Where to Eat Traditional & Cheap Czech Food in Prague? (Honest Guide)
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- The most common question we get from travellers - where to eat Czech food? Well, let's answer that!
Jídelna Světozor: goo.gl/maps/MMSNC3aD9zZRhmVX9 (workers-class cafeteria)
U Červeného páva: goo.gl/maps/62E7A7ESGahz6weC6 (hidden, tasty!)
Mincovna: g.page/restauracemincovna (more fancy, right on the square)
Jizerské pekárny: goo.gl/maps/dzzSsQrM2Tt8jbkv7 (chlebíček & indiánek)
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0:00 Where to eat in Prague
0:47 Jídelna Světozor
2:17 U Červeného páva
3:56 Mincovna
6:02 Jizerské pekárny
7:48 Question for you
8:32 Tipping in the Czech Republic
Thank you for your support!
Honza Mikulka & Janek Rubeš, Prague based journalists
#HonestGuide
We were in Prague this weekend, and we not only found the restaurants in the video , but also Janek himself climbing up the way to the Prague castle:))
Where was your favorite?
@@steezy2695 My personal favorite is the czech restaurant "Havelska koruna" near Mustek. It is more a canteen than a restaurant, but the meals taste as they should and the prices are top as well.
That's awesome!! :)
@@JCPowerfull I can vouch for Havelska Koruna as well! Didn’t see Janek and Honza though.
On our way to Prague next week. I'm hoping to visit the bakery in particular, but hopefully we can visit all of your recommendations. Thanks very much! 🙂
"Wait, Czech food is all beer, stew and dumplings?"
*Janek picks up gun from a river*
"Always has been."
LOL
Just like Austria ^^
@@Leo-uu8du Or Bavaria... all very similar and strongly influenced by each other.
That's central Europe for you.
@@JonaxII Aaaand Eastern.
This is channel literally the best and easiest way to learn about Prague, Keep it up HONEST GUIDE!
No he is honest guide he live there in the Czech :) Hes got the czech channel too.
Dude, can't thank you enough! Was literally hungry, tired and looking for a washroom in Old Town Square today, remembered your video and headed straight for Restaurace Mincovna. My wife, brother, sister in law and I all enjoyed our meals. Friendly service and reasonable price! We even saw you talking to a crowd about the crooked ATMs as we walked by after we ate. As a matter of fact, this being my 3rd time here, haven't had a bad meal here yet (Malostranska Beseda, Cafe Louvre, Obecni Dum, Cafe Savoy). If you're thinking of an idea for a show, I'd say feature the "Grand Cafes" of Prague. So far, they've all been great (Cafe Orient as well, thanks!). Forget Paris & Vienna, the cafes here are the real deal (not too busy, rude or expensive) We visit mostly for the food. We miss it here in Toronto. We had the most wonderful Czech restaurant down on Queen street for years - run by a family that escaped in 1968 - but they retired in 2012 and can't get our monthly Svicková fix. Going to have to visit more often!
been to that spot in Etobicoke. Was authentic but those prices sure weren't Czech. I liked their little potraviny for actual Czech products. Didn't know they closed. Too bad
Shil 🤔?
@@jasonfacette1003 Not in Etobicoke. It was on Queen, west of Bathurst. It was called "Prague Deli" and then just "Prague Restaurant"
Ah yes . Prague deli. I lived at Queen west for many years … used to go there before it was a restaurant, when it was just a deli. I miss their Russian Eggs and rohlicki. The ladies behind the counter used to give my puppy the end pieces of cold cuts . Both of us were very happy. 😊
Loved it when it became a restaurant too, but missed the deli.
These are the best episodes
You moved Czech Republic to the top 3 of my must visit list over the last few years. Hope they give you the key to the country or something 😄
dont know about the country, but the actual key to Prague city they might get :D
Should i quit TH-cam? Or na
Yes I agree, they opened my eyes as well to this wonderful place , I would love to visit and marvel over it all in person one fine day 😊
@@SevenHunnid no
Very nice City but the people are very rude
I was in Czechoslovakia, how it was named back then in 1991, 30 years ago.
