Café Imperial
$Opened in 1914, its walls and ceilings are covered in original ceramic tiles and mosaics. Kafka and the composer Leoš Janáček were guests; chef Zdeněk Pohlreich runs it today.
Order: Coffee · Czech classics from the kitchen
World cafés / Europe
Cafés to visit in Czechia
13 cafés in 2 citys. Places change: check opening hours before you go.
Historic
Café Louvre
$Opened in 1902 on the first floor, it drew Franz Kafka, Max Brod and Karel Čapek, and Einstein came while teaching in Prague in 1911–12. After the 1948 coup its fittings were thrown out of the windows; it was rebuilt and reopened in 1992.
Order: Coffee and cake · Breakfast
💡 There is a historic billiard hall at the back.
Café Slavia
$Opposite the National Theatre since 1884, with river views to the castle. Rilke came often, and in the 1970s and 80s it was the haunt of dissidents including Václav Havel and poet Jiří Kolář.
Order: Coffee · Czech desserts
💡 Live piano 5–10 pm daily; ask for a window table facing the Vltava.
Grand Café Orient
$Josef Gočár designed it in 1912 inside the House of the Black Madonna, and it is the only cubist café in the world, down to the lamps and coat racks. It closed after about a decade and reopened, restored, in 2005.
Order: Coffee · Cake from the counter
💡 The Museum of Czech Cubism is on the floors above.
Kavárna Obecní dům
$The Art Nouveau café on the ground floor of the Municipal House, opened in 1912. Czechoslovak independence was declared in the same building in 1918.
Order: Coffee · Cake
Local tradition
Café Savoy
$A Viennese-style café in Malá Strana under a high, historic ceiling; a breakfast café with its own pastry kitchen by day, a French-leaning restaurant in the evening.
Order: Breakfast · Pastries from the house kitchen
💡 Book for weekend breakfast.
Specialty
SKØG Urban Hub
$Described as Brno's largest café, with its own roastery called Rusty Nails.
Order: Espresso · Filter
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
Café Místo
$A big Dejvice café serving coffee from Doubleshot, one of Prague's pioneering roasters, with a full kitchen and stair seating.
Order: Doubleshot filter · Breakfast
💡 Reserve at weekends.
EMA Espresso Bar
$A bright espresso bar near Masarykovo station, pouring coffee from its sister roastery Alf & Bet and visiting roasters.
Order: Espresso · Filter
La Bohème Café
$A Vinohrady café with its own roastery and a spiral staircase.
Order: Filter · Cappuccino
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
Moe studio
$A Holešovice specialty café ranked 90th in Europe's 100 Best Coffee Shops 2026.
Order: Espresso · Filter
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
The Miners JZP
$The first café of a Prague roaster founded in 2019 that now has more than a dozen branches; it ranks 21st in Europe's 100 Best Coffee Shops 2026.
Order: Batch brew · Flat white · Brunch
💡 Brunch is served until 3 pm.
onesip coffee
$A tiny Old Town espresso bar with a low counter and a couple of window seats, often cited for the best espresso in Prague.
Order: Espresso · Filter
💡 Most people drink it on the pavement.
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