Prague Medieval Dinner: U Pavouka or U Krále Brabantského?

Two of Prague’s medieval taverns that serve dinner with a show are U Pavouka at Celetná 597/17 in the Old Town and U Krále Brabantského at Thunovská 198/15 in Malá Strana, under the castle. Of the two, the one you can book online is U Pavouka’s Prague: Medieval Dinner with Unlimited Drinks: swordsmen, jugglers and belly dancers, a 3-course afternoon or 5-course evening dinner, and unlimited beer, wine and soft drinks, every day at 4:30 PM or 8:00 PM. It was per person from US$71 (checked November 2026), rated 4.4 from 22,920 reviews, with free cancellation up to 24 hours before.

Where can I find the best medieval dinner in Prague?

In the two old quarters on either side of Charles Bridge. U Pavouka is on Celetná street, the lane that runs from the Powder Gate to Old Town Square, 335 m on foot from the square. U Krále Brabantského is on Thunovská street in Malá Strana, 311 m on foot from Malostranské náměstí, under the castle. The two are 1,929 m apart on foot, about 23 minutes’ walk across the bridge.

Neither is quiet and neither is a fine-dining room. Both are themed evenings for visitors, with set food, drinks included and a show. The real differences are practical: which night you have free, which side of the river you are sleeping on, and whether you want to book and cancel online.

Before you book: November 2026

U Pavouka runs the show every day, at 4:30 PM with a 3-course dinner and at 8:00 PM with five courses; the booking options are titled “Starts at 4:00 PM” and “Starts at 7:45 PM”, so plan to arrive from those times. Six menus are offered at each sitting: pork, poultry, fish, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free. The evening dinner cost US$88.20 a person on every ordinary date in the calendar on 11 November 2026 (19 and 26 November 2026, 20 January and 24 March 2027). Christmas is dearer (US$99.36 for the afternoon on 25 and 26 December), and on 31 December the only option on sale was a 4-hour New Year’s Eve dinner at US$300.33; show times has the whole holiday ladder.

U Krále Brabantského runs its show Tuesday to Sunday from 7:00 PM and sells three packages on its own site, each with its show from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM: 1,490 CZK (food and two drinks), 1,800 CZK (the same food with unlimited beer, wine by the glass and soft drinks) and 2,390 CZK (a five-course feast with venison and unlimited beer, mead and soft drinks). The show alone is from 295 CZK a person. Bookings go by phone, e-mail or its reservation page. Its pages print no cancellation terms. Both venues were read on their own sites on 11 November 2026.

U Pavouka or U Krále Brabantského?

Book U Pavouka if your free evening is a Monday, if you want the earlier 4:30 PM sitting, if you are staying in the Old Town, or if you want to book online with free cancellation. The menu is fixed in advance for each guest, so a vegan or gluten-free guest is booked as one from the start.

Choose U Krále Brabantského if your evening ends near the castle and falls between Tuesday and Sunday, and you are happy to arrange it with the tavern directly. Its own site calls it one of the oldest pubs in Prague, on the Royal Way directly under Prague Castle. It also rates higher on Google Maps: 4.6 from 7,880 votes against U Pavouka’s 4.2 from 9,176 (11 November 2026). Its cheapest package includes two drinks, not unlimited ones; the 1,800 CZK package is the one with unlimited beer, wine and soft drinks.

Prague’s city tourism site, prague.eu, also lists Krčma U sedmi Švábů at Nerudova 31 in Malá Strana, where it says there is a feast on Friday and Saturday evenings from 8:30 PM, with a dozen courses, as much beer and wine as you can drink and a medieval programme. Check with the tavern before you plan around it.

Afternoon or evening?

The afternoon sitting is the 3-course dinner: the option is titled “Starts at 4:00 PM”, the show starts at 4:30 PM, booked as 2 hours, so it is over by early evening, which suits families. The evening sitting adds a cold starter and a warm appetizer, five courses in all, for US$88.20 a person on the November to March dates read: titled “Starts at 7:45 PM”, the show starts at 8:00 PM, booked as 3 hours, with the room at its fullest. Both come with the full show and unlimited beer, wine and soft drinks, and you choose the sitting in the calendar.

Prices, ratings and review counts from the listings (GetYourGuide checked November 2026; Viator checked November 2026). Operators price by date and season, so treat the figures as the shape of the market, not a quote.

What the diners say

The 350 newest reviews of the U Pavouka dinner run from 11 October to 11 November 2026. 282 of them give four or five stars (81%) and 68 give one to three. The praise is about the evening as a whole: “Drinks were flowing so you never had an empty glass!” (26 October), and at least six reviewers enjoyed sharing a table with strangers, among them a solo traveller who “met other solo travelers” (4 November).

The complaints repeat, and they are worth knowing before you book:

• It is dark. At least eight reviewers mention it, several of them five-star guests, one of whom used a phone light to see the plate. Two reviews report a fall on the steps on the way to the tables: one reviewer fell on the bottom steps, where there was no handrail (1 November), and another saw a girl at the table go down on a step she could not see (31 October).
• Tables are shared and crowded: at least seven say they were packed in, and at least seven could see little of the show from their seats.
• The beer gets more praise than the wine; at least six found the wine poor (“like we were at communion”, 9 November).
• At least six say the acts repeat, mostly the belly dancing.

The shared tables are no surprise: U Pavouka tells you about them before you book. If a quiet dinner is what you want, is it worth it says who should skip it, and Prague dinner shows has the alternatives.

Where is U Pavouka?

U Pavouka is at Celetná 597/17, 110 00 Praha 1 - Staré Město; 17 is the number you look for on the street. From Old Town Square walk east along Celetná for 335 m, about four minutes; from the Powder Gate walk west for 274 m. The tavern opens daily from 11:00, and the dinner show starts at 4:30 PM or 8:00 PM. Where is U Pavouka has the map and both walks.

Check dates at U Pavouka

The rest of the evening

The 4:30 PM dinner leaves the night free for a walk over Charles Bridge, and the 8:00 PM dinner is the night. For the six menus course by course, see the menu; for what “unlimited” means at the table, unlimited drinks.