I am a 55 years old german. I am going to Prague for some beers for about 35 years now. At least once a year, sometimes twice. I can confirm that Pilsner Urquell IS THE BEST BEER IN THE WORLD. Even at home I'm drinking almost entirely Pilsner Urquell (in bottles of course). By the way, my favourite pubs over the years have been/are the U Fleku (specially in the 80s when 0,5L cost 2,40 CZK ;-) ), U Tomas and U Snellu (Kleinseite, mala strana), U Dvou koček (which you have forgotten to mention as a zoo pub) and U Kalicha (Svejks pub).
I shall not challenge your statement on Pilsner Urquell but next time U cross borders travel therough Loket (Elbogen) near Karslbad and try local brewery Svatý Florián (St. Florian). ;)
I went to the Pilsner Urquell Brewery in Pilzn last month and drinking it there I have to say is hard to dispute this man’s opinion. Although, Bavaria does have some fantastic beers as well.
@@juliettpapa A Bavarian brewer, Josef Groll, created Pilsner Urquell. Beer heaven for me is Bavarian and the Czech Republic-though I understand North Germans simply don’t like Bavarians or their beer.
I just don't know how to thank you guys for every bit of info you shared here. I'm sitting right now in U Zlateho Slona waiting for my food on a third day of my solo trip in Prague. And each moment I roaming around I just know that I have a good place to eat or just to rest, because you shared this. And I see the difference between the touristy places nearby and the places you suggest - knowing those places from perpectove of a local is so valuable and so much valuable to have it as a tourist. Thank you again ❤️
Díky! Ukázali jste nejlepší bary v Praze. P. S. tento barman z baru "Behemoth" mi jednoho večera nelil pivo a řekl : - Běž domů, už máš dost. Pak jsem se urazil a šel do hotelu a ráno jsem si uvědomil, že má pravdu. Velký ahoj jemu ! P. P. S. obrovské množství Rusů proti válce ! Budeme držet, opravdu vyhraje! Jezdím do Prahy dvacet let a nikdy nezapomenu na toto krásné město a Čechy, nádherné , milé lidi. Dobrý Advent a veselé Vánoce všem
Although I was born in Czechia, I've been living abroad most of my life, and have been back many times. I have a lovely memory of going to U Kocoura with my wife on the one trip in 2004 when I met up my parents during their annual Czech vacation. My dad had his picture taken pouring a beer, and later I had mine taken at the same spot too. We all enjoyed a lovely meal and beers there, except my wife who was pregnant with our first daughter and was not drinking (this was happy news that my parents had just learned they were going to have a grandchild). That was 20 years ago now, my dad passed away a few years later and mom is gone too. It was a nice moment we spent a few days traveling together. Our daughter now is starting 2nd year university. It is always nice to be back, seeing the home country and hearing Czech spoken.
3:55 I love you guys Oh my god. My grandad used to go to this pub every day when he was a University student in Prague (Lichtenstein palace) in the 60s-70s. He always mentions it when talking about Prague. (Favourite story is watching the locals drink 20 beers everyday and stumble out) It’s amazing to see it on the channel. 😅
Fantastic video, I love to see the old traditional pubs of Prague. I've never been to Prague, but it's a must visit for me after watching your videos. I'm a huge fan of Pilsner Urquell, there are a couple of pubs here in Ireland that do tank beers, Pilsner Urquell being one of them, but I'm certain it will taste so much better in Prague. Also the food looks amazing, the Goulash and potato pancakes looked amazing. Hope to visit Prague next year and thanks to you I now know where to go and how not to be scammed, keep up the great work !
Like you, I'm a big fan of Urquell. Golden Tiger is an old traditional pub - sadly full of tourists. Červený jelen is too big and not a proper a proper beer place in my book. But they serve theie Urquell in a proper way and have good food. Goulash is not my favorite - ok food when drinking. And the rest of the beer places mentioned in this video are very good. When you go to Prague you should try beer form other breweries. Here are the few I like Staropramen 11 from tank, Hubertus 11 from tank, Vinohradsky brewery and Andelsky brewery.
Guys you missed U Medvídků (At the Bears), U Dvou koček (At Two Cats) and probably other places with similar names. It is true that U Medvídků does not have Plzeň, but apart from Budvar they've got many home made beers (Oldgott, Blackgott, Medvídek, X-BEER 33, Podzimní speciál etc). However, U Dvou koček has Plzeň on the menu together with their own home beer (Kočka světlá or Kočka tmavá). Both of these places are in the very city center of Prague.
I still very fondly remember the house-brewed beer at U Dvou koček, it was absolutely delicious, and the whole place smelled of the mash as the brewer was brewing a batch at the time.
@@stefanmccurley5951 Please read the full message, I already mentioned that U Medvídků does not have Plzeň, but apart from Budvar they've got many home made beers: Oldgott, Blackgott, Medvídek, X-BEER 33, Podzimní speciál etc.
