The Two Best Restaurants in Prague and five others

Problem:
Where to find great food at reasonable prices?

Answers:
I have eaten at only seven restaurants, pubs and cafes in Prague but here are my findings:

The two best:
Joint firsts for both views and in our opinion Michelin quality food: I went to both on my last day in Prague.

!a Ginger and Fred
The Dancing House
About £60 for two if you choose a main course and dessert and one glass of wine each and bottled still water. Views over the river and city from the third floor in a weird building.
Cheaper choice - you could also have a drink in the bar. Romantic. Ideal for romantic dinners, architects and artists. Unique. Special. Triple creme brûlée dessert. (Separate post later.)

1b Oblaca (meaning clouds)
The Zizkov TV Tower
More expensive. The third floor but many metres up in the sky, a bit like the Shard.
Cheaper choice, observation deck and food from kiosk. To impress. Ideal for techie and scientific types and business lunches. Like the Shard. (Separate post later.)
www.tower park.cz

2 The Riverside Restaurant
Food was expensive and nothing special. But you are down by the river with the weir gushing water behind you.
Conveniently right under the end of the Charles Bridge.

3 The restaurant beside the Kafka Museum.
Just an odd doorway, inside full of funky stuff like an old gramophone. Potato soup in a bread bowl. Czech version of a British pub with themed decor. Good for a one course quick lunch.

4 The Golden Star Hotel
www.hotelgoldenstar.cz
Brilliant breakfasts. Stay at the hotel. We had one dinner on Christmas Eve, not as delightful as the breakfasts. Must have the creme cheese topped bun, like a cheesecake combined with a bun. You can make yourself a bucks fizz from orange juice and Prosecco at breakfast. We also received a glass of Prosecco when checking in to the hotel. The tea choices at breakfast and in the room included carry and yogurt by Pickwick brand, now my favourite.

www.hotelgoldenstar.avehotels.cz

5 (Details to be added later - near the YMCA - Toastmasters Business speakers club of Prague go there after meetings every Monday all year, inclusion bank holidays - we went on Boxing day. Soup in a bread bowl, smaller than the one near the Kafka museum. Huge downstairs basement with long tables, good for groups.

6 Chocolate Wine
Free taste of chocolates at their shops in several locations. One just a few steps from this cafe. The cafe is a few steps away beyond the chocolate shop on the left going downhill from the Golden Star hotel.

Tips:
Walk past the Dancing house on the riverside. If booking a meal, take your own watercolours and drawing pencils.
If your budget allows, have drinks, dinner or stay in the hotel in the same Dancing House building. The restaurant serves the hotel breakfast.
Check out all the restaurants on TripAdvisor - if you've got endless time. Read before your trip.

Ginger & Fred
Tancici dum
Jiraskovo namesti 6
120 00 Praha 2
tel: +420 221 984 160
www.ginger-fred-restaurant.cz

Wishlist
Still to try:
Choco Story
Celetna 10 Prague 1, (25 metres from Old Town Square).
Tel: +420 224 242 953
www.choco-story-praha.cz

NB it should be C h o c o story but predictive text sneaks up and changes the word to choice.

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