Vegetarian restaurants in Prague
June 22, 2010 - The Czech Republic may be a meat-lover's paradise, but vegetarians and the health-conscious need not despair. You will find plenty of delicious alternatives to the standard Czech "pork-dumpling-sauerkraut" combination.
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This sister restaurant of Lehká Hlava opened in May 2009, only a stone's throw from Old Town Square. The wide-open spaces, designer lamps, elegant bar and all natural materials might make you think that this palce must be expensive (it sure looks expensive). Surprisingly, it is eminently affordable, with dishes under CZK 150. The food is excellent and Maitrea even offers vegetarian versions of "traditional" Czech meals.
Like Lekhá Hlava and several other restaurants, you can ask for tap water instead of bottled water, thus saving your pocketbook (it's not free, but cheaper than bottled) and the environment.
We cannot recommend Beas Dhaba enough, especially for a quick lunch or daytime meal. Somewhere between ethnic fast-food and sitdown restaurant, this establishment offers excellent buffet-style meals, sold by weight. Choose from salad, raïta, rice, vegetables, potatoes, all for around CZK 100 and enough to tide you over for the rest of the day. Free jugs of filtered tap are on all the tables, a true rarity in this country and a welcome plus at Beas Dhaba. Three locations in Prague.If you've been on Wenceslaus Square in the late afternoon, you may have seen them drumming and chanting "Hare Khrishna, Hare Krishna." Yes, there's krishnas in Prague, too, and they run an excellent and cheap vegetarian restaurant, visited by young and money-conscious people (most with a full head of hair). You'll find similar food as at Beas, served buffet-style, plus delicious lhassi and fresh pressed orange juice.
Country Life is both a vegetarian and health food shop as well as an excellent restaurant for soups, salads, and other small meals or snacks. Everything is guaranteed organic.
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