There was hardly any tourist then, but I went out of the touristy area, about one or two blocks, and I found this really small restaurant where I ate goulash and a beer for lunch.
After lunch I realized that the whole delicious lunch had costed me about 60 American cents.
A real bargain.
I'll never forget this delicious and inexpensive lunch.
I remember 7-8 years later, it was about £0.50 for a full mean still but by the turn of the century it was already a lot more than that (but still cheap!!!).
It was a different country back then. ;)
Yes, it was like this in Budapest then, too... me and 2 other Americans went out and had 3 full meals in 1989. It was about $2, total.
I was in Prague in 1989, there was a restaurant called MOSKVA I suppose, we ate there many times, it was caviar, oysters and champagne every time, for two the price was 2,50€!! GREAT TIMES, I returned last month: 50€ for two, and it was only goulash, potatoes an beer!
@Paolo Potepan I know, it was sad to see how overcrowded and expensive Prague is nowadays. 😥😢
When I went to study in Prague your videos were a life saver. Thank so much for you work.
I miss Prague so much.
Watching this even tho I know the answers because I’ve been a good Honest guide student over the years 😅
great life attainment!
This is what real content should look like. Useful, scarce but resourceful information. We are drowning in tourists junk and this video is a blessing . Thanks guys
Also, there is a slightly easier word for a tip, rather than "spropitné", which is like the "formal" variant, most of the people say "dýško" - pronounced "dee-sh-ko". Also to know, tipping isn't obligatory here in Czech Republic, all servers in a restaurant allways have a regular pay, but of course giving them a tip is a really good way to express satisfaction and will definitely make them happy. I'd guess this is why we naturally adapted the rounding-up system Janek was explaining :)
They have regular pay, but it is not a pay that would allow you to live in Prague. So tips are very important part of income.
Here at Moravia we use a German term "Trinkgeld" instead of "dýško"
As a Singaporean, I'm horrified to see 'Dee-sh-ko' as it reminds me of 'Deekosh' SG TH-camr who has minor boy sexual offences recently 😂
@@garfieldandfriends2 lol u just needed to express yourself somehow
I'm Czech, but I live abroad, these videos always make me look forward to visiting every time.
When i've been to Prague, my wife took me to the Mincovna and we've eaten veprevo koleno (I don't know how to say it right, sorry)) and i sat right on this chair where Janek sits in the video. Great place, tasty food, amazing beer, highly recomend))
"veprevo koleno" is in czech vepřové koleno :) but the letter "ř" isnt exist in the english alphabet :)
@@drunknoskope2963 Thanks, I was almost right) In Russia it is called рулька (rul'ka) but after Prague I call it as you said)
Ahoy to everybody in Praha. I was born in Vrsovice-Praha. We we're there in 1987 to visit my grandparents and my real dad too. My wife and I are planning to visit Praha and Slovensko taki. Great videos and keep up the great work. Once again hello from USA. I miss real Czech food too. :)
My wife & I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary by visiting Prague for the first time in July 2018. Having watched all of The Honest Guide preparing for our trip, we walked EVERYWHERE and loved EVERYTHING. Wandering down every alley and through as many open doorways as possible we found (by accident) U Červeného páva at 2:28 in this video. Cozy, cute and delicious. Since that trip we continue to watch every new video hoping to return someday. We’ve been anticipating this moment when The Honest Guides would also stumble across this great little restaurant. We couldn’t contain our excitement when we saw you introducing the place. Such great memories. Thank you both for what you do.
The open face sandwiches looked so pretty, never seen anything like that. In Italy we have bruschette or crostini/crostoni but they don't come with such pretty toppings laid in an artsy way!
Like the smørgasbrød in Denmark. The difference is the rye bread.
The sandwiches in Vienna are great too, especially from the Black Camel. Problem is Vienna is dull, full of old people and closes at 10pm. Not Prague!
