Egon Schiele Cafe

Egon Schiele Café would normally be my choice for an afternoon glass of wine or romantic cocktails.
This time we were a party of 15. We were arriving at Cesky Krumlov at dinner time. Egon Shiele Café is a small cozy place and isn’t really designed to serve dinner. So we called the owner a few days in advance. The owner, his mom and their only employee — the most beautiful waitress in Krumlov turned out night into an amazing dining experience.
We had a fresh tartar steak, delicious chili con carne and carefully assorted cheese plates. I also loved their creamy yogurt dessert with marzipan and peach.
Good wine, premium spirits, live music and very friendly service made our night in Cesky Krumlov really special.
Thank you!

My Favorite Artist (Egon Schiele) + My Favorite Stimulant (Caffeine)… it was Český Krumlov (e) at first sight.
You’ll find this rather large (but still ultra cozy) café next to the Egon Schiele Art Centrum. The museum opens an hour before the art centrum does, but you should know that if you purchase tickets to the art centrum (it’s amazing and so worth it) and a coffee over at the café, you’ll get a free baked treat… which turned out to be what was basically an entire family-​sized apple strudel that was made fresh in house. We ordered 4 coffees and had earlier purchased 4 tickets to the museum, so our group basically got 4 pies… that my sugar-​loving SO promptly polished off. I had a few bites of my strudel and I can vouch that it was absolutely perfect.
As with most food and beverage in the Czech Republic, the prices were pretty much dirt cheap. Like, I don’t know why we ever left. For the first time in my life I could walk into a place and afford anything (and in some cases, everything at once) on the menu.
For the most part, we had a hard time finding friendly service in CR, but this café and one other place also in Český Krumlov were the exception. There was one beautiful older woman working the entire café (though we were the only customers at daybreak) and she made the best and most beautiful cappuccino of our entire trip. Again, I don’t know why we ever left.
The place is decorated with works from independent local and international artists, but remains homey and casual with mis-​matched vintage couches and coffee tables. If you walk around this expansive space, you’ll notice several additional larger rooms, including what may be a children’s play room (mind you, I only saw one single child the entire 3 days we spent roaming Český Krumlov) equipped with fun toys, a grand piano and several nude paintings… in true Egon ‘statutory’ Schiele fashion.
You should also know that there’s an annexed special exhibit gallery that you can enter only from the café that features some odes to Egon and other interesting works from up-​and-​coming artists.
This café (alom with the art centrum and the city of Český Krumlov itself) is an absolute must.