Ichnusa Botega & Bistro

First of all: The service was absolutely stunning. Our friends were a little bit late and our waiter was absolutely patient and let us took our time to choose and wait. Second: The food was divine. Definitely one of the best tuna steaks that I ever had. My friends had some noodles from the „special of the day“ menu and were absolutely delighted too. We also had a bottle of wine with our food that our waiter recommended and it was a perfect match to. All in all: Thanks for a great afternoon! Stay the way you are.

Started off great, then went slowly downhill from there. We were met by a lovely server who brought us to an area of the restaurant where there wasn't yet anyone else sitting, and even brought us water for our dog. She took our orders, and we ordered a starter plus two pasta dishes. After we ordered, an Italian family and an Italian man were seated in the same areas as us. Their ordered were taken. The starter came after about 15 minutes, and we finished it about 15 minutes later. We then proceeded to wait ONE HOUR AND 15 MINUTES MORE for our food to arrive. What's worse, both the family and the man who were seated after us all got their food before us. The man had even eared and left before someone had even come to us to let us know our food was on the way. To make matters worse, the Italian family next to us got the EXACT same dishes as us. They arrived after us and ordered after us, but their food came some 30-45 minutes before ours did. They were getting excellent service and chatting with the staff, while we were completely ignored after our starter came. Our female waitress was never to be seen again. What makes this a 2-star review is that when we asked about our food, the male server (who was chatting with the other table) had nothing but excuses. He said oh we have a lot of orders, our kitchen is small, we're using risotto from Italy which takes 25 minutes to cook, etc etc etc (okay, but that ignores the fact that we've been waiting over an hour). Brother, the right thing to do here is apologize, acknowledge that you're causing customers to wait an inordinate amount of time for their food, and make it right. I don't need to know how big your kitchen is. If you told me I would have to wait that long at the beginning, I would have never ordered the food. They never gave us updates at all while we were waiting either. Honestly I think they just forgot our food. It would feel a lot better if they had just told us that. The food tasted good! But we won't be back, and I can't recommend the restaurant. Work on those service recovery essentials, please.

I totally love this bistro, for it's genuine cuisine, quality and very pleasant staff! For this dinner, maybe that evening I had the impression also that the owners were serving me and my son. We were celebrating a special event that we will always remember, it was simply perfect! Thank you so much 🥰

We had dinner at this Sardinian restaurant and it was delicious! The fish soup and fried octopus were exceptional! The service was great and the servers were very attentive and kind!

Ichnusa Botega&Bistro is my most favorite restaurant in Prague. The food and food presentation, wine and service are exceptional. You never get bored with their menu. And it’s a great value for money. I strongly recommend this place.

First impression was very good, attentive waiter and very friendly. Once we received our meals the meat was very good but the pasta was undercooked (3 minutes before Al dente). When they asked how the food is, I informed the more junior waitress the pasta is undercooked. We only had had 3 bites of it at that time. She left immediately to the kitchen, so we expected she told someone who would return with some sort of apology or offer to amend the meal, from the kitchen or the main waiter. But no one returned to us. From then on also the main waiter did not check in anymore, like they were avoiding us. We felt uncomfortable about the lack of reaction to our feedback (so it felt like they took it badly) so we decided to not order dessert here. We asked the waitress when she asked if we wanted dessert, if she gave our feedback on, and she confirmed and told us: “sorry again”. So clearly the kitchen and main waiter did not care about serving us undercooked pasta, did not want to offer to fix it, or any further amendments or did not take our feedback seriously. To be clear we don’t blame the girl as she was clearly doing what she was told and was not making any decisions. She kept friendly. Prices for the two meals and one starter are over 1500 koruna, with wine the bill was 2500, we would expect a service that reacts to negative feedback, if they ask: how is the food? - by offering to fixing the issue (even if we would then answer, don’t worry about it)

Fantastic flavours, amazing food quality, great wines and a really great service! Would come here again any time! They also have a private dining room available upon request.

We walked around in the area and followed locals to this restaurant. Food is perfectly done. Lunch menu offers high quality food at reasonable price. Their carpaccio is spectacular and has a unique flavor and texture that we have never had before. The restaurant is homey with nice decor and soft music in the background. We came here twice during our trip in Prague and we still talk about it after we come home.

