Vegan in Prague

In November we had a romantic city break for 3 days in Prague, capital city of the Czech Republic. 

Our trip was Saturday to Monday leaving London that morning. For brunch we had sampled the new vegan offerings at Yo Sushi at Gatwick airport. We arrived around lunch time, and still had some Pret baguettes we had picked up for the flight.

We couldn’t check into our apartment until 2pm, but could drop our bags off. So we explored a bit of the city, got our bearings from the Charles bridge and found a vegan 'chimney cake', which is kind of like a pasty, bread with cinnamon sugar, the origin of these is debated, but it's a touristy treat. Both vegan cinnamon swirlies were found west of Charles bridge, heading towards the castle. 

That evening we visited the fairly new Forkies which was right beside where we were staying. Ordering one burger and mixed fries (potato and sweet potato!), and one broccoli noodle bowl, and  two awesome smoothies with tahini. The restaurant is self service, order at the counter. There is more seating downstairs. Meal for 2 was about £15-£20. 

It was still early after dinner, around 6pm, so we walked all round the city together exploring the beauty of the bridges, and castle at night.

Then time came to try some vegan ice cream. Creme de la creme; great choice of vegan options, both fruity sorbets and creamy rich . Had to buy the biggest possible. I can’t help but think of a favourite drag queen. (BenDeLaCreme)

Sunday we hit up Loving Hut for an early lunch after a look around the city. Loving hut was inside a mall and pay by weight, and it was epic! Loving hut is a world wide brand, usually our only resource for vegan food years ago whilst backpacking in Asia, it has some religious connotations, which is also why it is all vegan, however you wouldn't be able to guess that from eating here. All kinds of mock meats, asian dishes and western foods were available. 

 Around 2pm we went looking for some sweet treats. We had a few failed attempts at foods; trying to get pancakes from Satsang in the evening the night before, (when they’re only a breakfast food) and trying to get doughnuts from this Blue Vegan Pig Shop doughnut shop. Both were a tram ride away. 

Luckily the waffle-shop has loads of vegan options and it was blooming delicious and beautifully presented. They only took cash, luckily I still had some. The menu was how you chose your toppings, including cereals, fruit, and vegan Notella and Biscoff. They also had some good smoothies. 

For dinner we hit up Forkies and Creme de la Creme again as we didn’t want to use public transport or go too far. This time trying the fish and chips and the hot dog, the curry dip with it was lush. 

Our last day came around too quick. We found a second shop selling tunnel cake. Thanks to Instagram. Both happily munched on that hot cinnamon goodness. Slightly different to the first both good in their own ways. 

Found a cute coffee shop near the smallest alleyway. It served plant milks and vegan bites. We each grabbed a drink before heading to the next sight and to support a local business, it was a bit more like uk prices.  

Craving some traditional Czech food we had planned to visit a restaurant we spotted on the first day thanks to its huge banner. 'Vegan's Prague'. We ordered the daily special burger in a beet bun with crispy potatoes. Then some more traditional steamed dumplings with tempeh in a lovely roast vegetable sauce. Followed by dessert steamed blueberry dumplings in berry sauce. Around £30 for two meals, a dessert, and beers.

That concluded our last day in Prague, and we caught the very cheap metro and train to the airport. we grabbed a large juice each in the external area of the airport and using the last of my Czech cash. 

We grabbed one last ice cream bowl before collecting our bags, are you seeing a trend here?

Inside security I really struggled to find anything vegan to eat. The airport had an odd layout like L shaped and hard to find anything. We grabbed some sweet wafers, pretzels and crisps to munch. But as our gate was called we found a Mexican place, and asked about vegan options, (usually fairly easy to get vegan at a Mexican place). It was probably the most expensive food in Prague and we just got two burritos (20 quid). But we were happy to have a good meal as we knew we wouldn’t be landing in England until around 11pm. 

That concludes our first trip to Prague, our 3 days of vegan eats. Some success and some failure. Would happily go back for a weekend and try some of the other vegan eateries further afield.

Please contact me if you can't find any of the above mentioned places, I've listed the addresses and you should be able to find links on my instagram @theHungryDropkick

Prague eats; 

Cinnamon bread swirl named 'Trdelnik'  
Waffle point U Kajetana - (cooked fresh, some wait) - Nerudova 248/17, 118 00 Malá Strana, Czechia
Sweet Dream Czech bakery - Mostecká 281/7, 118 00 Malá Strana, Czechia

Forkies - Veleslavínova 93/10, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia

Loving hut - Spálená 2121/22, 110 00 Nové Město, Czechia

Creme de la Creme - Husova 231/12, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia
Creme de la Creme 2 - Národní 23, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia

Waffllin' - Francouzská 230/10, 120 00 Praha 2-Vinohrady, Czechia

Cafe by narrow alley. Bakeshop - U Lužického semináře 99/22, 118 00 Malá Strana, Czechia

Vegan's Prague. Nerudova 221/36, 118 00 Malá Strana, Czechia

Juice before security at airport. 

Burritos at airport.