40 editor picks in Prague.
40 mid-range places in Prague, editor-picked. the comfortable everyday-good restaurants in Prague, with real cooking and no surprise on the bill. All Prague food.
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.
Doubleshot is the original Czech specialty roaster, founded 2010. Located in Holesovice. Open mon-fri 09:00-18:00, sat 09:00-16:00. Booking recommended.
TipTheir Holesovice market hall espresso bar is the cheapest way to taste the current bag.
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.
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.
Hemingway Bar near Charles Bridge runs serious classical cocktails until 01:00 daily, with 200 rums and the city's biggest absinthe collection.
OrderCocktails, light bar snacks
TipReserve before 22:00; standing room dries up before midnight.
Karlin natural wine bar from poet-winemaker Bogdan Trojak, focused on Moravia, Austria and Hungary; bar service upstairs, basement tastings on Krizikova.
TipAsk for a Moravian flight; the staff steer you better than any menu.
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.
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.
Candycane Coffee is the Zizkov roastery built by the same partners who run Onesip in the Old Town. Open mon-fri 10:00-18:00. At Havlickovo namesti 189/2.
TipThe Onesip counter on Hastalska is the easiest way to taste current Candycane lots.
Sapa market noodle counter in Libus serving chicken or beef pho strictly by the book; chef Sony's bowls draw expats from across Prague at 170 koruna each.
TipBus 198 from Smichov metro; combine with Halo Banh Mi across the alley.
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.
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.
BeerGeek Bar in Vinohrady pulls the craft-beer crowd until 02:00 nightly. 32 changing taps of Czech and international beer, sausages and snacks.
Order32 changing craft taps, sausages
TipSibeeria stout is the late pour; the Slavikova shop closes at midnight.
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.
Cafe Savoy serves Prague's grandest brunch in a neo-Renaissance Mala Strana room, with daily Mysak pastries, eggs in every form, and a working all-day.
OrderSavoy breakfast plate with the pastry of the day
TipReserve the window booth; the breakfast goes all day, weekend queues are real.
Muj Salek Kavy in Karlin is the Doubleshot-run brunch spot Prague locals book ahead. Egg dishes, the daily pastry, single-origin filter coffee.
OrderHouse breakfast plate with single-origin pour
TipReservations save the day; the breakfast plate is the kitchen's tightest piece.
Eska Karlin runs an all-day brunch in the bakery-restaurant: bread 33 sourdough toast, eggs, fermented vegetables and the kitchen's morning pastry plate.
OrderBread 33 toast, eggs, fermented Czech vegetables
TipBook Saturday brunch in advance; bread 33 sells out by noon weekly.
Sansho has been Prague's serious modern-Asian kitchen since 2011. The 2025 Michelin guide kept it in the selection; the no-choice tasting menu changes weekly.
OrderThe chef's tasting, family-style for two or four.
Casa de Carli holds a Michelin star in the 2026 Czech guide. Located in Stare Mesto. Order the the handmade tortellini in broth, then the secondi.
OrderThe handmade tortellini in broth, then the secondi.
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.
Pot-au-feu cooks honest French classics off Namesti Republiky. Located in Stare Mesto. Order the whatever offal is on; the sauce will be the point.
OrderWhatever offal is on; the sauce will be the point.
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.
Cestr is Ambiente's Czech-cattle steakhouse near the National Museum, serving cuts off the Czech pied breed alongside tank Pilsner and roast bone marrow.
OrderThe hanger steak; the tartare prepared tableside.
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.
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.
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 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.
Cestr is Ambiente's Czech-cattle steakhouse near the National Museum, serving cuts off the Czech pied breed alongside tank Pilsner and roast bone marrow.
OrderHanger steak; the tartare tableside.
Mr HotDog in Letna is a tiny counter the neighbourhood books a week ahead. Order the the classic with onions; the chilli. Kitchen leans american hot dogs.
OrderThe classic with onions; the chilli.
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.
OrderThe mushroom risotto; the daily soup.
Onesip on Hastalska is the Old Town showroom of Candycane Coffee, the partner roastery the same owners built. Open mon-fri 08:00-18:00, sat-sun 10:00-18:00.
TipAsk which bag is on filter; it changes every two weeks Beans available to take home.
Automat Matuska in Dejvice is the Prague taproom for Matuska, the Krivoklatsko craft brewery 30 minutes west of the city. Located in Praha 6.
TipCheck the chalkboard for guest taps from Sibeeria and Hopkins.
Dva Kohouti in Karlin is the Ambiente group's brewery joint-venture with Matuska. The 12-degree lager is the house pour; the back beer garden in summer.
TipThe 12-degree lager is the house pour; the back beer garden in summer.
Black Angel's Bar in the Gothic cellar beneath U Prince Hotel runs late: cocktails until 03:00 nightly, a 1930s prohibition vibe, an Old Town Square address.
OrderPre-Prohibition cocktails, bar snacks
TipTake the velvet back booth; the bartenders work by the historic spec books.
AnonymouS Bar near Stare Mesto runs the city's smartest late cocktail programme: a UV-revealed menu, V for Vendetta theme, last orders 01:30.
OrderUV-revealed cocktail menu, bar snacks
TipSkip the Saturday rush; weekday after 23:00 is the bar's best window.
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.
Misto in Bubenec is the Sunday brunch spot opposite the Doubleshot roastery. Egg dishes, the daily pastry, filter coffee straight from across the road.
OrderSunday brunch egg plate with Doubleshot filter
TipSunday brunch is a real meal; reserve for the late-morning shift.
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.
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.
Pho Vietnam Tuan and Lan opened in 2010 on Anglicka and was the first Vietnamese restaurant Prague's foreign press wrote about. Located in Vinohrady.
OrderThe pho bo with brisket; the bun cha if you brought a friend.
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