We visited U Fleků too, yes: touristy, noisy (live music and singing), still great to experience a family legend. I drank a beer in '18 at the very place my parents had one in '81.
May I suggest you make a video with historic pubs that brew their own beer..no only Pilsner Urkell. We went to some lovely pubs that have been brewing their beer for centuries
Might be difficult with the sponsorship. As much as I am happy that the long work has finally paid off for the guys financially, they should consider themselves “the sponsored guide.”
We did the Prague zoo as a pub-crawl 2 weeks ago! It was my favourite part of my 1 month euro trip. We started early and stopped in at Ceska kuchyne for a late lunch. It was a lot of fun, it takes you past all of the best sites, and all of the bars are REALLY cool (and no we weren't yelling or being rambunctious). The only minor issue we encountered was at U zlateho slona because they said we weren't allowed to have only beer (i.e. needed to order food). We had JUST eaten so didn't want to get food. We politely asked if we could have just 10 minutes and convinced them to let us stand at a barrel and quickly have our pint. Everywhere else went perfectly! Thank you for the great advice!
1:21 I am Ukrainian but I can kinda understand Czech and vol ≠ bull, as we call them воли are called ox in English, the animals are actually pretty difficult. And I know that no one cares.
The Elephant is a great pub with great food. The Hippopotamus, well it certainly is a fine pub with a real local feel but they have refused to serve me on a number of occasions for no apparent reason, but when I'm with my Czech friends there's never a problem., I'm not Czech and one would think this pub does not want tourists, that's just my perception.
Frankly, I'd never go to this kind of places. "Locals", i.e. beer alcoholics, rude personal, no cards accepted? They can kiss my ass straight away. Trying to impose rules, instead of serving the client "they don't like small beer orders"? Fuck off. Paid cooperation, sure, but this video crosses the line, it is pure ad, not a useful info for a tourist.
I don't see the problem. I'm not Czech too, never been there but Im sure they wouldn't serve me too, I don't really care. Just don't go where they don't like tourists or foreigners. If they don't like them just let them do whatever, why would you want to be in a place you're not welcome and anyway it's their loss since most of the profit in service economy in Prague comes from tourist consumers.
God Bless Praha, God Bless the great establishments and God Bless The Honest Guide. What a great video, I am going to visit these pubs on my Prague Zoo tour for sure now. Keep up the great work guys.
Great video! Had some amazing Urquells at U Hrocha a couple of years ago, visiting from Sweden. Was in Prague for 4 days...did spend 3 at that location 😁
So I couldn’t do the whole train but I did the following. Thanks for all the recommendations! U kocoura- tasty klobasa and very friendly local patrons, I practiced my czech with a very friendly czech couple who may have been trying to find someone to pick up 😅 U černého vola - had good Olomouc cheese and seemed decently easy to get a seat if in a couple or 3. U Hrocha - bartender refused to serve me because I was standing despite there being a dozen or so of older large drunk czech men all standing and being loud. U Zlatého Tygra - was packed and I felt lucky to get a beer because the Barman looked a bit irritated so I did my best to just blend into a wall. U Zlatého Slona - I would probably take tourist friends here. Open atmosphere, lots of seating, good food, and English speaking staff.
Happened to come across U Kocoura today on our first day in Prague, and recognised it from the video. We stopped in, and loved the beer, the atmosphere and the staff. Amazing! 🍻
Wonderful, but missed a lot of the “zoo”! Tlusta mys (fat mouse ) Cerny Orel (black eagle) U kohouta ( well, another rooster ) Flamingo lounge (touristy…) Modre kachnicky (blue duckling, a high end restaurant actually one of my favourites ) , and honourable mention to the long defunct žíznivý pes (thirsty dog )- and others that I have encountered on my various safaris!
No offense, but it makes no sense to go to Prague in several places in a row just to try Pilsner Urquell. Yes, it's almost perfect, which makes it quite boring, and I bet you can buy it even in your country. The preciousness of Prague, and The Czech Republic is in the enormous diversity of small breweries, and the thing you really should do - is to try as many sorts of different beers as you can. Some pubs like Zlý časy, Kulový blesk, Prague Beer Museum, e.t.c. will help you with this task.
Oh how thirsty i got from watching this. I love beer, but im interested to see if you would make a video about other interesting CZ beverages, with or without alcohol ? ♥
All classic Prague pubs The Golden Tiger serves the best PU in the city. Had some great sessions in there and the Black Ox. Two Roosters is also very good, spent a lot of time in there last summer!
My wife and I went to the Elephant on our honeymoon. Specifically we went on January 5th, and were visited by the 3 Kings Themselves! Great recommendation!
03:19 been there last week, asked for a place for two in czech, ordered beer in czech etc. You could see that the waitress was thinking "why are they here", the guy at the tap served us, but you could clearly sense that they all wanted to stay among themselves.
I live in Prague, after watching some of your videos, I visited restaurants which you recommended in the video. You know what? they increase lots of the price of their meals. I think because they become popular, don't mean their food are yummy or extremely delicious. Don't take it granted! business owners!
