Some places are made for dinner. Others are made for the whole night. Most Prague restaurants belong firmly to the first group — you eat well, you pay, you leave. Star's Restaurant & Shisha Lounge in Smíchov belongs to the second, and that's exactly what makes it one of the city's most unexpected night-out experiences.
The usual Prague dilemma is choosing between a restaurant, a cocktail bar and a lounge, then plotting a route between them. At Star's you don't choose. Dinner turns into drinks, drinks turn into shisha, and the evening simply keeps unfolding in one place.
Arriving: A Journey Through Space
Star's doesn't look like anywhere else in Prague. The interior is designed as a trip through space — an illuminated bar glowing at the centre of the room, ring lighting overhead, a full-size astronaut standing guard over the lounge seating, and a pop-art gallery running through the venue with work by Czech artist Josef Rataj.
It sounds like a lot. In the room, it works — playful enough to set the mood, comfortable enough that you settle in rather than take a photo and move on. Though you will take the photo.
Act One: Dinner
The kitchen runs an all-day menu of modern international cooking, with dishes made for the table rather than the individual plate. Come at the weekend and there's a separate brunch menu; come in the evening and dinner is the natural opening act. This is genuinely a restaurant in Prague 5 worth visiting for the food alone — it just refuses to stop there.
Act Two: Signature Cocktails
When the plates go, the cocktail list arrives. Star's builds its own signature drinks rather than running through the standard classics, and the lounge seating means the shift from dinner to drinks happens without anyone moving a metre. This is the moment the venue stops being a restaurant and starts being your evening.
Act Three: Premium Shisha
The heart of the late evening is the dedicated shisha lounge. Star's treats hookah preparation as part of the experience — premium setups, properly built, served to the lounge seats you've already claimed. It stretches the night beautifully: shisha is unhurried by design, and an hour disappears before anyone checks a phone. New to it? Our guide to shisha in Prague explains what a proper session looks like.
Built for Groups and Celebrations
The one-roof format is at its best with a group. Birthdays, celebrations and long catch-up dinners all hit the same wall in a normal restaurant — the table has a time limit. At Star's the table is the plan: dinner, cocktails, shisha and the kind of atmosphere that makes the "where next?" conversation never happen. The venue also takes private event bookings.
Come for Dinner. Stay for the Night.
Star's Restaurant & Shisha Lounge – Šiklové 3410/10, Prague 5
EXPLORE STAR'SPlanning Your Night
Star's is in Smíchov at Šiklové 3410/10, a short trip from Anděl, and opens daily from 12:00 to 01:00 — rare hours that cover everything from long lunch to last drink. Check the current menu and reserve a table, especially for weekend evenings.
Best lounge in Prague? That's for you to judge. But if the plan is dinner and drinks without ever leaving your seat, Star's is the strongest case the city currently makes.