Any time we have guests over, they get their fill of chlebiček ha
Sandwiches like that are very popular in Venice, it's called chichetti
When I was in Prague, I went to Svetozor for a meal twice (thanks to your recommendation, guys). The food was very simple there, but quite cheap. Also, the bakery in Svetozor passage is really nice with its tasty, beautifully decorated desserts (in the evening they are sold with discount) and there're too many for me to choose from (actually I could hardly decide on what to buy)).
Are you talking about Ovocný Světozor ? i tried it years ago, great souvenir
Hello
How are you doing?
It's a pleasure meeting you.
i went to those same places in Prague when i was there a few years ago
We just returned from Prague, we followed some of his recommendation and they were right on! Had good food for reasonable prices.
Spent a massively enjoyable long weekend in Prague a couple of years ago and fell in love with Havelská Koruna. It became my go to restaurant in the centre of the city. Went in after seeing it featured in one of your videos and wasn't disappointed at all. Absolutely fantastic and can't wait to go back.
Thanks for your fantastic content. I had a great vacation in beautiful Prague due to your helpful videos
I grew up in a Czech neighborhood in Chicago and, lord, do I miss that cuisine. Thanks for the trip down memory lane...
These are my favorite videos of yours. Your videos are the reason why Prague is on my bucket list.
Went to Prague in 2019 and ate at both Mincova and Jidelna Svetozor and enjoyed both. Super cheap beer at the Cafeteria and top quality food at Mincova, thank you for the awesome channel, no upcoming plans to go back (Want to see some new places) but I still can't help but watch your videos.
All the best from California!
Love these types of videos, please do more like this. I hate getting stuck in tourist trap restaurants when on a city break, so love to have some good options to go to.
Hi Janek and Honza, both of you are guarantee to a spend a wonderful time to beautiful Prague, because of the magnificent guide touring you do. Thank you for the knowledge.
The gulaš looks excellent. Větrník is my downfall, I need bigger jeans now.
These are great episodes. I'm living in the Czech Rep., but your videos are a great way to know about new things popping up. I look forward to trying all of these places. I have even given "tours" for friends or friends of friends visiting Prague and have used places you've shown. Thanks!
When I first visited Prague in 1991 fruit dumplings were top of the agenda. Nearly died when my Czech relative cooked me Kynuté jahodové knedlíky in her oven. The four dumplings filled the plate. No wonder cafe's and restaurants serve much smaller portions. Just wish some cafe's etc would not resort to strawberry jam rather than natural fruit.
Czech food is one of the most underrated cuisines in the world. love it!
That's because it isn't that nice. Goulash comes from Hungary and that is nice. Most of there food is fatty and unhealthy
@@no-knickers-emma1112 Waaah waaah
@@no-knickers-emma1112 more healthy than McDonald and pancake in US
@@no-knickers-emma1112 there is no unhleathy food, only unhealthy amounts
Great video. When I travel I like to eat the local food as local people do. To show us this AND at a good price is fantastic. Thank you for all your Prague videos.
I have literally watched every episode. but im so glad you guys have theese categories so I could just find this video right away to make my travels tomorrow smoothly. Thank you
We’re sitting in Mincovna restaurant right now for our second visit this trip - thanks guys for all your recommendations- most of which we’ve tried and all were excellent. Thanks for all your informative and honest guides to visiting this great city - we will be back!
Thank you for making this video, the original one was the reason we came to visit your amazing city!
I love the Daily Menu! Wish more places would offer this.
Just had a lunchtime special at our Fish & Chip restaurant in Brighouse.
Dnes jsem byl v Jídelna Světozor a je to tak: výborné jídlo a za dobrou cenu. Děkuji HG. ..... y en español sería: estuve en Jídelna Světozor hoy (24/06/2023), y es asi: comida deliciosa y a buen precio. Gracias HG
Man you guys really work well together, love these Prague exploration guide videos
We love Prague and can't wait to come back again. We're from Munich and visit your Country as often as we can. It's only 3 hours by motorway.
