Best local eats in Prague?
Not the touristy place. Not the place the hotel concierge sends everyone.
I need some true Czech food where I can taste what Prague is all about.
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Lokál Dlouhá (restaurant)
33 Dlouhá Prague 110 00 +420 222 316 265
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Čestr (restaurant)
Legerova 75/57 Prague 110 00 +420 222 727 851
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La Degustation Bohême Bourgeoise (restaurant)
Haštalská 18 Prague 11000 420 222 311 234
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Pivovarský Klub has over 200 local, foreign, and hard-to-find brews—most definitely a traditional Czech food group—and excellent food.
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Agreed. Went to this place based on No Reservation. The downstairs is a great place to kill part of a day to drink and eat and drink ·
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Frantisek Cejka from Prague, Czech Republic
Hi Tim!
Try Atmosphere. It's a student place wih two entrances. We often go there for a lunch.If you want something outside the center try U Houmra. It's something like normal pub for people around with great prizes for big meals.
If you want to try a beer (because beer is our national meal ;)) try Zlý časy or Kulový Blesk.
Kozlovna is also a good restaraunt with a czech cuisine.
Hope it will help, if you have some other questions, just ask me.
Frantisek
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Petr Jareš from Prague, Czech Republic
Go see this place U Zavěšenýho Kafe - no tourists (even it's very near to the Prague Castle) and you can taste all the czech food (including pivni syr - beer cheese, which is very smelly). It has great atmosphere, I take all my foreign friends to this place.
Btw, see the Prague Castle for the first time at night, the place is magically quiet.
Also try this place, to feel the new cool, hipster, startup Prague - twenty7.
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Maybe the castle is better early in the morning ;) like 6 a.m. I love that place at this time. But during the night it is great too. ·
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Ladislav Cicon from Brno, Czech Republic
Must see are Zlý časy, Kulový Blesk, Ferdinanda. If you are beer enthusiasts go to Břevnov Monastery and try the oldest beer in Czech. In every pub you can get at least 'nalladany hermelin'. So I recommend for real beer atmosphere to discover Žižkov area pubs (around tram stops Husinecka and Lipanska).
For better food choose restaurants. Top is La Degustation Bohême Bourgeoise, Michelin stared Czech food. If you are home sick, can find great burger in The Tavern.
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Francois Lambert from Limal, Brabant, Belgium
Tim, try Restaurace a pivovar Marina in Prague 7.
No tourists, though a few european expats, but real czech food and a fantastic local micro-brewery in an old boat house. Local prices, amazing beers, typical food, and indigenous feel... away from the main touristic places and close to the real people. Awesome. Get your Czech language ready! ;-)
Let me know when you're in town, dinner's on me!
Cheers,
Francois-Paul
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Tomas Laul from Dvur Kralove Nad Labem
I would recommend you Café Imperial and Café Savoy or also here mentioned Lokál.
Enjoy Prague!
Tomas
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Martin Putniorz from Karviná
Lokál (basically any branch) is number one pick if you want to try really authentic Czech cuisine. My other tips are: Čestr, restaurant serving the so-called Czech spotted cow - “Čestr” and Nota Bene, which offers combination of traditional local food and small breweries on tap.
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Czech spotted cow? Need to know more... ·
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Jerry Nunez from Toronto, Canada
First off, I second the Lokal recommendation. You will be guaranteed to have an excellent, smooth beer (Pilsner Urquell served directly from tanks so less foam and a super clean taste) with foods typical of the Czech beer hall experience (pork dishes, sausages, heavy sauce-based dishes like Svickova, etc). Note that it should probably be considered more beer hall than restaurant. As others have also noted, there are a few locations. Most are located in busy areas of the city, so I would recommend the Lokál Nad Stromovkou location if you're looking for the location that "the concierge wouldn't recommend." It's right on the edges of Prague's largest park in an area of the city that is becoming more interesting in it's own right. With many great cafes nearby.
There are also a few really good restaurants along similar lines (extremely good beer, served either from on tap from Prague's burgeoning microbrewery scene, paired with traditional influenced dishes), although I would say the food is much more a focus at these places than at Lokal: Čestr, Naše maso (Dlouhá 727/39), Nota Bene (Mikovcova 605/4). I cannot recommend these three places enough. Czech food is a cuisine dominated by meats and none do it better than these. The steaks at Čestr are some of the best I've had; the burger at Naše Maso is one of the best I've had. Nota Bene serves some of the best seasonal meat dishes (wild boar, duck, venison), too.
If you're looking to really make good on your "not concierge recommended" criterion, then there's one more I would suggest: a Pho dining stall at Sapa at Libušská 4/169 Czech Republic has the largest Vietnamese population in Europe, and so it also has the largest distribution centers/markets across Europe, too. As you can see by the map of its location , it's a world of its own. A Little Vietnam in Europe.
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Viktor Maršíček from Prague, Czech Republic
Tim, it's depend how many cheating days you want to spend in Prague. In fact real Czech food is beer (43 gallon/year/head:-). If you have no time for mistake go to the Čestr, Lokál (all of them are great). Kastrol, Kolkovna, Vinohradský Parlament. If you want Michelin Czech cousins best one is La Degustation Bohême Bourgeoise.
Good luck and be careful in Prague taxi. If you want guide don't hesitate contact me. 4HC, 4HB reader.
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Antoine Borg from Ħal Balzan, Malta
Close to tourist places like the Charles Bridge yet not very well known is Malostranská Pivnice which is very good and very well priced. If you're lloking for a light snack and want to taste Czech wines, try Vinograf
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John Dumas from San Diego, California
Take in a brawt in somewhere in Old Town Square...the best people watching venue within 500 miles. Enjoy it Tim!
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Filip Ulik from Cesky Brod
For local food and drink you shoud try any of the Lokál restaurants - http://lokal.ambi.cz/en/#restaurace
Lokál Dlouha
Lokál U Bílé kuželky
Lokál U Zavadilů
Lokál Nad Stromovkou
Lokál HamburkThey keep traditions and also quality.
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Alina Mashko from Kyiv, Ukraine
Try Restaurace Jáma | The Hollow at V Jámě 9, 110 00 Praha 1
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Matt Mason from Washington D.C., District of Columbia
Pivovarský Dům is a great spot. Meat, Potatoes, Beer. The typical Czech meal. http://www.pivovarskydum.com/
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Jan Pastwa from Warsaw, Poland
I really recommend Baráčnická rychta on Mala Strana (just under the castle). http://www.baracnickarychta.cz/
Place is not so full, climatic, and the food is really good.
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Zoë Sonofabear from Palo Alto, California
There's a place called Lokál somewhat close to the main square but not a tourist trap. Very local and has a beer hall feeling. Good eats and the beer is constantly brought to you.
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and cheap! also go for the 100% porc sausage. ·
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Todd Friedman from Boston, Massachusetts
Even though it's in the tourist section (Prague 1), the best food I've ever had in Prague was at Kozlovna Apropos Kozlovna Apropos located at Križovnickà 4 Praha 1. Make sure to get a glass of Kozel beer, it's the best beer I've ever had!!
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Alex Malov from Barcelona, Spain
Another vote for Café Savoy and Café Imperial.
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Chiara B. Townley from San Francisco, California
I have recently been to Prague and I can give the following recommendations for nice restaurants and cafes:
Good typical food at affordable prices.
Visit my Travel Blog for more travel tips!
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