Kratochvile is a blend of a teahouse, café, wine bar and bookstore, tucked away on Sokolská, one of the historic centre’s most interesting and overlooked streets.
There are more than 100 different types of black, green, spiced, and herbal teas from across the world. A favourite of many is the Yogi tea. According to the menu, the black tea spiced with cinnamon, ginger, cardamom and cloves supports “mental alertness and leads to a mildly euphoric state, pleasant and warming in all seasons”. It comes served with soy milk and cane sugar, and a wonderful addition is a plate of the homemade shortbread biscuits.Kratochvile is not all about tea, though. There are coffees from three continents, Melta barley coffee, and cocoa which can be served cold, hot, with cream and/or flavoured with cinnamon. There are also some interesting bottled beers, a short list of wines and the smokers’ corner offers two dozen flavoured tobaccos for the shisha pipes. Sweet and savoury snacks are available and if you’re properly hungry, they may be able to whip up a bowl of cous-cous or some toasted sandwiches.
The three main rooms on Kratochvile's ground floor have quite different characters. The front room is light and busy, the old gothic arches of the second room form two private nooks which are filled with cane furniture and low round tables. In the large rear room, you can sit on sofas, cushions on the floor or swing from one of the hammocks suspended from the ceiling. From this back room a wooden staircase leads up to the small loft, which is where you'll be directed if you want to try a shisha pipe.
As if all this weren’t enough, the interior walls are frequently used as a gallery and the back room hosts performances and small concerts from time to time.Kratochvile is open 7 days a week until 11pm.
Kratochvile te & cafe
Sokolská 36
Tel: 603 564 120
