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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Latvia

Restaurant APARJODS

The restaurant is at the edge of the Vidzeme Highway (A2). It is a lovely log building with a straw roof and an antique interior. Dishes are based on ancient traditions merged with the requirements of modern clients.

Latvian cuisine: Cold soup, dumpling soup, grey peas with bacon, wheat grain porridge, lampreys in mustard sauce, pike-perch grilled on coals, roast pig’s ear, roast pork leg, chicken livers in a creamy sauce, stacked rye bread, cottage cheese dessert with cranberry sauce.

Distance from countries capital city52 Active season months1-12 This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts tourist groups Accommodation available Accepts individual travellers
Facilities  appropriate for children
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Latvia

The “Bemberi” bakery and café

The bakery and cafe in Saulkrasti – not far from Saulkrasti railway station. The baker offers pierogi, cakes and other baked goods, as well as dishes for all meals. A second café can be found at Raiņa Street 7 in Saulkrasti.

Latvian cuisine: Cold soup, potato salad, sauerkraut, homemade steak haché, grey peas and bacon.

Special foods: Pizzas cooked in a wood-fired oven.

Distance from countries capital city48 Active season months1-12 This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts tourist groups Accepts individual travellers
Facilities  appropriate for children
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Estonia

Café AMPS & LONKS

Just 20 minutes’ drive from Pärnu, in the old Tõstamaa forestry building, Amps & Lonks café offers travellers a little rest and pizza made from fresh local produce. Especially popular, is the pizza with home-reared beef and fresh salad. You can also order in advance.

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Latvia

The “Apsite” café

The café is alongside the Top store in the centre of the village.

Latvian cuisine: Potato pancakes with ham, grey peas with bacon, carrot buns.

Special foods: The special “Apsīte” potted dish.

Distance from countries capital city56 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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Estonia

Mulgi Tavern

Mulgi Kõrts (tavern) in Abja-Paluoja, the centre of Mulgi area, has a cosy atmosphere, local dishes and swift service. The tavern is in a house over 100 years old.

Distance from countries capital city194 Active season months1-12
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Latvia

The “Dzirnas” café

The café is in the former administrative building of a collective farm in the centre of Gaigalava.  It cooks dishes with ingredients from its own farm and others.
Latvian cuisine: Bean soup with pearl barley, sauerkraut soup, pea soup, beet leaf soup, sorrel soup, fish soup made with tench or carp, ribs, roasts, false rabbit, oven-baked carp, dried fish, cottage cheese crème with berry sauce, baked apples with vanilla sauce, woven roulettes, dried fruit, quince candies.
Special foods: Bean pancakes.

Distance from countries capital city247 Active season months1-12 This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts tourist groups Accepts individual travellers
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The “Orizzonte” restaurant

The restaurant is on the seashore with two terraces and a lovely view of Jūrmala.

Latvian cuisine: Marinated herring with cottage cheese, potato pancakes, fried Baltic plaice, lamb, Latvian cheeses.

Distance from countries capital city25 Active season months1-12 This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts tourist groups Accepts individual travellers
Facilities  appropriate for children
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Latvia

Pavaru maja Ligatne

The chef's house is located in the former Līgatne Maternity Hospital "Wilhelma". It is intended as a place for chefs as well as other interested parties to do, create and experiment. The author of the idea is chef Ēriks Dreibants. The aim of this place is to encourage you to explore and discover the unique tastes and experiences of our region. The chef's house supports the slow food philosophy and the surrounding farmers and producers.

Next to the house there is a Nature Observers' Garden, where there is a playground "Nest in the Tree", a magnifying glass for a closer look at the elements of nature, and a picnic area with a fireplace. There is an herb garden in the garden, fruit trees and berry bushes have been compiled, but in the center of it, next to the Bird Watching Square, there is a Butterfly Meadow.

Active season months1-12 Optional meals
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Latvia

Picerija "Elvi"

The cafe Picerija is situated in Lielvarde alongside Riga-Daugavpils highway.

Distance from countries capital city54 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 “Agnese” restaurant and bar

Restaurant Agnese takes you on a culinary tour around the world. Local fruits of nature and produce by farmers are prepared with love, highlighting the value of Latvian flavours. The menu also includes several globally recognised recipes.
 The talking parrot Charlie makes the restaurant atmosphere especially cosy. A festive feeling and a delicious meal for everyone.

Distance from countries capital city109 Active season months1-12 Accepts individual travellers Accommodation available Accepts tourist groups This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance
Facilities  appropriate for children