Meat meat and more meat. Oh, and lots of beer thrown in there for good measure. Hearty and warming, perfect for visiting Prague in winter. I could eat goulash all day long. For me, whenever I get to a new city I jump on a food tour.
These are all the best local specialties so get ready to eat your way through the city! It is prepared by wrapping some dough around a stick and then heating the stick over a flame until it the pastry becomes golden brown. The next step is to roll it in cinnamon sugar, brush it with a bit of butter, and spread different fillings inside. It is sold by numerous street vendors throughout the city and you can also find it in a number of bars and cafes. This open-faced sandwich is usually eaten for breakfast or lunch, and locals like to serve it during celebrations and other social gatherings.
You will find this baguette-like bread with different toppings like cucumber, egg, salami, and ham at many deli shops across the city. There is also the Sisters bistro where you can try a different Scandinavian-influenced version of this sandwich. Unlike the Hungarian version of Goulash where you have to eat it with a spoon because of its soupy texture, here in Prague they make it thicker, put fewer vegetable, and serve the dish with dumplings.
Keep in mind that goulash can be spicy because of all the dry paprika. There are many restaurants that offer bowls of this heavenly dish, but my favorite ones are Mlejnice and Mincovna restaurant. Expect to find dozens of food stalls and beer gardens across the city selling these tasty sausages. They go perfectly together with a glass of a cold Pilsner beer trust me on that one! They are usually served as a sweet dessert and topped with a variety of fillings like jam, ice cream, nuts, sweet cheese, whipped cream, and fruits.
There is also the savory version of these pancakes which includes toppings such as spinach, meat, or cheese. You could let me show you around or, of course, you could just keep reading. This one is a classic among Czech specialties and a must-eat food in Prague. The dish consists of slow-cooked sirloin beef that has been marinated and braised, before being covered in a creamy sauce derived from root vegetables and served with bread dumplings — a foreign introduction of old that is now deeply rooted in Czech gastronomy, and not be confused with the Asian counterpart.
A truly fall-off-the-bone version of this dish, can be found at Next Door; founded by a famous Czech chef with celebrity status and TV endeavors akin to the likes Gordon Ramsay. Cafe Louvre offers another take on this dish, and offers a culinary experience with historical flair, putting it firmly up on my list of where to eat in Prague.
More commonly known to outsiders as goulash, this dish is arguably among the best food in Prague, and certainly makes a well-earned appearance on any Prague food guide worth its salt.
While goulash is a prime example of external influence on Czech cuisine, having its roots in Hungarian cooking, it is nowadays considered one of the most typical and easily found Czech meals and offers its own take a dish that can be found in various iterations across the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. This rustic venue with its old-world ambiance offers the ideal setting for this traditional dish, and — often packed from hardwood floors to rustic rafters with local patrons — offers a surprisingly palatable price for goulash.
Another name that you will surely be unable to pronounce until you hear it in its natural habitat, this one — a dish of roast pork, bread dumplings, and stewed cabbage or sauerkraut — is worth learning to say if only so you can find it! Distinctly traditional and another must eat food in Prague, this hearty dish is can be found in different forms across several other central-European countries.
Though based on the favorite duo of meat and potato, this dish feel somewhat lighter than other Czech food, possibly as a result of the cabbage whose sweet tang serves to cut through the richness of the roasted pork.
Get travel recommendations, infographics, maps, itineraries, and lots more travel love from our Hosts around the world! These bite-sized open sandwiches are a staple of Czech cuisine. Easy to scoff down and quick to make, they form the ideal on-the-go snack and are often eaten for breakfast or lunch.
Cannot join us for a few hours of serious overeating and fun stories about what these foods mean to us? Okay, enough with the shameless plugs. You want free stuff. Before you follow these, beware: Czech food is delicious, comforting, very filling and addictive, so make sure you reserve enough time to walk off those calories. But you did not travel to Prague to eat salad, right?
