The 9 best specialty coffee shops in Prague (2026)

Good Cup Team · 14 November 2026

The best specialty coffee shops in Prague are Doubleshot and Mazelab Tasting Studio, the two we rate Outstanding, followed by BeBerry, DABOV, Dos Mundos, EMA, Father's, La Bohème and Monolok.

How we chose them

Every café here is one we rate Outstanding or Excellent after analysing all of Prague's specialty cafés. A level comes from evidence, never from star ratings: who is behind the bar and their championship results, which roasters a café pours and how we rate them, the coffees on the menu and the equipment. Prague's top is unusually strong on people: both Outstanding cafés have world championship competitors on the team, and six of the nine roast their own coffee.

Best for one stop: Doubleshot

Doubleshot is our pick if you have time for one café in Prague. It roasts its own coffee, World-class on our scale, and its team has included people who competed at world championships in three disciplines: Kamila Chobotková, tenth at the 2023 World Brewers Cup, Josef Holub, tenth at the 2023 World Roasting Championship, and Ondřej Petrus, eighth at the 2019 World Coffee in Good Spirits. Kateřina Myšková, second at the Czech Barista Championship 2024, is on its team too. Best for: a world-class Prague roaster at its own bar. Worth knowing: espresso is what we hold on record here; for filter by hand, go to La Bohème or DABOV.

Best for tasting a rare lot: Mazelab Tasting Studio

Mazelab Tasting Studio pours Mazelab, a Prague roaster we rate World-class, and two of this year's Czech champions are on its team: Jackie Tran, Czech Brewers Cup Champion 2026 and fourth in the World Brewers Cup final the same year, and Volodymyr Petrina, Czech Barista Champion 2026. Jacob Hoang, second at the Czech Latte Art Championship 2026, is on its team too. Among its coffees are a rare lot and Kamavindi SL from Kenya, and guests' reviews are about the coffee. Best for: tasting what a world finalist brews. Worth knowing: it is a tasting studio, and the coffee comes first.

Best for East African coffees: BeBerry

BeBerry roasts its own coffee, Top on our scale, and buys from East Africa with the washing station named: Chelbesa in Ethiopia, Gisanga in Rwanda, Kibingo in Burundi. Tomas Laca, who competed at the 2018 World Cup Tasters, is on its team. Espresso runs on a Victoria Arduino Eagle One, and filter is batch-brewed. Best for: washed coffees from Ethiopia, Rwanda and Burundi. Worth knowing: hand brewing is not on our record here.

Best for brewing methods: DABOV

DABOV brews more ways than any other café in this list: AeroPress, Chemex, Kalita Wave, V60, French press, vacuum pot, nitro and cold brew, on top of espresso from a La Marzocco Linea PB, a Sanremo and a Kees van der Westen. Its shelf holds Githiru from Kenya, and it sells green Cup of Excellence lots from Costa Rica and Indonesia to roast at home. Best for: choosing both the coffee and the way it is brewed. Worth knowing: our reading of its menu finds food first.

Best for brunch: Dos Mundos

Dos Mundos roasts its own coffee, Top on our scale, and runs three cafés in Prague with breakfast, brunch and pastries. Anna Houdková, third at the Czech Brewers Cup 2026, and Lukáš Zugar, second at the Czech Cup Tasters 2024, are on its team, and it has had Fanda Korekáč, who competed at the World Latte Art Championship, behind its bar. Espresso runs on Victoria Arduino Eagle One and Eagle Tempo machines, and filter is poured over by hand. Best for: brunch with a cup made by competitors. Worth knowing: food first on our reading.

Best for espresso with breakfast: EMA espresso bar

EMA espresso bar roasts its own coffee, Top on our scale, and runs four bars in Prague. Adam Neubauer, tenth at the 2015 World Barista Championship, is on its team. Its coffees name their farms: El Paraíso washed and La Cristalina natural from Colombia, Gotiti washed from Ethiopia, and a decaf from Fazenda Bioma in Brazil. Filter is by hand as well as batch. Best for: espresso and breakfast in a roaster's own bar. Worth knowing: food first on our reading.

Best for El Diviso's Geisha: Father's

Father's roasts its own coffee, Top on our scale, and its coffees name their farms: El Diviso's Geisha and Ombligón from Colombia, Roger Chilcón Flores from Peru, Inzá from Colombia. Best for: a Geisha from El Diviso without leaving Prague. Worth knowing: we hold no championship results for its team.

Best for a rare lot by hand: La Bohème

La Bohème roasts its own coffee, Top on our scale, brews by hand, in batches and on nitro, and pours a rare lot: Azahar's Rose Bourbon from Colombia, from a farm placed at a recognised green coffee auction. It runs two cafés. Best for: a rare lot by hand. Worth knowing: we hold no championship results for its team.

Best for a quick stop: Monolok

Monolok has had Lukas Podbehly, who competed at the 2018 World Barista Championship, on its team, and serves batch brew and espresso off a La Marzocco. Best for: a quick, well-made cup. Worth knowing: we hold no roaster for it on record.

Choose by what you want

For espresso at world level, Doubleshot or Mazelab Tasting Studio. For filter by hand, La Bohème, DABOV or EMA. For a rare lot, Mazelab Tasting Studio or La Bohème; for El Diviso's Geisha, Father's. For brunch, Dos Mundos or EMA. For brewing methods, DABOV. For one stop, Doubleshot.

The honest take

Prague's two Outstanding cafés are both about the cup, not the room: Doubleshot and Mazelab Tasting Studio are where the city's competitors work. Most of the Excellent cafés roast for themselves, and three of them, Dos Mundos, EMA and DABOV, take their food as seriously as their coffee. If you want coffee first, go to Mazelab Tasting Studio; if you want the coffee and a meal, Dos Mundos.

On Good Cup

Levels are as of November 2026. Every café above has a page on Good Cup with its team, its roasters and its coffees, and the Prague guide lists every specialty café in the city by level.