Czech beef goulash with bread dumplings: slow-braised chunks of beef in a paprika gravy thickened with onions, sliced dumplings on the side to soak it all up.
Czech goulash diverged from the Hungarian original in the 19th century, becoming a stew rather than a soup. Bohemian and Moravian pubs thickened the gravy with onions, served it with bread dumplings rather than pasta, and added marjoram. Every pivnice cooks its own version; U Fleku's has poured beside the dark Flek lager for a century. The Czech tradition is to use beef shin or chuck, never veal as in the Hungarian Borjugulyas, and to break it down into shreds rather than keeping the chunks intact. Garnished with a swipe of mustard, slices of raw red onion and fresh bread to mop up.
4 editor picks for Gulas s knedliky in Prague, ranked by editorial score. All Prague signature dishes · Gulas s knedliky across every city.
Lokal Dlouhaaa ★ 4.4
stare-mesto · Dlouha 731/33, 110 00 Praha 1
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.
Lokal Hamburk ★ 4.3
karlin · Sokolovska 55, 186 00 Praha 8
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.
U Fleku ★ 4.2
nove-mesto · Kremencova 183/11, 110 00 Praha 1
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.
U Medvidku ★ 4.0
stare-mesto · Na Perstyne 345/7, 110 00 Praha 1
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.