"Order at the counter, eat standing: Prague's best butcher-bistro, where Ambiente grinds its own Czech beef into a tartare worth the queue."
Naše maso is a small butcher's shop and standing bistro at Dlouhá 39 in the Old Town of Prague, five minutes from the Old Town Square. It anchors part of our Prague coverage as the city's most rewarding cheap-but-serious eat.
It opened as a partnership between the Ambiente restaurant group and butcher František Kšána Jr, and the whole point is provenance: this is a butcher that happens to cook, not a restaurant that buys meat in.
The meat is the menu. Naše maso butchers its own beef from Czech Fleckvieh cattle and pork from Přeštice Black Pied pigs, plus sausages and smoked meats made to First-Republic recipes. The star is the beef tartare, hand-cut and seasoned to order; close behind are the pork (vepřový) burger, the wagyu burger, a pastrami sandwich and the Prague ham.
Prices are modest for the quality — sausages and sandwiches from around 95–110 Kč, the burgers and tartare a little more. You order at the counter and eat fast, often standing.
There is barely a room: a compact, busy shop designed with custom sausage-shaped lights and illustrations throughout, with a handful of standing tables. Finding a free spot at peak times is a sport.
This is a place to eat well and move on, not to linger over a long lunch. The energy is half the appeal.
Naše maso suits a quick solo bite, a fast business lunch or an unpretentious first date. For other Prague tables, compare Kantýna, Lokál Dlouhááá or Café Imperial.
Not for a quiet, sit-down dinner, a large group or anyone after table service — it is a standing butcher's counter, often queued, built for speed.
Hand-cut beef tartare made from its own Czech Fleckvieh beef, along with the pork burger, wagyu burger, pastrami sandwich and Prague ham. It is a butcher's shop with a standing bistro, run by the Ambiente group.
A partnership between the Ambiente restaurant group and butcher František Kšána Jr. The shop butchers and ages its own Czech-bred beef and pork on site.
At Dlouhá 39 in Prague's Old Town (Staré Město), about a five-minute walk from the Old Town Square.
Modest: sausages and sandwiches from around 95–110 Kč, with burgers and the tartare a little more. You order and pay at the counter.
No — it is a small, busy butcher's counter with a few standing spots and no reservations. Go off-peak to avoid the queue.
No reservations — order at the counter and eat standing. Go off-peak to skip the queue. Find it at Dlouhá 39 in the Old Town.
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Naše maso anchors part of our Prague guide — a butcher's shop and standing bistro from the Ambiente group, famous for hand-cut tartare from its own Czech-bred beef.
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