Beer: Pilsner Urquell 4.4%
Kutná Hora is a pleasant little town with a handful of UNESCO sites, and thereby attracts tourist aplenty (albeit mostly, one suspects, Prague based daytrippers). We have two nights here. Out of season tourist towns are great, as they have plenty of pubs/eateries, and they have plenty of space.
V Ruthardce is one such olde worlde joint – squarely aimed at tourists, without going the whole “staff in costume” hog. We try and enter through the kitchen, but are put right – and pointed towards a cosy little bar area, with a lovely big fireplace. Unlike our pub in Merstham the previous evening, the fire therein is lit two minutes after we enter – and is quickly raging.
The pub (as we find out in subsequent visits) is large, with several rooms – and this is by far the best. We’d have stayed at least one drink longer had the only other table in the room been occupied by low talking locals, and not loud English speaking (we can’t specifically pinpoint nationality – somewhere Scandi’?) Christians. Their conversation is interesting/amusing to start with – especially as they have a local guide in tow, for whom this has to be a tough gig. He tells them all about the beer. They’re keen to taste it but they’re all teetotal... do the pub offer the full range in non-alcohol form? They’re eating too – when the meals arrive they decide that the guide should say grace. Poor sod.
Anyway, they changed the ambiance (and were more annoying than amusing at the time), but this was a fantastic place to be before their arrival. We’d return (in glory) – and have to sit in other rooms… none of which could match this one.
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Kutná Hora is a pleasant little town with a handful of UNESCO sites, and thereby attracts tourist aplenty (albeit mostly, one suspects, Prague based daytrippers). We have two nights here. Out of season tourist towns are great, as they have plenty of pubs/eateries, and they have plenty of space.V Ruthardce is one such olde worlde joint – squarely aimed at tourists, without going the whole “staff in costume” hog. We try and enter through the kitchen, but are put right – and pointed towards a cosy little bar area, with a lovely big fireplace. Unlike our pub in Merstham the previous evening, the fire therein is lit two minutes after we enter – and is quickly raging.
The pub (as we find out in subsequent visits) is large, with several rooms – and this is by far the best. We’d have stayed at least one drink longer had the only other table in the room been occupied by low talking locals, and not loud English speaking (we can’t specifically pinpoint nationality – somewhere Scandi’?) Christians. Their conversation is interesting/amusing to start with – especially as they have a local guide in tow, for whom this has to be a tough gig. He tells them all about the beer. They’re keen to taste it but they’re all teetotal... do the pub offer the full range in non-alcohol form? They’re eating too – when the meals arrive they decide that the guide should say grace. Poor sod.Anyway, they changed the ambiance (and were more annoying than amusing at the time), but this was a fantastic place to be before their arrival. We’d return (in glory) – and have to sit in other rooms… none of which could match this one.
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