Minus One is the cocktail bar inside W Prague on Wenceslas Square, with its own entrance off the square, running a signature list alongside a cocktail tasting menu.
Who would love it: drinkers who want a high-end cocktail program and a proper sit-down format. Who would skip it: anyone after a cheap round, since this is a hotel bar at the top of the city's price tier.
The bar opened with W Hotels' arrival in the Czech Republic, the brand's first property in the country. Difford's Guide and Prague Cocktail Week both list the room, which places it within the city's serious cocktail circuit rather than its hotel-lobby pours.
The headline format is a Fine Cocktail Dining Tasting Menu, which the bar describes as an unprecedented concept in the Czech Republic and Central Europe, pairing a sequence of cocktails with amuse-bouches, palate cleansers, and petit fours. A separate signature menu reworks the classics for drinkers who want a single round.
Order from the signature list if time is short, or book the tasting sequence for the full format. Expect W Prague pricing on every pour, with the value sitting in the kitchen-and-bar pairing rather than the volume. The room is built for a planned evening, not a quick stop.
The crowd is hotel guests, special-occasion bookings, and cocktail-minded locals who came for the tasting format. The bar runs Tuesday to Saturday from 7pm to 2am, so it sits in the planned-evening slot rather than the all-day window.
Best time to go is an early booking on a weekend, when the tasting menu has the room's full attention. The Wenceslas Square entrance keeps it open to walk-ins, but the format rewards a reservation.
The bar leans on the W Prague kitchen for the pairing format, which is what separates the tasting menu from a standard cocktail list. Reviewers note the sequence runs closer to a tasting dinner than a round of drinks, so the booking is the unit rather than the single pour.
The tasting format is the headline, but the signature list stands on its own for a single round, with reworked classics built for drinkers who want one well-made cocktail rather than a sequence. Either way the bar runs at the city's top price tier, which the hotel setting and the kitchen pairing are priced to match.
The room sits below the W Prague with its own door off Wenceslas Square, which keeps it open to walk-ins while the format leans on a booking. Tuesday-to-Saturday hours and a 2am close put it firmly in the planned-evening slot rather than the all-day window.
For a visitor mapping the city center, Minus One sits on Wenceslas Square at the Nove Mesto end of the cocktail map, a short walk from the Old Town rooms for a night that moves between the two.
It anchors the Nove Mesto end of the city's cocktail map. See where it sits among the city's rooms in our guide to cocktail bars in Prague, browse the wider city on the Prague bar guide, and set it against the global field in our cocktail bars pillar. Book ahead for the tasting menu at Vaclavske namesti 826/25.
Sources
- Minus One — official site, tasting menu and hours
- Difford's Guide — Prague cocktail bar listing
- Prague Cocktail Week — participating bar profile
