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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Estonia

Iti Leeväküük

Located in Obinitsa Village, open daily in the summer, please book in advance in winter. White bread and rye bread baking masterclass with natural yeast preparation. The café bakes brown country bread, bread with seeds, various white breads.

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Latvia

Vakars Uz Ezera

The restaurant is located half an hour's drive from Madona. Every time dinner "Evening on the Lake" is chosen by other chefs.

Active season months5-9 Accepts individual travellers Must register in advance Accepts tourist groups
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Estonia

Beer kitchen PIHTLA

Here you can taste the best flavours of the beer kitchen Pihtla, traditional Saaremaa house beer, and also Saare cheese, Fresco ice-cream, apple lemonade and other local delicacies.

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Latvia

Country kitchen KLUDZINA

The saloon is located near the Kuldīga ring road. This is a slow-serve saloon with foods cooked on alder wood on the basis of the slow food principle. The saloon offers “meals in the garden”.

Latvian cuisine: Bean salad, sprats with cottage cheese, oatmeal with smoked meat, false goose, pike-perch sautéed in cream, cod with onions and tomatoes, potted mutton, beef with onions, hunter’s style pig liver, potted sautéed vegetables, hot dumpling soup with blackberries, wild berries with whipped cream, apples caramelised in honey, cottage cheese desserts.

Distance from countries capital city156 Active season months1-12 This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts individual travellers Accepts tourist groups
Facilities  appropriate for children
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Estonia

Castle restaurant ALATSKIVI

The main building of the grand manor Alatskivi has a restaurant serving local specialities. The rich history of the manor house connects Estonian peasant culture, Baltic-German culture and Scottish culture depicted in the manor's architecture. The restaurant menu combines these three values. Favourites of the guests are Peipus pike perch and pork chop, but many guests also love the surprising Scottish dessert and local onion jam.

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Latvia

The “Dzirnakmeni” saloon

The saloon is alongside the Ieriķupīte River in the centre of town. There is a nature trail to look at local waterfalls and a windmill. The saloon offers homemade baked goods.

Latvian cuisine: Valmiera salad, cold soup, bean soup, sliced pork, baked cod, sausages, stacked rye bread.

Special foods: “Ieriķi salad” – tomatoes, cured meat, mushrooms.

Distance from countries capital city73 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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Estonia

Ugandi Resto

Ugandan Resto is a restaurant with a stylish interior, tasty food and friendly service, located in Otepää. Meals are prepared from fresh, premium local products.

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Latvia

The “Express Pizza” café

The café is in the Oga shopping centre, offering cheeses that are the “business card” of the city.
Latvian cuisine: Preiļi cottage cheese pierogi, Preiļi cheese soup, cheesecake.

Distance from countries capital city198 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

Guest house KONU DZIRNAVAS

The watermill processes wool with equipment that is 100 years old and is used to produce handmade blankets and pillows that are stuffed with sheep wool, as well as souvenirs that can be commissioned and purchased.  The watermill offers tours and fresh-baked bread.  A wool pulling and wrapping machine that dates back to the 19th century and was manufactured at the Šūberts Rudītis & Co company in the 19th century is still used, as are a unique weaving apparatus from Germany and a grain mill.

 

Latvian cuisine: Marinated herring with vegetables, porridge, mashed potatoes a la Vidzeme (with fried onions), pancakes with jam made of Latvian berries and honey, homemade bread.

 

Special foods: Water pretzels and local soup with six types of fish.

 

For parties For children and teenagers Distance from countries capital city157 Active season months1-12 Pre-order required Accommodation available Must register in advance Optional meals Accepts tourist groups Accepts individual travellers
Facilities  appropriate for children
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Latvia

KAFEJNICA "BEMBERI" (RAINA IELA 7)

The cafe in the centre of Saulkrasti. There are offered not only baked goods, but hot meals as well. The Latvian-style kebabs made here are very popular among the citizens of Saulkrasti and town guests. The cafe offers high chairs for children.

Working hours in the summer: 8:00 – 20:00, from September to May: 8:00 – 18:00

By the sea Distance from countries capital city46 Active season months1-12 Optional meals