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

The “Sturitis” café in Madona

Located in the centre of Madona, the café offers foods based on fruit and vegetables from its own garden.
Latvian cuisine: Cold beet soup, sorrel soup, chanterelle soup, grey peas with bacon, herring, barley porridge with crickets, mushroom sauce, seven types of jams, raspberry or strawberry desserts, crepes filled with potato, pumpkin, apple and rhubarb, cottage cheese pastry, juices, herbal teas, ice cream cocktails.
Special foods: Homemade biscuit cake with fresh berries.

Distance from countries capital city165 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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Lithuania

Vista puode

Restorāns "Višta puode" piedāvā dažādus gardus ēdienus, tostarp arī lietuviešu tradicionālos ēdienus. Restorāna telpas iespējams rezervēt dažādiem pasākumiem.

Distance from countries capital city104 Active season months1-12

Latvia

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

Latvia

The “Kandava” café

The "Kandava" café is located in the centre of town alongside Market Square and the Kandava Hotel.

Latvian cuisine: Herring with potatoes and cottage cheese, oatmeal, homemade steak haché, stuffed crepes, cottage cheese buns with jam.

Distance from countries capital city94 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

Hotel and restaurant DIK‎LI PALACE

Located in the centre of Dikļi, the 1896 castle was renovated into a four-star hotel in 2003. The castle offers a look at antique furnishings, fireplaces and ovens, as well as paintings by Latvian artists. Two restaurants (summer and winter) offer fine dining and an individualised approach. The castle works with local farms.

Latvian cuisine: Beefsteak, grilled trout, smoked wild board bacon, filet of pike from Lake Burtnieki, seasonal mushrooms and berries.

Special foods: Venison chop, candied fruit in syrup, onion marmalade.

Distance from countries capital city100 Active season months1-12 Accepts individual travellers Accommodation available Accepts tourist groups This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance
Facilities  appropriate for children
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Latvia

Kafejnica „Stieres”

Kafejnīca "Stieres" atrodas Jūrmalas – Kolkas ceļa (P 131) malā – kempinga „Stieres” teritorijā. Piedāvā mājas virtuvi visām ēdienreizēm. Maltīti gatavo no Latvijas zemnieku audzētiem dārzeņiem, salātiem, zaļumiem. Zivju ēdieni ir no vietējo zvejniecības uzņēmumu ķertā vai pārstrādātā loma. Piedāvā dažādu svinību galdu klāšanu.

Latviešu virtuve: Aukstā zupa, siļķe ar kartupeļiem un biezpienu, kartupeļu un plānās pankūkas, rosols, vietējo zemeņu zupa.

 

Distance from countries capital city110 Active season months6-8 Accepts tourist groups This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts individual travellers
Facilities  appropriate for children

Latvia

The “Kalnaruski” guesthouse

Located at the edge of the Vidzeme Highway (A2) between Ape and Jaunlaiceni, the guesthouse is a lovely location and features a viewing tower.
Latvian cuisine: Stock with profiteroles, sautéed sauerkraut with pearl barley and ham, stuffed schnitzel with wild mushrooms, marinated chicken livers in tomato sauce, rolled chops, rhubarb crème with berry sauce.

Distance from countries capital city176 Active season months1-12 Pre-order required Accommodation available 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

Restaurant GMP CLUBHOTEL & PÜHAJÄRVE

The restaurant is located on the banks of the beautiful Lake Pühajärve in Southern Estonia; here you can enjoy impeccable dishes prepared by the chef Mostly fresh local ingredients are used. Special culinary events are also organised.


Latvia

Araisi windmill

The windmill is on a hill and offers a lovely view. This is one of the few Dutch-type windmills (built in 1852) to still be in operational order, and guests can help to grind grain. On the last Sunday of every July, the windmill organises a celebration in honour of St Jacob and of bread baked from freshly harvested rye.

Latvian cuisine: Miller’s lunch – wheat flour porridge with meat sauce, crepes, kefir, herbal teas.

Distance from countries capital city83 Active season months1-12 Accepts individual travellers Pre-order required This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts tourist groups
Facilities  appropriate for children
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Latvia

Eklers

A hospitable café and bakery, located in the very centre of Sigulda. The offer includes salads, soups and other hot dishes, as well as pastries and cakes.