U Medvídků

U Medvídků, "the little bears", is one of the great beer halls of central Prague, on Na Perštýně street, on the edge of the Old Town where it meets Nové Město. The house traces its history to 1466; in the last century the old brewery became Prague's first cabaret and one of its biggest beer halls. Today it has a restaurant, a beer hall, a garden in summer, a hotel on the upper floors and, in the Beer House, a historic microbrewery.

What to order

The draught beer is Budweiser Budvar, the one from České Budějovice, and the cooking is Czech through and through; in the garden, in season, there is a grill. The rarity is the X33, which the microbrewery makes with old techniques and which the house presents as the strongest beer in the world: order it in a small glass and at the end. The brewery shop sells more than thirty beers from Czech and Moravian breweries.

When to go

It is open every day: Monday to Wednesday 11:30 to 23:00, Thursday to Saturday until 23:30 and Sunday 12:00 to 22:00. The garden is open from 28 April to 3 October. There is also a tour with a tasting of the microbrewery, on dates that you request by email.

Getting there

It is at Na Perštýně 7, five minutes' walk from Old Town Square and ten from U Fleků. The nearest metro is Národní třída.