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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Igate castle Mill cafe

The saloon is at the edge of the Murjāņi-Limbaži road (P9) and alongside the Igate Castle. It is built on the foundations of a former windmill, and the wheel of the mill has been preserved. The old watermill is still hard at work and is used to mill grain for traditional porridge and buns. The saloon works with local farmers.

Latvian cuisine: Mushroom soup, barley porridge with meat, barley buns, grit sausage with lingonberry sauce, crepes with jam, potato pancakes, fried plaice or pike, stacked rye bread.

Special foods: Sautéed rabbit, stuffed filet of turkey.

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 Accommodation available
Rooms for  festivities Facilities  appropriate for children
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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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The “Kupfernams” café

The café and guest house, located in the centre of Ventspils, is housed by a classical 19th century wooden building that used to belong to the Kupfer family and is listed as European Heritage. Latvian cuisine: farmer's breakfast, oat or semolina porridge, potato pancakes.

Distance from countries capital city188 Active season months1-12 Accepts individual travellers Accepts tourist groups Accommodation available This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance
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Kafejnica "Celavejs" (t/c Aura)

The cafe is situated in Jekabpils, in the shopping centre Aura, on the left bank of the river Daugava. The premises are comfortable  and have a touch of a countryside, which can be felt in the wooden interior of the place. They offer breakfast, dinner or supper here.

Working hours: 9:00 – 20:00 

Distance from countries capital city136 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 “Bar & Grill 36 Line” restaurant

The open kitchen of the restaurant allows the guests to experience an exciting performance by its chefs, who cook various fish and meat dishes on a fiery charcoal grill. Chef: Lauris Aleksejevs. Three-time consecutive winner of the Best Restaurant in Jūrmala title.

Active season months1-12 Accepts tourist groups This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts individual travellers
Facilities  appropriate for children
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Gusts Apinis

"Gusts Apinis" is located in Vidzeme highlands, Amata region. The company is unique in that it grows non-traditional crops in Latvia: quinoa, amaranth, millet, lentils, etc. Produces flour and pasta (buckwheat, buckwheat-quinoa) from grown products.

Agriculture Active season months5-9 Accepts tourist groups This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts individual travellers
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"Zoltners" restorans un alus daritava

The “Zoltners” restaurant offers dainty dishes from fresh seasonal products. The key philosophy of the menu is staying natural and unsophisticated. Endijs Vīnerts, the restaurant chef, has a special approach to create the combinations of tastes that are characteristic to North Europe and to discover new nuances of the tastes of local products.
The brewery produces two unique original sorts of beer. Own production – from the grain to the beer mug.

Distance from countries capital city78 Active season months1-12
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The “Hercogs” family restaurant

The family restaurant "Hercogs" is situated in the centre of the city of Jelgava, alongside Duke Jacob Square. The chefs use local ingredients and have a partnership with the “Rudiņi” deer garden.

Latvian cuisine: Cold soup, venison goulash soup, venison chop, roast pike-perch or catfish, roast pork, sautéed lamb, potato pancakes, sea buckthorn dessert.

Special foods: Filet of beef baked on rocks.

Distance from countries capital city44 Active season months1-12 Accepts individual travellers This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts tourist groups
Facilities  appropriate for children
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The Aglona Bread Museum

At this museum, you will learn all about the baking of bread from grain to loaf, and you can make your own loaves, too. You can taste bread and herbal teas. There are theatrical performances related to christenings, weddings, birthdays, etc. Local foods such as dumplings and soups made of dried mushrooms or lake fish are served. The museum sells freshly baked bread, as well as the work of local craftspeople. The hostess is a master baker and a member of the Chamber of Crafts.

Latvian cuisine: Lake fish soup, cottage cheese dumplings and other traditional Lettigalian dishes.

Special food: Soup of dried mushrooms.

Agri Heritage For parties Distance from countries capital city218 Active season months1-12 Must register in advance Accepts individual travellers Accepts tourist groups Pre-order required Accommodation available Optional meals
Rooms for  festivities55pers.Rooms for seminars Fishing100mFacilities  appropriate for childrenPicnick areaNature watchingSouvenire shop Nearest restaurant Hosts speak Russian
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Vonadzini

The restaurant in the relaxation complex Vonadzini, on the southern shore of Lake Ludza, not far from the city of Gulbene. On the menu: tasty fish, chicken and pork meals. Contact the venue in advance for tourist group meals, wedding banquets, etc.

Distance from countries capital city204 Active season months1-12 Accepts tourist groups Accommodation available This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts individual travellers
Facilities  appropriate for children