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

Kursas zeme

A café, located in the Town Square of Kuldīga, the very centre of Kuldīga Old Town, that offers dishes for every taste, ranging from refined salads to hearty meals. The café houses the Curonia coffee roastery and offers its guests fresh and delicious coffee.

Active season months1-12
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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

The “Lejasmalas” leisure facility

The Lejasmalas leisure base is on the banks of Lake Leja with a beautiful view of islands in the lake.  It offers Lettigalian dishes made of locally soured products.
Latvian cuisine: Potato dumplings (or carrot dumplings), 7 types of cheese, homemade boiled, baked and blood sausages, warm dishes with pork offal, fish soup, smoked eel, stuffed pike, fish cakes, birch juice, moonshine alcohol.
Special foods: Auleja cottage cheese pierogi.

Distance from countries capital city247 Active season months1-12 Accepts tourist groups Accommodation available Pre-order required Accepts individual travellers
Facilities  appropriate for children
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Latvia

Summer cafe "Divjurinas"

Summer cafe "Divjurinas" is located at Kolkasrags, open from May to October.

Distance from countries capital city156 Active season months5-10
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Latvia

Parks

A family-friendly grill bar and restaurant with a children’s play area, special dishes for children, and a positive and relaxed atmosphere. The chef mainly opts for Latvian products when creating the menu.

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Latvia

The “Bruzis” restaurant

A restaurant and a three-star hotel that is located in the former beer brewery of Kalnamuiža, in the valley of the River Abuls, in the territory of Smiltene Park. The restaurant offers Latvian cuisine and caters for seminars.

Distance from countries capital city133 Active season months1-12 This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts individual travellers Accommodation available Accepts tourist groups
Facilities  appropriate for children
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Estonia

Manor house gardener’s café LUKE

During summer in the beautiful café Luke, set up in the manor house gardener's small cottage, guests can enjoy delicious local meals. There is a set everyday menu from local ingredients, but on festive occasions guests can order special menus and find suitable options both for celebrations of small groups and large, festive gatherings.

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Latvia

The “Galas nams” café

The café is in the centre of Jēkabpils and offers pizzas, pastries, cakes, tortes and sweet pretzels, as well as cured meat, tasty venison and wild boar dishes, and products from local producers and farmers.

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
Facilities  appropriate for children
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Latvia

Tejnica "Sapnotava"

A tea house in Alsunga that offers to taste delicious herbal teas and home-baked cakes, as well as enjoy cultural events and a truly unique traditional Latvian herbal tea ceremony.

Distance from countries capital city175 Active season months1-12
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Latvia

Restorans "Teatra vina studija"

Atrodas Valmieras Drāmas teātra ēkas rietumu spārnā. Piedāvā latviešu un pasaules virtuvi, svētdienās - brančus. Sadarbojas ar vietējām zemnieku saimniecībām.
Latviešu virtuve: Mēlīšu salāti, Valmieras salāti, krāsnī cepti kartupeļi ar piedevām, omlete, Valmiermuižas alus.
Īpašais ēdiens: Dažādi grilējumi.

Distance from countries capital city108 Active season months1-12 Accepts individual travellers Accepts tourist groups This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance
Facilities  appropriate for children