Best Bars in Karlín, Prague - Where to Drink After Dark
Looking for the right bar in Karlín once the sun goes down? This district has everything from riverside cocktails to Irish pubs, all within a few streets of each other. Whether you're after a quiet wine list or a full sports bar setup, our Karlín neighbourhood guide to the local bars covers all the essentials.
Base yourself close enough to walk home after last call. A place to stay in Karlín puts every bar on this list within easy reach, so the night doesn't have to end with a taxi search.
Karlín Bars With Cocktails That Are Worth a Visit
Revír Karlín is a riverside cocktail bar by the HolKa footbridge best known for its G&T Thursdays and regular DJ nights that keep the terrace busy well past sunset.
For anyone comparing the best bars for cocktails in Karlín, Revír is an easy first pick - and the bars below are never more than a short walk away if the evening calls for a second stop.
Craft Beer and Wine Bars
Not every night in Karlín calls for a cocktail. Bad Flash Bar runs twelve rotating taps of Czech and international beer, enough variety that even regulars check the board instead ordering something that they already know out of habit.
Veltlin, on the other hand, is a wine bar in Karlín that regulars rely on, built almost entirely around producers from the former Austro-Hungarian Empire region and pouring bottles you won't easily find elsewhere in the city. Anyone searching for something quieter than a beer hall usually ends up at Veltlin's counter sooner or later, ordering by the glass rather than committing to a full bottle on a weeknight.
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Irish Pubs and Sports Bars in Karlín
For anyone seeking to watch a match instead of a cocktail list, Karlín has options too.
- U Zábranských works as a proper sports bar Karlín regulars turn to for live broadcasts, darts or table football, the kind of place where a match on screen matters more than the decor.
U Zábranských · 📍 Show on map - Beer Garden Karlín takes the same idea outdoors, showing major sporting events on big screens while the terrace fills up around it on a warm evening.
Beer Garden Karlín · 📍 Show on map - Arthur's Irish Pub Karlín rounds out the group as an Irish pub Karlin regulars treat like a second living room, with a proper Guinness lounge and a garden set under chestnut trees close. Between the whisky selection and the Guinness on tap, it holds up as an Irish pub that Prague visitors compare favourably to spots back home, without the tourist markup that comes with a more central location.
Arthur's Irish Pub Karlín · 📍 Show on map
Where to Look For Nonstop Bars in Karlín
For a late finish, one Karlín spot keeps going well past the usual closing time.
- Rezerva Bar Karlín, a rooftop bar, stays open daily until 2 a.m., about as close to a nonstop bar as it gets without an actual 24-hour licence.
Rezerva Bar Karlín · 📍 Show on map
With Rezerva pouring until 2 a.m., visitors rarely struggle to find somewhere still open after dinner runs late.
Make Karlín Your Base for a Night Out
None of these bars sit far from each other, which makes Karlín one of the easier Prague districts to bar-hop without planning a route in advance. Even better if you have a place to stay in Karlín and can explore all the district has on offer for a walkable night out.
Most nights, moving from a cocktail to a pint to a nightcap costs you little more than a few minutes on foot between each stop. If you're staying nearby, it's worth pairing an evening out with a look at the district's architecture of Karlín earlier in the day, or a stop for where to eat in Karlín before the first drink.
Staying close by also means the morning after is easier. A short walk gets you to brunch in Karlín the next day, without a taxi involved either way, and no need to remember which street you left your coat in the night before, or how far you'll have to walk to find it again.
A cocktail at Revír with the river right there, then a nightcap somewhere quieter, works best when neither stop requires a taxi in between. Book a place to stay nearby and let the evening flow from one bar to the next.