Restaurant in Prague, Czech Republic
Thai tasting menu, Prague's most surprising kitchen.
Coda brings a Thai-influenced tasting menu to Malá Strana, shaped by a chef with ten years of experience in Australia. The room is modern with high ceilings, the menu is concise and precisely seasoned, and booking is easier than most of Prague's comparable tasting menu restaurants. A strong pick for food-focused travellers who want a defined culinary point of view away from the Old Town.
Coda earns its place on a Prague dinner shortlist for anyone who wants a tasting menu format that genuinely surprises. The Thai-influenced kitchen, shaped by a chef who spent a decade working in Australia before returning to craft a menu rooted in regional Thai cuisine with modern technique, is an unusual proposition in Malá Strana — and that difference is the point. If you are looking for Bohemian cooking, go elsewhere. If you want a concise, focused tasting menu in an elegant room that does not ask you to spend a full evening in the Old Town, Coda is worth booking. Reservations are relatively easy to secure compared to Prague's most contested tables, which makes this a lower-risk pick for trip planning.
The dining room works in your favour. High ceilings give the space a sense of scale without tipping into cavernous, and the overall feel is modern and composed — a deliberate contrast to the Gothic and Baroque streetscape outside on Tržiště. Malá Strana is one of Prague's quieter residential neighbourhoods after dark, which means arriving here in the evening feels genuinely unhurried. The area thins out after standard dinner hours, so Coda functions as a late-evening option in a part of the city that is not competing with the noise and foot traffic of Staré Město. For a food-focused evening that extends past 9 PM, the neighbourhood context actually helps: no crowds, easier navigation, and a room that stays composed rather than loud.
The tasting menu is concise by design. The chef's framing , regional Thai cuisine interpreted through a decade of international perspective , produces dishes described as delicate but layered, where seasoning does the heavy lifting rather than portion size. This is a kitchen with a clear point of view: it is not trying to be a Czech restaurant, nor is it trying to replicate what you would find in Bangkok or Melbourne. That specificity is either the reason to book or the reason to skip it, depending on what you are after. For food and travel enthusiasts who read menus the way other people read itineraries, that kind of defined identity is exactly what makes a dinner worth planning around.
Booking difficulty is rated easy, which in Prague's context means you are unlikely to need weeks of lead time the way you would for La Degustation Bohême Bourgeoise. Aim to book a few days to a week ahead for weekends; mid-week evenings should be more available. The leading timing for a visit is an evening when you want to stay in Malá Strana rather than cross the river , the neighbourhood rewards slow evenings, and Coda fits that rhythm. If you are building a Prague itinerary and want a dinner that does not require you to be in the tourist centre, this address in Malá Strana is a practical anchor. Pair it with a drink beforehand at one of the quieter bars in the neighbourhood, and the evening holds together well.
Prague has a growing number of ambitious tasting menu restaurants, but very few with this kind of cuisine profile. For a broader look at where Coda sits in the city's dining scene, see our full Prague restaurants guide. If you are also planning where to stay, our Prague hotels guide covers the full range. For late-night drinks after dinner, our Prague bars guide is the right next step. Further afield in the Czech Republic, standout restaurant options include Na Spilce in Pilsen, Cattaleya in Čeladná, and Chapelle in Písek. For a sense of how Coda's tasting menu format compares internationally, Lazy Bear in San Francisco offers a useful reference point for chef-driven, identity-forward tasting menus. Other Prague restaurants worth knowing include 420 Restaurant, Alma, Amano, Alcron, and Long Story Short Eatery & Bakery in Olomouc for context across price points. Venues like Tlustá Kachna in Chrudim and Pavillon Steak House in Brno round out the Czech restaurant picture outside the capital. For the highest technical benchmark in the city, Le Bernardin in New York City illustrates what sustained precision at the leading of a format looks like , useful framing for understanding where ambitious tasting menus set their sights.
| Venue | Cuisine | Price | Booking Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coda | Easy | ||
| La Degustation Bohême Bourgeoise | French-Czech | €€€€ | Unknown |
| Alcron | Modern European | Unknown | |
| Na Kopci | Traditional Cuisine | €€ | Unknown |
| Field Restaurant | Modern European | Unknown | |
| The Eatery | Czech | €€ | Unknown |
Side-by-side comparison to help you decide where to book.
The dining room is modern and formal enough that jeans and trainers would look out of place, but Coda is not a black-tie venue. Neat evening wear — a dress, blazer, or smart trousers — fits the room. The high-ceilinged, elegant space signals effort from the kitchen, and your outfit should match that register.
For Czech-rooted fine dining at a comparable format, La Degustation Bohême Bourgeoise is the benchmark comparison — more locally focused, harder to book. Field Restaurant runs a similar tasting menu with strong seasonal credentials. If you want something less formal, Na Kopci offers a more relaxed approach to ambitious cooking. Coda's Thai-influenced direction has no direct equivalent in Prague, which is its clearest point of difference.
A tasting menu format in a modern dining room is one of the more comfortable solo setups — pacing is managed for you, and there is nothing awkward about a single cover at a well-run tasting counter. Booking difficulty at Coda is rated easy, so a solo reservation is unlikely to be a problem. It compares well to La Degustation for solo diners who want a slightly lower-pressure experience.
The menu is described as concise, which in tasting menu contexts usually means the kitchen has limited flexibility to rebuild courses from scratch. check the venue's official channels before booking if you have serious dietary restrictions — the chef's Thai-influenced approach relies on specific seasoning layers that may be harder to adapt than a more modular menu.
Booking difficulty is rated easy, which means you are unlikely to need weeks of lead time. A reservation a few days to a week out should be achievable for most dates. That said, Prague's tasting menu scene has grown, and Friday and Saturday evenings move faster — if your dates are fixed, book earlier rather than later.
The kitchen's framing matters: this is regional Thai cuisine interpreted through a chef with ten years of international experience in Australia, not a fusion concept or a pan-Asian menu. Expect a concise tasting format with layered seasoning rather than a long parade of small courses. The address is Tržiště 9 in Malá Strana, a quieter part of central Prague, so factor in navigation time if you are arriving from the Old Town side.
Bar seating is not confirmed in available venue information. The space is described as an elegant modern dining room rather than a bar-forward venue, so walk-in bar dining is not a format you should count on. Reserve a table to guarantee your spot.
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