Le Saint-Jacques is an elegant and intimate, family-run French restaurant with candlelit tables and pleasant service. The owner himself waited on us throughout the evening.
They offer excellent French cuisine prepared using the flavours and scents of the french farm house kitchen, fresh seafood, and excellent wine. Menu items include Coquilles Saint-Jacques à la Provençale, Escargot, various pates, fresh sole meunière, filet Mignon, Châteaubriand, and fresh oysters. There is a single vegetarian entrée on the menu, although there are plenty of salads and side dishes available.
Desserts include a wonderful variation on American apple pie, Tartin tatin, as well as crème brulee and chocolate mousse.
There is a lively piano bar and violin every night, which keeps the drunken bypassers wandering between the bars on either side reasonably amused. Many a passerby wandered in through the doorway to hear their favorite song. The violinist has a voice like Tony Bennett, and the duo knows more than 3000 songs, including many American tunes. They invited me up to sing a tune with them. It was great fun!
The restaurant is located on a narrow cobblestone street between the Old Town Square and the Charles Bridge and is open until 2am for a late-night supper on weekends.
Reservations are highly recommended.
Dinner with dessert will cost from $30 to $50, plus wine. Dessert and cappuccino is about $12.
Website: http://www.saint-jacques.cz