Stretching from Wenceslas Square to Vysehrad. Hidden in Nove Mesto are U Fleku from 1499 and Cafe Imperial, plus a thicket of Vietnamese kitchens.
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.
Signature: Weekly tasting menu, Pork belly
Order: The chef's tasting, family-style for two or four.
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.
Signature: Roast duck, Beef cheek goulash
Order: The roast duck with red cabbage and three kinds of dumpling.
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.
Signature: Czech pied steak, Tank Pilsner Urquell
Order: The 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.
Signature: House tartare, Sirloin steak
Order: The tartare; the sirloin grilled to medium rare.
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.
Order: The chef's tasting; the pork belly when it appears.
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.
Order: The roast duck with red cabbage and three kinds of dumpling.
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.
Signature: Flek Dark Lager 13, Pork knee
Order: The dark Flek 13; the pork knee.
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.
Signature: House tartare, Sirloin steak
Order: Tartare; 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.
Signature: Czech pied steak, Tank Pilsner
Order: Hanger steak; the tartare tableside.
Cafe Imperial brings Zdenek Pohlreich's modern Czech cooking to a 1914 Art Deco room of ceramic tiles and Egyptian pillars. Located in Nove Mesto.
Signature drink: Wiener Melange
Tip: Breakfast is the smartest reservation; sit toward the back to see the ceiling.
Kavarna Adria sits on the first floor of the Adria Palace, overlooking Jungmann Square. The bright cafe-restaurant runs a calm midday crowd.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tip: Take the corner table by the window for the best square view.
EMA Espresso Bar is Prague's tightest counter-only specialty coffee chain. Pour-overs come from rotating roasters; sit at the window if you need to type.
Signature drink: EMA filter
Tip: Pour-overs come from rotating roasters; sit at the window if you need to type.
Petite France on Myslikova is the city's most committed French bakery, behind a mint-green shopfront in Nove Mesto. Baguettes, pain au chocolat.
Tip: The croissant is the city benchmark; aim to be there by 11:00 weekends.
Worth the queue: Pain au chocolat
Vinograf Senovazne is the largest Vinograf wine bar, running a full kitchen alongside a wide by-the-glass list including rare bottles via Coravin.
Signature pour: Moravian Pinot Noir by the glass
Wine focus: Czech and Moravian wines, broad European list
Food: Full kitchen, small plates and mains
Tip: Lunch is the easiest reservation; ask which Moravian is uncorked today.
Narodni Bar and Books opened in late 2024 to relocate the former Manesova room. The wine list runs deeper than the cocktail menu; ask for an off-list pour.
Signature pour: Bordeaux glass; single malt menu
Wine focus: Old World wines, deep whisky list
Food: Cigars, charcuterie boards
Tip: The wine list runs deeper than the cocktail menu; ask for an off-list pour.
U Fleku has poured beer since 1499 on the same Nove Mesto block. Order the flek dark lager 13. Wave off the Becherovka shots; pay for the beer only.
Signature drink: Flek Dark Lager 13
Food: Czech pub menu
Tip: Wave off the Becherovka shots; pay for the beer only Standing room when busy.
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.
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.
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.
U Fleku in Nove Mesto is the oldest continuously brewing brewery in Central Europe, founded 1499. At Kremencova 183/11. Booking recommended.
Tip: Visit the brewery museum upstairs; turn down the unsolicited Becherovka.
Naplavka on the Rasin embankment is Prague's signature Saturday market. About 100 stalls run alongside the Vltava from February to December.
Tip: Bring cash and a tote; the queue at the bread stalls peaks at 10:00.
The Wenceslas Square Christmas market joins the Old Town one with festive Czech food stalls every winter, late November to early January. The lower square.
Tip: The upper square is under reconstruction in 2025 to 2026; head to the lower stalls.
Cocina Rivero is a Spanish-Argentine cooking school in Prague's Nove Mesto, with hands-on tapas, paella and asado classes plus a glass of Spanish wine.
Tip: The paella class runs Saturdays; the cap of eight makes it intimate.
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.
Try: Goulash, dumplings, beer
Tip: Tip the goulash, refuse the unsolicited Becherovka shots, the bill stays low.
Bombay Express's central branch sells curry-and-rice plates at 150-220 $, with vegetarian and halal options clearly marked. Located in Nove Mesto.
Try: Indian curry plate
Tip: Lunch is the cheapest window; the dosa is the kitchen's specialty.
Saturday at Naplavka, the river embankment becomes a hundred-stall market. Arrive by 10:00; cash is faster than card across most stalls. At Rasinovo nabrezi.
Try: Czech sausages, langos, fish soup
Tip: Arrive by 10:00; cash is faster than card across most stalls.
Cafe Imperial's daily 07:00 buffet breakfast at 445 $ runs under the 1914 ceramic-tiled ceiling, with hot dishes, eggs to order, the Czech pastry plate.
Order: Imperial breakfast buffet with the room's ceramic ceiling
Tip: Reserve a back booth to see the full ceiling; buffet runs 07:00-11:00.
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.
Try: Dark Flek 13, goulash, pork knee
Tip: Avoid the Friday and Saturday late shifts unless you booked a hall in advance.
Duplex sits on the seventh-floor roof of a Wenceslas Square tower, with a glass-cube club and an outdoor terrace that runs through summer and a heated dome through winter. Programming runs house and electronic on the main floor with pop and dance on the rooftop bar.
Tip: The terrace is the draw; arrive before midnight for the city-view bar before the floor packs. Heated dome stays open in winter.
Lucerna Music Bar opened in 1995 in the basement of the Lucerna Palace arcade between Vodičkova and Štěpánská, booking touring indie, rock, hip-hop and electronic acts plus the long-running 80s and 90s video party that fills the room every Friday and Saturday until five.
Tip: Enter through the arcade off Vodičkova; the 80s-90s video party is the easiest weekend ticket. Cloakroom moves fast.
Reduta has run on Národní since 1957 as Prague's oldest jazz room, with a small stage that Bill Clinton famously played saxophone on during a 1994 state visit. Programming covers swing, mainstream jazz and blues across nightly sets.
Tip: Concert at 21:30 nightly; arrive by 21:00 for seats. Cash door plus card; small cover.
Fly Vista opened in 2023 on the eighth floor of the restored Máj Národní department store on Národní, with a 360-degree terrace that takes in Petřín, the Castle, Old Town spires and the Žižkov tower. The bar runs cocktails plus a kitchen pairing menu through the afternoon and late.
Tip: Lift from the Máj atrium runs straight to the eighth floor. The Thursday-to-Saturday late close is the best window for a long sit with the view.
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.