What can I say about the Villa David? Only that I would return there at a moments notice and it has to be one of the most personal hotels I have ever stayed in. It is situated in west Prague near the Radlicka subway stop. The area is rather rural and green. And the hotel itself is a renovated semi-detatched mansion with its own gardens and sundeck. The price when I visited in the mid-nineties was only about £20/$35 a room (though it may have gone up since then) and the rooms were massive and had big picture windows looking out onto the patio. Their decor was lilac with blackwood furniture with blue and mauve fittings (very camp!) and the staff were wonderful. They did not mind when I got them up at 6:30am after arriving on the night train from Budapest.
But the star attraction was the restaurant. The waiters and staff were such fun and the food terrific. Although I wasn''t sure how they had time to cook it, as it always seemed like they were having such fun in the kitchen. The Korunna was so low, it was only five years after the fall of the iron curtain, that I could dine out on steak in beer sauce every night. And my mouth still waters at the thought of the Rudolf II steak washed down with a tasty Bohemian white wine...