The last time I was in Prague was during the Commie days, and the food then left a lot to be desired, although the brewskies were fabulous! I never saw so many susages and hot dogs! I'm taking my 16 year old daughter there in June at the tail end of a trip that includes the UK, Spain, Portugal and Morocco. Does anyone who has recently visited Prague have any advice about a particular restaurant that might appeal to a very well traveled teen and dad? We're "low-profile" and enjoy being with locals wherever we travel.

We were in Prague in April 2002. It's now very much a tourist place, and there are plenty of restaurants to choose from.

The first evening we went for an excellent meal in a rather upmarket restaurant whose precise name I can't remember but which included the Czech word for "rose" (this was on my birthday, and we wanted to splash out!). We read about it in a free city guide that we picked up at the hotel, and liked the description so we decided to give it a try, and it was absolutely fantastic.

The next evening we went to a restaurant in Wenceslas Square which served local cuisine and was full of locals - but again, I can't remember the name.

A word of warning - although we didn't experience this (as we were there mid-week) I have been told that Prague tends to be full of rowdy Brits at week-ends (as it's cheap to get to thanks to Sleazyjet, and famous for cheap beer) - so mid-week may be a better time to go.

One of the only non-smoking restaurants is U Svalta Ducha which is near the Intercontinental. Another favorite is Peklo which is near the castle. It's in a 15th century monestary beer cellar.

stimpy... You and I are thinking the same way... I printed out the following a few days ago and put it in my trip folder!

http://www.smokefreeworld.com/cz.shtml

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Hubby and I will be in Prague at the end of this September. As we have never been before, we are looking for some good restaurants.

As this thread is quite a few months old, I am bumping it to see if anyone has any new experiences and/or suggestions they could share.

Thanks!

PRG still remains a challenge in terms of high-cuisine, though it is getting there. Good restaurants tend to be a block+ aways from upscale 5* hotels; many of those in Praha-1. There are however very good Cafes in PRG which cater to light snacks and good ambiance and not so excellent service.

My daughter and I completed a wonderful 5 day visit to Prague last month at the tail end of a month in Europe, and I will say that we didn't search out any high-end places to eat. We mostly ate at neighborhood places where lots of Locals appeared to be eating. One place that we really enjoyed was discovered by accident while out strolling a few blocks from the Charles Bridge one evening... We were walking along Skorepka Street in our Hotel's neighborhood, when we heard an obviously cheerful chorus singing "Happy Birthday" in German down the street. We peered into the PIVNICE SKOREPKA brewery/restaurant, where the source of the party was emanating. We walked to the back of the restaurant, to the rear outside garden and saw a colorful array of Pilsner Urquell umbrellas covering about 20 tables, mostly filled with obviously happy diners downing pints of brew and eating with gusto.

The "Birthday" table was comprised of about 6 German couples who were tucking into huge plates of roasted duck, chicken, sausages and gigantic roasted pork joints. Well, the evening was warm and the Pilsner Urquell looked refreshing, so we picked a table and joined the crowd. The roast duck I chose was perfect and my daughter loved the chicken cutlet she had ordered, which was stuffed with blue cheese and ham. The meals were served with the usual 3/4 kinds of cabbage and 3/4 different types of dumplings. As I recall, the entire meal, including beverages, priced out at less than equiv. USD $15 and I left a $5 tip.

The PIVNICE SKOREPKA was clean, cheerful, and busy. It passed my "bathroom cleanliness" test. As someone who has owned a number of food manufacturing companies over the years, I always make a "pit stop" before ordering food to check the loo. In my experience, a clean restroom in a busy restaurant usually is an indicator of how the kitchen will be. There was an attendant present outside the lavs and I was pleased to drop a few Czech Crowns in the plate for a job well done!

prspad , thank you! That sounds like just the sort of place hubby and I would enjoy. I still remember the look on hubby's face the first time he ordered a pork knuckle. Definitely an impressive amount of food! I am very much looking forward to my first trip to Prague (and Budapest).