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.
Signature dishes: Daily thali, Dahl
Must order: A loaded thali with three curries and rice.
Address: Belehradska 569/90, 120 00 Praha 2, Prague
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.
Signature: Mushroom risotto, Vegan burger
Order: The mushroom risotto; the daily soup.
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.
Signature: Vegetable goulash, Daily lunch menu
Order: The Czech-style vegetable goulash with dumplings.
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.
Signature: Pasta of the week, Saturday set lunch
Order: The pasta of the week; the Saturday set lunch.
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.
Signature: Tank Pilsner Urquell, Beef tartare
Order: The tartare with bread; tank Pilsner Urquell.
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.
Signature: Tank Pilsner, Smazeny syr
Order: Smazeny syr; tank Pilsner.
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.
Signature: Vepro-knedlo-zelo, Tank Pilsner
Order: Vepro-knedlo-zelo; pour from tank.
