Bakery in Prague

Eska Karlin ★ 4.6

Eska's Karlin bakery counter sells bread 33, the city's most cited sourdough, plus kolache and laminated pastries. At Pernerova 49. Booking recommended.

TipBread 33 sells out by lunch on Saturday; sweet kolache last longer.

Eska Letna ★ 4.5

Eska Letna opened in February 2025 on the Letna grid as the second Ambiente bakery, baking the same bread 33 sourdough plus laminated pastries and breakfast.

TipSweet and savoury breakfasts are made to-go; the morning crowd is the Letna runners.

Antoninovo Pekarstvi Karlin ★ 4.5

Antoninovo Pekarstvi opened the first of its six city-wide bakeries in Karlin in 2014. Wheat-rye and potato sourdough loaves, all baked on-site.

TipThe decorated chlebicky are made up at the counter; ask for a flight to-go.

Pekarna Praktika ★ 4.6

Pekarna Praktika is Tomas Solak's serious sourdough bakery on the Vinohrady-Vrsovice border. Open tue-sat 07:30-18:00. At Belehradska 990/66.

TipThe pain de campagne goes fast; freezer-ready loaves stay good a week.

Petite France ★ 4.4

Petite France on Myslikova is the city's most committed French bakery, behind a mint-green shopfront in Nove Mesto. Baguettes, pain au chocolat.

TipThe croissant is the city benchmark; aim to be there by 11:00 weekends.

Bakeshop ★ 4.4

Bakeshop is the long-running Old Town bakery between Parizska and the Spanish synagogue, baking sourdough loaves, quiches and savoury pies daily from scratch.

TipGet there before noon for the full bread range; quiches turn over fastest at the weekend brunch shift.

Antoninovo Pekarstvi Namesti Miru ★ 4.5

Antoninovo Pekarstvi's Namesti Miru flagship opened in a restored First Republic cafe space. Located in Vinohrady. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.

TipThe big window seats are the prize; show up before 10:00 on weekends.

Sisters Bistro ★ 4.3

Sisters Bistro is Hana Michopulu's chlebicky counter in the Dlouha gourmet arcade. Located in Stare Mesto. Open mon-fri 08:00-19:00, sat 09:00-18:00.

TipOrder four; one beetroot, one egg, one beef, one fish Best in the morning before noon.

Antoninovo Pekarstvi Letna ★ 4.4

Antoninovo Pekarstvi Letna is the chain's Letna branch, with bread off the oven, the full chlebicky array, breakfast plates and the same six-bakery system.

TipPark yourself in the corner with a coffee and watch the morning queue work.

Boulangerie Paul ★ 3.7

Boulangerie Paul on Narodni is the central Prague outpost of the French bakery chain. The cheaper way to a proper French croissant in central Prague.

TipThe cheaper way to a proper French croissant in central Prague.

Pekarna Praktika ★ 4.8

Vinohrady bakery on Belehradska milling its own flour on a stone mill; crunchy long-keeping bread, cinnamon rolls, pain au chocolat, croissants at breakfast.

TipShow up by 10:00; the heritage-grain loaves run out within two hours of opening.

Antoninovo Pekarstvi chlebicky lunch ★ 4.3

Antoninovo Pekarstvi's Karlin bakery sells made-up chlebicky at 45 $ each plus daily soups. Two chlebicky plus a soup is lunch for under 200 $.

OrderThree chlebicky plus soup

TipSit at the counter with a coffee; the egg-and-beetroot pair is the smart order.