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.
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Latvia
The “Light House Jurmala” restaurantThe restaurant is on the seashore with a wonderful view of Jūrmala. The grill terrace is a stylised ship wheel. The restaurant partners with local farmers and fishermen. Latvian cuisine: Cold beet soup, fish soup, smoked eel with country cream, duck livers, cream of potato soup with chanterelles, roast pike-perch, venison with mustard sauce. |
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Lithuania
Zyplių muizas restorans "Kuchmistrai"Autentiskā Zypliu muižas vidē izveidots restorāns. Kulinārais mantojums - Lietuvas muižniecības ēdieni. Ēdināšana, degustācija, izglītības programmas. |
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Latvia
Café and bread museum KUKABURRAThe “Kukaburra” café is located on the 115th km of the Riga-Veclaicene highway (A2). It is possible to see the Bread museum. Guests can take part in baking rye bread every weekend. The café has a Latvian interior and serves products from local farmers and home-based producers of ingredients. Latvian cuisine: Chicken liver salad, lamb soup, dumpling soup, cold soup, baked catfish, sautéed pork, potato pancakes, pancakes with jam cottage cheese buns, stacked rye bread. Special foods: Home baked rye bread. |
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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”. |
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Latvia
The “Celotajs” saloonLocated in the Mežotne Castle, the saloon offers fine and tasty dishes and beverages. Tours of the ornate castle are available, and the location has one of the loveliest English-style landscape parks in Latvia. Latvian cuisine: Potato pancakes, rolled marinated herring, trout with potatoes in their jackets, blood sausage with lingonberry sauce, grey peas with bacon, stacked rye bread with cranberry jam and whipped cream. Special foods: “Bauska Thaler” – pork in the form of a thaler with a sauce made with Bauska beer. |
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Latvia
GASTRO-BAR „KLAIPS“A bar with a modern interior that offers street food from around the world, modern Latvian cuisine, including meat, fish and vegetarian dishes, as well as a wide range of drinks. |
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Latvia
The “Rivas krogs” saloonThe saloon is alongside the Liepāja-Ventspils road (P111), alongside the restored wooden bridge across the Rīva River. The interior design is based on the sea. During the autumn, the large windows open up a view of salmon leaping across the dam of the windmill. Latvian cuisine: Chilled soup, baked potatoes in their jacket, baked filet of flounder and cod, baked herring in a sea buckthorn marinade, pork chop with mushrooms, sausages with marinated onions, grey peas with bacon, mashed potatoes, stacked rye bread, oatmeal with whipped cream. |
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Estonia
Manor house gardener’s café LUKEDuring summer in the beautiful café Luke, set up in the manor house gardener's small cottage, guests can enjoy delicious local meals. There is a set everyday menu from local ingredients, but on festive occasions guests can order special menus and find suitable options both for celebrations of small groups and large, festive gatherings. |
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Latvia
The “Priedes krogs” saloonThe saloon is the Latvian Open-Air Ethnographic Museum. It is an historical saloon that was transported to the museum from Vecumnieki, preserving the smokestack, bread oven, etc. Dining can be accompanied with demonstration of crafts and performances by local musical groups. Latvian weddings are organised here, as well. Latvian cuisine: Sprat sandwiches, lampreys, stuffed pike, a dish of three types of onions, bull testicles in a creamy sauce, grilled piglet, homemade country bread, soup cooked on a campfire, pancakes. Special foods: Priede saloon roast in loganberry marinade. |
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Latvia
DarbnicaA cosy café in the centre of Liepāja. Offers coffee, delicious cakes and great food. Every morning at around 5 a.m., the croissant master starts to work in order to have fresh croissants ready to serve for 9 a.m. |