I also can recommend U Glaubice We are every year there. One Beer from Tank is only 42Kr. This is round about 1,80€ A big portion Ribs ist about 16€ an it tastes very good
My favourite bar/restaurant in Prague is a little way out of the main tourist area on arbesovo namesti - it is called U svateho Filipa a Jakuba. Very traditional, old school type place with wooden tables and lots of hunting decorations on the walls. For something totally different but still good there is a bright modern place called Zlaty Klas further up towards the NH Prague Hotel on radlicka which is always busy and is more of a Sports Bar type environment.
Yes i studied biology, i was in the Golden Lion, the Black Bear and the Blue Monkey ... but that is another Story,. So Janek gets Sponsorship of Pilsner Urquell, which i wrote earlier is one of my favourite beer. Because of bad beer quality the people of Pilsen hired Bavarian Beer Masterbrewer Josef Groll. So we Bavarians are happy to help our czech friends. The Brand Name Pilsner Urquell is 100% german, although the communists like to install Plzenska Prazdroj, which is the Name of the Brewery, original Bürgerliches Brauhaus Pilsen. Na zdravi, Prost
I recently visited the "Elefant pub" U Zlatého slona. Both of the waiters were just utterly rude to us for what ever reason. I got items that I did not order and when when it was time to pay, they insisted on leaving an around 20% tip. As I questoned the prize, they just furiously demanded that I pay. I paid and left the spot. I can't recommend the spot to anyone who looks even somewhat like a tourist!
Great! No 2 and 3 , the best ones! (Not an animal, but please support Hostinec u Rotundy, too!) Still, some even more interesting options in town, no need to mention here....
Please talk about Vinohradsky in some video. They make some of the best Pilsner in the world according to the beer enthusiasts, with a great combination of history and modern touch. And they are located very centrally in Prague.
Super Video. Most of the places I know for years and love them all. But at U cerneho Vola i would prefer the dark Kozel. Best tapped Dark Beer in Prague and an other member of the Zoo could be the u medvidku. Alttrough it is a hotel, they brew their own beer. Very tasty!
Love your videos Janek and Honza Not sure it is your thing but when I lived in Prague I met my Slovak wife in El Mojito on Dlhá. Great cocktail bar….try the Beverley Hills cocktail and tell them Steve and Jana recommend it to you. You will see our names on the top of the bar where they allow frequent visitors to write a message. ❤
Ach jo, PU nikdy nebylo pivo "Černého vola", ale bylo tím vždy a je 12° Kozel. To by člověk takových zkušeností měl vědět a u Vola pít Kozel. Na Plzničku K Hrochovi, k Volovi na kozlíka. Pane Rubeši, toto byl velký kiks.
Pity you didn't show U dvou kocek (By two cats), of course they have Pilsner, but also their own beer , light and dark cat, and it's one of the oldest pubs in Prague. Another great place is U medvidku (By small bears) with their own brewery.
I'm excited to taste Pilsner Urquell in Prague, but it would be great to see pubs that carry locally produced craft beer as well! By craft beer, I don't necessarily mean American-style IPAs, I just mean small-batched locally made beer rather than large commercially produced beers.
Dva kohouti does have that, was definitely the best pub I went in for good beer. Can't get enough of Urquell though, especially when poured properly. Červeny jelen is probably my favourite overall.
Im about to visit Prague with my wife - she is a big fan of dark beers, stout etc. Can anyone please provide recommendations as to where to go for local brewed dark beers. Much appreciated
@HonestGuide any hints or Tips for a good butchers and or morning markets in Prague you can recommend? Also keep up the good work its always great to see a new Video from you Guys!! Best Regards
For butchers, try “Naše Mašo”, in Dlouha, in old town (Stare Mesto) They even have a couple of tables, so you can buy food in the butchers shop, they will cook it for you, and you can eat it in the shop They even have a draft beer pump in one of their tiled walls. Expect to queue, it’s very popular, their food is some of the best I have even eaten, and it’s very reasonably priced for the quality.
@@jeffpovey1182 Thank you for the tip thats actually not far from the place I am currently staying in might take a look in the upcoming days then to check them out :)
České pivo mi chybí. Můžu koupit Pilsner Urquell tady v Kanadě ale to není stejně věc. Možná to je stejné pivo, ale to se cítí odlišně. Už myslím o další cestě do Česku. Na zdraví a uvidíme se příště!
You've reminded me of Santiago de Compostela (yes, the destination of the Way of St. James) where they had the "Paris-Dakar". It was just that there were these two pubs on the opposite sides of the "party area" (for the lack of a better expression) that were respectively named Paris and Dakar. There were absolutely no other pub, bar or whatever with a name related to that race, but the thing was you would start your night at Paris and should (is you could) go pub after pub until you reached Dakar. Just like the real race, many wouldn't get to the destination. I only tried it once and got the destination with some friends, but the day after was a bit of a pain...
