This is one of the restaurants that I recently visited whilst working in Prague, as recommended by my neighbour back at home! It is an interesting hybrid of a café and a restaurant, which is aiming for a homely kitchen sort of feel to the décor and experience.

Located in the Old Town area (Praha 1), near the Jewish Synagogue, it is surrounded by lovely architecture and lots of tourist sights. It is also surrounded by many interesting and affordable (due to the low exchange rate with euros) restaurants, of which I have already featured one for a previous @tasteem review.

The Space

When you enter, you are immediately greeted by the open kitchen and bar area. The open kitchen now being the very real trend for new restaurants! I guess it is kind of nice for the public, but to be honest, if I was one of the staff, I think I would prefer not to have public eyes on me whilst I was working (ha ha… funny, considering my real life job…)… or at least not have random @tasteem reviewers taking photos of them!

In this restaurant (there are 3 locations in Prague), there were quite a few long tables, which reminded me of the spaces where people come to work when they don’t have permanent offices. It really is the sort of place that is also perfect for a Steemian to just rest up in between walking and working, to have a nice coffee and lunch and write up a Steemit post or two!

Not sure if I would consider this kitsch and fake looking… or cute?

The Menu

I had dropped by for a pretty late lunch, and so this was the bistro menu. I’m not sure if there was a different menu for dinner, but you can also see the choices for breakfasts as well. As you can see, they’ve gone with the “Home cooking” route for most of their food menu, with meals that are comforting takes on the traditional Czech cuisine.

This is the main course menu (for lunch), with lots of interesting selections again. I really did want to try many of the things on offer, but alas, one can only eat so much in one sitting! Luckily, this also being a relatively tourist heavy part of the town, it also had English translations.

The Food

For my main meal, I ended up settling on the Beef Neck with parsnip puree and chestnuts accompanied with a nice fresh grapefruit juice. The meal itself was quite impressive, and not too salty (which I find very important in a restaurant meal, as it is possible to add salt, but not to take it away). The addition of chestnuts was something that I’ve not been familiar with, but it matches the beef very well!

Well, I was killing time and writing Steemit posts, and I do feel a little uncomfortable just sitting there and taking up space even if there wasn’t much diner traffic at that time of the day. So, with that as an excuse, I ordered a pear and apple crumble with a Cappuccino to give me an excuse to sit just a little bit longer! Definitely went down a treat!

The Experience

The service was really fast, and the staff were very friendly but not obtrusive. This made it a great place to just sit and rest without being harassed by the staff. I really did enjoy the atmosphere of the restaurant/café, as it really did feel like a nice homely place to set up and write. Perhaps it would have been different if I had caught it during one of the rush and busy times.

The food was quick, and most importantly very delicious. Not the sort of high restaurant quality that you might expect from other places, but just good comfortable home-inspired cooking. The sort of food that you want when you are traveling!

I would definitely recommend this place as a quick and cheap (compared to euros) place to rest and eat for the weary tourist or traveller that finds themselves in the area of Old Prague.

Opening Times

Monday 07:30 - 22:00
Tuesday 07:30 - 22:00
Wednesday 07:30 - 22:00
Thursday 07:30 - 22:00
Friday 07:30 - 22:00
Saturday 08:00 - 22:00
Sunday 08:00 - 22:00

Contact Details

Address: Kozí 916/5 Praha 1 – Staré Město 110 00
Phone: +420 774 905 802
Website: http://www.homekitchen.cz/en/kozi/
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