# The best Czech dishes

The classics of Czech cooking by popularity among Czechs (svíčková 57%, vepřo knedlo zelo 54%) and by foreigners' ratings on TasteAtlas.

- 5 votes · 13 items
- Sep 10, 2025 · Vojtěch Novák
- https://even.best/en/l/426/the-best-czech-dishes

## Top 10

1. **Svíčková na smetaně** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Beef in a creamy root vegetable sauce with dumplings, cranberries and whipped cream; the best-rated Czech dish (4.4/5).
2. **Smažený sýr** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Breaded fried Edam with chips and tartar sauce.
3. **Kulajda** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — South Bohemian creamy soup with mushrooms, dill and egg.
4. **Fruit dumplings** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Plum or apricot dumplings with quark, butter and sugar.
5. **Česnečka** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Garlic soup with croutons and cheese, the hangover cure.
6. **Vepřo knedlo zelo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Roast pork with bread dumplings and stewed cabbage.
7. **Goulash** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Thick beef goulash with onion and paprika, with dumplings; perfect with beer.
8. **Fried schnitzel with potato salad** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pork schnitzel, the most common Czech lunch and the Christmas Eve classic.
9. **Bramboráky** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fried potato pancakes with marjoram and garlic.
10. **Koprovka** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Dill sauce with egg and potatoes or dumplings.
11. **Rajská omáčka** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sweet-sour tomato sauce with beef and dumplings.
12. **Roast duck with cabbage** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Duck with red cabbage and dumplings, a festive meal.
13. **The drowned** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pickles pickled in vinegar with onions and peppers, a classic Czech delicacy to go with beer.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.