http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34593 As well as a long and detailed wine list, Red Pif offers a daily food menu including varied meat and fish main courses as well as charcuterie plates for sharing.
Not the cheapest place to drink in Prague (many wines are around 60 czk for a small glass, and there is a corkage charge of 100 czk for drinking in-house), but certainly one of the most trendy. Book ahead – Red Pif only has about 10 tables for diners, and is deservedly busy throughout the week.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34593 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33434 Street level houses a quirky veggie café and a music/video/wine shop. Downstairs is a lounge/restaurant area with the same menu, and a club.
During the daytime enjoy the Radost FX cafe. Set behind large windows facing the street, the cafe has some pretty eclectic decor. Tuck into breakfast from 8-11, or later on enjoy the wide vegetarian menu later in the day. Radost Fx has a truly global menu, boasting dishes from countries including Greece, Italy, India and Thailand as well as some of the best veggie burgers and 'slaw ever. Food is available all day.
The same menu is available in the longue area downstairs, which is complimented by a great bar and live music at the weekends - well into the small hours.
I especially love the shop area on street level next to the cafe. As well as videos, DVDs and wine, this cosy shop offers an ever changing selection of vintage and contemporary music on vinyl.
There’s something for everyone here, at any time of day.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33434 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32502 Like a much-loved teddy bear, local favourite Dobra Trafika is a little worn around the edges, which makes local residents love it even more.
The menu includes several pages of teas and coffees, cakes and delicious stuffed pitta breads, at cheap-as-chips prices.
Delightfully scruffy, living-room-cosy and great value.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32502 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32313 A very fresh interior with blocks of pastel colours on the walls is complemented by genuine Art Deco tables, chairs and light fittings.
Attracting Prague’s young hipsters, this café is a great place to relax any time of day, offering a good breakfast menu (including excellent scrambled eggs), salads, toasted sandwiches, pastries and generous portions of cake. Kaaba also offers an excellent range of coffee and other soft drinks and has a well-stocked bar.
Offers free WiFi and friendly staff.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32313 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32005 claim on the author’s custom.
The bar, which occupies two cosy rooms, has a classic American bar feel: walls lined with bottles of spirits, lots of dark wood, leather furniture and soft lighting. Hemingway’s boasts an impressive and modern cocktail menu,
presented by very knowledgeable staff. The bar is particularly proud of its rum selection – it offers over 100 bottles – and its absinthe offerings.
The menu, like the bar itself, manages to be simultaneously comfortably familiar and strikingly modern. My personal favourite is the Jasmine Tea Cup – gin infused with jasmine tea, with lime cordial and fresh lime served,
brilliantly, in a china tea cup.
Lovely for an after dinner drink a la deux, or tres cool for drinks with the girls. Subtle glamour in the heart of Prague.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32005 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31667 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31667 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31639 U Sudu is a great little bar on Vodičkova (just off Wenceslas Square) that is always open until the small hours. Chiefly a wine bar (although it also serves beer), U Sudu sprawls downwards like a vertical maze over several floors with each level having its own bar (and some table-football tables).
Warm and toasty but also rather smoky, it gets busy and can be a little claustrophobic, so possibly not somewhere to bring your parents.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31639 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31213 Book a table ahead as Roberts often closes at the weekend (but is very happy to stay open for small groups).]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31213 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31210 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31210 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/30066 It has Happy Hours, 4-6pm, where the already cheap Czech beer costs only 25 Crowns(80p).]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/30066 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26853 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26853 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/25748 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/25748 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/24200 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/24200 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/21179 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/21179 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/21126 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/21126 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16932
It's also good if you need to to save money and have a private room if you are just passing through the city and need a place you can rely on for a cheap room which is clean.

This guest house happens to have a tiny coffee shop and bar which stays open all night every night and is really cheap. You can relax with tea or coffee, beers, wine, cognacs or becherovkas back in your room at any time.

I recommend this place. I have nearly always got a room when enquiring on the same day (it is a quite a large guest house). The price is around £11 to £14 for a room for one person per night with very clean common shower and loo.

For those who don't know the city and especially for those to whom the central places are familiar, for the lowest budget place to stay the guest house is ideally placed. It is around eight to ten minutes on a tram from near the guest house to central areas. Around it are a few interesting bars and cafes. There aren't very many tourists around here though the area is quite nice and fresh if you know Prague, except backpackers and younger travellers are noticeable as Sir Toby's travel hostel, Extoll Inn, a few other guest houses and a Czech H.I. travel hostel are around here.

The river where it bends is just over five minutes walk away and it is a pleasant walk into the centre along the riverside from near Pension Vltava. Set aside a couple of hours for a great walk across the river, away from the city, to a leafy part on the outskirts of the city, to the Trojska Chateau gallery and courtyard cafe in summer, Prague Zoo and the lovely Botanic Gardens.

It is ideal to walk here, if you have the time, and better than taking a tram, though you can eaily go by tram. Either way, it is a quiet part of the city which is lovely and I really recommend it.

A good walk away of over ten minutes is the nice Cafe Lisbon on the main riverfront road, which has characteristic pizzas especially and is good for drinking at. Just over ten minutes in the opposite direction, toward Stromovka park, is the Absolut Hotel which has an unpretentious and quite minimalist, pleasant bar and restaurant. The Mecca Music Club is a few minutes walk from the guest house. Not far, good food at a good price in the restaurant of Hotel Henry, U Papírny.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16932 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15247 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/15247 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/5805 It was busy on the Wednesday night we went, but we had no trouble finding a table in the cellar bar, which turns into a dance club later on. This bar attracts plenty of locals, which is always a good sign, the staff are also very friendly, not always a Prague strong point. Wonderful!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/5805 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/5359 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/5359 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3562 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3562