Golden Tiger is the one I frequent while staying in Prague. What do you think about other animalistic pubs? Like U Červeného páva; U Modré Kachničky (it's more of a restaurant) or U Černého orla.
Dear Janek & Honza, 12 years ago I visited Prague a couple of times and I once ended up in a bar/pub with a very small stage for bands and they had little piglets walking around. Do you guys maybe know the name of the place? I would really like to go there again cause I will be in Prague from the 16th till 19th of February. Hope to hear from you!
This video definitely needs an update. Been to the Golden Elephant today and can honestly say as someone who's been to Prague many times already: an absolute tourist trap. My partner and I had dinner there tonight as per recommendation in this video, although it felt kinda shady even from the outside. The staff is arrogant and just hanging around and observing you. The food arrived in less than 5 min (red flag) and tasted kinda meh (and on top of that I have never in my life received fried cheese without any side dish). The whole experience felt dissapointing so we ate quickly, finished the beer and asked to pay. The waiter literally GRUNTED at us when my partner just rounded up the sum of our bill (which was an equivalent of less than an euro I guess) and said nothing more, even on our way out. Just don't go there.
Great video. I wish I saw this a month ago before I went to Prague but I did go to most of those old pubs on this video. A couple of other great ones but not fitting the zoo theme are U Medivuku which has tank Budweiser Budvaf (Czech Budweiser not American) which is a great old school Prague pub and Tankova Kozel which is more modern but serves Kozel light and dark from the tank.
Hey I've been following you guys for a while now and have a sorta weird question to ask. My grandpa just died a bit ago and we were interested in getting a curio with his fingerprint and a short phrase in Czech (their heritage is from the town of Veseli). Would you be able to help with this? I'm not sure if there is a big difference in dialects between regions, but we figured google translate wouldn't work too well. The phrase is "Forever and Always", or some similar meaning if that doesnt directly translate. Thanks, I look forward to hearing back! -Joe
I am a 55 years old german. I am going to Prague for some beers for about 35 years now. At least once a year, sometimes twice. I can confirm that Pilsner Urquell IS THE BEST BEER IN THE WORLD. Even at home I'm drinking almost entirely Pilsner Urquell (in bottles of course).
By the way, my favourite pubs over the years have been/are the U Fleku (specially in the 80s when 0,5L cost 2,40 CZK ;-) ), U Tomas and U Snellu (Kleinseite, mala strana), U Dvou koček (which you have forgotten to mention as a zoo pub) and U Kalicha (Svejks pub).
I shall not challenge your statement on Pilsner Urquell but next time U cross borders travel therough Loket (Elbogen) near Karslbad and try local brewery Svatý Florián (St. Florian). ;)
I went to the Pilsner Urquell Brewery in Pilzn last month and drinking it there I have to say is hard to dispute this man’s opinion. Although, Bavaria does have some fantastic beers as well.
@@andrewsouza4925 For me, as a northern German, the Bavarian beers are far too light and too mild (too less hop).
@@juliettpapa A Bavarian brewer, Josef Groll, created Pilsner Urquell. Beer heaven for me is Bavarian and the Czech Republic-though I understand North Germans simply don’t like Bavarians or their beer.
Yup, U Fleku has good food but most importantly that dark beer is SERIOUSLY good, not to mention the entire place is very impressive looking
I just don't know how to thank you guys for every bit of info you shared here. I'm sitting right now in U Zlateho Slona waiting for my food on a third day of my solo trip in Prague. And each moment I roaming around I just know that I have a good place to eat or just to rest, because you shared this. And I see the difference between the touristy places nearby and the places you suggest - knowing those places from perpectove of a local is so valuable and so much valuable to have it as a tourist. Thank you again ❤️
Díky! Ukázali jste nejlepší bary v Praze.
P. S. tento barman z baru "Behemoth" mi jednoho večera nelil pivo a řekl :
- Běž domů, už máš dost.
Pak jsem se urazil a šel do hotelu a ráno jsem si uvědomil, že má pravdu. Velký ahoj jemu !
P. P. S. obrovské množství Rusů proti válce ! Budeme držet, opravdu vyhraje! Jezdím do Prahy dvacet let a nikdy nezapomenu na toto krásné město a Čechy, nádherné , milé lidi. Dobrý Advent a veselé Vánoce všem
Although I was born in Czechia, I've been living abroad most of my life, and have been back many times. I have a lovely memory of going to U Kocoura with my wife on the one trip in 2004 when I met up my parents during their annual Czech vacation. My dad had his picture taken pouring a beer, and later I had mine taken at the same spot too. We all enjoyed a lovely meal and beers there, except my wife who was pregnant with our first daughter and was not drinking (this was happy news that my parents had just learned they were going to have a grandchild). That was 20 years ago now, my dad passed away a few years later and mom is gone too. It was a nice moment we spent a few days traveling together. Our daughter now is starting 2nd year university.
It is always nice to be back, seeing the home country and hearing Czech spoken.
