A great concert venue that often hosts art exhibitions and varied leftfield dance nights in the underground bars. Look out for the missing brick in the wall which reveals 3 dead bodies under the stairs!

Kubelikova 27, Prague 3
www.palacakropolis.cz

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As the name suggests, it is a club, but also has a bar and meal facilities. The main thing is the 15th century vault where there are concerts on a tiny stage. I heard Lubos Andrst Blues Band in April, and it was simply divine. It is right in the centre of Prague, right behind the Old Town Square. Brilliant night out with good Czech beer and brilliant music.

Tyn 2, Tynska Ulicka, Praha 1; ungelt@jazzblues.cz; www.jazzblues.cz

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Great pub, popular with students, young crowd. Beer garden out back. Stock Czech menu, so smazeny syr, hranolky a tatarka (fried cheese, chips, tartare sauce) is good stuff. Some other good bars in the area, too, including Akropolis club and not far to walk to see the radio/TV tower with statues of babies crawling up it.

Bořivojova 110, Prague 3 Trams 5, 9, 26, 55 and 58 (stop Husinecká).

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Situated very near to Malastranke Namesti, this is a great place to stop and have lunch, or maybe a couple of beers, while exploring the Mala Strana area.

The atmosphere is friendly and inviting; a largish room decorated with frescos/paintings of Prague. At lunch-time it was very busy with a mixture of visitors and locals, all sharing the wooden tables. The general feel is of a good old-fashioned pub/beer hall.

The food is traditional Czech (Fried fillet of fish with tartare sauce
Pork fillet with cheese, Dumplings
Boiled potatoes,Red beet salad)
with a range of main course and smaller dishes. Service was slow with only one – very friendly and charming – waiter/barman serving everyone in the place. However, while you are waiting you can enjoy the dark and light Staropramen beer.

The food, when it arrived, was good quality and at a very reasonable cost. I’d recommend it.

Karmelitska 25, Mala Strana
Very near Malostranske namesti and St. Nicholas Church

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This is possibly my favourite pub/beer hall in Prague. It’s situated very near the Loreto and a short walk from the Castle.

You can’t really see into the pub from the outside so it doesn’t always look like it is open (above the door is a trio of figures in stucco on the façade of the building) but don't be put off as inside is a small traditional beer hall, with long wooden tables and benches lining the walls, serving fantastic Velkopopovicky Kozel beer.

The clientele seems mainly to be locals with a smattering of tourists. It can get quite busy but still retain the sort of relaxed, comfortable atmosphere where at one table someone may be sitting quietly reading the paper while at another a group of colleagues or friends indulge in a lively discussion all seemingly happy and all accompanied, of course, by the wonderful beer.

The pub also serves snack type food such as sausage and mustard, scrambled egg with onion, salted fish, pickled cheese.

Large beers are 21 kr (approx. 0.45 sterling each) food ranges from about 20kr-40kr (0.43 to 0.87 sterling) each

In winter it’s a great place to escape from the cold, in summer a lovely place to rest your feet while exploring Hradcany. Highly recommended.

Loretanske namesti 1, Hradcany
About 30 seconds from the Loreta, 5 to 7 minutes from the Strahov Monastry and 7 to 8 minutes from the gates of Prague Castle

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A pub/restaurant between Betlémské náměstí and Staroměstké náměstí.

Huge beer cellar with good atmosphere, mentioned in The Good Soldier Švejk.

Worth remembering for the fact it serves food very late - up to 1am normally - which is extremely handy to know if you've just arrived in Prague off a late train/plane.

And as an added bonus, the food's both decent and fairly reasonable - expect to pay about CZK 250-300 for a hearty meal plus a beer or two.

Jilská 4, Praha 1. From Můstek station, walk towards Staroměstké náměstí and take 1st left (Rytiřská). At the next crossroads go right up Skořepka to Betlémské náměstí, then right again into Jilská.

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The best jazz club in Prague! OK, so it's the only one I've been to, but it was brilliant - really good live music, waiters serving drinks to people in every nook and cranny of the venue (which was small but it had what could be described as 'character' for want of a less cliched term) - it was everything a jazz club should be. You can also buy CDs from their website - it took me a while to understand it all (there were dubious English translations) but don't give up, it'll be worth it in the end.

Agharta Jazz Centrum
Praha 1, Železná 16
Tel: + 420 222 211 275

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