SOOT runs as the cocktail bar inside Manifesto Market Anděl, the open-air food and drink market in Prague's Smíchov district on the left bank of the Vltava. Prague City Tourism lists the market as a draw in its own right, a no-walls space built around shared tables and street-food kitchens. SOOT is the bar at its centre, pitched as a day-and-night drinking spot rather than a late-only cocktail den.
Published March 6, 2026 · By Tom Callahan
The room
The setting is the market itself, a covered courtyard of timber stalls and long communal benches rather than a closed bar room. That format makes SOOT an easy first or last drink around a meal, with the kitchens of Manifesto a few steps away. The mood shifts through the day, calm and café-like at lunch and busier as the market fills in the evening.
Manifesto Market Anděl sits in Smíchov, on the left bank across from the old town, in a district that has shifted from industrial to nightlife over the past decade. The no-walls layout means SOOT shares its crowd with the food vendors around it. That openness is the appeal for groups, and the reason the bar rarely feels formal.
What to order
The bar runs a full cocktail list alongside wine and beer, which the SOOT site splits into its own menus. The drinks are built for the market crowd, approachable and quick rather than a slow tasting-menu format. It is the place to start with a spritz or a classic before working through the food stalls, then return for a nightcap.
The cocktail list covers the familiar classics and a few house builds, with wine and Czech beer on hand for anyone not drinking spirits. Prices sit below the old-town cocktail rooms, in keeping with the casual market setting. A spritz to open and a short cocktail to close is the easy way to use the bar across an evening.
Who it is for
SOOT fits a visitor pairing drinks with a meal at Manifesto, a group that wants flexible outdoor seating, and anyone after a relaxed bar rather than a formal cocktail room. Skip it if a quiet, intimate speakeasy is the goal, since this is a busy shared market space. It rewards drinkers who treat it as the social hub of a market night out.
Best time to go
The market runs daily from late morning and stays busiest in the evening, with the weekend the liveliest window. Warm months are the move, when the open-air courtyard is at its best and the benches fill after work. For a calmer drink, an early-afternoon visit catches the market before the dinner crowd arrives.
Friday and Saturday nights are the loudest, when the courtyard fills and the bar runs latest. Weekday afternoons are the quiet alternative, good for a drink and a look at the food stalls without a wait. Check the market's hours before a late visit, since the closing time shifts with the season and the day.
The detail worth knowing
The Manifesto setting is what separates SOOT from a standalone Prague cocktail bar, since the bar and the food stalls work as one venue. The Prague Visitor Pass even bundles a welcome drink at SOOT into its market experience, which marks it as the market's default bar. That position, at the heart of a well-known Anděl destination, is the reason to seek it out.
Manifesto's markets have become a fixture of Prague's food-and-drink scene, and SOOT is the bar that anchors the Anděl site. Pairing the bar with the vendors makes it a low-commitment stop rather than a destination in itself. For a relaxed drink with food close at hand, it is one of the easier calls on the left bank.
The bottom line
SOOT is the cocktail bar at the centre of Manifesto Market Anděl, a day-and-night drinking spot built into one of Prague's busiest open-air markets. Come for a drink around a market meal, take a bench in the courtyard, and stay into the evening. It is a social, flexible stop rather than a hushed cocktail room, and the market is the draw.
Keep exploring with our best cocktail bars in Prague guide, the full Prague bar guide, and our edit of cocktail bars worldwide. Pair SOOT with Hemingway Bar, AnonymouS Bar, and Black Angel's Bar.
