5/5 Anthony M. 7 years ago on Google
There
are
thousands
of
cafes
in
Prague,
but
there
are
very
few
that
are
genuinely
special,
different,
unique.
I’m
a
frequenter
of
cafes
and
bars,
and
when
a
special
one
is
on
my
list
I’m
a
dedicated
patron.
What’s
special
about
Manana
are
its
managers,
Filip
Kadner
and
his
charming
wife
Lucie,
with
their
English
Springer
spaniel
Tonda
often
acting
as
maître
d’,
along
with
the
new
addition
to
the
family,
Zofie,
another
Springer
spaniel.
Filip
has
a
genuine
passion
for
all
things
related
to
food
and
drink,
and
there
isn’t
one
single
item
on
the
café’s
ever
adventurous
menu
which
isn’t
of
the
highest
quality.
Everything
is
fresh
and
delicious.
My
particular
favourite
dish
is
the
pancakes
with
mozzarella
and
sun-dried
tomato
which,
for
me,
do
more
than
fill
a
hungry
hole,
they
pack
it
with
mouthfuls
of
simple
but
exquisite
taste.
And
as
for
the
desserts….the
cucumber
ice-cream
knocks
most
of
the
usual
zmrzlina
you
find
in
Prague
into
the
shade.
Though
there’s
always
something
equally
fresh
and
beguiling
as
a
puff
of
summer
cloud
in
a
parched
landscape
hovering
temptingly
under
glass
on
the
counter.
I
was
first
lured
into
Manana
by
the
smell
of
the
coffee.
I’m
one
of
those
coffee
addicts
who’ve
drunk
the
brown-stuff
unthinkingly
for
years,
washing
down
any
old
slop
to
get
that
‘caffeine
hit.’
But
Filip’s
passion
for
what
he
does
really
surfaces
in
the
coffee.
Every
time
I
go
in
there’s
a
new
bean
available
from
some
remote
part
of
the
planet,
its
aroma
alone
–
Filip
is
always
eager
to
let
you
have
a
sniff
of
the
latest
purchase
–
as
subtle
and
powerful
as
any
wine.
Indeed,
Filip’s
coffee
is
so
good
I
can
dispense
with
the
alcohol
completely,
well,
almost.
.
Which
brings
me
conveniently
to
their
divine
beer.
Kounický
ležák
comes
from
a
small
family
brewery
where
they
brew
more
for
the
pleasure
than
profit,
preferring
to
let
the
taste
of
this
delicious
pivo
with
its
cool
foamy
white
head
do
its
own
marketing.
It
comes
in
both
light
and
dark
forms,
though
the
light
is
my
favourite.
India
Pale
Ale
is
also
available,
and
excellent,
particularly
as
an
appetizer.
All
the
wines
and
spirits
are
selected
with
obsessive
care
by
Filip
and
his
wife,
who
don’t
just
flick
through
a
supplier’s
catalogue,
they
research,
they
taste,
they
ask
their
customers
what
they
think.
Filip
was
particularly
anxious
to
make
sure
they
stocked
the
very
best
whiskies
and
malt
whiskies,
and
this
reviewer
was
more
than
happy
to
act
as
a
guinea
pig.
I
could
go
on
singing
the
praises
of
this
inimitable,
warm
and
welcoming
café
until
the
cows
come
home
to
be
turned
into
burgers,
but
I
wont.
Just
thinking
about
Manana
makes
my
mouth
water
and
my
taste
buds
open
like
sunflowers….
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