Pubs and bars - The Rough Guide to Prague - page 287

TOP 5 TRADITIONAL PUBS
U černého vola
U hrocha
U kocoura
U Rudolfina
U zlatého tygra
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Blatnička Michalská 5; metro Můstek; map . Long-established wine shop where you can
drink straight from the barrel, take away or head next door to the popular basement vinárna
for more wine and inexpensive snacks. Daily 11am-11pm.
Ice Pub Karlovy Lázně, Smetanovo nábřeží icepubprague.cz ; tram #17, #18 or #24 to
Karlovy Lázně; map . Pay your 200Kč (entry includes one drink), don your special coat
and gloves and enter Prague's chilliest pub (temperature kept permanently at -7˚C) where
everything, even the shot glasses, is made of ice. Daily noon-5am.
JamesJoyce UObecníhodvora4 224818851, jamesjoyceprague.cz ; metroStaroměst-
ská; map . The best of Prague's Irish pubs, with Irish staff, an open fire, draught Kilkenny
and Guinness and decent Irish-themed food. Mon-Thurs & Sun 11am-12.30am, Fri & Sat
11am-2am.
Kozička Kozí 4 224 818 308, kozicka.cz ; metro Staroměstská; map . Busy, designer
bare-brick cellar bar with cheap Czech food, tucked away just a short walk from Staroměst-
ské náměstí. Mon-Thurs 4pm-4am, Fri 5pm-4am, Sat 6pm-4am, Sun 7pm-3am.
U medvídků Na Perštýně 7 224 211 916, umedvidku.cz ; metro Národní trída; map .
A Prague beer hall going back to the thirteenth century and little changed since then (make
sureyouturnrightwhenyouenter,andavoidthebartotheleft).Brewsitsownseriesofbeer
and offers a very cheap lunch menu for central Prague (mains less than 100Kč). Mon-Sat
11.30am-11pm, Sun 11.30am-10pm.
UVejvodů Jilská4 224219999, restauraceuvejvodu.cz ; metroNárodnítřída; map . This
atmospheric vaulted beer hall is now one of Pilsner Urquell's very successful chain of pubs,
serving expensive upmarket pub food. Mon-Thurs 10am-3am, Fri & Sat 10am-4am, Sun
10am-2am.
Uzlatéhotygra(TheGoldenTiger) Husova17 uzlatehotygra.cz ;metroStaroměstská;
map . Small central pivnice , always busy with locals and tourists trying to get a seat; the late
writer and bohemian Bohumil Hrabal was a semi-permanent resident and still has a seat re-
served for him (he died in 1997). Daily 3pm-midnight.