Marjánka — Restaurant in Prague

Absolutely in love with this place. Visited it 4 times in the 4 days that I was in Prague. If you are looking for traditional Czech food, look no further! Priced extremely moderately and open 24x7 all days a week - what more can you ask for! I can definitely vouch for the quality as well. The only problem is that no one speaks English at all, I think that's part of the charm! But sign language is quite enough and they are very happy to serve the food to you. Moreover, if you speak just a couple words in Czech, it makes them super happy and they are even nicer to you - but then again, I think this is the case with all places where they don't speak English. Just greet them with a dobry den and say dekuje (thank you) a couple of times and the people are more than happy that at least you try to greet them in their language despite the fact that...

It really feels like going back in time to the Eastern Bloc. An old lady serving food was yelling at an even older woman, maybe 80 or 90, because she hadn’t told her she wanted soup without noodles — which meant she had to take two extra steps. A minute later, she shouted at some young guys who asked at the counter which soups were served today. She snapped that it was written on the whiteboard, so they went to check, she screamed at them again for walking back and forth instead of ordering food where it’s served. And I could go on with her ‘customer-friendly attitude’ that I witnessed in just five minutes….

If you don’t like working with customers, just sign the notice and find a job in a factory—no one will bother...

The food here is great, but the service was quite difficult. The lady working there doesn’t speak any English, and when I misunderstood what she was trying to explain, she became upset and started yelling. I was trying to use the pop dispenser to pour myself a drink, and when she motioned for me to pour it out, I did so into the sink — which made her even more angry and caused a bit of a scene.

I was also trying to let her know that I hadn’t paid yet and was happy to pay for the drink, but she didn’t understand. It made the whole experience uncomfortable, even though the food itself...