Eska ★ 4.5
Eska in Karlin holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand. The Ambiente group rebuilt a 19th-century Karlin factory into a bakery-restaurant cooking modern Czech.
OrderOld bread with butter, then the kitchen's daily fermentation.
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Czech cooking in Prague runs from the brewery-tavern format to tasting-menu reinvention. Field and La Degustation Boheme Bourgeoise in the Old Town and Eska in Karlin push the modern end, while the Lokal taverns, U Fleku and U Medvidku in the New Town, and U Modre Kachnicky in Mala Strana hold the line on classic dishes like duck and svickova.
Field ★ 4.7
Field is Prague's tightest Michelin one-star kitchen, an Old Town room where Radek Kasparek has been cooking Czech terroir on tasting menus since 2015.
OrderThe seasonal tasting menu with wine pairing.
La Degustation Boheme Bourgeoise ★ 4.8
La Degustation Boheme Bourgeoise has held its Michelin star since 2012 in a quiet Old Town room, building eleven-course tastings from 19th-century Czech.
OrderThe eleven-course tasting with the Moravian wine flight.
Cafe Imperial ★ 4.3
Cafe Imperial brings Zdenek Pohlreich's modern Czech cooking to a 1914 Art Deco room with ceramic-tiled walls and pillars, a Grand Cafe restored to working.
OrderThe roast duck with red cabbage and three kinds of dumpling.
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 roast 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.
Vycep ★ 4.3
Vycep is a modern Czech pub in Vinohrady with a Michelin Bib Gourmand. Chef Jiri Hrachovy brings a Wallachian sheep-cheese touch to the Czech repertoire.
OrderThe halusky with bryndza; pour from tank.
Na Kopci ★ 4.4
Na Kopci has held a Michelin Bib Gourmand since 2015. The Smichov hillside kitchen serves French-Czech bistro plates: tight four-course tasting or an a la.
OrderThe four-course chef's tasting with the wine flight.
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.
OrderThe tartare; the sirloin grilled to medium rare.
Cafe Savoy ★ 4.5
Cafe Savoy has anchored the Mala Strana riverside since 1893, sitting under a protected neo-Renaissance ceiling. Kitchen leans czech grand cafe.
OrderThe Savoy breakfast plate; the schnitzel at lunch.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Field ★ 4.7
Field is Prague's most patient one-Michelin-star kitchen, a minimalist Old Town room where Radek Kasparek has built tasting menus around Czech farms.
OrderThe seasonal tasting menu, paired by the floor team.
La Degustation Boheme Bourgeoise ★ 4.8
La Degustation Boheme Bourgeoise has held a Michelin star since 2012, building tasting menus from a 19th-century Czech cookbook in a quiet Old Town dining.
OrderThe eleven-course menu with the Moravian wine pairing.
Stangl ★ 4.6
Stangl took a Michelin star plus a Green Star in the 2025 guide. Located in Karlin. Order the the five-course tasting; book the saturday breakfast version.
OrderThe five-course tasting; book the Saturday breakfast version.
Cafe Imperial ★ 4.3
Cafe Imperial pairs a 1914 Art Deco dining room with Zdenek Pohlreich's modern Czech cooking. Located in Nove Mesto. Tasting menu 1450 $. Book 1 week ahead.
OrderThe roast duck with red cabbage and three kinds of dumpling.
Eska ★ 4.5
Eska is the Ambiente group's Karlin bakery-restaurant, holding a Michelin Bib Gourmand and serving a Czech-rooted modern menu from a converted 19th-century.
OrderOld bread sourdough with butter, then the fermented potato dish.
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.
Na Kopci ★ 4.4
Na Kopci in Smichov has held a Bib Gourmand since 2015, eleven years running. Order the the chef's four-course tasting with wine flight. Tasting menu 1450 $.
OrderThe chef's four-course tasting with wine flight.
Vycep ★ 4.3
Vycep in Vinohrady earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand in 2025. Chef Jiri Hrachovy modernises Czech pub cooking with a touch of Wallachian sheep-cheese country.
OrderThe Wallachian halusky with bryndza; the Pilsner pour from tank.
U Fleku ★ 4.0
U Fleku's eight beer halls stay loud until 23:00. The 1499 brewery's dark Flek 13 is the late-night pour; the kitchen runs full Czech mains until last orders.
OrderDark Flek 13, goulash, pork knee
TipAvoid the Friday and Saturday late shifts unless you booked a hall in advance.
Lokal Dlouhaaa ★ 4.4
Lokal Dlouhaaa stays open to 01:00 weekend nights, pouring tank Pilsner and serving classic Czech pub food until last orders. Located in Stare Mesto.
OrderTank Pilsner, Czech pub menu
TipLast food order is 30 minutes before close; the smazeny syr is the late dish.
The Eatery ★ 4.5
Holesovice contemporary Czech kitchen on U Uranie with chef's-table seats, daily-baked bread; Michelin Bib Gourmand for wallet-friendly modern Czech plates.
TipBook the early dinner sitting; the daily-changing menu often sells through the headline meat dish by 20:30.
Lokal Dlouhaaa lunch menu ★ 4.4
Lokal Dlouhaaa's daily lunch menu runs three rotating Czech dishes at 180-240 $, all hot, with tank Pilsner at the lunch-hour price. Located in Stare Mesto.
OrderCzech daily lunch menu
TipShow up at 11:30 sharp; the lunch menu runs only to 14:30 daily.
U Fleku beer-hall main course ★ 4.0
U Fleku's daily Czech main course plus a dark Flek 13 sits at around 300 $ including the beer. Located in Nove Mesto. Cash and card accepted.
OrderGoulash, dumplings, beer
TipTip the goulash, refuse the unsolicited Becherovka shots, the bill stays low.
Sisters Bistro chlebicky lunch ★ 4.3
Sisters Bistro's chlebicky cost 55-70 $ each; three plus a soup makes a lunch under 250 $ in the Dlouha gourmet arcade. Located in Stare Mesto.
OrderThree chlebicky and a soup
TipShow up before 12:30 for the full selection; popular pieces vanish first.
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