Prague Restaurants

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Photo: Peter EdlundUnusual restaurant sign in Prague city centre

Lunch in a pub, with beer, is good value and decent quality
Most menus are in English and German as well as Czech
Restaurants almost never add a service charge. The usual tipping rate is 10%

Restaurants

'Hearty' describes Czech cuisine, with meat, dumplings and sauerkraut all popular. Pork, ham, duck and goose are the meats of choice while carp is a popular fish. Plum and cherry dumplings are typical desserts.

The Czechs eat reasonably early - this hearty fare takes a time to digest before heading for bed! Most restaurant menus are in English and German as well as Czech.

Czech cuisine

Prague is packed with pizza and fast food joints but it would be a pity not to indulge in local cuisine. If you like roast duck (Pecana Kachna), Prague is heaven - but it's normally served with three types of dumpling.

Eateries in Prague range from pricey international restaurants to cheap cafes. Best value is found in pubs where a traditional Czech dish can be washed down with beer.

Popular Prague dishes

Look out too for beef fillet in a cream sauce with cranberries and dumplings (dumplings come with most dishes); roast pork with dumplings and saerkraut; beef goulash (Hovezi gulas) and roast goose (Pecana husa s knedlikem) with, you've guessed, dumplings - Knedliky and kendlikem both mean dumplings which can be potato or flour based. Schnitzels, either pork or chicken fried in breadcrumbs, are also popular.

Soup is a favourite starter - garlic; beef with liver dumplings; chicken noodle and potato soup are all widely available. You won't find much spicy food, although horseradish is common.

Fish is relatively rare on menus. If you do fancy fish, carp and trout are the best choice. Desserts tend to heavy - blueberry dumplings; apple strudel, and pancakes with fruit and whipped cream are typical.

Vegetarian restaurants, and vegetarian dishes in other eateries, are becoming more widespread, quite a change for a culture that traditionally loved its meat.

Prague wine and beer

Beer is usually drunk with meals. There are also excellent wines from Moravia and Slovakia. Local spirits include Becherovka, from Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad); Slivovice, distilled from plums and Tresnovice, made from cherries.

U Fleku is well-known and found at Kremencova 11. Popular dishes include roast duck, sauerkraut and dumplings; smoked pork neck with red cabbage and dumplings and the U Fleku speciality - roast duck, pork fillet and sausage.

Pravda is highly rated but expensive. Cajun crawfish and marinated salmon in mustard sauce are typical dishes. It's at Parizska 17 in the Old Town.

HOT restaurant is on Wenceslas Square. It's a stylish, modern place with fine international food, especially steaks, pasta and risotto, plus local dishes like roast duck and goulash. The decor is a bold mix of red and white.

Triton is near Wenceslas Square and is Prague's première Art Nouveau restaurant. Dating from 1912, the interior resembles a stalactite cave and is ideal for a romantic meal.

Flambée restaurant at Husova 5, in the Old Town, has live piano every night. In a Gothic candle-lit cellar, Flambée is an intimate, romantic restaurant.

La Degustation serves fantastic local dishes with a modern twist. The seven-course tasting menu is top quality with dishes like Prague ham with autumn apple foam.i The sauces may be rich but the dishes focus on intense flavors in well presented portions. It's at Hastalska 18, Prague, 11000

King Solomon is a kosher restaurant in the Jewish quarter with favourites like gefilte fish, chicken soup and carp with prunes and potatoes. It's at Siroka 8 in Prague Old Town.