You know, if you go to a restaurant in the Czech Republic which doesn´t look like something amazing…read moreand you don´t know what to expect, it´s a good idea to order fried cheese as a meal. Why? Because there is usually nothing really difficult about it, almost everybody can cook it at least on average level and it wont really dissapoint you. But there are exceptions and this is one of them. Restaurant by itself is not something where you would go for the second time. Maybe only in a case that you live right next to it or someone will invite you to celebrate something (that was this case). Enviroment hasn´t probably changed in decades. But service wasn´t bad. They were nice more or less. They a had a good beer. But the cook. As I said at the begining, you can´t really screw up fried cheese. But this guy did. It could be on a pan or in fryer for at least one minute more. So I don´t wanna even think about quality of other meals if simple fried cheese was in this shape. So I would pick a different restaurant if I were you. It´s ok only in a case that you wanna have a beer with your friends and eat only chips.

I was running at a nearby park when I spotted this place. I came back later as it seemed like what…read moreI needed and liked - great outdoor seating, good beers, and the right amount of patrons. I also had a small snack, the Grilled camembert, which the locals sitting next to me got unbeknownst to me so it made me feel good about my decision. One bite and I those feelings were confirmed!

My wife and I regularly visited this pub when we lived in Zizkov and recommended it to friends…read more However, the standards have dropped through the floor since those days. when we visited last night (Friday, 8th), we found that the bar had accepted a booking for a hen/bachelorette party, which included a male stripper performing what was developing into a full sex show by the time we left. This was at the point where he was naked, had exposed a girl's breasts and was spraying her with whipped cream. This would have been inappropriate enough for a pub branded by a "family brewery" if it had been confined to a discreet area - there is a large no-smoking area at the back. However, the show took place directly in front of the toilets, meaning that nobody could use them without walking into the middle of this "performance" Also, there was no table service during this show, which went on for some time, meaning that, again, anyone wanting to buy a beer - or leave the pub - had to walk through the performance. At this point my wife and I left and were laughed at by the waitress when we complained. This same waitress had led the stripper to a room at the back to change before the show, so it is clear that the management had approved this show. I have lived in Prague long enough to be relaxed about the "anything goes" culture in the city. However, there are numerous venues where that behaviour might be more appropriate. A local pub, branded with the name of the "family brewery", is not, in my opinion. This does nothing to represent the Bernard brand - and it is worth noting that the beer being served was not in optimal condition, which surprised me. When I complained, I got an email back from someone who wouldn't tell me his job with the company when I asked, insisting the staff were innocent victims in all this and had known nothing about it. That was a lie as the waitress had been with the stripper as he was preparing to start the show, led him to a room to get changed and visited him at least one more time before he started. Someone from the party was also allowed to visit him in the room. He claimed the staff were completely taken by surprise, had done everything perfectly and wouldn't even remark on the waitress laughing at a customer. He even seemed to expect me to sympathise with them, telling me the whole night had gone bad and ended with the girls screaming at the waiter and waitress (the words, "karma, baby" spring to mind). As his account was so far from the truth, I asked him for the contact details of the manager and he didn't even reply. I can only guess that the location of this place is persuading the management to make some very bad decisions, which is a shame as this once looked like it would be a good pub. But the wrong people can ruin any place.