3:55 I love you guys
Oh my god. My grandad used to go to this pub every day when he was a University student in Prague (Lichtenstein palace) in the 60s-70s. He always mentions it when talking about Prague. (Favourite story is watching the locals drink 20 beers everyday and stumble out)
It’s amazing to see it on the channel. 😅
Everything is about the hard working training. With drinking a beers here in Czech republic is the same :D
Fantastic video, I love to see the old traditional pubs of Prague. I've never been to Prague, but it's a must visit for me after watching your videos. I'm a huge fan of Pilsner Urquell, there are a couple of pubs here in Ireland that do tank beers, Pilsner Urquell being one of them, but I'm certain it will taste so much better in Prague. Also the food looks amazing, the Goulash and potato pancakes looked amazing. Hope to visit Prague next year and thanks to you I now know where to go and how not to be scammed, keep up the great work !
Like you, I'm a big fan of Urquell. Golden Tiger is an old traditional pub - sadly full of tourists. Červený jelen is too big and not a proper a proper beer place in my book. But they serve theie Urquell in a proper way and have good food. Goulash is not my favorite - ok food when drinking. And the rest of the beer places mentioned in this video are very good. When you go to Prague you should try beer form other breweries. Here are the few I like Staropramen 11 from tank, Hubertus 11 from tank, Vinohradsky brewery and Andelsky brewery.
Guys you missed U Medvídků (At the Bears), U Dvou koček (At Two Cats) and probably other places with similar names. It is true that U Medvídků does not have Plzeň, but apart from Budvar they've got many home made beers (Oldgott, Blackgott, Medvídek, X-BEER 33, Podzimní speciál etc). However, U Dvou koček has Plzeň on the menu together with their own home beer (Kočka světlá or Kočka tmavá). Both of these places are in the very city center of Prague.
I still very fondly remember the house-brewed beer at U Dvou koček, it was absolutely delicious, and the whole place smelled of the mash as the brewer was brewing a batch at the time.
It's budvar pub and it's a pilsner urquell video. Beer is good there aswell as upstairs in the brewery but food is very average
@@stefanmccurley5951 Please read the full message, I already mentioned that U Medvídků does not have Plzeň, but apart from Budvar they've got many home made beers: Oldgott, Blackgott, Medvídek, X-BEER 33, Podzimní speciál etc.
U Vejvodů 🍺
@@petervalko1233That's not an animal name 😊
I fondly remember U Fleků (1968, 1972). Sat at a table with some East Germans on one occasion, had a great time.
We visited U Fleků too, yes: touristy, noisy (live music and singing), still great to experience a family legend. I drank a beer in '18 at the very place my parents had one in '81.
May I suggest you make a video with historic pubs that brew their own beer..no only Pilsner Urkell. We went to some lovely pubs that have been brewing their beer for centuries
Might be difficult with the sponsorship.
As much as I am happy that the long work has finally paid off for the guys financially, they should consider themselves “the sponsored guide.”
@@schlollepop They were never paid by any of the pubs or restaurants mentioned. There pubs are actually known and don't really need to be advertised.
We did the Prague zoo as a pub-crawl 2 weeks ago! It was my favourite part of my 1 month euro trip. We started early and stopped in at Ceska kuchyne for a late lunch. It was a lot of fun, it takes you past all of the best sites, and all of the bars are REALLY cool (and no we weren't yelling or being rambunctious). The only minor issue we encountered was at U zlateho slona because they said we weren't allowed to have only beer (i.e. needed to order food). We had JUST eaten so didn't want to get food. We politely asked if we could have just 10 minutes and convinced them to let us stand at a barrel and quickly have our pint. Everywhere else went perfectly! Thank you for the great advice!
1:21
I am Ukrainian but I can kinda understand Czech and vol ≠ bull, as we call them воли are called ox in English, the animals are actually pretty difficult. And I know that no one cares.
You are correct.
I care, thanks Maksiks.
Yes, "vůl" is a castrated bull, and castrated bull is usually called "ox" in english.
The Elephant is a great pub with great food. The Hippopotamus, well it certainly is a fine pub with a real local feel but they have refused to serve me on a number of occasions for no apparent reason, but when I'm with my Czech friends there's never a problem., I'm not Czech and one would think this pub does not want tourists, that's just my perception.
Imagine if you were in London and a pub refused to serve you because you weren't British?
Pubs like this one should be embargoed.
It is not like that, once they did't want to serve myself and I am czech "jak poleno"
Frankly, I'd never go to this kind of places. "Locals", i.e. beer alcoholics, rude personal, no cards accepted? They can kiss my ass straight away. Trying to impose rules, instead of serving the client "they don't like small beer orders"? Fuck off. Paid cooperation, sure, but this video crosses the line, it is pure ad, not a useful info for a tourist.
Oh so sad to hear they are racist :(
I don't see the problem. I'm not Czech too, never been there but Im sure they wouldn't serve me too, I don't really care. Just don't go where they don't like tourists or foreigners. If they don't like them just let them do whatever, why would you want to be in a place you're not welcome and anyway it's their loss since most of the profit in service economy in Prague comes from tourist consumers.
