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

Pavaru maja Ligatne

The chef's house is located in the former Līgatne Maternity Hospital "Wilhelma". It is intended as a place for chefs as well as other interested parties to do, create and experiment. The author of the idea is chef Ēriks Dreibants. The aim of this place is to encourage you to explore and discover the unique tastes and experiences of our region. The chef's house supports the slow food philosophy and the surrounding farmers and producers.

Next to the house there is a Nature Observers' Garden, where there is a playground "Nest in the Tree", a magnifying glass for a closer look at the elements of nature, and a picnic area with a fireplace. There is an herb garden in the garden, fruit trees and berry bushes have been compiled, but in the center of it, next to the Bird Watching Square, there is a Butterfly Meadow.

Active season months1-12 Optional meals
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Latvia

H.E. VANADZINS

A place to enjoy the architecture of Cēsis and a northern-inspired meal. The chef's creative work includes popular Nordic products such as trout, elk and venison meat, chanterelles, wild berries, and smoked flavours, as well as dishes from international cuisine.

Active season months1-12
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Latvia

The “Sipres” cafeteria

The cafeteria is on the main street in Līvāni, offering country cooking and Latvian dishes.

Latvian cuisine: Potato pancakes, cold soup, pearl barley and barley porridge, pork ribs with sauerkraut, bread soup. 

Special foods: “Rocks of Dubna and Daugava” – potato dumplings stuffed with cottage cheese in a cream sauce.

Distance from countries capital city163 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

Restaurant RATES VARTI

A gourmet’s favourite in the very heart of Valmiera, opposite Valmiera Town Hall Square.

Here every guest can become a gourmet and enjoy a variety of flavour "bouquets"

and seasonal products that come from local farms.

The restaurant's Summer Garden is designed to highlight Valmiera as a Hanseatic city of a medieval merchant association.

Latvian cuisine: A selection of Latvian cheeses, Valmiera salad, potatoes in their jackets with cottage cheese, cold kefir soup, lamb soup, pike from Lake Burtnieks, baked filet of catfish, leg of lamb steak, roast pork ribs.

Special foods: Rye bread baked in honey.

Distance from countries capital city107 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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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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Latvia

The “Ragalu krogs” saloon

The saloon is on the edge of the Rīga-Daugavpils road (A6), works with local fishermen, and grows herbs and greens in its own garden.

Latvian cuisine: Cold soup, sorrel soup, chanterelle, soup, potato pancakes, filet of Daugava catfish, bream or pike-perch.

Distance from countries capital city94 Active season months1-12 Accepts tourist groups Accepts individual travellers This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance
Facilities  appropriate for children
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Lithuania

Zyplių muizas restorans "Kuchmistrai"

Autentiskā Zypliu muižas vidē izveidots restorāns. Kulinārais mantojums - Lietuvas muižniecības ēdieni. Ēdināšana, degustācija, izglītības programmas.

Distance from countries capital city160 Accepts individual travellers Optional meals Accepts tourist groups
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Estonia

Pub RAUDNAELA

The pub Raudnaela is located near Pärnu-Tartu highway, in the place of the former Raudna inn (1700), 15 minutes’ drive from Viljandi. Guests can enjoy delicious home-made dishes, as well as a themed dinner.

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Latvia

The “Martinelli” restaurant

The restaurant is in Lielā Street in the centre of Talsi, offering food from the cookbooks of grannies and the global cuisine, as well as an extensive wine list. The restaurant works with local farmers.

Latvian cuisine: Sauerkraut soup with roast breast of pork, wild mushroom and grit soup, herring with cottage cheese, porridge, sautéed roast with sauerkraut, roast lamb, cottage cheese buns, Latvian beers.

Distance from countries capital city115 Active season months1-12 Accepts tourist groups Accepts individual travellers Accommodation available This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance
Facilities  appropriate for children
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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