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Best Wine Lists in Prague 2026
Restaurant cellars & sommelier programs · Prague · 6 lists ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 18, 2026 · Updated June 20, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Prague is not a wine city, people say, and then you walk into Bellevue and find a cellar deep in Burgundy and old Moravian bottles with the castle filling the window. The country drinks its own first, the whites and reds of Moravia, and its best rooms put those growers next to serious French and Italian bottles rather than burying them. From a riverside grande dame to a Michelin-starred Old Town tasting and a working vineyard inside the city, here is who each room suits, what to expect walking in, and how to book it. Six, ranked on depth, the by-the-glass program and value rather than trophy labels alone.
1.Bellevue
Open the cellar at Bellevue, the city's deepest in Burgundy and old Moravian bottles, beside the river.
Prague's grandest riverside room sits on Smetanovo nábřeží with the castle filling the window, and its cellar is the city's most serious: exceptional in Burgundy and in older Moravian bottles, with many of the best Czech wines and champagnes in the country. Chef Petr Bureš cooks European fine dining built for the setting, fillet of fallow deer with rose-hip sauce among the signatures, across set menus with an optional wine pairing. This is the booking for a special-occasion night when the view and the cellar matter as much as the plate. Reserve two weeks ahead, ask for a window table at dusk, and let the sommelier pour Moravian whites against the French reds.
Book on the Bellevue site; ask for a window table and a Moravian-and-Burgundy pairing.
2.La Degustation Bohême Bourgeoise
Settle in for Old Town's Czech tasting and an award-winning sommelier pouring Moravian and Burgundy alike.
La Degustation Bohême Bourgeoise holds a Michelin star, defended every year since it first won in 2012, in an intimate Old Town room on Haštalská. Chef-patron Oldřich Sahajdák and head chef Marco Christov build a long Czech tasting from old Bohemian recipes, and the wine service, led by an award-winning sommelier, is the reason wine lovers come: a thoughtful list that moves between Moravian growers and serious Burgundy. This is the booking for a couple who want a guided, course-by-course evening with pairings that teach as they pour. The ten-course menu runs around 3,200 CZK before wine. Reserve two to three weeks ahead, take the counter for the kitchen view, and choose the pairing to follow the Moravian and French bottles together.
Book on the La Degustation site; take the wine pairing across the full menu.
3.Field
Book Field for Radek Kašpárek's Michelin star and a modern European list built to match.
Field sits on U Milosrdných in the Old Town, Radek Kašpárek's one-Michelin-star room where playful, polished modern European cooking meets a list built to match it. The cellar is broad and well chosen rather than encyclopaedic, with a floor that knows how to pair across the tasting, and the service carries its own Michelin award for the welcome. This is the booking for a couple who want a star-level night that feels modern rather than formal. Plan on roughly 2,500 to 4,000 CZK a head before wine. Reserve two to three weeks ahead, mention any bottle you are chasing when you book, and let the sommelier steer the pairing.
Book on the Field site; let the sommelier pair across the tasting menu.
4.CottoCrudo
Pour through hundreds of labels at the Four Seasons' riverside Italian room beneath the castle.
CottoCrudo is the Italian room of the Four Seasons on Veleslavínova, right on the Vltava beneath the castle, and its wine list runs to hundreds of labels across Italy and beyond. This is the booking for a polished riverside evening, antipasti from the crudo bar and a serious Italian bottle, in a hotel setting that handles an occasion smoothly. Expect an upper-end spend; a multi-course dinner runs into the low thousands of crowns before wine. Reserve a week or two ahead, ask for a terrace table in warm weather, and tell the sommelier which Italian region you want to drink so they can pull the right bottle from the list.
Book through the Four Seasons; name an Italian region and let the floor choose.
5.Salabka
Drive out to Prague's own working vineyard for estate wine and a Michelin-listed Czech tasting.
Salabka is the most unusual booking in Prague, a modern restaurant on a working vineyard estate in Troja, where the wine in your glass can come from the rows outside the window. Chef Petr Kunc cooks a seasonal modern-Czech tasting, and the list pairs the estate's own bottles with a wider Czech and international selection. This is the booking for a slow afternoon or a special dinner away from the Old Town crowds, in the green of the hillside. The tasting runs around 2,000 CZK before wine. Reserve ahead, take a taxi or the river route out, and ask to taste the estate wines alongside the menu.
