Pretty as an art nouveau postcard, Au Gourmand is also the richest little French bakery in town, with savoury baguette sandwiches and quiches on one side, luscious pear tarts...

Steadily growing in floor space and menu length, this comfort-food emporium has been buzzing since San Franciscan Anne Feeley first opened its doors. The reason for its...

There's an expat-friendly, café-style atmosphere to Banditos, where the food runs to Tex-Mex and Southwestern favourites. Try the spicy chicken sandwich, the Caesar salad or...

One of the few theatres with anything resembling a marquee, Oko has made a real stab at becoming one of the city's leading arthouses. Recently, it has become the offical Prague...

Thick, creamy Italian ice-creams and sorbets can be found in this small shop, whose owners have earned local plaudits since its opening. The reason: the incredible flavours,...

Theatre cafés are some of the best spots in Prague in which to surf the culture wave, owing to the city's long-held passion for the stage. This glass fishtank, with dangling...

This jam-packed café has mirrors to improve the opportunities for scrutiny between the absurdly beautiful people who frequent it. Café Café pulls in a gay crowd, but its Staré...

Entering the Imperial is a little like stepping into a Stanley Kubrick film. Its walls and ceiling covered with sculpted porcelain, this incredibly ornate art nouveau shrine...

Student heaven, and - despite its industrial art theme and front room like a fish tank - a comfortable café. With a limited menu and cheap wine, the Indigo has an upbeat and...

Burning rubber in the race to be Prague's hottest café, Lamborghini is a clean, streamlined space with slate grey accents, where you'll be served with killer Italian coffee,...

Popular since the 19th century, this lofty café somehow manages to get away with a garish cream-and-turquoise colour combination, perhaps because it leads to a fine backroom...

On a quiet Belgická street, you'll find one of the city's most serene if threadbare winter hideouts, run by two sisters who serve warming soups and mulled wine to bookish...

One of the last great, old-style coffeehouse bars, this buzzy spot is where Czech literati such as Gustav Meyrink and Franz Werfel tippled before it became a Jazz Age hotspot....

This out-of-the-way café is ideal for a secret rendezvous. Set on a quiet, hard-to-find square, with street tables coming into play during summer, it was the first daytime...