Ideal for a break during a castle tour, this beer house is located in the Strahov Monastery complex.

Managed by the same group behind Café Savoy and La Dégustation Bohême Bourgeoise, Lokal is styled after a Communist-era beer hall with a long, narrow dining room lined with rustic wooden tables. The menu is posted (in Czech only) on light boxes along the wall, which is covered in yellow-lined wallpaper. The food is unapologetic rich Czech cuisine, with all the sausages, meat and dumplings and dark-beer sauces that go with this image. Some may find it gimmicky, others may wonder at the strange nostalgia for Communist days, but everyone agrees that Lokal is a lot of fun and worth visiting for some beer and a very local atmosphere.

Named after the Austrian poet, this Czech restaurant near the National Theater serves traditional cuisine in a cozy, atmospheric dining room. The owners recommend the rabbit (which they raise themselves), but other options include Czech specialties like spicy beef goulash and roasted smoked pork with cabbage and dumplings.

The Blue Duckling, as the name translates, serves up traditional Czech cuisine in a setting of beamed ceilings, Oriental carpets and heavy wood furniture, giving a sense of dining in a 19th-century bourgeois home. Wild-game specialties include flambéed venison with bacon and red-wine sauce, goulash with crackling dumplings and duck prepared a half-dozen ways. Of the two locations, the one in Mala Strana is the more appealing.

This unusual fusion spot in the Old Town serves traditional Czech fare with some influences—and an entire side menu—of Indian cuisine. Results are surprising and delicious and the dining room is comfortable.