Cafés and restaurants - The Rough Guide to Prague - page 275

sandwiches, toasties and a few hot dishes. Mon-Fri 8.30am-10pm, Sat 9am-10pm, Sun
10am-10pm.
Daruma Trojanova4 603193505, darumatea.cz ; metroKarlovonáměstí; map . Sample
around fifty types of tea at this cellar teahouse with a homely atmosphere, board games,
changing art exhibitions on the walls and laidback staff. Mon-Fri 11am-10pm, Sat & Sun
2-10pm.
FriendsCoffeeHouse Palackého7 272049665, milujikavu.cz ; metroMůstek; map .
Large, modern, multi-spaced coffeehouse with an attractive winter garden, heart-pumping
brews,artexhibitionsandalibrary.Thelocation,justoffWenceslasSquare,isnotbadeither.
Mon-Fri 11am-10pm, Sat & Sun 2-10pm.
Louvre Národní 22 224 930 949, cafelouvre.cz ; metro Národní třída; map . Swish
turn-of-the-twentieth-century café with a long pedigree and still a very popular refuelling
spotforPrague'sshoppers.Highceiling,mirrors,dailypapers,decent,inexpensivefood,lots
of cakes, a billiard hall and window seats overlooking Národní; note, though, that the large
smoking area is not divided from the rest of the dining area. Mon-Fri 8am-11.30pm, Sat &
Sun 9am-11.30pm.
Marathon Černá 9 777 692 932, marathoncafe.cz ; metro Karlovo náměstí; map . Hid-
den gem “library café” in the university's 1920s-style religious faculty, tucked well away
from the tourists in the backstreets south of Národní třída. Mon-Fri 10am-midnight, Sat
6pm-midnight.
Slavia Smetanovo nábřeží 2 224 218 493, cafeslavia.cz ; metro Národní třída; map .
Don't be put off by the big Coca-Cola stickers in the windows here - Slavia is still Prague's
top café, as it has been since the 1920s. It pulls in a mixed crowd from shoppers and tourists
to old-timers and the pre- and post-theatre mob. Come here fora coffee and the view (not the
food or the scary service). Mon-Fri 8am-midnight, Sat & Sun 9am-midnight.
Svatováclavská cukrárna Václavská pasáž, Karlovo náměstí 6 224 916 774,
vaclavska-cukrarna.cz ; metro Karlovo náměstí; map . Join the local pensioner posse for a
glass of cheap Turkish coffee and a slice of strudel at this busy cukrárna within the glass-
roofed Václavská pasáž. Mon-Fri 8am-7pm, Sat & Sun from 9am.
U sv Vojtěcha Vojtěšská 14 607 591 493, uvojtecha.cz ; metro Karlovo náměstí; map .
Lively coffee place not far from the Národní divadlo and Žofín, with big windows that open
out onto the street in summer. Mon-Fri 8am-11pm, Sat 10am-10pm, Sun 10am-8pm.
Velryba (The Whale) Opatovická 24 224 931 444, kavarnavelryba.cz ; metro Národní
třída; map . Long-established, grungy but authentic hippie-student hangout opposite the
church of sv Michala, serving Žatec beer, cheap pasta and lots of meat (mains 100-220Kč).
Mon-Fri 11am-midnight, Sat 5pm-midnight.