Forty days without meat? These are the best vegetarian restaurants in Prague
The number of vegetarians in the Czech Republic is still growing – currently 5 percent of Czechs prefer a diet excluding meat, up to 10 percent among young people aged 18 to 34. For many vegetarians, Dhaba and Hut are a quick lunch, thanks to which Prague can be found in Europe in a number of vegan restaurants – and for romantic vegetarian dinners there are evergreens Light Head and Maitreya.
If you want to try vegetarianism in at least the next six weeks of the Easter post, or sometimes you need suitable or take clients for a meatless lunch, here is a list of the best vegetarian restaurants in Prague.
Javanese
Machova 22, Prague 2
A popular Indonesian restaurant that has housed people of different nationalities, religions, professions and ages since its founding in 2014 – and that’s exactly how divers guests are. Ingredients from small Czech farms (eggs and tempeh in organic quality) and spices from all over the world are used to prepare meals. Apart from soy sauce, all the spice mixes and basic dishes, including peanut butter, produced in Jávanka yourself – and the preparation of some dishes takes up to 10 hours. The menu is open to both meat fans and vegetarians, vegans and gluten-free people. Be sure to try gado-gado, a traditional Indonesian cooked and raw vegetable salad with peanut sauce.
Eaternia
Nádražní 3, Prague 5
Are you looking for a restaurant where you are exactly there for lunch and in the evening to sit there with draft beer over a burger? Then we have found the right place for you. Vegan dining room coming in the building of the former malt house a few steps from Anděl with a permanent menu that keeps you in the spirit of fast food specialties such as burger with home fries, hot dog, langoustine or Canadian poutine still undiscovered in the Czech Republic. But people who enjoy a healthier lifestyle will also enjoy here – the menu also includes gnocchi, salad, gluten-free bowl and other dishes, which are regularly changed seasonally. Seasonality, locality and work with basic raw materials after semi-finished products at affordable prices are the advantages of Eaternia. In addition to the stylish interior, you can also look forward to a fairtrade drip coffee with a limitless selection of classic desserts.
Pepper
Rumunská 16, Prague 2 + Lidická 42, Prague 5
Paprika offers dishes that Israelis have been used to since they were little. In Israel, you will find hummus, falafel, shakshuku, pita bread, baba ganus, masabach, sabich and various types of sauces at every turn – just like in Paprika. There is also a vegan shavarma on the menu, and on request it is possible to prepare all meals in the vegan version – including sakshuka and sabich sandwich, which in the classic version contain eggs. Meals are prepared fresh every day – including sauces and pita and laffa breads. Most meals are prepared from food that is imported directly from Israel. Both hand wraps and traditional plates are popular, of which Falafelmania is the most popular: seven balls of falafel, hummus, salad and homemade pastries. The owners make sure that the entire range tastes as if it was lovingly prepared right in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem, and believes that people in the Czech Republic deserve to enjoy real fresh hummus and falafel according to family recipes.
Jelica
Na Zlíchově 35, Prague 5
The Serbian restaurant, located not far from the Smíchov club MeetFactory, will celebrate 10 years next year. The owner Radoslav Vučićević decided to bring the secrets of Serbian cuisine to the Czech Republic, but before the opening itself he became a raw food vegan and it did not make sense to open a Serbian restaurant built on meat. The first year, the restaurant was completely vegan and also became the largest raw food restaurant in the world. But because it didn’t prosper so much, they changed their vision to “tolerant food” and Jelice became a place where vegans, vegetarians and carnivores can meet at one table under one roof. It was a great success from the beginning, vegans like to bring their family here to celebrate and they can enjoy baked beans (prebranac), oyster goulash, grilled vegan cheese, but also Serbian classics – čevapi and pljeskavici vegan style. And if you get a taste for something sweet, vegan baklava with nuts and baklava with raspberries according to the family recipe (the owner’s grandmother) will absolutely enchant you.
Clutch
Pernerova 35, Prague 8
Less than a year ago, the construction company Skanska completed the new Praga Studios office building in Karlín, Prague, which also includes the Spojka Karlín restaurant. The local international cuisine is trying to create new flavors that will satisfy vegans, vegetarians, but also meat lovers. The link is moving towards a new and more sustainable direction that is now moving the world: flexitarianism or eat meat in moderation, and if you already eat it, let it be free-range and be treated with care. No industrially processed foods or refined sugar are used in the kitchen, on the contrary, you try to use sprouted legumes and fermented foods. All meals are prepared from scratch using fresh ingredients from local suppliers – including alcohol, in addition to beer from the Záhora microbrewery, the menu also includes Czech whiskey and Czech gin. The restaurant does not transfer its strong philosophy not only to the plate, but also to the interior, which was filled with room flowers by the Czech botanical laboratory Haenke, so 356 beautiful plants hang and stand here in various ways. The interior is in the spirit of international kitchen measurement created from solid materials, but is not afraid to go into color patterns.
Forky’s
Veleslavínova 10, Prague 1
A modern bistro that proves that plant food is not just for vegans. Forky’s goal is to find guests both classic dishes from the Czech Republic and the world, as well as superbowls – rich and nutritious large salad bowls with a high proportion of quinoa, and street food – a healthy fast food formula, which differs from the classic zero cholesterol, high fiber content. , vitamins and minerals and first-class quality of raw materials. Burgers, hot dogs and tortilla wraps completely without animal ingredients are not only healthy and considerate to the environment, but also beautiful and tasty. We recommend having sweet potato and potato chips with a bbq dip with your burger – you will absolutely fall in love. The decoration also includes several famous vegans and vegetarians – you will find celebrities such as Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Johnny Depp and Paul McCartney.
