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Cafe Savoy

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Official Review

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What it is

A grand cafe in Mala Strana, Prague, under a restored 1893 neo-Renaissance ceiling, with a bakery counter and a breakfast menu served from opening.

Why travelers eat here

For the ceiling and the breakfast, in that order. It is the best-preserved cafe interior in the city that functions as an ordinary cafe rather than a monument.

What is genuinely good

A restored 1893 ceiling, early weekday opening, serious baking, and a takeaway counter for the same pastries at a fraction of the sit-down bill.

Downsides

Expensive by Prague standards. Weekend queues. Across the river from the Old Town, though that is also part of its appeal.

Best for

Anyone who values a breakfast room, and anyone walking between the Charles Bridge and Petrin who wants a reason to stop.

Consider eating elsewhere if

You want cheap Czech food. This is a Viennese-style grand cafe and priced accordingly.

Practical advice

Go on a weekday morning when it opens at 08:00, which is the only time the room is calm. Look up before you order. Use the bakery counter if the sit-down price is more than you want to pay.

Prices and reservations

A la carte, continental breakfast 535 CZK. Reservations taken and worth making at weekends.

Getting there

Tram to Ujezd, then two minutes on foot. It is about ten minutes' walk from the Charles Bridge.

Where it sits

Vitezna Street in Mala Strana, at the Ujezd end below Petrin hill, across the river from the National Theatre.

How long to allow

An hour.

The RuinMyTrip verdict

Go at eight on a weekday for breakfast and look at the ceiling. If the price stings, buy pastry at the counter instead.

Sources
  • The continental breakfast is 535 CZK. source
  • It opens Monday to Friday 08:00 to 22:00 and Saturday to Sunday 09:00 to 22:00. source

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Official Review

Written by RuinMyTrip Editorial from published research and official sources, not from a personal trip. It is not a traveler review and is never counted in the community rating. How we research.

★★★★★

Five Hundred and Thirty-Five Crowns for Breakfast Under a Neo-Renaissance Ceiling

Cafe Savoy charges 535 CZK for the continental breakfast and opens Monday to Friday 08:00 to 22:00, Saturday and Sunday 09:00 to 22:00, and 09:00 to 22:00 on public holidays. The ceiling is the reason to come. It is a neo-Renaissance original from 1893, restored rather than replaced, and it is the finest room of its kind in Prague that you can sit in without buying a concert ticket. Breakfast is what the Savoy is…

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