God Bless Praha, God Bless the great establishments and God Bless The Honest Guide. What a great video, I am going to visit these pubs on my Prague Zoo tour for sure now. Keep up the great work guys.
Great video!
Had some amazing Urquells at U Hrocha a couple of years ago, visiting from Sweden.
Was in Prague for 4 days...did spend 3 at that location 😁
That was one pub I did get too-I wanted to and went right by it but it was closed. The next time I get to Prague I’m going there.
So I couldn’t do the whole train but I did the following. Thanks for all the recommendations!
U kocoura- tasty klobasa and very friendly local patrons, I practiced my czech with a very friendly czech couple who may have been trying to find someone to pick up 😅
U černého vola - had good Olomouc cheese and seemed decently easy to get a seat if in a couple or 3.
U Hrocha - bartender refused to serve me because I was standing despite there being a dozen or so of older large drunk czech men all standing and being loud.
U Zlatého Tygra - was packed and I felt lucky to get a beer because the Barman looked a bit irritated so I did my best to just blend into a wall.
U Zlatého Slona - I would probably take tourist friends here. Open atmosphere, lots of seating, good food, and English speaking staff.
Happened to come across U Kocoura today on our first day in Prague, and recognised it from the video. We stopped in, and loved the beer, the atmosphere and the staff. Amazing! 🍻
The Black Bull and Golden Tiger are my favorites in Prague.
Been in Prague 3 weeks ago, and already miss the city
Wonderful, but missed a lot of the “zoo”! Tlusta mys (fat mouse ) Cerny Orel (black eagle) U kohouta ( well, another rooster ) Flamingo lounge (touristy…) Modre kachnicky (blue duckling, a high end restaurant actually one of my favourites ) , and honourable mention to the long defunct žíznivý pes (thirsty dog )- and others that I have encountered on my various safaris!
I remember I've visited other restaurants in Prague with names of animals: ostriches, lions e 3 cats. All fantastic too.
Not forgetting the 7 cockroaches just off Nerudova.
Pilsner Urquell is my favorite beer I can buy in a case where I live. Also not expensive at all, especially considering it's imported.
Thanks for your advice, I was two weeks ago in Prague and it was amazing. I will definitely go again
Janku, vůl je ox, nikoliv bull, to je býk :D
taky jsem si vsiml. a kocour je tomcat ;-)
@@KrystofKubes or puss
Perfect video! I'll definetely visit all of them
Honzo, you should have started the Zoo Tour at U Veverky in Bubeneč!
Ah Bohumil Hrabal "Too loud a solitude"! I must visit this pub.
No offense, but it makes no sense to go to Prague in several places in a row just to try Pilsner Urquell. Yes, it's almost perfect, which makes it quite boring, and I bet you can buy it even in your country. The preciousness of Prague, and The Czech Republic is in the enormous diversity of small breweries, and the thing you really should do - is to try as many sorts of different beers as you can. Some pubs like Zlý časy, Kulový blesk, Prague Beer Museum, e.t.c. will help you with this task.
1:45 “They (black ox) only serve plzen” *immediately walks past blackboard advertising Kozel for sale*
Most places that serve Pilsner Urquell also sell Kozel cerny.
@@paisleybuddie5096 ???
@@drstkova Both Pilsner Urquell and Kozel are owed by Asahi and brewed at the same brewery in Pilsen.
@@jamestindall1 That is correct. How is it relevant to my comment?
you should make a list of places to go in google maps and then share the link of that list
Thanks for all this great content. We're visiting Prague in 2 weeks, can't wait to try some of your recommended eating and drinking spots.
Thank you Janek for your enthusiasm and entertaining history. Hope to visit soon
Great video guys, and this definitely sounds like my kind of zoo.
Oh how thirsty i got from watching this.
I love beer, but im interested to see if you would make a video about other interesting CZ beverages, with or without alcohol ? ♥
All classic Prague pubs The Golden Tiger serves the best PU in the city. Had some great sessions in there and the Black Ox. Two Roosters is also very good, spent a lot of time in there last summer!
We ended up at the birthday party of Dva kohouti last summer. It was a highlight of our trip.
My wife and I went to the Elephant on our honeymoon. Specifically we went on January 5th, and were visited by the 3 Kings Themselves! Great recommendation!
03:19 been there last week, asked for a place for two in czech, ordered beer in czech etc. You could see that the waitress was thinking "why are they here", the guy at the tap served us, but you could clearly sense that they all wanted to stay among themselves.
By the black ox is my favourite. Kozel there is top.
I've just got back from a long weekend in prague I wish I saw this video before I arrived. I enjoyed my visit I'm planning to visit in spring
lovely thank you! I will visit some of those when I am in Prague again!
I think I'll enjoy this video. But first let me grab a beer 🍺
2:22 Best advice ever
My mouth is watering at the sight of Czech beer and food
Thanks so much! Its amaizing to see the places Ive been in this movie!
