Fine dining and eateries serving Italian cuisine in Prague are easy to find, as any good restaurateur knows that Italian cuisine just so happens to be a constant crowd pleaser when it comes to wining and dining. Italian cuisine and Italian restaurants in Prague are often as widespread as Czech food, just walk the winding cobblestone streets so typical of the city and you will see Prague pizzerias on every corner. Italian cuisine with its emphasis on fresh quality ingredients and simple yet complex flavors continues to capture the hearts and stomachs of food lovers round the world. Italian cuisine is easy to come by in the heart of Prague and these are our favorite establishments as they are committed to making, serving and respecting traditional Italian cuisine and food customs. All of the Italian restaurants in Prague listed below are complete with descriptions, photographs, maps and contact information.
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If you wish to taste delectable and authentic Italian fare in a modern and sleek setting, head to CottoCrudo at the Four Seasons Hotel Praha! CottoCrudo is an exciting new Italian eatery where you can sample not only the best of Italy’s culinary cooked offerings but also a lovely offering of high quality cold Italian treats. . At CottoCrudo Executive Chef...
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La Finestra in Cucina restaurant is the younger sibling of the popular Aromi-Enoteca Con Cucina restaurant and the Aromi-la Bottega shop. These two fine establishments are the masterminds of Riccardo Lucque, an Italian chef with extensive international experience who specializes...
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Divinis is a cozy intimate restaurant serving excellent Northern Italian cuisine and top-notch wines. The menu is small, but prominent Czech Chef Zdeněk Pohlreich, who uses only fresh imported ingredients from the sun-drenched Mediterranean, makes the dishes expertly and with love. Aside from the seasonal main menu, which features among other delicious delicacies Osso bucco with braised vegetables and capers, Braised Veal with Marsala...
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Located in the heart of Old Town in the gorgeous Jewish Quarter is Amici Miei, a warm and inviting establishment that beckons you to enjoy fine and authentic Italian food and fine wine. Amici Miei uses only the highest quality, freshest ingredients, promising healthy, light cuisine. The staff at Amici Miei takes...
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If the name of this restaurant is true, life is beautiful. You will certainly feel this way when the staff of this restaurant takes you on a culinary expedition across different regions of Italy and will show you some of the gems hidden under the general term Italian cuisine, it is much more varied than you had expected. What is more, all this exciting exploration will be possible without leaving the streets of Prague's Old Town....
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A very pleasant Italian restaurant with excellent Italian food for very reasonable prices, Osteria da Clara is located in Prague's Vršovice. It is a small restaurant with a true family atmosphere where you will be always be welcomed by the pleasant staff and will always enjoy delicious food. The owner and chef of the restaurant is an Italian with experiences from restaurants in Tuscany. The secret of the dishes served at Osteria da...
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It is often emphasized that Mediterranean cuisine is both delicious and good for you, being neither too rich nor too heavy. Since 2005 it has been possible to experience this combination right in the heart of the beautiful Prague quarter of Vinohrady. In the vicinity of the architectural masterpiece of Joze Plecnik, the Church of the...
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Wine Restaurant Monarch is the right place for those who refuse to settle for average, as the restaurant is exceptional in all respects. The renowned Wine Restaurant Monarch is located in a restored Art Nouveau building in the picturesque cobbled V Kolkovně Street in Prague's Josefov, giving it just the right atmosphere. Choose from a wide range of excellent wines of all price categories from around 15 different countries. Its list...
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One of the things that might strike you about Prague is how popular Italian food is; there is quite literally, a pizzeria on almost every corner. Unfortunately, the quality is often quite poor and in nine out of ten cases the food offered should really be called Czech-Italian instead of traditional Italian. It is therefore always a pleasant surprise to discover a true original in a deep sea of bad replicas, a real Italian restaurant...
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As you might have noticed, the number of authentic Italian and Czech inspired Italian restaurants in Prague is not exactly small, however, we predict that Aldente Trattoria Italiana with its affordable dishes of simple delicacy presented in a menu that changes every 14 days and its warm and friendly atmosphere will win your heart. Designed in the traditional Italian rural style with checkered table clothes and colorfully decorated...
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Do you wish to experience true Italian cuisine in the heart of Prague? Then you will certainly find what you are craving at the pizzeria and restaurant Ristorante Italiano Al Minuto. The pizzeria and restaurant is called Italian Restaurant At the Minute as it is situated in a protected house called the House at the Minute, known for its impressive...
