Laibon Restaurant and Tea-room (Parkan Street) - a vegetarian restaurant with a warm welcome and views over the river to the castle. The tearoom (above) is full of atmosphere and worth a visit.
Two Marys (U Dwau Marii) is next door to Laibon and offers authentic medieval Czech food. To drink try the mead - especially good warm. Can get booked up.
The Jailhouse (Satlava) in Satlavska Street is also a place that needs booking in advance at weekends. It really is the old jailhouse and offers meat grilled over an open fire.
Nona Gina in Klasterni Street is for our money the best pizza restaurant in Cesky Krumlov, run by an Italian family.
The Gypsy Tavern (Cibanska Jizba) in Dlouha Street is a real old fashioned Czech tavern. The goulash is cheap and delicious. If you're lucky you may get to hear a genuine gypsy band play.
The cafe by the river off Latran (turn into a passage way with antique shop, toy shop and army surplus) - go here for the opportunity to watch the canoes go by and the blueberry milkshake.
The Two Ladies near the Marionette Museum in Latran - riverside seating and great honey cake and strudel.
Grilled meat, often cooked on an open fire as at Satlavka.
Meat in a range of sauces, such as mushroom or fruits of the forest etc. The Czechs are great hunters - so you will find wild boar, venison and rabbit on the menu.
Sausages in all shapes and sizes often served with delicious Czech mustard. For a cheap snack have a hotdog (about 15 kcs) from one of the stands.
Cakes - strudel, honey cake (medovnik) , doughnuts, and various pastries, check out the poppy seed paste used in many cakes.
Potatoes - somehow the Czech ones just taste nicer than British ones, try boiled with melted butter or bramboraky (potato pancakes) which are also sold as a snack
Wild mushrooms - the Czechs are obsessed with them, try in a sauce or omelette.
Fruits of the forest - you will find wild strawberries, raspberries, and bilberries growing in the forest. Smaller than cultivated ones and twice as tasty. The Czechs use them in cakes, pancakes, fruit dumplings, milkshakes, ice cream and sauces for meat dishes.
Beer - the Czechs are rightly proud of their beer. Our favourites are Budvar, Gambrinus, and Bernard. You can get dark beer as well as the light - we like both. And what is more it is cheap at about 50p a glass or 20p a bottle when bought from a supermarket.
Other alcohol - try medovina (mead) to be drunk hot or cold, we recommend the ones served in Two Marys. And then there is Becherovka - a herbal spirit and said to be good for the digestion.