I live in Prague, after watching some of your videos, I visited restaurants which you recommended in the video. You know what? they increase lots of the price of their meals. I think because they become popular, don't mean their food are yummy or extremely delicious. Don't take it granted! business owners!
I unknowingly went into the Elephant and had the best food of my entire trip! So amazing!
somehow Janek looks older when he was younger 🤣, thank you for all the tips!
You are doing a great job... I'm in Prague now.. I would be happy if I see you in the middle of the street..
Enjoyed the zoo tour a lot.... Thanks
I've been in the Tiger a couple of times. Great bar.
I also can recommend U Glaubice
We are every year there. One Beer from Tank is only 42Kr. This is round about 1,80€
A big portion Ribs ist about 16€ an it tastes very good
My fave pub was Grow Bar
I've been to the Golden Tiger, really good pub.
I'll be there in July and have booked a beer tasting. Hope they bring me to some of these places.
Awesome video guys! Can you perhaps tell me in which pubs can I get gluten-free beer ?
Great channel! Subscribed
2:20 I can confirm this after doing the opposite on a humid 30°C day
My favourite bar/restaurant in Prague is a little way out of the main tourist area on arbesovo namesti - it is called U svateho Filipa a Jakuba. Very traditional, old school type place with wooden tables and lots of hunting decorations on the walls. For something totally different but still good there is a bright modern place called Zlaty Klas further up towards the NH Prague Hotel on radlicka which is always busy and is more of a Sports Bar type environment.
Yes i studied biology, i was in the Golden Lion, the Black Bear and the Blue Monkey ... but that is another Story,. So Janek gets Sponsorship of Pilsner Urquell, which i wrote earlier is one of my favourite beer. Because of bad beer quality the people of Pilsen hired Bavarian Beer Masterbrewer Josef Groll. So we Bavarians are happy to help our czech friends. The Brand Name Pilsner Urquell is 100% german, although the communists like to install Plzenska Prazdroj, which is the Name of the Brewery, original Bürgerliches Brauhaus Pilsen. Na zdravi, Prost
To určitě....😀
@@radekkubera7614 yes true Story, ever made the Pilsner Urquell Brewery Tour?
I recently visited the "Elefant pub" U Zlatého slona.
Both of the waiters were just utterly rude to us for what ever reason. I got items that I did not order and when when it was time to pay, they insisted on leaving an around 20% tip. As I questoned the prize, they just furiously demanded that I pay. I paid and left the spot.
I can't recommend the spot to anyone who looks even somewhat like a tourist!
Did a few of the ZOO.
GREAT!
Great! No 2 and 3 , the best ones! (Not an animal, but please support Hostinec u Rotundy, too!) Still, some even more interesting options in town, no need to mention here....
Please talk about Vinohradsky in some video. They make some of the best Pilsner in the world according to the beer enthusiasts, with a great combination of history and modern touch. And they are located very centrally in Prague.
Super Video. Most of the places I know for years and love them all. But at U cerneho Vola i would prefer the dark Kozel. Best tapped Dark Beer in Prague and an other member of the Zoo could be the u medvidku. Alttrough it is a hotel, they brew their own beer. Very tasty!
me (a non drinker): why would you not want to start at the bottom and go up
me like half way through the video: Oh, right
Loved Prague! We watched most of your videos before visiting Praha ♥️♥️♥️
My favorite Czech beer is Novopacke Pivo Valdštejn. Once found&tasted it accidently in
Finland
Where can you find it in Prague? I’ve never seen it.
What about the “two cats”? U Dvou koček?? Loved it!
Doing the ZOO pub crawl right this minute! Just checking in to see where to go next... The hippopotamus pub is a great one
Gotta say wasn't a fan of the Tiger place though, what miserable staff! All the others so far have been great though.
Just yesterday we were in Prague Zoo, but I've never heard of beer zoo. Have to try it with my beer buddy. Cheers
The best Zoo tour ever.
I went to Cerveny Jelen and I sat right where you are sitting in this video
Was at U Černého vola 3 days ago 😄
Love your videos Janek and Honza
Not sure it is your thing but when I lived in Prague I met my Slovak wife in El Mojito on Dlhá. Great cocktail bar….try the Beverley Hills cocktail and tell them Steve and Jana recommend it to you. You will see our names on the top of the bar where they allow frequent visitors to write a message. ❤
Ach jo, PU nikdy nebylo pivo "Černého vola", ale bylo tím vždy a je 12° Kozel. To by člověk takových zkušeností měl vědět a u Vola pít Kozel. Na Plzničku K Hrochovi, k Volovi na kozlíka. Pane Rubeši, toto byl velký kiks.
Myslik? is a great bar if you happen to know it! It's very alternative/left leaning and has a wide range of beer of small breweries
The zlaty Slon overcharged for Pilsen Urquell should be 63 czk but they charged 70 czk Best check price before
Pity you didn't show U dvou kocek (By two cats), of course they have Pilsner, but also their own beer , light and dark cat, and it's one of the oldest pubs in Prague. Another great place is U medvidku (By small bears) with their own brewery.