Book on the Salabka site; ask to taste the estate's own wines with the menu.
6.Terasa U Zlaté studně
Climb to a Malá Strana rooftop for castle views and a Czech-and-French list with real depth.
Terasa U Zlaté studně crowns a small hotel in Malá Strana, just beneath the castle, with one of the best terrace views in the city. Chef Pavel Sapík cooks creative tasting menus, and the wine list is deep and well chosen, moving between Czech, Moravian and French bottles to match. This is the booking for a view-and-wine night when you want the rooftop and a real cellar rather than one or the other. The degustation starts around 2,500 CZK before wine. Reserve two to three weeks ahead, ask for a terrace table at sunset, and let the floor pair Moravian whites against the richer courses.
Book on the hotel site; request a terrace table at sunset and a Moravian pairing.
Avoid for a wine night
The view, not the cellar
The Old Town Square terraces. The cafes ringing the square have the view and the crowds, but the wine runs to a short house list at a tourist mark-up. For serious bottles near the centre, book Bellevue or CottoCrudo a few streets away instead.
Sansho. Paul Day's pioneering room helped start modern Prague dining, but it is a casual, no-list kind of place rather than a wine destination. Go for the cooking, and keep your wine night for La Degustation or Field.
How to drink well in Prague
Drink Moravian and let the floor lead. At Bellevue, La Degustation and Terasa U Zlaté studně the sommeliers know the Czech and Moravian growers and will put them beside Burgundy and Bordeaux for you, and naming a number reliably turns up a more interesting bottle than the label you would have reached for. The starred rooms, La Degustation and Field, book two to three weeks out through their own sites, where the best evenings go first. For a window or terrace table at Bellevue or Terasa, ask when you book and aim for dusk.
If the pairing is the point, La Degustation and Field build theirs to teach, course by course. For something different, Salabka pours its own estate wine on a working vineyard inside the city, the best short lesson in Czech wine you can take. And wherever you go, if you are celebrating, say so when you book so the room can make a night of it.
Frequently asked
Which Prague restaurant has the best wine list?
Bellevue on the riverside holds our top spot. Its cellar is the city's most serious, exceptional in Burgundy and in older Moravian bottles, with many of the best Czech wines and champagnes in the country, and the castle fills the window. Chef Petr Bureš cooks European fine dining built for the room. Reserve two weeks ahead, ask for a window table at dusk, and let the sommelier pour Moravian whites against the French reds.
Where in Prague should I go to drink Czech wine?
Salabka is the most direct answer, a working vineyard estate in Troja pouring its own bottles alongside a wider Czech list, while La Degustation and Bellevue both keep real Moravian depth beside their French selections. Czech wine means Moravia above all, whites like Ryzlink and Veltlínské and characterful reds. Tell the sommelier you want to drink Moravian and let them lead you toward a grower bottle to match the menu.
How much does a good bottle cost in Prague restaurants?
Prague is gentler on a wine budget than western Europe. Plan on roughly 900 to 1,800 CZK for a genuinely good bottle at most of these rooms, with the ceiling higher at Bellevue and CottoCrudo, whose lists run into rare and aged territory. The smart move is to set a number with the floor and let them find the interesting bottle inside it, because the Moravian growers deliver real quality at fair prices.
Do you need a reservation for these Prague wine restaurants?
Yes, and ahead for the starred rooms. La Degustation and Field release tables two to three weeks out and the best evenings go first; Bellevue, CottoCrudo, Salabka and Terasa U Zlaté studně are worth booking one to two weeks ahead. For a window table at Bellevue or a terrace table at Terasa, ask when you reserve. If you are chasing a specific older bottle, call the day before so the sommelier can confirm and prepare it.
Which Prague wine restaurant has the best view?
Bellevue and Terasa U Zlaté studně share the best castle views among the wine rooms. Bellevue looks across the Vltava to the castle from Smetanovo nábřeží, while Terasa U Zlaté studně sits on a rooftop in Malá Strana directly beneath it. CottoCrudo, at the Four Seasons on the river, has a lovely warm-weather terrace too. For any of them, ask for the view table when you book and aim for sunset.
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