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 carte.
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. The kitchen serves a French-Czech four-course tasting menu in a hillside neighbourhood room.
Order: The chef's four-course tasting with wine flight.
Kava Kava Kava Andel is the surviving Smichov branch of the 1997 original. Tight specialty bar near Andel with a working-day crowd, a bookshop next door and outside seating.
Signature drink: Espresso
Tip: The Andel branch is the active one; the Narodni original is no longer Kava.
Manifesto Market Smichov is the open-air food and drink yard near Andel. Twenty-plus food stalls, four bars including cocktails and natural wine, DJ sets in summer.
Signature drink: Craft cocktails and natural wine
Food: Twenty-plus food stalls
Tip: Cashless; queue is real on weekend evenings, come Tuesday or Wednesday.
Manifesto Market Smichov is a permanent open-air food yard near Andel, with twenty-plus food stalls, four bars and a live-music slot in summer. Cashless across the whole site.
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 CZK.
Try: Vegan lunch plate
Tip: The daily menu is the cheapest way; the pho is the dish to try.