Guide in Prague

hey hey Bob
livingprague.com
jason has been mentioned many times here, great guy, friends had him few years ago
aloha

Thanks. I've checked his website and sent him an email for more info/detail on a tour.

Bob

We used the Naked Tour Guide and were very pleased

Just stopped in to say Jason was great for our group of 5 last December!

Another vote for Jason.
When we used him several years ago, he was a "one man" Tour Company; the person who led the tour.

Mumbling & Stumbling, unfortunately Naked Tours have gone out of buisness.

Looks like Jason's the Man!

Bob

You're in luck, Jason is terrific! I took two walking tours with him in Prague and saw and learned things that I hadn't discovered on my own during a prior visit.

Well, if I still have people's attention, any favorite restaurants? We'll be there 3 nights.

We also used the Naked Tour guide, but they are not in business anymore.

A couple restaurants that we had great meals at include Mistral Cafe for brunch, Giovanni Pizzaria, Restaurant Bredovsky Dvur, and Bila Krava.

Bredovsky Dvur, I can highly recommend this place as mentioned by mikliz97, but where are you staying and we can maybe suggest places nearby.

We haven't made our reservations yet, but think we will be at the Art Nouveau Palace Hotel

Bob

Bredovsky Dvur is less than a 2 minute walk from that hotel and there are numerous places to eat all within a 5 minute walk

UncleGus--I think it was you that recommended this restaurant to me:)

could well be , I have been in there many times and was there with Jason and his wife a few years ago, it is a great place, not the cheapest place about but great food and great beer.

Thanks for all the recommendations for my tours. Just to note that the goulash at Bredovsky Dvur is spicy because it contains chopped chilli. This is not usual in Prague where a chilli is normally on the side. My own favourite meal here is called KANČÍ (boar) and they do a version here which is slices of meat with a side of mashed potatoes mixed with onion.

I too can heartily recommend Jason from Living Prague tours- because of our travel dates, we could not take advantage of the small group tours, but were able to work with Jason to design a custom private tour, and it was worth every penny! He also helped us with a recommendation for private transport that was perfect! Don't miss his Prague tips on his website, which are also very helpful. You will enjoy a vibrant, fun tour with Jason.

I love you guys. Thanks for all the recommendations and other feedback.

Bob

There are others reading this post who are also interested in restaurant recommendations,
Uncle Gus, Jason of LivingPrague: can you recommend other restaurants?
When we were in Prague several years ago, meals in the restaurants we chose all looked the same. Food on our plate were all in varying shades of brown.

It's not so much recommending restaurants as it is making people aware of what is on the menu. You're absolutely right in that tourists will be drawn primarily to goulash or beef sirloin (svíčkova) served with bread dumplings which is definitely going to be 50 shades of brown. Look for other things on the menu like a cut of meat called Krkovice (pork neck) which is nice when roasted. Look for Uzena (smoked pork) which is usually served with spinach. Duck and rabbit should be roasted and have red cabbage as a side. Look for Vepřové Medailonky (pork medallions) and "kotlety" (pork cutlets) but especially look in the "sides" section which will give you options for bringing colour onto the plate. Most places will offer roasted/grilled vegetables as a side. Some may offer Karlovarsky dumplings which are the herb dumplings with little green flecks. There will also be different sauces to try. In general food on a plate will look better "pečené" (roasted) as opposed to "vařené" (boiled).

Jason is a guide in Prague and is there most of the time, I visit Prague several times a year, we have been friends for many years .I personally tend to eat more in pubs and micro breweries most of which are away from the city center.Food does often look very similar but can taste quite different,one of the problems is that the czech restautrants tend not to serve much in the way of vegetables apart from various form of cabbage or pickled peppers and a few raw onions, roasted veg (mainly peppers) can also be got as a side dish i I do that some times and when eating with friends we often order a separate salad just to break things up.
The choice of meats can be much wider than many other countries as Jason mentions Boar (a favourote of mine) duck ,goose ,chicken, pork, rabbit , venison and much less so beef (beef tartare is often available) .lamb is seldom seen.
I sometimes visit Italian or Turkish/lebanese style places and even recently a Georgian place ( can't remember the name as I was there for a friends 60th birthday and got the bit worse for wear).
there are a lot of newer cafes around doing a wide range of food, I don't tend to use these as i travel to Prague to drink the beer and am very happy to eat czech food for the time i am in the city regardless of what shade of brown it is.

Jason: Thank you for taking the time to explain items on a restaurant's menu we could look for. We will be in Prague late August at the beginning of a Rick Steves' tour. We will try to find items that add more color to our plate...especially vegetables.
Uncle Gus: Pubs and micro breweries, huh? That would make my husband very happy. On our last visit to Prague we took the tram to the brewery at the Brevnovsky Klaster and had a delicious meal there. I actually had green beans as part of my meal. So I guess my plate wasn't always shades of brown.

Klasterini senk in the Brevnov monastery area has some of the best food you will get in the city, always busy especially at the weekend. There are probably several new micro breweries in the city since you last visited. I love going to them, have a nice meal then go through the beer list.
https://www.praguebeergarden.com/pubs/category/microbreweries
this will list a few, one of my favourites is Cobolis and it is right outside the metro stop at Ladvi so very easy to find. Lod Pivovar is on a boat on the river, really nice, limited menu but good food and lovely beers. Pivovar Narodni is fairly central, only has 2 or 3 beers on tap but does a more moderen take on czech food you might even get some veg.Vinohradsky Pivovar does soem of the best beer around and their food again is a modern twist on czech classics, still need more veg though but I like that place.Pivovar marina Holesovice, good place and they also had a Thai menu (thai staff too) which was very good but not sure if they still do it as I have not been in since before Covid struck.

Uncle Gus: Thanks for the good word on the food at Klasterini senk. We have a couple of days before our tour begins, so our goal during that time might be finding fun places to eat, since we explored the "main sights" of Prague on our last visit. The main item on my list to see is the Astronomical Clock, since it was being restored on our last visit.
I can convince my husband to go anywhere...if there is good beer involved. He just likes sampling beers from different countries. Of course, he would be married to someone like me who doesn't even like the smell of beer.