You did? We pity the fool. Oh, the glory of the steak tartare. The guests of our Prague food tours often fear it, then taste it, and end up asking for seconds and thirds. How do you eat this thing? With toasted bread and a clove of garlic. This dates back to the time Italian workers built our railways, and brought bruschettas with them. Butter will do just fine. You grate the garlic against the rough surface of the toast, and put a generous portion of the meat on top for the perfect textural contrast.
The meat taken from dry-aged Czech spotted cows is premixed with onions, egg, oil, cream, fried capers and other things. The perfect companion? Yes, they will allow it. As strange as it may seem, the best version in Prague is served in the lobby of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel restaurant. A recipe by Mr Stift, a former judge in the first series of Czech Masterchef, this has become a staple on the Lounge and Terrace all-day menu of the otherwise Asian-focused Spices restaurant.
This is the fine dining version of the soup. The Czechs have a national sport: claiming things that are actually German. And sausages are definitely one of those things. But hey, who really knows where exactly were the Frankfurter and the Wiener sausage really invented? Oh, wait. Anyway, the Czechs love sausages and eat them as fast food, breakfast the first time Jan saw cornflakes was when he was a 16yo foreign exchange student in the US , and as the perfect solid companion to beer. For the best Wieners in Prague, we go to the Nase maso butcher shop.
The snap from the natural skip when you bite into them, or the juicy meat that follows? Czechs give sausages to screaming three-year-olds to shut them up. Works every time. Describing the recipe for svickova is a minefield: everybody agrees that the vegetable sauce with cream contains carrots, celery and parsley root, that it involves a piece of beef pierced with speck and that it is served with bread dumplings.
Yes, the svickova, a classic Czech dish made for weddings or Sunday family lunches, is a very personal, intimate affair tied to the family recipe. The rest is crime against humanity. Think Thanksgiving dinner in the US. We like the version at Na Pekarne in the Cakovicky village just outside of the city the most. The monastery is still open, and you can take a tour of it and walk through the church next door. However, if you are looking for the variety Czech breweries have to offer, head over to Bad Flash Bar.
They brew their own beer, have 12 beers on tap, and over different types of beer from bottles from around the world. If you are tired with the apathetic, at worst gruff, waiters at some of these places, the PUB takes the wait out of wait staff where you get to pour your own beer!
Each table is built around a spigot which allows you and your friends to choose which beer you want to drink and consume as much as your belly desires. I did not mistype. You get to soak in a pool of hops, yeast, and other natural ingredients in warm wooden baths styled after beer barrels. You will come out glo…. At U Medvidku you can stay the night and be within walking distance from your bed to your brews.
You can have a hearty breakfast, go on brewery tours, brew your own beer, and never have to deal with the anxiety of stumbling home late at night. The Czechs bring the party outside for a few days of nice weather during the summer.
A classic Prague beer garden is Letna Park. Atop a hill and overlooking the entire city, you can enjoy a whole section of picnic tables and other people enjoying the good weather and beer. It is wafting with uninhibited beer belches and cooked meat.
But the beer and snacks selection is limited, because again, in Communist Russia options were for the indulgent aristocracy. The stands serve classic Pilzner, sausage, and other Bavarian meats.
The space is great for groups or an intimate date as you all gather and stare out at the glory of the city. It is a wonderful place to watch the sunset but make sure you are sober enough to find the tram station once it gets dark out. Terasa U Prince is located right in the heart of Old Town and has a panoramic rooftop view at the top.
You are so high up that you can watch the arms on the clock slowly move. They have a great beer selection and traditional meals. You will find teenage Americans on a study abroad chugging it down because of the novelty and freedom of being able to drink.
If you are equally as curious, you can venture towards the Absintherie where you can have the stuff straight or blended into ice cream. Because… YOLO. Prague holds the title as the biggest party scene in Eastern Europe. The medieval city of Prague is one of our favorite cities in all of Europe. Wandering around the cobbled streets is a little bit like …. Prague is easily one of our favorite cities in Europe, and every time we return, we find more and more things to do in Prague.
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