Another topic: I love bramboracky, they are so typical for Czechia and you could eat them everywhere, but now they're getting really hard to find....
A good place is "U Topolu" i love this place in Dejvice.
See ya
Sadly I am checking right now the prices / menu of U Červeného páva on Google Maps and, maaaan! I know there is inflation, but how come did the Hovezí gulás go from 110 CZK (at this video's time) to 299 by now!
Even when eating, this guy is ALWAYS smiling!!!!!! Love it!!!
The episodes in which you recommend places to eat, as a local, are my favorite 😂 I saved all these places. Thank you so much!
We ate at Mincovna when we were there last, and we can't wait to get back and try all the new places the HONEST GUIDES have told us about. It's going to be an HONEST Trip to Prague! :)
Mincova was awesome. We tried it when we were in Prague in September. It was one of the best meals we ate in Europe.
I just love watching your food crawl videos, the food looks absolutely amazing!
Coming to Prague in July for the first time. Cant wait to try these places. Thank you!
My mom is half Czech; her grandmother taught her a lot of the old family recipes so I grew up eating Czech food a few times a year. We loved it but my mom likes to call it “beige food” because all the most common ingredients - pork, potatoes, gravy, dumplings, cabbage, etc. - are all shades of brown!
its just when u combine certain types of those things, pork white cabbage and classic cumplings is probably the least good looking (but ofc delicious), but u can try it with different version and it will look better, for example red cabbage, different type of dumplings like potato ones or Carlsbad dumplings etc ..
Well honza is getting more airtime!! haha!! Keep it up you two!! Definitely more videos like this - czech traditional around / vegetarian/vegan, decent price places with good views, for kids and more quirky cool coffee places.
Thanks for the recommandations! I am at the Micovna right now & the food was great!
Thank you so much for all your great videos about Prague. My son and his wife and I will be traveling there for 4 days here in a few weeks. Definitely writing all your tips down so we get the best experience. ❤❤
The prices at U Červeného páva have basically tripled since this video unfortunately.
Yeah I was pondering yesterday, if this restaurant was actually recommended by honest guide or if I made a mistake 😂 300 czk for Gulasch. was still good tho.
We were there last week and the prices are more than triple.
We ate at Mincovna on Dec 2019, very crowded but luckily we were able to secured seats without reservation. Love the atmosphere, very delicious food and missed prague so much
Have come to Prague last minute trip after watching your videos I am currently sat in Olympia restaurant not seen this on your videos but very impressed im so glad come here what an amazing place definitely will be coming back very soon
Thank you for your video Janek & Honza. Very informative! Im looking forward to visiting these places and trying the food you suggested when I visit Prague for the first time, in three weeks time. Cannot wait !!
Can you guys do a vegetarian tour of the city?
wow you recommended Mincovina! I stumbled across it by accident some days ago. I ate there and it was so good that I went back the very next day. I'm glad you guys are recommending it because it seemed half empty and deserves to be full!! Food was great both times and staff friendly too.
Do they have good vegetarian options?
Food guides are always the best. Love it! :)
Apart from the hidden places parts, these are the best. Thank you for showing it to us!
Czech food is so delicious. Svíčková is my favorite!! 😋 Please show us more great places to eat! Love your videos!!
P.S. It's nice to see Honza in the video! 😊
You clearly not educated on food.
Yes, show us more food places in and around downtown Prague. Thank You.
Love the vid! I’m visiting Czech Republic next spring hopefully. Will watch more of your vids. Thank you!
Thank you for helpful information. Great job!