For others
Londýnská 35, Prague 2
Forrest was founded in 2017 by two friends who always wanted to have their own business and spread veganism among “ordinary” people in a non-violent way. The restaurant does not focus on one type of cuisine – guests can go to an exotic buddha bowl, as well as Czech sirloin or goulash in a vegan version. Nevertheless, the bistro does not want to be associated with the term “healthy nutrition”, you will find dishes without soy and gluten-free, so that everyone can really enjoy it here. The most famous dishes on the menu are Phở soup, morning tofu “eggs” and all desserts and cakes. There is also a selection of Nordbeans and Candycane coffee, a fermented kombucha from Projekt Kombucha, Berlimo lemonade and selected teas from Tea Mountain.
Waipawa
Šmeralova 12, Prague 7
Waipawa is famous for its burgers and tortillas, which they started seven years ago at festivals at the nameless stall. Today, he rarely participates in festivals, because he is fully dedicated to the restaurant in Prague’s Letná. Most often, they prepare a classic version of Czech cuisine in a purely vegetable way, so that it tastes good even to people who normally eat meat, or to those who have lost confidence for ethical reasons and not because of its taste. They found that everything could be veganized – even a Spanish bird. Every weekday he cooks soup and two ready-made meals on the lunch menu, in addition, there is also a permanent menu, in which Czech dishes, such as “sirloin” or honest goulash with potato pancakes, rule again.
Nature
Hellichova 14, Prague 1
A small family-run vegetarian café with a garden is located in the courtyard and includes the historic Church of St. Lawrence from the 12th century. Coincidentally, St. Lawrence is the patron saint of chefs. Vegetarian dishes are cooked here, but vegans and people with gluten intolerance also choose here every day. In the summer months, the shady garden is a green oasis in the center of Prague – just a few steps from Charles Bridge on the Lesser Town side. Along with açaí ice cream cocktails and guarana drinks, you can easily hide from the noise of the big city in this refuge. Guests also regularly enjoy desserts such as gluten-free brownies, carrot cake and vegan chocolate cake.
Sandokan
Korunní 81, Prague 2
Bistro in the center of Královské Vinohrady, where they are based on quality ingredients and authentic spices. Customers expect a completely different menu every day, everything is 100% vegan and the vast majority of dishes are sugar-free and gluten-free. Unlike companies with a similar concept, there is no food by weight, but a fixed price per plate. The main focus of the company is traditional Indian cuisine – traveling in India was the impetus for the creation of Sandokana, but the menu is varied and is designed so that everyone can eat here. Foods that are naturally vegan predominate, you won’t find popular “substitutes” here.
Star
Opatovická 17, Prague 1
This restaurant in the heart of Prague is one of Prague’s vegetarian veterans – it has been offering modern vegetarian cuisine since 2012. All meals are prepared with an emphasis on local seasonal ingredients and their gentle processing, which ensures perfect taste. Estrella also brings extraordinary culinary experiences combining Czech and international cuisine through the latest vegetarian trends. In the à la carte menu you will enjoy shio ramen, eggplant tartare, bbq jackfruit brioche and fantastic lavender panna cotta.
Ethnoworld
Legerova 40, Prague 2
The restaurant, which boasts many awards and certificates, is located just a few steps from IP Pavlova. An international team of chefs, led by Czech chef Ondřej Panoš, prepares varied dishes from around the world here every day. Vegetarian and vegan specialties are complemented by a quality selection of wines and cocktails. During the summer it is possible to sit in the courtyard garden and a big plus is also parking for guests right in front of the restaurant. The tasting menus are completely unique – in the current vegetarian you can enjoy chocolate cake, celery velouté with white white and truffle oil, truffle risotto, cauliflower baklava, lime sorbet with limoncell and apple-cinnamon rolls. The vegan menu includes spring rolls with Peking duck, rice curry noodles with smoked tempeh, fried sushi and mango-chocolate mousse.
Weed
Krymská 2, Prague 10
The two-storey restaurant in Crimea, which will celebrate seven years this spring, has been the philosophy of food-free meals from the very beginning, without any dose of spirituality. During one shift, he regularly cooks a Ukrainian cookbook, which is why Ukrainian dishes are on the lunch menu – there are a lot of naturally vegan dishes in Ukraine, you can enjoy varenyky, stuffed pasta bags, and pigeons, baked cabbage rolls. The owner Vojtěch Jílek adds that the most popular is traditionally a burger, probably because people like to test which restaurant has the best imitation meat. Weed makes its own beet and bean burgers, but also uses a very popular burger from France.
satsang
Krymská 24, Prague 10
Satsang in Sanskrit means “living together in the truth” and in this spirit all vegetarian and vegan dishes are prepared in this Vršovice restaurant, which will pleasantly surprise your taste buds in a cozy environment. As in many other restaurants, the vegan burger is a very popular dish. An authentic American brunch, including bottomless coffee, is served daily until 15:00. Satsang is the right place for everyone who wants to slow down and enjoy life to the fullest – both with food and good wine and beer from small breweries.
Vegan Prague
Nerudova 36, Prague 1
The philosophy of this restaurant in Malá Strana is simple and has not changed in four years of fugue: it tries to cook quality and tasty food without animal products. In no way do they consider themselves extremists, on the contrary, they welcome “non-vegetarians” who are trying to show that it is possible to cook great food without raw materials of animal origin without knowing it. The menu lacks fried dishes, the aim of which is to preserve as many nutrients as possible.