Wonderful Italian/Sardinia food in cozy bistro. Service was attentive without being obstructive. Started off with cappuccio special followed by sea bream and ravioli, both very good. Waiter recommended dry red that was excellent. Topped off with chocolate/pistachio dessert. Very nice evening...

This place has the most friendly atmosphere you can imagine. There is no menu but the food is always wonderful and as long as you go with the recommendation of the waitress, you can never go wrong. Its great for chilled evenings with friends as well as for romantic couple evenings. Their food will always impress you and you will leave happy and with a smile on your face :)

This place was a great find today! Loved the food, the service was amazing! They are lucky to have Stella, she is a jewel !!! Thank you for a wonderful night!! Great food and great wine!!!

Sure it's a bit intimidating to order food when there's no menu but its so worth It! Waitress will try her best to read the list of items available. Asked for some suggestions after choosing a few dishes on out own. Everything was so delicious... eating here was definitely one of the highlights of visiting Prague.

We stayed at an apartment on this quieter side of Prague. I had checked for restraints nearby for our first night. Quiet street for outdoor dining. Local clientele. We had a calamari salad for starter - tender with wonderful flavor with buts of broccoli. Two of us shared sea bass which was also nice. We had their "local" beer. Overall a great way to start a week in Prague.

Bottom-line: This one is tough to write. Very good quality ingredients and good service, but there was a disappointing lack of flavor in the main dishes we tried. I honestly expected more. Ideally I'd give 3.5 stars (not possible on Yelp), so I'll assume it was an off-night and give them 4 stars instead of 3. Our experience: This was one of our 'fancy' dinners while visiting Prague. Ichnusa is expensive by Prague standards, but it had good reviews, and hence our expectations were high. Burratta for two (appetizer): Wonderful! By far our favorite part of the meal. It was a large serving of burratta with flavorful grape tomatoes, a bit of bread, and the tomatoes and greens were lightly drizzled with a vinegarette-like dressing. Easily shareable by two people (or even three). We happily ate all of it and asked for a bit more bread to go with the delicious cheese. Duck with saffron rice: The duck was perfectly cooked (medium rare and crisp on the outside). That said, the overall flavor profile/seasoning was too simple and muted. The richness of the duck and the fact that it was perfectly cooked made it still very enjoyable. The side for this dish was saffron rice, which again, really could have used more flavor. So I enjoyed the dish, mainly for the well-cooked duck, but I felt like there was so much wasted potential here. Pasta with Shrimp, peppercorns, capers, basil, etc: Disappointing. The best I can say is that the pasta was fairly "pleasant" in its very mild flavor. I could not really taste the capers, basil, or pepper that were supposed to bring this dish to life. Occasionally I found a piece of peppercorn to briefly add a tiny spark of life to the dish, but only rarely. There were about 5 unshelled shrimp on top, which looks plentiful at first, but once emptied of their meat, there wasn't much shellfish to speak of. That would have been fine if only the pasta itself had much more of the anticipated flavors. I would have done better in 10 minutes at home by mixing some good-quality pasta with garlic, olive oil, and red paper flakes (better yet if you add a can of olive-oil packed tuna). That would have been a dish that was actually flavorful. This was just disappointingly bland. Despite a few things that were done very well (the burrata and the way the duck was cooked) I left feeling disappointed. Both of our main dishes were by no means terrible, but they were lacking in the excitement and flavor that I expected.

Wonderful wonderful wonderful. A highlight for a dinner in Prague. I am never disappointed and all is fresh and very very good. Service was friendly and very helpful. The place is small so reservation recommended

Amazing place. The bistro is in an old apartment, and every room has a different charm and atmosphere. It was cozy but airy. The food was outstanding and drinks were made perfectly. My friends had the ragu and I had the risotto. Perfectly al dente. I took a quick look at the kitchen when I walked by and they had a very professional set up there (Italian chef speaking Czech!) and it was really neat. The waitresses/waiters were nice too and appreciative that we enjoyed the food so much. Truly a gem in Prague. I hope I can come again soon!!