente pub chain, on the site of a 19th-century river-harbour inn. Order the vepro-knedlo-zelo; pour from tank.
OrderVepro-knedlo-zelo; pour from tank.
U Fleku ★ 4.2
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.
OrderThe dark Flek 13; the pork knee.
U Medvidku ★ 4.0
U Medvidku has poured beer since 1466 in the same Old Town building. Located in Stare Mesto. Order the the x-beer 33; the goulash with bread dumplings.
OrderThe X-Beer 33; the goulash with bread dumplings.
U Modre Kachnicky ★ 4.2
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.
OrderThe duck with bread dumplings and red cabbage.
U Mateje ★ 4.4
U Mateje sits in residential Dejvice and holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand. Located in Praha 6. Order the the wiener schnitzel with potato salad.
OrderThe Wiener schnitzel with potato salad.
Kantyna ★ 4.4
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.
OrderTartare; sirloin grilled to medium rare.
Cestr ★ 4.4
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.
OrderHanger steak; the tartare tableside.
Vycep ★ 4.3
Vycep is a modern Czech pub in Vinohrady with a Michelin Bib Gourmand. Chef Jiri Hrachovy brings a Wallachian touch to the Czech repertoire.
OrderThe Wallachian halusky with bryndza.
Pizza Nuova ★ 4.2
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.
OrderThe Margherita; the house pasta of the day.
Pho Vietnam Tuan and Lan ★ 4.3
Pho Vietnam Tuan and Lan opened in 2010 on Anglicka and was the first Vietnamese restaurant Prague's foreign press wrote about. Located in Vinohrady.
OrderPho bo with brisket; bun cha if you brought a friend.
Sisters Bistro ★ 4.3
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.
OrderA flight of chlebicky; the egg one.
The Eatery ★ 4.6
The Eatery is the Holesovice Bib Gourmand from chef Pavel Bycek (formerly of Alcron), an industrial-style room with an open kitchen turning out contemporary.
OrderThe duck if it is on the daily card; the house-baked bread.
Mistral Cafe ★ 4.1
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.
OrderThe weekend brunch; the soup of the day.
Mr HotDog ★ 4.4
Mr HotDog in Letna is a tiny counter the neighbourhood books a week ahead. Order the the classic with onions; the chilli. Kitchen leans american hot dogs.
OrderThe classic with onions; the chilli.
Vinohradsky Pivovar ★ 4.2
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.
OrderThe house lager; the pork knee for two.
Beas Vegetarian Dhaba ★ 4.1
Beas Vegetarian Dhaba is the Vinohrady branch of a Prague vegetarian Indian counter where you fill a plate cafeteria-style and pay by weight.
OrderA loaded thali with three curries and rice.
Lehka Hlava ★ 4.4
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.
OrderThe mushroom risotto; the daily soup.
Maitrea ★ 4.3
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.
OrderThe Czech-style vegetable goulash with dumplings.
Dejvicka 34 ★ 4.3
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.
OrderThe pasta of the week; the Saturday set lunch.
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