When I was in Prague in 2015, I liked a restaurant "Havelska Koruna" at Havelska. I guess it was a bit touristy, but the food was good and the price was ok. I even got shouted at in Czech by a buffet-lady for unprecise ordering (in Czech) :D
From where I have eaten lately, I can recommend Moravska Chalupa... but it's in Ostrava ;)
Really appreciate all the video you've posted. I am planning on visiting Prague a second time next year with a friend who lives there and explore the city (last time we avoided the city due to concerns of covid), so learning about the culture and venues of this town is really fantastic to me. Also I can confirm the food is absolutely fantastic, I visited Na Šancích in Prague 15 after playing minigolf with the same friend, and got the best gullasch and beer I've ever had, maybe we will go there again.
love this series, more please. i would try all ur recommended places for sure
This kind of video was the reason I visited last year. Keep it up guys can’t wait to come back and eat and visit all the beautiful places.
When I was staying in the Czech Rep, we'd eat those open faced sandwiches every day. And made them for house guests too. Such wonderful snacks and they can look really good and stylish for guests.
I love and miss chlebíčky . Glad you like 😘
@@romansebek6057 I used to live in Cz Rep and this is one reason to come back!
My wife and i had a lunch at mincovna and it was amazing. Hoping we can visit Prague very soon
I love this kind of videos, it's a good way to avoid tourist traps and try good food at the same time !
No one offers so much important information as Honest Guide. This guy does it all!
We ate at Mincovna twice in October of '19. Really good and cheaper than a date night here in the U.S.
More more more of the locals food please. I needed this video like yesterday! Can you also show us where locals eat in Austria, Slovakia, Germany etc..........please please please. Love this vids by the way.
Oh I love these episodes .. Please do more of food and discovering new places..
you guys are really the Honest Guide....
Visiting Prague soon and this has been the most helpful food recs I've seen on here. Amazing! Thank you for all the recs I cant wait to try them all out!!
Hi! Maybe you could make a video with barrier-free ideas for people with disabilities. Where to go for a trip, to a restaurant, etc. :)
THIS! It's incredibly hard in Czech. Very little consideration is given. High street curbs and very very rare to find ramps inside of buildings.
06:50 Your caption is “greater than” when you *say* “less than”. D’oh!
Great videos and always so informative of things to do, places to see and my favourite, food and pubs. Thanks guys
Wow it’s a beautiful Prague,such an in-depth vlog well done !!! Very professional ❤️love from USA
The upside to having all the old videos take down: Retasting all the food! 😁
My beloved place in Prague is "nase maso" and their burgers. I would be albe to travel there by train only to have that beautiful piece of "burgir" ❤️
Amazing episode and great tips! More please!
Excellent video. I appreciate seeing a few of the restaurants where local people in Prague eat.
My hostel recommended a place called Lokal. I enjoyed going there. Appenrently it is very popular among younger people. I ate Fried Cheese which was more or less the only vegetarian option they had. Not very healthy and I am sure I never ever had that much cheese at once in my life before.
Lokál is great. They make traditional pub meals in high quality.
Janek, you should give the guys at „Červeného Pava“ a hand at their English translation on the menu
Really happy to see that U Červeného páva is still in the same spot and open. I visited that place 10 years ago and really loved the food there! I am surprised Havelská Koruna didn´t make it onto your video.
Currently in prague and for lunch went for the goulash from u cerveneho pava. The prices have more than doubled than when the video was taken 1yr ago. The dish that was 110 kc a yr ago will now cost u 299kc. This was by far the most expensive goulash I've eaten. It was good however not worth the large price tag.
Must be because of this video
@@VisboerAntonAlso everything here got considerably more expensive due to the war in Ukraine. Europe was forced to switch from Russian gas, that made electricity and petrol cost significantly more expensive, that influenced prices of basically everything else.
Then the corporate/commercial greed disguised as the already mentioned economical crisis keeping the prices artificially high.
Lawnmower and beat-up? Still better than toad-in-the-hole.
But i like toad inna hole!
Just came to Jídelna Světozor today, it's great! I'd been living on street hot dogs, cup noodle, and apples from the hotel breakfast buffet. This is a great option for lunch for the rest of my trip. Thank you!!!
Great 👍. Places look amazing and of course I want more videos like this. Thank you guys
I LOVE the food episodes and can’t wait for vegetarian budget minded places.
