Vegan in Prague

Prague is one of the easier places in Czechia to eat plant-based. Roughly 220 vegan or vegan-friendly venues are listed across the city, and the national share of people eating fully plant-based sits near 1.5%. That combination means you rarely need a dedicated vegan restaurant — most ordinary menus now carry at least one plant-based main, and staff are used to the question.

Where to look

• Žižkov
• Vinohrady
• Karlín

What to order

• seitan
• lentils

How to eat vegan in Prague

1. Start with cuisines that are plant-based by default — South Asian, Levantine, Ethiopian and East Asian menus usually have several naturally vegan mains.
2. Learn one sentence in the local language: no meat, no dairy, no egg. It resolves nearly every ordering problem in one go.
3. Keep a fallback in your pocket: a supermarket meal deal, a falafel counter, or a bakery with a bean-filled pastry. Hunger, not ethics, is what breaks most trips.