Went to dinner at Restaurace Kotva. There advertisement and sign said local kitchen. Well as a…read moreCzech holiday going person for all my life and a big lover of the Czech kitchen, this turned out to be a big disappointment. That kind of disappointment of telling a kid he will get an ice cream and the ice cream shop turns out to be closed. Unfortunately I was that kid in this review! There was nothing Czech about this menu. Everything that hinted to Czech was not available. The restaurant could have been called salt. The carpaccio was this ice in the middle and covered with something to create an extreme garlic taste to the food. And the price nothing Czech about it, the most expensive Czech restaurant I know, with absolutely no Czech food and that what is served is of poor quality. Sorry I cannot be more positive about this. But this is absolutely nothing to be positive about.

Great food, super clean (including toilet), comfortable seats (inside and outside) quick service,…read moregood free Wi-Fi, three languages in menu and spoken, payment possible in Czech Koruna and Euro (including change) If anything, I would say the only thing that was not perfect is that the waiters never smiled. But for me this place is still 5 stars.

It is not easy to find a fantastic restaurant in Lipno nad Vltavou area, but in my opinion, the…read moreAdmiral gets pretty close. They have a cozy atmosphere both inside and outside, the service is excellent (if we pretend no seeing the cyclo-pants on a young waitress), and they are pretty creative for Lipno standards as well. Coming for lunch, you would be pleased by a fresh and affordable menu (their soups are excellent, but the true is, that I am always nuts for good soups). The standard dinner menu is nice as well, creatively adopting local seasonal food like chanterelles ("lisky") and blueberries, but offering also quail eggs and snails, for those of us who want to go this route. Their pancakes are delicious ("Domaci livance s jahodovou omackou", 89 Kc) as well as our traditional Czech meals ("svickova", "koprovka", "kachnicka"). The wine list is OK, full of bottles from good Moravian wineries, and although the waiter has not been using the sommelier serviette while presenting us a sparkling wine Chateau Radyne Extra Brut at 389 Kc, it tasted super nice in the sweet Lipno sunset. We will be coming back. Often.

Wow, this is a hidden gem of Lipno Lake area and it has been hidden to us for such a long time,…read morephh. We have been there for bowling a couple of times before, but the experience from their restaurant is just fresh and from today, and I think their chef (Tomas Martykan according to the Menu?) IS A GENIOUS! The potato dumplings from the Menu II (Roastbeef with spinach and potato dumplings at 119 Kc) were heaven, as well as the "zahour" on the wonderful Pancakes with blueberry sauce, in Czech "Livance s boruvkovym zahourem". They serve a good beer (Pilsner Urquell o,5 l at 41 Kc) and they have a good selection of Moravian wine from one wine maker, Petr Skoupil from Velke Bilovice (wine bottles are reasonably prized, from 168 Kc to 789 Kc, both white and red ones). One could argue that the service is a bit slowish and that you will not get a bread with your soup. But these are just a very small areas for improvement in the amazing performance of this team. Especially if you look at your lunch-for-two bill where we were paying 20 Euros all together, including one beers and three glasses of wine. Keep it up, Blue Lipno! www.bluelipno.cz Summary in the Czech language: Tak dlouho na Lipno jezdime a tuto super restauraci jsme poznali az dnes! Vyborny kuchar (bramborove knedliky se uplne rozplyvaji, maso mekke a stavnate), ceny priznive, nabidka pestra. Prijdte vyzkouset.

Excellent! Wild boar steak, medium rare, with wild mushroom potato gnocchi, all just perfect. Of…read morecourse, accompanied by couple of beers - excellent Budvar (the original Czech Budweiser beer..). Pretty sure my 12 yo son loved his generous portion of fried cheese and french fries (Czech not just pub food delicacy). Very nice atmosphere and great service.

From the owner: Podáváme převážně klasická jídla české kuchyně jako je vynikající pečená kachna se zelím a knedlíky…read morenebo naše vyhlášená svíčková, ale i jídla mezinárodní kuchyně, čerstvé ryby, zeleninové saláty, a nebo palačinky - báječné jako sladká tečka na závěr... V naší restauraci si na své přijde každý - vegetarián i milovník masových specialit.

This restaurant, so popular by cyclists, has a fantastic location on the lake …read more The menu is not a big one, but they offer a few soups and Czech meals. I have especially appreciated good cold drinks ("Kofola" or "Malinovka"), and two traditional and yummy desserts, "Medovnik" at 38 Kc, and "Strudl" at 55 Kc including a coffee.