Catering

Saloons, cafes and other places in small towns and the countryside which offer tasty dishes made of local products and on the basis of traditional Latvian recipes – ones which differ from region to region.

  • Special programmes are offered to visitors, with meals, stories about holiday and everyday traditions, and songs. Sometimes visitors are involved in preparing the food.
  • Menus use local names for dishes along with explanations and a discussion of the local dialect.
  • Providers of Latvian foods also use ethnographic styles for interior design, as well as dishes, furniture, textiles, etc., from local craftspeople.
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Estonia

Umb Roht

Cosy restaurant where chefs find inspiration in the local flora and fauna, offering forgotten flavours in any season. Products of the local and world’s best masters take centre stage here. The wonderful pairing of various flavours with wine, makes the restaurant Umb Roht a place for different taste experiences.

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Latvia

Kafejnica "Piladzitis"

The cafe Piladzitis is situated in Kuldiga next to the Venta rapid and an old brick bridge in Parventa. Piladzitis offers substantial and Latvian dishes.

The cafe’s working hours: 9:00 – 20:00, no days off

Distance from countries capital city153 Active season months1-12 Accepts tourist groups This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts individual travellers
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Latvia

The “Spridisi” café

The café is situated in a comfortable cellar of a museum commemorating the life of the Latvian author Anna Brigadere. Here you will find a variety of foods and drinks that can satisfy any taste. In the summer, in the yard filled with sunshine, you will be able to relax on the outdoor terrace, listening to the waterflow of the Tervete river, whereas in winter, having enjoyed the snow drifted landscapes, warm up in the cellar, drinking tasty tea. The café organises parties with the good witches of the Tērvete forest, as well as rides in horse-drawn carts or sleds.

Latvian cuisine: Pork ribs in honey sauce, pancakes with jam, mushroom sauce.

Special foods: “Bear’s paw”.

Distance from countries capital city79 Active season months1-12 Accommodation available Accepts individual travellers Accepts tourist groups This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance
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Latvia

Hot Potato

A popular restaurant and bar, located in a long basement of a medieval wooden building in the Old Town of Liepāja. The menu includes steaks, stuffed pork fillet, lamb kebabs, local fish, and potatoes cooked in different ways.

Active season months1-12
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Latvia

Ungurmuiza restaurant

The restaurant is in the “old school” of Ungurmuiža. Together with the nobleman’s estate and park, this makes up a unique cultural and historical monument.

Latvian cuisine: Potato pancakes with cured meet and loganberry jam, chanterelles soup, vegetable soup, porridge with meat, Brasla trout, roast pork with rhubarb sauce, manna, desserts with berry sauce.

Distance from countries capital city83 Active season months1-12 This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts individual travellers Accepts tourist groups Accommodation available
Facilities  appropriate for children
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Latvia

Bistro "Veca pirts"

Atrodas Dundagas centrā, Talsu un Pils ielas krustojumā. Bistro tipa ēdināšanas uzņēmums, ko iecienījuši vietējie iedzīvotāji un pilsētas viesi.

Distance from countries capital city150 Active season months1-12 This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts individual travellers Accepts tourist groups
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Latvia

Kafejnica "Staburadze"

The cafe Staburadze is situated in the centre of the city Kuldiga.

Distance from countries capital city154 Active season months1-12 Accepts tourist groups Accepts individual travellers This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance
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Latvia

A banquet on the farm, restaurant "Otra puse"

The “Banquet With Fishermen” event in Roja allows guests to examine the work of fishermen and to enjoy the seafood which they produce. Guests will ride out into the sea in fishing boats and then dine together with the fishermen (fish soup cooked on a campfire, rye bread, butter, smoked fish, beer or kvass, and pastries). The fishermen will teach guests local songs and dances, as well as games related to strength and cleverness. The “Otra Puse” restaurant offers meals.

Latvian cuisine: Fresh fish (“The Morning Catch”), Latvian onion soup, porridge, grit sausage, smoked fish, potato pancakes, rye bread dessert, beer, the “Dzimtenīte” beverage, herbal tea, birch juice, apple cider. 

Special foods: “Made in Roja” – fish from the region, “mackerel in in grass,” “cottage cheese tower with fresh strawberry sauce”.

Agri Heritage Distance from countries capital city120 Active season months5-10 Pre-order required Accepts individual travellers Accepts tourist groups Accommodation available
Facilities  appropriate for children
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Latvia

The “Aglonas Cakuli” guesthouse

The guesthouse is on the shore of Lake Ciritis with a view of lake islands.  Guests are offered Lettigalian dishes, including ones made from lake fish.
Latvian cuisine: Fish soup, smoked eel and pike-perch, stuffed chicken, potato pancakes with cottage cheese and dill, bread soup with whipped cream or ice cream, whipped cranberry dessert, fried ice cream, freshly squeezed apple juice.
Special foods: Lake fish a la Latgale.

Distance from countries capital city240 Active season months1-12 Pre-order required Accepts tourist groups Accommodation available Accepts individual travellers
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Latvia

The “Burviga Razna” leisure facility

This facility is on the southern shore of Latvia’s second-largest lake with a lovely view of it.  Lettigalian foods are prepared from local ingredients, some of which are grown on site.
Latvian cuisine: Cottage cheese pierogi and potato dumplings with cream sauce.

Distance from countries capital city271 Active season months6-9 Accepts individual travellers Accepts tourist groups Accommodation available Pre-order required
Facilities  appropriate for children