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

Skroderkrogs

The single-storey wooden building, located in the centre of Ventspils, boasts an antique interior that repurposes various household and craft items from the past. Latvian cuisine: lamb soup, fried bull testicles, grilled pork, pork ribs, oven-fried pork shank, pork chop, rye bread cake, cottage cheese cream.

Distance from countries capital city188 Active season months1-12 Accepts individual travellers This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts tourist groups
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Latvia

Picerija "Stenders Pica"

The pizzeria is situated in Talsi, not far from Talsu lake.

Stender’s pizzeria with its nice comfortable setting offers special Stender’s pizzas which are baked according to the old traditions of pizza-making, incorporating the best of nowadays’ recognitions. Undoubtedly, it is impossible to do without pancakes and pots, as well as second-course dishes. Number of seating places:30 

Distance from countries capital city115 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 “Rositten” café

The café is alongside the Rēzekne castle hill and the “Zeimuļs” creative services centre of Eastern Latvia (built in September 2012). A lovely interior design and a look at historical objects form Rēzekne are part of the café. It is named after the Rositten fortress that was built here by the master of the Livonian Order in the 13th century. Meals are offered throughout the day, and various foods and baked goods are for sale.

Distance from countries capital city237 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

The “Plaza” restaurant

The restaurant is in the Park Hotel Latgola with a broad view of the city from the 10th floor.  It offers Lettigalian and global cuisine.
Latvian cuisine: Baltic herring salad, caraway cheese salad, Lettigalian snacks with bacon, potatoes, cheese and pickles, pork ribs with sauerkraut, potato pancakes and dumplings, potted peas, sausages, cottage cheese cakes.
Special foods: Cabbage soup with wild mushrooms.

Distance from countries capital city223 Active season months1-12 Accepts tourist groups This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accommodation available Accepts individual travellers
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Latvia

The “Skriveru majas saldejums” café

The family enterprise (formed in 2006) makes home-made ice-cream from fruit and berries. They make both classical – such as plombieres, cream, joghurt ice-creams and sorbets and nowadays cuisine’s „miracle”- sprat, blue cheese, horse-radish and potato ice-cream with tomato sauce. Till now 80 different ice-cream recipes have been tried. If you book a visit beforehand, you can have an excursion and learn everything about the process of making ice-cream from the chefs themselves. In the cafe it is possible to try different ice-cream dishes – each one with a different ice-cream sauce. The cafe also welcomes pets!

Special foods: Horseradish ice cream with herring.

For children and teenagers Distance from countries capital city81 Active season months1-12 Accepts individual travellers This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts tourist groups Must register in advance
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Lithuania

Berneliu uzeigas in old town

Piedāvā ļoti gardus Lietuviešu tradicionālos ēdienus. Var pieņemt līdz 80 personām. Pieņem bankas kartes, ir āra terase un dzīvā mūzika. Pieejama autostāvvieta.

Distance from countries capital city104 Active season months1-12
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Latvia

The “Vilhelmines dzirnavas” saloon

The saloon is in the historical centre of Līgatne, alongside a pond, and in a building that was once home to the first Līgatne paper factory.

Latvian cuisine: Vidzeme stroganoff, grilled Kolka herring, grilled pork, Amata trout, potato pancakes with cream, pancakes with jam, beer, kvass.

Special foods: A special dessert.

Distance from countries capital city71 Active season months1-12 Accepts individual travellers This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts tourist groups Accommodation available
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Latvia

The “Raganas kekis” saloon

The saloon is on the edge of the Murjāņi-Valka road (A3) and is easily recognised because of the building and various fairy tale characters in the yard.

Latvian cuisine: Cold soups (beet, bean, sauerkraut, sorrel), roast leg of pork, blood sausage, pork ribs, berry dessert with toasted oats, stacked rye bread.

Special foods: “Fiery Soup of the Ragana Kitchen”.

Distance from countries capital city47 Active season months1-12 Accepts individual travellers Accepts tourist groups This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance
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Latvia

The “Plate” restaurant and saloon

As part of the Hotel Jelgava, the restaurant serves traditional Latvian dishes, as well as others. Musical evenings are organised.

Latvian cuisine: Steak of Latvian-bred ostrich.

Special foods: Corn chicken with spinach-potato mash and grilled new carrots.

Distance from countries capital city44 Active season months1-12 Accepts individual travellers This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accommodation available Accepts tourist groups
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Latvia

Cafeteria-shop VINETAS UN ALLAS KARUMLADE

The confectionery, café, and shop is located on the main pedestrian street of Cēsis. They bake wedding cakes following grandmother’s recipes, prepare various pastries, and offer light lunches. They also cooperate with local producers. The most popular rye products: Latvian rye bread cake, traditional layered rye bread dessert, Kurzeme cakes, rye bread toast with herring, and cookies.

Distance from countries capital city87 Active season months1-12 Accepts tourist groups This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Optional meals