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 dishes: Tank Pilsner, Smazeny syr
Must order: Smazeny syr; tank Pilsner.
Address: Misenska 80/12, 118 00 Praha 1, Prague
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 Bridge.
Signature: Roast duck, Venison goulash
Order: The duck with bread dumplings and red cabbage.
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.
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, with Czech classics.
Signature: Flek Dark Lager 13, Pork knee
Order: The dark Flek 13; the pork knee.
U Medvidku has poured beer since 1466 in the same Old Town building. The microbrewery upstairs makes X-Beer 33, the strongest beer ever brewed in the Czech Republic.
Signature: X-Beer 33, Goulash
Order: The X-Beer 33; the goulash with bread dumplings.
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 Bridge.
Signature: Roast duck, Venison goulash
Order: The duck with bread dumplings and red cabbage.
U Mateje sits in residential Dejvice and holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand. Chef Jan Puncochar cooks modern and traditional Czech with a focus on sauces and high-quality meat.
Signature: Wiener schnitzel, Beef cheeks
Order: The Wiener schnitzel with potato salad.
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.
Signature: House tartare, Sirloin steak
Order: Tartare; sirloin grilled to medium rare.