Food & drink
Czech cooking, beer halls and where locals actually eat.
Czech food and drink culture runs deeper than the tourist-menu version most visitors see, and this department is built to get you past it — the dishes actually worth ordering, how a traditional beer hall works, and where Prague's newer coffee and vegetarian scene has grown up outside the main squares. Read the cuisine guide first if you're only here for one meal; read all three if food is a real part of the trip for you.
Every Food & Drink guide, so far
Czech cuisine: what to actually order
Hearty, meat-and-dumpling cooking built for cold winters — and worth ordering properly rather than defaulting to whatever's easiest on the menu.
Prague's beer halls, explained
The Czech Republic has one of the highest rates of beer consumption per person in the world, and its pub culture takes that seriously.
Prague's coffee scene
Prague isn't only a beer city. A genuine specialty coffee scene has grown quickly over the last decade, concentrated well outside the main tourist blocks.
A Vinohrady café crawl
Prague's café scene is at its best a short tram ride from the centre. Here's a loose, walkable route through it.
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