Restaurace Vltava — Restaurant in Prague

Shockingly bad. Horrifying- really! Filthy, highly questionable pasta (doused with cocktail sauce or ketchup) - by far the worst dining experience I’ve had in Prague.

My team and I scheduled a celebratory lunch earlier this week. I had always wanted to go here, as it’s packed (outside) during the summer - but the eyebrow-raising issues started very quickly after sitting down (heavily stained tablecloths, dirty plates/cutlery) - even so, we were completely unprepared for how epically bad the food was. We thought perhaps that we had booked an escape room (with so much stuff nailed to the wall) - and we started laughing as the experience got worse and worse throughout the meal.

Apparently the pork was ok, as that team member said his food “was at least edible” - but most of us gave up (those who had “the fish bowl”, the tagliatelle, salmon or the Balkan salad).

I’d be furious if I had spent my own money and it was this bad - but instead it’s an object lesson on tourist traps in Prague… the food looks great in pictures, it it might as well be plastic (at least then it would smell better).

I highly recommend that you don’t eat here - maybe just enjoy it for drinks, if you dare…. (But if you need a team building experience where everyone suffers together & you gain shared jokes about “tagliatelle” or “is this an escape room” - by all means, go for it!)

[UPDATE - I recommend that you read the business’ response - apparently two brothers co-own the restaurant and run it very differently (essentially, there are two different restaurants sharing this building). We did speak with the ‘bad brother’ & his inebriated, toothless cook who were indignant when we told them how bad it was - they replied “how could the food be bad? we bought it from Makro!”

I don’t think that I’ll be going back, but at least it explains why there are so many good reviews for a restaurant that was so incredibly awful when we...

This is a racist restaurant/C'est un restaurant raciste/这是一个有种族歧视的餐厅！ ❗Please read❗ （This comment is written in 3 languages🇫🇷🇨🇳🇬🇧）

在布拉格最差劲的体验。进门的时候我询问服务员有没有一人的位置，他没有回答我的问题而是问我“China?”，我下意识地表示肯定后他跟旁边的本地客人说了一句我听不懂的捷克语，然后大家都在笑。我不清楚他说了什么，他给我指了指店里面，我走进去发现里面只有一张六人位的空桌，于是我就坐下了。等了好一会儿他才来，看到我坐在六人位的桌子上又开始和旁边的本地客人打趣我，说“她只有一个人却坐在六人桌上！”到这里我已经非常生气了，于是我问他“那我应该坐哪?”可他头也不回地走了，把我晾在那里。我意识到自己可能遭到了歧视，从他问我是不是中国人开始。于是我站起身去找他，并且用法语对他说“如果你们没有位置您应该告诉我。”，可他并不想理我，对我说“我听不懂”之后把我扔给了他的同事。无论如何，我已经不想再在这个地方待下去了，我对他的同事说“对不起先生，我在这里感觉非常不舒服。如果你们没有位置，你们应该告诉我。”显然他的同事也不想接待我，没有任何询问，解释或道歉，只说了一句ok，然后我就离开了。 从这位先生最开始问我的问题以及他后面的态度来看，我敢肯定，这是赤裸裸的歧视。我和我的法国朋友分享了这件事，她也这么认为。我在巴黎从来没遇到这种事，同样是历史悠久的美丽首都，公民的素质还是相差很远。 J'ai la plus dégoûtante expérience ici pendant mon séjour à Prague. Quand je suis entrée, j'ai demandé au serveur s'il y avait une place pour une personne. Il n'a pas répondu à ma question mais m'a demandé «China ?.», J'ai inconsciemment affirmé, puis il a dit quelque chose en tchèque aux clients locaux à côté de moi. Je n'ai pas compris. Mais tout le monde a ri. Je ne savais pas ce qu'il avait dit, puis il m'a montré l'intérieur du restaurant. Je suis donc entrée et j'ai trouvé qu'il n'y avait qu'une seule table disponible pour six personnes, alors je me suis assise. J'ai attendu quelques minutes que ce monsieur vienne  Lorsqu'il m'a vu assis à une table pour six personnes, il a commencé à se moquer de moi avec les clients locaux à côté en disant : « Elle est seule mais assise à une table pour six personnes ! » À ce moment-là, j'étais déjà très en colère. Alors je lui ai demandé : « Where should I sit ? » Mais il est parti sans se retourner et m'a laissé là.  J'ai réalisé que j'avais peut-être été victime de discrimination, à partir du moment où il m'a demandé si j'étais chinoise.  Alors je me suis levée et je suis allée vers lui et je lui ai dit en français : « Si vous n'avez pas de place, vous devriez me le dire. » Mais il ne voulait pas faire attention à moi. Il m'a dit : « i don't understand. »  Évidemment, il ne voulait pas me servir, alors il a demandé à son collègue de me chercher une place. En tout cas, je ne voulais plus rester dans cet endroit et j'ai dit à son collègue «Désolé monsieur, je me sens très mal à l'aise ici. Si vous n'avez pas de place, vous devriez me le dire. » Évidemment, son collègue ne voulait pas non plus me recevoir. Sans aucune demande, explication ou excuse, il a simplement dit OK. Je suis donc partie. De la première question que le premier monsieur m'a posée à son attitude ultérieure, je suis sûre qu'il s'agit d'une pure discrimination. J'ai partagé cela avec mon amie française et elle a pensé la même chose.  Je n'ai jamais rencontré ce genre de choses à Paris. Prague est une belle ville, et la République tchèque est aussi un pays avec une longue histoire, mais il a des citoyens impolis et étroits. Quel dommage ! Quelle honte !

I have the most disgusting experience here during my stay in Prague.  When I walked in, I asked the waiter if there was table for one person.  He didn't answer my question but asked "China?", I subconsciously stated, then he said something in Czech to the local customers next to me.  I didn't understand.  But everyone laughed.  I didn't know what he said, then he showed me the inside of the restaurant.  So I walked in and found there was only one table available for six people, so I sat down.  I waited a few minutes for this gentleman to come. When he saw me sitting at a table for six people, he started making fun of me with the local customers saying: "She is one person but sitting at a  table for six people! " At that point, I was already very angry.  So I asked him, “Where should I sit?” But he left without looking back and left me there.   I realized I might have been discriminated against, from the moment he asked me if I was Chinese. So I got up and went to him and said in French, “If you don’t have a place, you should tell me.” But he didn't want to pay attention to me. He told me: “I don’t understand." Obviously, he didn't want to serve me, so he asked his colleague to find a...

1. Atmosphere 5/5. A very nice and quiet place, located just by the water. Most probably you will get places, that have a view on the river, a lot of swans and ducks swimming there, the buildings on the other side of the river are great. So, this is what you can call a "view-restaurant".

2. Food 5/5. We really liked everything we got here. We ordered roast beef with black pepper sauce, french fries, grilled salmon with veggies, pork medallions, potato salad and a garlic soup with cheese and bread pieces. Everything tasted great, we ate everything we possibly could. Portions are quite large, so you won't stay hungry after one dish. Cuisine is mixed, so you can order pasta, steaks, some Czech guliash, a good variety of salads and stuff.

3. Price 5/5. Normally you would expect from a restaurant with this location and food portions to be expensive, but prices were so reasonable, it was surprising. They are the same as in any other city restaurant out there. So this is definitely a recommendation for me — come here and...