Restaurant Formanka — Restaurant in okres Žďár nad Sázavou

A nice and cosy restaurant which is directly located at the highway from Prague to Bruno. The food is delicious and priceworthy as well. But they have only a Czech Menu and you need to translate it for your own. Please go to the restaurant instead of the Mc Donalds, which is beside of it.

FOOD DRINKS We ordered 4 different dishes. The Svickova with Czech dumblings for 195 CZK, was very delicous and the meat was perfectly cooked. The portion was not good and the sauce was not too sweet and had good taste. The Duck with red cabbage and dumblings for 240 CZK was good as well. The meat was not dry and had a good taste. the red cabbage with some apple was great and a good paring to the meat. Only the dumblings were a little bit to solid and very chewy, but still ok. The fried cheese with French Fries for 175 CZK was a good portion and the cheese was very good cooked, because it was a little bit melted. The French fries were delicious as well. The stuffed chicken with croquettes was a decent dish and had a good taste as well. We could recommend all the dishes.

SERVICE Only some waitress spoke English but you can interact with everyone and point on the menu card for the dish that you want. There are alle friendly and will help you as much as they can.

RESTAURANT The restaurant is a little bit old fashioned and has a country style, but it was cosy and nice as well. There are only some places inside and the have no outside sitting area.

LOCATION The restaurant is located directly at the D1 Highway from Prague to Bruno. There are some parking space for the car. The restaurant is beside a McDonalds and my preference is to visit this restaurant instead of...

Formanka is a real gem in the middle of the Czech countryside. It's also a great suprise to find a place like that in a freeway rest area. Located behind a Mc Donalds', unfortunately many people will opt for the latter.

However if you're up to trying authentic Czech food, there is no better place to go to. I had the feeling that when the staff cooking here goes home after a long workday, they just prepare the same food the exact same way they do it here for their kids and grandkids.

Everything was excellent and the waitress kind and smiling. We tried different soups, Czech specialities like Svíčková and also apple strudel and some plum-filled local dumplings.

And one more thing. This is dirt cheap. The 2 of us eat 3 course menus and drinks and one of us just a main dish, and we still paid less than 50 Euros total. What a bargain to have such excellent authentic food!

On the flip side they don't accept credit cards. This is basically the only negative thing I can mention here. They do accept Euros though, so don't be afraid to stop by when you are driving between...

Perfect family style restaurant on way to Brno. Forget about McDonald's, park 50 meters behind it and get a great meal. Everything is looking like home made, tastes awesome. Menu is not long, you can pick in two minutes. Staff is very friendly. They do not speak much English, so please be patient with them, but you will get what you have ordered. Cash, cards accepted, even Czech meal vouchers. Try veal stew with mash potatoes, tastes incredible and you will not spend fortune. The best part is then after you eat here, it's only half an hour to get to...