Me and my boyfriend visited last week for 5 days and went to eat @Forky's Old Town . It's a Vegan restaurant and it was soo good. He had a beer (0,5L) and I had a little bottle of wine together with a (vegan but so good) sushi pokebowl and a no fish and Chips. Both really tasted like fish/tuna. Together we paid 22 euros for all. Really recommend it! Also nice people working there.
@@AmyvK77 that’s exactly the type of comment I was hoping for. You’re terrific! Thank you so much.
You're welcome! You can look up their menu online, they have a lot of choice as well :)
@@boufontleflamingoetta8433 I agree, Forky's has good food, I ordered it home once a couple months back, very affordable and tasty. I haven't been, but there is a vegetarian Indian place in the center that is supposed to be quite good, it is called Govinda.
@@chriscze6153 thank you so much. I’ll search for it when I get there.
I like to get a hotel close to a good restaurant.
Hey guys i know you love Prague and doing videos about this great city, but did you ever thought of making a video about Krakow (Poland) it's a great city with a lot of history (plus an old downtown) an awesome public transport network and an really interesting and nice student district which is directly bordering to the old Jewish ghetto.
@@deadzio
A good answer.
@@deadzio They also made a couple of videos from other cities like Riga or Linz for example and there are also local guides so why not?
@@ivannovotny4552 Not really, Honest Guide made videos (most of them are deletet by now) about many cities in Europe and even one about NYC which has many localy Guides believe me. So thats obviously not an argument against a video about Krakow.
Love the food vlogs!!! Thanks x
This is a very charming city, I hope I can visit again sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
My wife is from Praha, so I am familiar with the town and food. Even before 1989. I always wonder how you guys can eat so many dumplings 😮 For me, two or three slices are enough.
Well, in Czech six dumplings in normal amount for lunch.
@@petrschejbal8756 Hahaha, yes, I know. I always tell the waiter "two dumplings please".
So dissapointed. Cerveny pav more than doubled their pricing. Svickova from 110 to 255czk ...
iam czech, it couldnt cost 110 crowns 2 years agon in Prague, that is bs, it was most likely daily menu and when u came there u saw it on the regular menu. It is a dish that is prepared for very long time, its one of the priciest meals in the country if u dont count steaks and such things. Its just not posible that it was normal price.
Thank you for the content you put out. My wife and I are going on holiday to Prauge in May. Your advice and suggestions are very helpful. Cheers
Oh, this was the guide I was looking for. Thanks, great one!
I was there last year and paid 20 euro for a lunch and beer at the central place :(.
Well it would be nice if you could explore VEG food .
It is probably different now. Was in Czech Republik in 1990 for 10 days and only ate omelettes all the time - no-one, anywhere even understood what vegetarian food was!
No need to fall for tourist traps just because you are on vacation and don't want to be stingy, mate. :)
In Prague, vegetarians are paraded around on flatbed trucks that tour the city so that locals can laugh at them.
@Dany Henriquez In Prague, yes. I'm vege and I have been there.
The beer is fantastic and vegan, by the way, but you have few places to eat.
@Dany Henriquez No, I do not. I was once in a pub/restaurant with some Czech friends and I flipped the menu to the vege section and there was pea soup with ham.
I said, "Wtf?" and my Czech friend said, "A little ham is not really 'meat'."
Their beer is the best, but pigs are in everything else.
@Dany Henriquez It's a joke. He's making fun of the fact that Czech food is mostly meat... Lighten up. Enjoy life.
Well to be fair, there are tons of vegetarian places and options in Prague nowadays.
@@Darwinek Who said anything about being "fair"?
I can try czech food whenever i want. My grandma comes from there.
She's a fantastic cook and made all the fine stuff.
I love it - its with italian food my most loved food.
Love the food videos. Great job on showing the price range and options. I found a lovely neighborhood in the 7th full of culinary treasures. Please showcase in the future to show the world the myriad of choices away from the tourist area. Thanks and hope to visit again soon!
Svetozor! Probably the best place we ate. So good and it brought us back to our childhood