West-bank district near Andel, home to the Staropramen brewery and the Manifesto Smichov street-food yard. Cafe Savoy is technically here too.
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.
Signature: Chef's four-course tasting, Game in season
Order: The four-course chef's tasting with the wine flight.
Na Kopci in Smichov has held a Bib Gourmand since 2015, eleven years running. Order the the chef's four-course tasting with wine flight. Tasting menu 1450 $.
Order: The chef's four-course tasting with wine flight.
Kavarna co hleda jmeno (The Cafe Looking for a Name) is the Smichov anchor of the NABR project: an old carpentry workshop turned all-day cafe.
Signature drink: NABR specialty espresso
Tip: Weekday mornings before 10:00 are the quiet work shift; brunch on Saturday is busy and table-shared.
Manifesto Market Andel is the open-air food and drink yard in Smichov, the successor to the Florenc pop-up. Fifteen stalls, a beer bar, cashless.
Signature drink: Craft cocktails and natural wine
Food: Fifteen food stalls
Tip: Cashless; queue is real on weekend evenings, come Tuesday or Wednesday.
Manifesto Market Andel is the Smichov open-air food yard, successor to the Florenc pop-up. Fifteen food stalls, beer bar, SOOT cocktail room, cashless.
Tip: The natural wine bar at the back is the smartest pour; weekends are loud.
Loving Hut Smichov runs the cheapest sit-down vegan lunch in central Prague: rotating Asian mock-meat plates, pho-style soups, weekday menu at 150-220 $.
Try: Vegan lunch plate
Tip: The daily menu is the cheapest way; the pho is the dish to try.
Jazz Dock runs on stilts above the Vltava under the Janáčkovo riverbank, with floor-to-ceiling glass facing the water and two sets nightly across postmodern jazz, soul and acoustic singer-songwriter bookings. The room has run since 2009 and is among Europe's most prolific jazz programmers.
Tip: Two sets nightly, usually 19:00 and 22:00; the late set on Friday and Saturday runs cheaper. Book ahead for named acts.