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Restaurants in Prague

As with so much in this progressively cosmopolitan city, restaurants in Prague continue to increase in quality and diversity. The hearty, meat-and-dumpling based fare, which constitutes much of traditional Czech cuisine, is now only one facet of what’s available here, on a variety of budgets and across a culinary spectrum ranging from sauerkraut to sushi.

The Prague restaurants below have been grouped into three pricing categories:
Expensive (over Kč1,600)
Moderate (Kč600 to Kč1,600)
Cheap (under Kč600)
These Prague restaurant prices are for an average three-course meal for one person and for a bottle of house wine or cheapest equivalent; they include VAT but not service charge or tip.

All restaurant prices in Prague usually include 19% VAT. If a service charge (usually 10-12.5%) has been added to the bill, it is customary to round the bill up to the nearest Kč10. However, where a service charge has not been included, diners should leave 10% of the bill.

Noi

Price: Moderate

Finding a quality, mid-priced Thai restaurant in Prague proves just how far the city has come recently, and Noi, situated in a well-trodden quarter of the Malá Strana district, is most certainly it. Popular locally and with a hip vibe and décor, Noi proves its Asian credentials by getting the quintessential dishes - such as a perfectly citrus-infused Pad Thai - totally spot on.

Address: Újezd 409/19, Malá Strana, Prague 1, Czech Republic
Telephone: 2573 11411.
www.noirestaurant.cz/en

Klub Architektů

Price: Cheap

It’s still easy to eat cheaply and well in Prague – just not near the major tourist attractions. Klub Architektů however is a Czech restaurant located in the heart of the Old Town but tucked away just enough (underneath an architecture bookshop) to keep buzzing while avoiding the overcrowding tourist traffic. Staff are friendly, prices are friendlier, portions are huge, and the stone-walled cellar setting is authentic, warm and cosy.

Address: Betlémské náměstí 169/5A, Prague 1, Czech Republic
Telephone: 2242 48878.
www.klubarchitektu.com

Café Slavia

Price: Cheap

For anyone who visits Prague looking to evoke atmospheric echoes from the era of oppressed intellectuals, radical authors and dissidents meeting furtively to foment dissent under the iron glove of Communism, then this is your place. Opened in 1881, this art deco hall brims with literary history; Franz Kafka was a regular, as was President Havel during his dissident years, and it’s still renowned author Milan Kundera’s favourite café. The food’s not bad either.

Address: Smetanovo nábřeží 1012/2, Prague 1, Czech Republic
Telephone: 2242 18493.
www.cafeslavia.cz

Café-bar Platýz

Price: Cheap

Even though this little Italian café is tucked away down a courtyard passage, it doesn’t seem to prevent it from being packed, which, as long as you can get a table, is a good sign. The café offers a variety of light Italian cuisine, from risotto and pastas to meat dishes in various sauces. The wine list is quite impressive and the ambience always lively and convivial. Perfect for a cheap restaurant in Prague.

Address: Národní 37, Prague 1, Czech Republic
Telephone: 2242 11161.
www.cafebarplatyz.cz

Allegro

Price: Expensive

This spacious dining room at the Four Seasons Hotel in Prague arguably sets the bar for the rest of the city’s top restaurants, currently being the only one in town with a Michelin star, awarded annually since 2007. Allegro’s chef Andrea Accordi swerves the celebrity profile, preferring to concentrate on running one of the best Italian kitchens north of the Alps and producing dishes of elegant, refined simplicity.

Address: Four Seasons Hotel Prague, Veleslavínova 2a/1098, Prague 1, Czech Republic
Telephone: 2214 27000.
www.fourseasons.com/prague

Café Savoy

Price: Moderate

If you’re looking for high-quality food and immaculate service in beautifully restored, period surroundings at mid-range prices (and who isn’t?), your search in Prague ends here at Café Savoy. This restored space with a reputation for killer deserts and its own in-house bakery was once the favourite of the most affluent strata of the city’s Jewish community. It is also a current contender for Prague’s best breakfasts.

Address: Vítězná 5, Praha 5, Czech Republic
Telephone: 2573 11562.
www.ambi.cz/ambi_cafesavoy_kontakt_eng.php

Budvarka

Price: Moderate

Owned by Budvar, the Czech Republic’s premier brewers, and a name you’ll see on at least one tap in every bar in the city, Budvarka is basically an upscale gastro-pub catering in the Czech tradition. Perfect for those who like to know where they are by what they eat, as here you can gorge yourself on authentic, rib-sticking dishes of potato pancakes, grilled meats and pickled cheese, all ideal for soaking up the ever-flowing litres of lager beer – including some particularly rare and lethal brews.

Address: Wuchterlova 336/22, Dejvice, Prague 6, Czech Republic
Telephone: 2229 60820.
www.budvarkadejvice.cz

Alcron

Price: Expensive

The finest restaurant in Prague for fresh seafood, the Alcron is an intimate and atmospheric semi-circular room in the Radisson Blue Alcron Hotel, with a back wall consisting of a restored floor-to-ceiling, art deco mural. The seasonal menu is effortlessly conjured using the freshest ingredients, and dishes feel truly bespoke-made, unsurprisingly as this intimate space caters to just 24 covers. Being so small and so popular, making a reservation here is recommended.

Address: Radisson Blue Alcron Hotel, Štepánská 40, Prague 1, Czech Republic
Telephone: 2228 20038.
www.radissonblu.com/hotel-prague

Céleste

Price: Expensive

Located on the top floor of one of Prague’s contemporary architectural classics, the avant-garde and often-photographed Dancing Building, this top restaurant is set in a wonderful room with views to match. Céleste serves top-quality modern French cuisine that does perfect justice to its unique environment.

Address: Rašínovo nábřeží 80, Prague 2, Czech Republic
Telephone: 2219 84160.
www.celesterestaurant.cz
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