Still the city's most soulful venue, this 1927 art deco theatre and coffeehouse is alive and more than kicking in the heart of Žižkov. The Akropolis lives up to its official...

This easily overlooked Malá Strana bar, just a block off the main square, specialises in mambo soundtracks and tropical cocktails. Efforts to expand into a full restaurant...

Duende is Prague-new-Bohemian in a nutshell, attracting low-budget intellectuals from the publishing and film scenes alongside other affable regulars. The Latin-flavoured...

This comfy, well-worn art bar is a trashy, convivial place where pretty much anything goes. Mojitos and tequila gold with orange and cinnamon cocktails make notable...

A peaceful, arty café-bar, with a whimsical loft from which to spy on those in the comfy junk-shop chairs below, this meeting place for the local film community is half work of...

Although it's looking a bit threadbare these days, the Little Goat is still a popular, unpretentious local scene that dwells in a subterranean labyrinth down some metal stairs...

The easily missed entrance to this cellar tapas bar conceals a perpetual sangria party. Owner Ilona oversees the bar, serving tapas such as marinated olives and garlic...

With a massive wine list, strong on Spanish and French labels, this cosy, stone-walled cellar doubles as an upscale restaurant, with delicate, nouvelle treatments of rabbit,...

With a touch of sophistication, a great sense for lighting, discreet back corners and racks and racks of great wines, this is a place for connoisseurs. The Monarch is the place...

Not only an excellent shop but a wine bar as well, Monarch offers more than 25 varieties of cheese to accompany its various offerings to Bacchus. It's a good place to come if...

One of surprisingly few brewpubs in Prague, Novomêstsky Pivovar is a sprawling underground warren with great beer and pub grub, but also busloads of tourists and all the slack...

It's not a mall, it's an entertainment centre. Well, that's how Palladium likes to style itself. It has tons of restaurants (including conveyor belt sushi) and bars, and...

Rough, ready and looking all set to stare down the next century unchanged, this pub prides itself on traditional, rib-sticking Czech pork and dumplings, served with...

The kind of place that you'd find in every suburb of many Western cities, the Wounded Goose is a runaway success in Prague. It offers a better menu and service than a lot of...