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

Café BUDA

The cafe in Engure which specializes in different seafood dishes – no fewer than seven types of fish dishes – filets, salads, canapés, fish cakes, marinades, pierogi, etc.

Latvian cuisine: Cold soup, marinated lamprey, baked plaice, baked cod, sautéed pork, crepes, potato pancakes.

Special foods: Būda solyanka.

Distance from countries capital city70 Active season months1-12 Optional meals Accepts individual travellers Accepts tourist groups This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance
Facilities  appropriate for children
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Estonia

Café KAPA KANTRI

Traditional Estonian food from products of organic farms Saare Ubin and Vatsliku.

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Latvia

The “Ozoli” café

The café is in the centre of Lizums and offers local foods. The interior design is based on Latvian ornaments.

Latvian cuisine: Cold soup, dumpling soup, hunter’s sausages.

Distance from countries capital city167 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

Kafejnica - picerija "Rodi"

The spacious cafe in Gulbene with comfortable chairs and a tasty meal of the day menu. It is also possible to taste various types of pizza and dishes typical for the Gulbene district.

Working hours: Monday-Thursday: 10:00 - 22:00, Friday-Saturday10:00 - 03:00, Sunday 11:00 - 22:00

Distance from countries capital city185 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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Latvia

The “4 veji” saloon

The saloon is on the Rīga-Liepāja highway (A9) at the 72nd km road marker. Live music evenings are organised.

Latvian cuisine: Vidzeme salad, herring with cottage cheese and soured cream, grey peas with bacon, sautéed cabbage with sausages, cabbage rolls, potato pancakes, bread soup, stacked rye bread.

Special foods: “4 vēji” – pork with sauerkraut and potatoes on a hot pan.

For parties Seminars Distance from countries capital city72 Active season months1-12 Accepts tourist groups Accepts individual travellers This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Internet access
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Latvia

The “Berzkalni” café

The café is to the South of Bauska in a lovely restored building.

Latvian cuisine: Medallions of pork, potted chicken, potted lamb.

Special foods: “Sweet castle ruins” with a sauce made from Bauska beer and berries, “Bauska Thaler”.

Distance from countries capital city70 Active season months1-12 Accepts tourist groups This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts individual travellers Accommodation available
Facilities  appropriate for children
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Latvia

Outdoor Pizzeria / Pizza Baking School VINKALNI

The open-air pizzeria not far from Valmiera in Beverina district. It is an opportunity to spend time in the countryside, relax and take part in making real Italian pizza, where everyone has a chance to make a pizza according to one’s taste, baking it on open fire in a wooden stove. Available clear water and Italian wine, coffee and tea. Apart from pizzas, it is possible to buy tiramisu, having ordered it beforehand.

Horseback riding For parties Seminars Distance from countries capital city112 Active season months4-10 Accepts individual travellers Dry toilet (if there is only the dry toilet) Must register in advance Accepts tourist groups
Outdoor firepalceBBQPlace for tents Sports groundHorseback ridingHorseback riding instructorFootball fieldFacilities  appropriate for childrenBerry and mushroom pickingPicnick areaNature trailNature watching Nearest train station4kmNearest bus stop1kmNearest town Hosts speak EnglishHosts speak GermanHosts speak RussianOther languagesHosts can meet at the nearest station
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Latvia

The “Smeceres krogs” saloon and café

This saloon is located 5 km from Madona and at the edge of a highway in the forests of Smecere – the 37th kilometre of the Pļaviņas-Gulbene road. The building in which the saloon is housed was built in the 17th century, and today it is home to a modern leisure complex made up of a three-star hotel, a saloon and cafe, and a music club.

Distance from countries capital city165 Active season months1-12 Accommodation available Accepts tourist groups Accepts individual travellers This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance
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Latvia

Guest house MAZSALIJAS

The farm breeds fallow deer and trout, grows vegetables and fruit. Visitors can see the deer and wild boar, taste berries and fruits directly from the garden, participate in creative workshops and cooking master classes called "Izgaršo dzīvi". The hostess combines the regional culinary heritage traditions of Kurzeme region and contemporary cuisine. The food is prepared on live fire, using the deer, trout and vegetables from the farm. The host is a winemaker who makes every bottle with great care. Guests can enjoy tastings and stories in the romantic wine cellar.

Distance from countries capital city166 Active season months1-12 Accommodation available Accepts individual travellers Must register in advance This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts tourist groups
Facilities  appropriate for children Nearest town
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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