I miss 'U Černého Medvěda' among this list :) Best Pork knee I've ever had. Visit it every time I'm in Prague.
I'm excited to taste Pilsner Urquell in Prague, but it would be great to see pubs that carry locally produced craft beer as well! By craft beer, I don't necessarily mean American-style IPAs, I just mean small-batched locally made beer rather than large commercially produced beers.
Dva kohouti does have that, was definitely the best pub I went in for good beer. Can't get enough of Urquell though, especially when poured properly. Červeny jelen is probably my favourite overall.
Good to be back
Chuchle 2022!
Im about to visit Prague with my wife - she is a big fan of dark beers, stout etc. Can anyone please provide recommendations as to where to go for local brewed dark beers. Much appreciated
Great helpful videos thank you. Any recommendations for live music venues {pubs} in Prague?
@HonestGuide any hints or Tips for a good butchers and or morning markets in Prague you can recommend? Also keep up the good work its always great to see a new Video from you Guys!!
Best Regards
For butchers, try “Naše Mašo”, in Dlouha, in old town (Stare Mesto)
They even have a couple of tables, so you can buy food in the butchers shop, they will cook it for you, and you can eat it in the shop
They even have a draft beer pump in one of their tiled walls.
Expect to queue, it’s very popular, their food is some of the best I have even eaten, and it’s very reasonably priced for the quality.
@@jeffpovey1182 Thank you for the tip thats actually not far from the place I am currently staying in might take a look in the upcoming days then to check them out
:)
České pivo mi chybí. Můžu koupit Pilsner Urquell tady v Kanadě ale to není stejně věc. Možná to je stejné pivo, ale to se cítí odlišně. Už myslím o další cestě do Česku. Na zdraví a uvidíme se příště!
You've reminded me of Santiago de Compostela (yes, the destination of the Way of St. James) where they had the "Paris-Dakar". It was just that there were these two pubs on the opposite sides of the "party area" (for the lack of a better expression) that were respectively named Paris and Dakar. There were absolutely no other pub, bar or whatever with a name related to that race, but the thing was you would start your night at Paris and should (is you could) go pub after pub until you reached Dakar.
Just like the real race, many wouldn't get to the destination. I only tried it once and got the destination with some friends, but the day after was a bit of a pain...
Golden Tiger is the one I frequent while staying in Prague. What do you think about other animalistic pubs? Like U Červeného páva; U Modré Kachničky (it's more of a restaurant) or U Černého orla.
Dear Janek & Honza, 12 years ago I visited Prague a couple of times and I once ended up in a bar/pub with a very small stage for bands and they had little piglets walking around. Do you guys maybe know the name of the place? I would really like to go there again cause I will be in Prague from the 16th till 19th of February. Hope to hear from you!
This video definitely needs an update. Been to the Golden Elephant today and can honestly say as someone who's been to Prague many times already: an absolute tourist trap. My partner and I had dinner there tonight as per recommendation in this video, although it felt kinda shady even from the outside. The staff is arrogant and just hanging around and observing you. The food arrived in less than 5 min (red flag) and tasted kinda meh (and on top of that I have never in my life received fried cheese without any side dish). The whole experience felt dissapointing so we ate quickly, finished the beer and asked to pay. The waiter literally GRUNTED at us when my partner just rounded up the sum of our bill (which was an equivalent of less than an euro I guess) and said nothing more, even on our way out. Just don't go there.
Great video. I wish I saw this a month ago before I went to Prague but I did go to most of those old pubs on this video. A couple of other great ones but not fitting the zoo theme are U Medivuku which has tank Budweiser Budvaf (Czech Budweiser not American) which is a great old school Prague pub and Tankova Kozel which is more modern but serves Kozel light and dark from the tank.
Actually, both would fit the zoo theme since U Medvídků means By The Little Bears' and Kozel is a male goat
5:23 Clinton thought it was an island!
Pilsner is a German word
means: from Pilsen
Interesting! U Černého vola is actually noted as By the Black Eagle in some places, so until now I thought that was its name.
we want 1440p!
Hey I've been following you guys for a while now and have a sorta weird question to ask. My grandpa just died a bit ago and we were interested in getting a curio with his fingerprint and a short phrase in Czech (their heritage is from the town of Veseli). Would you be able to help with this? I'm not sure if there is a big difference in dialects between regions, but we figured google translate wouldn't work too well. The phrase is "Forever and Always", or some similar meaning if that doesnt directly translate.
Thanks, I look forward to hearing back!
-Joe
I think "potatoe pancakes" are called "hash browns" - love to teach you a word once XD Love your videos and will visit prague very soon again.
Don't feed the beers!... I mean Bears! LOL
I WAS a recovering alcoholic till this great video. Now I'm still sober but also plan on visiting the Czech republic.
I was in the Neon club years ago in Praha. Spend a lot of money but I had a good time.