Itinerary
Six stops, one evening, walkable. The night you'd take a friend on a Friday in Prague.
17:30 — Aperitif · Stare Mesto · $$ · Cocktail Bars
Aloha Wikiwiki Room draws a steady local crowd in Stare Mesto. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Start polished. Order something stirred and bracing — a martini, a manhattan, or whatever the bar's house spec is. You're warming up the palate, not chasing trends.
19:00 — Cocktails · Karlin · $$$ · Rooftop Bars
Cloud 9 Sky Bar at Hilton draws a steady local crowd in Karlin. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Now move into the city's cocktail-bar heart. Order off-menu if you can; if the bartender has a single-drink-special-of-the-week, that's the one.
20:30 — Wine break · Stare Mesto · $$ · Sports Bars
Caffrey's draws a steady local crowd in Stare Mesto. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Hit a wine bar before the second cocktail run. Two glasses, a small plate, a reset. Keep your conversation in here — the rooms after midnight aren't for talking.
22:00 — The destination cocktail · City centre · $$$ · Cocktail Bars
Anonymous Bar earns its name twice over. There is no sign outside on Michalska Street, which runs through one of the denser tourist passages of the Old Town, an This is the room you booked for. Lights are lower, prices higher, drinks are tightly built. Stay an hour, no longer.
23:30 — Late-night listening · Stare Mesto · $$$ · Cocktail Bars
As Time Goes By draws a steady local crowd in Stare Mesto. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Move to a music room. Jazz, soul, or a DJ at modest volume. You want a soundtrack, not a club.
01:00 — Last drink · Stare Mesto · $$$ · Cocktail Bars
Banka draws a steady local crowd in Stare Mesto. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. End on something simple. A clean martini, a Negroni, a whisky and water. Tip your bartender. Walk home or take a quiet cab.
The order matters. We start polished, peak in the middle, end somewhere quieter than we started. You can swap any room for a closer alternative — every bar listed has at least two backups within a five-minute walk.
Total time: about seven hours. Total spend: depends on you, but plan £80-£150 per person across the night. Save this page, send it to whoever you're meeting, and treat the timings as guidance, not gospel.
Each stop links to the full bar page if you want to dig deeper. Treat timings as guidance — adjust to your pace.