10 Great Restaurants in Prague

Café Imperial is the place to go if you'd like to experience Prague's former glory after a day of exploring Wenceslas Square. You can find it inside the Art Deco Imperial Hotel, which dates back to 1913. Owned by Czech-born celebrity chef Zdenek Pohlreich, the restaurant features elaborate ceramic tiling and mosaic ceilings.

Notable dishes include svíčková (braised beef in vegetable sauce) and řízek (Czech version of schnitzel). If you want something light, try cibulačka (onion soup) or kulajda (creamy dill soup with egg, mushrooms, and potatoes) – both have received positive reviews from past patrons.

La Degustation Boheme Bourgeoise is a 1-Michelin-starred restaurant specialising in modern Czech cuisine. Here, star chef Oldřich Sahajdák whips up dishes according to what's available from suppliers and at local markets during the current season, so the menu slightly changes every day.

Its 3-course menu includes boar, pigeon, snails, calf tripe, and other esoteric ingredients. A different type of drink is paired with each meal, so you might be sipping wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages containing local fruits, herbs, and vegetables. This Old Town restaurant only has 35 seats, so reservations are required. The most popular tables are near its open kitchen, where you can see the cooking staff at work.

Café Savoy, which opened in 1893, is on the western end of the Vltava River. It has a 7-metre-high ceiling with a neo-renaissance design and glittering chandeliers. Large windows overlooking Kampa Park brighten up the restaurant’s elegant wood and marble interior. Its balcony is a great place to enjoy a slice of Savoy cake with hot chocolate.

Café Savoy serves delicious meals such as roasted beef, schnitzels, oysters, and slow-roasted duck leg with red cabbage and dumplings. For breakfast, you can enjoy fresh, homemade bread and pastries, including vetrnik (cream puff with vanilla filling, topped with caramel whipped cream).

Kampa Park Restaurant offers fresh fish and gourmet seafood cuisine, as well as traditional meat recipes on its fixed menu. You can opt for its 5-course degustation menu, which includes lobster timbale, seared duck, grilled skrei (codfish), beef striploin, and choux au craquelin (crispy vanilla cream puff). Its wine list contains more than 150 vintages from all over the world.

You can find Kampa Park Restaurant on the manmade Kampa Island, perpendicular to Charles Bridge in Prague. It has several dining sections, including a riverside terrace with outdoor and covered (below-ground) sections, a stylish indoor dining room, and the main restaurant’s rooftop.

Field Restaurant is a 1-Michelin-starred eatery in Old Town Prague. The restaurant is within a short walk of Prague’s many prominent attractions, such as the National Gallery Prague, Church of St Simon and Jude, and the Prague Jewish Quarter. Inside, colourful light projections on the ceiling spruce up the restaurant's white interior.

Field Restaurant’s weekday and weekend menus feature 2 to 4 courses, which can include duck, lamb, veal, eel, and fallow deer. It also has a 10-course degustation menu with a vegetarian option.

Restaurace Mincovna occupies a former 18th-century coin factory in Prague’s Old Town Square. Thanks to its location, both locals and tourists frequent this place for lunch and dinner. The stylish restaurant has 3 copper beer tanks installed above its entrance, while old coins decorate its walls.

Sirloin, duck, and pork knuckle viands are prepared using modern cooking techniques here. The bramboračka (creamy potato soup) with dried mushrooms and root vegetables is a popular dish. Restaurace Mincovna also has an extensive wine list containing many local and Moravian brands.

Terasa U Zlaté Studne is an elegant restaurant on the 4th floor of the Golden Well Hotel Prague, which dates back to the late-1500s. It has 3 terraces overlooking the terracotta rooftops of Malá Strana (Lesser Town), as well as Old Town's church spires and the Vltava River. Its wide windows and bright modern paintings complement the indoor dining room’s dark wooden furniture and Renaissance-modern elements.

Standouts at Terasa U Zlaté Studne include Angus beef, lobster, sika deer tartar, and seabass dishes. Its bar is one of the only 40 in the world that serves Rémy Martin Louis XIII. The restaurant is also part of the Moët & Chandon Privileges Club, which gives you exclusive access to its vintage champagnes.

Restaurace Svatá Klára is one of the most unique restaurants in Prague. Here, you get to dine inside a cave 16 metres below the ground with candelabras, vintage paintings, and Persian carpets accentuating the rock interior. The restaurant used to be a wine cellar of Václav Vojtìch, whose summer house had been the Troja Palace in the late 1600s.

Restaurace Svatá Klára’s 6-course menu includes roasted pigeon, smoked duck breast, duck liver parfait, and pork cheek. Pair your meal with a bottle of vintage wine for a complete dining experience.

U Fleků is one of the longest-running breweries in Central Europe – it has been around since the 15^th century. This beer hall has 8 spacious sections and an inner courtyard serving as an alfresco beer garden. The giant clock in front of the building is actually a prominent landmark in Prague.

Food-wise, U Fleků serves comforting Old Bohemian and Czech cuisine. Try the goulash, smoked pork neck, roasted duck, and beef in cream. Make sure to try the 13° U Fleků dark lager, which has been produced since the mid-19^th century.

Portfolio Restaurant appears to embody the ingenuity of Czech industrialist Vojtěch Lanna, who built the original 1850s Lann Palace that this elegant eatery currently occupies. Its stylish interiors and modern furniture complement the Moravian and Bohemian-inspired menu, which is based on fresh and seasonal ingredients.

The lunch menu includes ombrina with tiger prawns, calamari, and mussels, as well as Czech beef with oyster mushrooms. These delectable dishes are also in their 5-course tasting menu, alongside duck ravioli, salmon-prawn tartar, and chocolate parfait. It also has an extensive wine list featuring local, Austrian, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish labels.