Who can recommend a few breweries or family friendly pubs in Prague, Vienna, or Budapest? Looking for relaxed, non tourist areas, but English is my best language. My French and German are most likely painful for all involved.
Prague, Vienna, and Budapest recommendations
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For those who may be reading for their own trip, here’s what I can confirm so far:
Prague
Overcharging is a common practice from my experience in Prague. Best bet for anything is get a price up front, then offer half. Just assume everyone is lying and call them out on it when you can prove it ( see Restaurace Spirit Bar). Stick to AAA cabs with meters. It’s easily walkable everywhere ( 16 miles in 2 days with a group with ages from 4 - 71.
Restaurace U Šumavy- good food, good beer, good prices and good service
Pardubická pivnice u Járy- no real comment on anything other than service- night 1: refused to seat us as a party of 8 (pushing 2 4 tables together), Night 2- closed kitchen earlier than 7:30, advertised 8, but friendly.
Restaurace Spirit Bar - Prague 3- good beer, good food, terrible service and overcharged 70 Czks by adding a bar service to the ticket. Table of 5, drinks and apps only.
Cafe Imperial- I won’t recommend or go back. Wasn’t bad, but I couldn’t figure out what the vibe was. Tourist trap? Mid scale dining? Good service, skip the House Imperial...too much toasted malt
U Fleku- oldest brewery= tourist trap. Lots of tours stop here. Good dark beer, overpriced. Mediocre food,pushy service and DONT TAKE THE SAMPLES! You’ll be charged for a shot of bad almond liquor.
Ferdinand- Yes! Great Beer, Great Service, Okay to Good food. Recommend
Ariston Hotel- Yes. Good rate, great breakfast and front staff will hook you up with Pilsner Urquell for cheap (1-2 usd). Plus side, Pizza place next door has a cool backyard patio and pours a few Czech beers plus bottles
Vienna-
Sopherl am Naschmarkt- Great Schnitzels- Garlic Pork and Fried Turkey. Great Salads. Service was awesome. Open late. Chef/cook came out and spoke with us, beer and wine were great. Very welcoming.
More to come
Prague
Overcharging is a common practice from my experience in Prague. Best bet for anything is get a price up front, then offer half. Just assume everyone is lying and call them out on it when you can prove it ( see Restaurace Spirit Bar). Stick to AAA cabs with meters. It’s easily walkable everywhere ( 16 miles in 2 days with a group with ages from 4 - 71.
Restaurace U Šumavy- good food, good beer, good prices and good service
Pardubická pivnice u Járy- no real comment on anything other than service- night 1: refused to seat us as a party of 8 (pushing 2 4 tables together), Night 2- closed kitchen earlier than 7:30, advertised 8, but friendly.
Restaurace Spirit Bar - Prague 3- good beer, good food, terrible service and overcharged 70 Czks by adding a bar service to the ticket. Table of 5, drinks and apps only.
Cafe Imperial- I won’t recommend or go back. Wasn’t bad, but I couldn’t figure out what the vibe was. Tourist trap? Mid scale dining? Good service, skip the House Imperial...too much toasted malt
U Fleku- oldest brewery= tourist trap. Lots of tours stop here. Good dark beer, overpriced. Mediocre food,pushy service and DONT TAKE THE SAMPLES! You’ll be charged for a shot of bad almond liquor.
Ferdinand- Yes! Great Beer, Great Service, Okay to Good food. Recommend
Ariston Hotel- Yes. Good rate, great breakfast and front staff will hook you up with Pilsner Urquell for cheap (1-2 usd). Plus side, Pizza place next door has a cool backyard patio and pours a few Czech beers plus bottles
Vienna-
Sopherl am Naschmarkt- Great Schnitzels- Garlic Pork and Fried Turkey. Great Salads. Service was awesome. Open late. Chef/cook came out and spoke with us, beer and wine were great. Very welcoming.
More to come
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BruceH
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Thanks for the insight. People of the future will search and find this review. It's helpful imo.
sounds like a great trip, enjoy! Bumping to see if anyone else has any recommendtations!
Actually, I'm going to send a note to my friend Ron who leads trips and see if he has any recommendations.
Actually, I'm going to send a note to my friend Ron who leads trips and see if he has any recommendations.
from my friend:
Only Prague. Everything in Europe is family friendly. In Prague, visit the classic U Fleku, one of the Czech Republics oldest breweries and I think the oldest in Prague. Known for their malty dark lager (only beer they make). A cool stop with kids would be a new, small brewery on a boat, Lod Pivovar. Great food too. You can eat on the top deck and watch the boats go by, then walk down to the lower deck and see the little brewery.
Only Prague. Everything in Europe is family friendly. In Prague, visit the classic U Fleku, one of the Czech Republics oldest breweries and I think the oldest in Prague. Known for their malty dark lager (only beer they make). A cool stop with kids would be a new, small brewery on a boat, Lod Pivovar. Great food too. You can eat on the top deck and watch the boats go by, then walk down to the lower deck and see the little brewery.
