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Cukrárny · Prague

Cukrárny in Prague

Pastry shops for větrník, laskonka and kremrole, from Myšák on Vodičkova to Erhartova in Letná.

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A cukrárna is a Czech pastry shop with tables, the place for zákusky (individual pastries) and a coffee. Czechs usually eat sweets as an occasion of their own, such as afternoon coffee.1 Holešovice & Letná has the most cukrárny and bakery cafés, ahead of Nové Město and Nusle & Vyšehrad, while the shops with the longest histories are on Vodičkova and Milady Horákové.

Bakery cafés share the counter space. Koláče, sweet yeast pastries holding fruit, poppy-seed paste or tvaroh (a fresh curd cheese), are the everyday counterpart to the cream pastries.1 Koláče on Komunardů in Holešovice and Kolacherie on Na Rybníčku in Nové Město are named after them.

Local tip: At Myšák on Vodičkova the zákusky are made two bites in size so you can try several; a laskonka and a kremrole together come to 180 Kč as of 2026.4

Where these cafés are: Holešovice & Letná (12), Nové Město (9), Nusle & Vyšehrad (9), Staré Město & Josefov (8), Vinohrady (8), Smíchov (7), Žižkov (7), Libeň & Vysočany (6), Dejvice & Bubeneč (5), Vršovice (4), Malá Strana & Hradčany (4), Karlín (4), Strašnice & Záběhlice (1).

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  • Opens earliest: Cukrárna Libeřské lahůdky, from 06:30 (Mon–Fri 06:30–19:00 · Sat 08:00–18:00).
  • Closes latest: Letka, until 01:00 (Wed–Thu 08:00–23:00 · Fri 08:00–01:00 · Sat 09:00–01:00 · Sun 09:00–22:00).
  • Most common features: wi-fi (29%), card payment (26%), brunch (25%).

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Reading the display case

A větrník is one of the larger pieces: two halves of choux pastry joined with yolk cream and caramel whipped cream under a caramel fondant top.2 It derives from the French profiterole, a dessert already known at the 16th-century court of Catherine de’ Medici.3 The věneček is the smaller choux ring, sealed with yolk cream and usually glazed with plain fondant.2

Laskonka is close to a macaroon: two coconut-meringue halves joined with cream. Kremrole are tubes of puff pastry filled with beaten egg white and dusted with sugar.2 Indiánek is a sponge base under egg-white “snow” and a chocolate coat, and rakvička (“little coffin”) is a brittle sugar-and-egg shell topped with whipped cream.2

What a pastry costs in 2026

At Myšák on Vodičkova, the menu as of 2026 prices a laskonka at 85 Kč, a kremrole at 95 Kč, a mini větrník at 85 Kč and a rakvička with whipped cream at 88 Kč. The full-size yolk věneček costs 145 Kč and the liqueur-filled špička 168 Kč.4 The shop makes its zákusky two bites in size so you can try several, and serves breakfast until 17:00.4

Myšák, Erhart and Světozor

Confectioner František Myšák bought the house at Vodičkova 31 and opened his cukrárna there in 1911; builder Josef Čapek rebuilt it in rondocubist style in 1922.5 Most of the building collapsed during a 2007 reconstruction, leaving the facade and ground floor.5 The business was nationalized in 1950, Ambiente took over the premises in 2017, and pastry making returned to the shop in 2019.5

Erhartova cukrárna, with a tradition going back to 1937, occupies the ground floor of Palác Letná at Milady Horákové 56, built in 1936–1937.67 Architect Evžen Rosenberg designed its functionalist interior; a 2007 renovation funded by Prague 7 kept the original display cases and terrazzo floor and added replicas of the furniture and lights.7 The second branch is at Vinohradská 125, and both open daily 10:00–19:00.6

Ovocný Světozor continues a shop that traded in the Světozor passage off Wenceslas Square in the 1970s. It has had its own bakery since 1996 and runs 14 shops, selling ice cream and chlebíčky (open-faced sandwiches) alongside cakes.8 The branch at Vodičkova 39 opens daily, from 10:00 on Sundays.

Newer counters and neighborhood shops

Cukrář Skála opened in December 2017 in the Šporkovský palác, making Lukáš Skála’s recipes, and added a branch at Dlouhá 39 in April 2018, the only place that sells its original kremrole.9 Cukrárna Na nádvoří fills a renovated courtyard at Národní 37; in 2021 the Prague 1 district wrote that its větrníky and věnečky were probably the largest in the city.10

Away from the center, the earliest openers are neighborhood shops. Cukrárna Libeřské lahůdky on Na žertvách in Libeň opens at 06:30 on weekdays, and Sweetcakes on Čestmírova in Nusle at 07:00. In Letná, Antonínovo pekařství on Strossmayerovo náměstí has outdoor tables and opens daily 07:00–19:30.

Sources

  1. Czech cuisine, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. At the Czech cukrárna: From větrník to věneček, a sweet cheat sheet, Expats.cz (March 22, 2023), accessed October 2026
  3. Větrník (zákusek), Wikipedia (Czech), accessed October 2026
  4. Menu, Cukrárna Myšák Vodičkova, Cukrárna Myšák (Ambiente), accessed October 2026
  5. Historie, Cukrárna Myšák (Ambiente), accessed October 2026
  6. Erhartova cukrárna, Erhartova cukrárna, accessed October 2026
  7. Palác Letná, Wikipedia (Czech), accessed October 2026
  8. Ovocný Světozor, Ovocný Světozor, accessed October 2026
  9. Cukrář Skála, Cukrář Skála, accessed October 2026
  10. Cukrárna Na nádvoří, Městská část Praha 1 (August 9, 2021), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Cukrárny & bakeries in Prague: questions

What is a větrník in a Prague cukrárna?

A větrník is one of the larger pastries in a Czech cukrárna: two halves of choux pastry joined with yolk cream and caramel whipped cream, topped with caramel fondant. It derives from the French profiterole. At Myšák on Vodičkova a mini větrník costs 85 Kč as of 2026. Its smaller relative, the věneček, is a choux ring sealed with yolk cream.

Which cukrárny in Prague have the longest history?

Myšák on Vodičkova opened in 1911 in a house that Josef Čapek rebuilt in rondocubist style in 1922; it was nationalized in 1950 and revived by Ambiente from 2017. Erhartova cukrárna dates its tradition to 1937 and keeps Evžen Rosenberg’s functionalist interior in Palác Letná on Milady Horákové, restored in 2007.

How much do pastries cost at a cukrárna in Prague?

As of 2026, Myšák on Vodičkova charges 85 Kč for a laskonka, 95 Kč for a kremrole, 85 Kč for a mini větrník and 88 Kč for a rakvička with whipped cream. A full-size yolk věneček costs 145 Kč and a liqueur-filled špička 168 Kč. The pieces are made two bites in size.

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