The fastest, cheapest, frequently best food on Prague's streets.
Vendors, food trucks and stalls: the cheapest, fastest, frequently best food in Prague.
Halo Banh Mi is the celebrated banh mi stall inside Sapa, Prague's Vietnamese market. Pair with a Vietnamese coffee from the same counter; combo runs 120 $.
Try: Vietnamese banh mi
Tip: Pair with a Vietnamese coffee from the same counter; combo runs 120 $.
Pho Tung in Sapa serves the city's most argued-over pho, by chef Sony and a three-person team. Add the fried Quay dough sticks; pho ga is the chicken option.
Try: Pho bo and pho ga
Tip: Add the fried Quay dough sticks; pho ga is the chicken option.
Hai Ha, the orange-fronted stall near the Sapa toilets, serves what Prague's Vietnamese community calls the city's best bun cha, grilled pork with rice.
Try: Bun cha
Tip: Look for the orange shop with the trash can outside; bring small notes.
The Saturday Naplavka market puts a hundred stalls along the Rasinovo embankment selling Czech sausages off the grill, langos, fish soups and seasonal.
Try: Czech farm sausages, langos, kolache
Tip: Arrive before 10:00; the soup stall by the bridge runs out by noon.
The grill stands on Old Town Square sell Czech klobasa sausages with mustard and a slice of dark rye, the working version of Prague street food.
Try: Klobasa grilled sausage
Tip: Pay in advance, get the smoked klobasa rather than the boiled.
Kasarna Karlin's gravel courtyard runs the Fousac burger truck alongside seasonal food-truck rotations, with several bar shacks around the perimeter.
Try: Fousac burgers and rotating courtyard food trucks
Tip: Fousac usually sells out before 19:00 on warm days; weekday lunch shifts are calmer than the after-work crowd.
Mr HotDog in Letna is a tiny counter the neighbourhood books a week ahead. Reserve a counter spot; the slider plus chilli fries beats the dog alone.
Try: American-style hot dogs
Tip: Reserve a counter spot; the slider plus chilli fries beats the dog alone.
A Naplavka Saturday-market stall built on a single Czech farm soup recipe, the Bohemian carp-and-pike fish soup served in mugs by the river with a hunk.
Try: Czech freshwater fish soup
Tip: Get there by 10:30; the stall sells out before lunch Cash typically expected.
Sisters Bistro on Dlouha is the modern face of the Czech chlebicky, the open-faced sandwich. Order a flight of three; the egg and beetroot are the best buys.
Try: Chlebicky open-faced sandwiches
Tip: Order a flight of three; the egg and beetroot are the best buys.
Bombay Express is the Czech chain of modern Indian fast-food counters cooking North Indian curries to order. Located in Nove Mesto. Open daily 11:00-22:00.
Try: North Indian quick-curry plates
Tip: Order at the counter, watch the dosa being rolled, vegetarian-friendly.