Daniel F.
Yelp
This restaurant, the cafe, was recommended in my guidebook, so I decided to give it a try. I ordered the "GOULASH MENU" (the caps are not mine), which includes:
Soup of the day
Lobkowicz-style "Czech " goulash served with gnocchi
Italian-style cheesecake
Sounds and looks touristy, doesn't it!? To my surprise It was quite good. The soup was a creamy salmon sweet pepper bisque. The goulash was good, best yet for me, as the beef was tender and not very fatty. The sauce was good, but still quite mild, in my opinion - I'm beginning to think this is what goulash sauce is like. Although not true gnocchi, they really served houskový knedlík, or traditional Czech dumplings, which had bacon to give them a nice smoky flavor. The cheesecake was very light, not a grotesque portion (like we typically get in the USA). It had a creamy almost tiramisu-like layer on top, which was delicious. The beer was standard Czech high quality, and the espresso was a decent pull.
Service was prompt and friendly, but not intrusive. I'm sure patience can run thin after serving tourists all day. The servers spoke decent English and gave me kudos for trying my 15 words of Czech.
It reminded me of eating at a place like the Getty in LA or any other nice art museum restaurant. I ate outside and it was quite cold, however, they had gas heaters on and blankets for each seat so you could wrap your legs if you liked - nice touch!