The Retro Cocktail Club by Alex and Ondřej is the cocktail identity of Týnská Bar and Books, the whisky and cocktail bar a few steps from the Old Town Square. It runs as a late, library-styled room of leather, low light and a deep spirits list, open into the early hours every night with live music midweek.
Published March 15, 2026 · By Daniel Okafor
The Retro Cocktail Club by Alex and Ondřej works out of Týnská Bar and Books at Týnská 1053/19 in Prague 1, in a side street off the Old Town Square. The venue's own site lists it as a whisky and cocktail bar open daily from 5pm until 3am, and until 4am Thursday to Saturday, with live music on Wednesdays from 10pm and specially priced whiskies on Tuesdays. Tripadvisor and Prague City Tourism confirm the address and the late hours. The hook is the format. This is a classic Bar and Books library room with a named cocktail club running the drinks list.
The room
The room follows the Bar and Books template, a book-lined, club-style space of dark wood, leather seating and low lamps that reads more private library than late bar. Reviewers and the venue's own pages lean on the intimate, old-world atmosphere and the late close as the draws, and the Týnská branch is the smallest and most tucked-away of the group. The crowd is a mix of locals, hotel guests and visitors who found the side street, and it stays civilised even at its busiest. Midweek live music nights are the liveliest; a quiet early evening is the calmest.
What to order
Order from the whisky list, the deep selection the room is built around, or ask the bartenders behind the Retro Cocktail Club for a classic done properly. Tuesdays bring specially priced whiskies, which the venue flags as the night for working through the back shelf. Prices sit at the top of the central-Prague range, in line with a serious spirits bar. The move is one whisky neat and one classic cocktail. The plan is to settle into a leather chair, order a dram, and let the late hours do the rest.
What regulars say
Reviewers on Tripadvisor and city guides describe Týnská Bar and Books as an elegant, late hideaway with a strong whisky list and a proper cocktail program, praising the library setting, the music nights and the quiet just off the Old Town Square. The point that comes up most is atmosphere. Regulars treat it as a place to talk and linger over a good dram rather than a quick stop, and the dark, book-lined room is the reason. Several note the dress-up, members-club feel of the Bar and Books brand, a style that some love and others find formal, so it helps to know the register before arriving. The detail that recurs is the whisky. Drinkers point to the depth of the list and the Tuesday pricing as the reasons to choose this room over the cocktail-only bars nearby, which is the clearest case for the Retro Cocktail Club among Old Town options.
Who it is for and best time
This is for a late whisky, a quiet date, and anyone touring Prague cocktail bars. It opens every evening and runs to 3am or 4am, so it suits a nightcap rather than an early drink. Skip it if you want a casual, dressed-down room; the style leans formal. For the wider city, see the full Prague bar guide.
The verdict
The Retro Cocktail Club by Alex and Ondřej earns its place as a late whisky and cocktail hideaway off the Old Town Square, the most library-like room of the Bar and Books group in Prague. Take a leather chair, order a dram, and stay late. For more Prague cocktail rooms, compare the sister bar at Bar and Books, the classic Tretter's Bar, and the benchmark Hemingway Bar. Our cocktail bars guide rounds out the category.
