Hemingway Bar relocated in May 2025 from Karoliny Světlé to Opatovická 3 and opened with a 1930s-style room, leather banquettes, a marble counter and a 200-rum back bar. The cocktail list pairs classic builds with absinthe and rum riffs; the bar reached number 24 on the World's 50 Best Bars list in 2014.
Tip: Book ahead via the site; small room turns over twice in a night. The signature Hemingway Paparazzi pairs Havana 7 with Becherovka.
Address: Opatovická 1737/3, 110 00 Praha 1, Prague
Parlour runs unsigned off Krakovská a block from Wenceslas Square, with no menu and a bartender-led programme built around the guest's stated preferences. The room seats around 20 in vintage glassware and dim lamp light; the door does not advertise.
Tip: Walk-in early in the week; book for Friday and Saturday. Tell the bartender sweet, dry, smoky or floral and let them build.
Black Angel's runs in the medieval vaulted cellar beneath Hotel U Prince on the Old Town Square, with low-lit booths under brick arches and a list of classic and house cocktails poured by tail-coated bartenders. The room has ranked among the Tales of the Cocktail Top 10 Hotel Bars internationally.
Tip: Entry through the hotel lobby and down the stairs; walk-in possible early in the week, book Fri-Sat. Cash plus card.
AnonymouS Bar runs an Old Town room themed around V for Vendetta and the Guy Fawkes mask, with masked bartenders, a UV menu that reveals hidden cocktails under blacklight and a vaulted Gothic-Renaissance space off Michalská. Won Czech Bar Awards for design and cocktail programme in 2013.
Tip: Ask for the UV torch to read the hidden menu; small tables turn fast. Cash plus card.
L'Fleur sits on V Kolkovně in the Old Town with exposed brick, dark wood and stained-glass elements, and is the first official Champagne-region partner bar in the Czech Republic. The list runs classic cocktails plus a long Champagne and signature programme.
Tip: Champagne flights are the bar's signature; the booths at the back are the date-night seat. Cash plus card.
Parlour runs unsigned off Krakovská a block from Wenceslas Square, with no menu and a bartender-led programme built around the guest's stated preferences. The room seats around 20 in vintage glassware and dim lamp light; the door does not advertise.
Tip: Walk-in early in the week; book for Friday and Saturday. Tell the bartender sweet, dry, smoky or floral and let them build.
Termix runs as Prague's longest-standing gay disco, with a compact dance floor, an upstairs lounge and a karaoke night programmed through the week. The club moved to the Vinohradská 40 premises of sister club Maxx in 2025 after 20 years on Třebízského and continues the same booking.
Tip: Wednesday through Saturday only; metro A to Jiřího z Poděbrad is two minutes away. Cash bar.
Friends has run from a Bartolomějská cellar in the Old Town since the mid-1990s, with three floors, a small dance floor and a weekly rotation of karaoke, drag, oldies and themed nights. The crowd reads queer-leaning but cross-tourist.
Tip: Tuesday karaoke and Thursday drag are the packed nights. Cash easier than card; ATM on site.