🍽️ Where to eat
Restaurants in Prague
Czech cooking is roast meat, bread dumplings and sauces that take days — and Prague now runs from that canteen tradition to two Michelin stars. The full list, filtered by district, cuisine and what is open right now.
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What to actually order
Svíčková is the national dish worth crossing the city for: beef sirloin in a silky root-vegetable cream sauce, bread dumplings, cranberries. Judged, argued over, and different in every kitchen. Vepřo-knedlo-zelo — roast pork, dumplings, cabbage — is the Sunday classic. Guláš here is thicker and less paprika-led than Hungary's, and lives naturally next to a dark beer. At lunch, look for the polední menu: a soup-and-main set that is the best-value cooked food in the city.
Standing up: chlebíčky, the open-faced sandwiches, from a proper lahůdky counter. And the honest word about trdelník: the chimney cake on every corner is a tourist confection, not a Czech tradition. Nobody local is in that queue.
The one reliable rule
Avoid any restaurant with photographs on the menu and someone outside inviting you in. That combination, within two streets of the Old Town Square, is a reliable indicator of both the food and the bill.
About the bill
Tipping is by rounding up or adding about ten percent, told to the server as you pay rather than left on the table. Check the bill for items you did not order — the "welcome" shot or the basket of bread may be charged. A *couvert* line in a tourist-area restaurant is legal but should have been mentioned on the menu.
Where to stay in Prague
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Frequently asked
Do you tip in Prague restaurants?
Round up or add about 10%, and say the total to the server when paying — leaving coins on the table is not the custom. Check whether service was already added on tourist-street bills.
What is the traditional food to try in Prague?
Svíčková, roast pork with dumplings and cabbage, goulash with dark beer, fried cheese (smažený sýr) at least once, and chlebíčky from a deli counter. Skip the trdelník queue without guilt.
Do restaurants in Prague take cards?
Almost all of them, including contactless. Keep a little cash for market stalls and the odd old-school pub — and always pay in koruna, never accept a terminal's offer to charge you in your home currency.