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Located in the residential area of Prague 9 is the wonderful Ristorante Prosecco, an exciting establishment where you can sample delicious Italian cuisine from all different regions of Italy under the supervision of executive chef Dušan Jakubec, sous-chef Petr Bednář and their team of collaborators. The interior of the restaurant was inspired by the beauty of the Tuscan countryside in combination with modern architecture, and features...
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Located on a quiet residential street in Prague 6 is Da Emanuel, one of Prague’s hidden gems that serves some of the best Italian cuisine the city has to offer. The nautical interior, inspired by owner Emanuele Ridi’s childhood in Elba, is an intimate space complete with a brick vaulted ceiling, small cozy tables and al fresco seating on the quiet street. Once you sit down at this attractive establishment you will be treated...
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Ristorante Carmelita is a bustling restaurant located in Mala Strana on the main thouroughfare of Ujezd, situated in a large building that features a warm and cozy cellar with a large pizza oven and a large fish tank, an airy upper floor with a bar and outdoor seating (weather permitting), making Carmelita a top choice when sightseeing in Lesser Town. The pizzeria is very popular with tourists and locals alike as the prices are quite...
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Located in the heart of Prague’s attractive Old Town is La Bottega di Finestra, an authentic Italian bistro that offers an array of Italian goods to go and delicious light meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner. If you long to sample the best products that the gorgeous country of Italy has to offer, La Bottega di Finestra is the top bistro in Prague to visit. Opened in January of 2012 and operated by Riccardo Lucque and Ondřej...
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Located in the quiet residential quarter of Vinohrady, which is famous for its Art Nouveau architecture, is Mozaika, a popular restaurant that blends exotic recipes and spices with traditional cooking making a literal mosaic of fragrant flavors and colors. This popular newly reconstructed cellar restaurant located only a few steps from náměstí Jiřího z Poděbrad features a menu that packs a wide variety of flavors that will have you...
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If you fancy a delicious pizza made from scratch while wandering around the center of town, head over to Pizzeria Kmotra, Prague’s oldest pizzeria! Choose from over 30 kinds of pizza prepared in front of you in traditional wood-fired ovens by experienced chefs. Pizzeria Kmotra also offers a lovely variety of warm and cold starters, soups, pasta dishes, large salads, meat specialties with chicken, pork and salmon, tasty desserts...
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Located a bit further afield than the center of Prague, but nonetheless an easy metro ride and a short bus ride away, La Trattoria T will make you want to go the extra mile to sample their delicious authentic Tuscan cuisine made by Italian trained chefs. You definitely need to make reservations for this restaurant as it is most often packed full of hungry clients happily sipping on Italian wine and sampling fresh handmade pastas...
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Pizzeria Grosseto is one of the most popular Italian food chains in Prague. Offering locations in Dejvice (the original location), Vinohrady (The interior is fun with a mural of Sienna on the walls and striped kelly green and navy blue Venetian poles to tie your gondola to), Pruhonice and Brumlovka, Pizzeria Grosseto covers a good amount of ground across the city. These popular restaurants are always packed for lunch and dinner and...
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Situated in the intriguing area close to the Vltava River, Palackého náměstí and Vyšehrad, an ancient landmark in Prague is the delightful Oliva Restaurant and cafe. Oliva features an airy and fresh interior with emphasis on the color green, friendly atmosphere and delicious Mediterranean cuisine. This restaurant, operated by a young married couple Světlana Červenková and Peter Červenka with a shared passion for good...
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Located in bustling New Town close to Wenceslas Square, St. Longin Rotunda (one of the oldest buildings in the city of Prague) and the pretty St. Stephan Church is the popular Bresto Wine Bar & Café. Bresto specializes in two things, wine and coffee. The establishment offers a wide assortment of the best international wines including the drink of the gods from France, Italy, Chile, Argentina, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, 13...
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Enjoy the most attractive and tasty recipes of Mediterranean cuisine in a restaurant in the very heart of Josefov, near the exclusive Parizska Boulevard, and explore a very pleasant part of this Euro-Asian cultural heritage. Upon entering IL Primo you will be seated in a comfortable armchair by a friendly waiter whose optimism is genuine and whose smile does not disappear even when he is serving you. Before reading the menu, notice...
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U divadla Pizzeria that is not only because of its children's corner suitable for parents with children can be found in Libeň in Prague 8. The restaurant offers meals of Italian cuisine, pizzas made in wood fired oven, homemade pasta and salads. Besides the children's corner the pizzeria also features a playground with slides, seesaws and toys for children, a projection screen, billiards and even an indoor...
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