Country Holidays

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 “Rozalija” restaurant

The restaurant is situated on the premises of the hotel Kolonna Hotel Rezekne, which is situated in the very centre of Rezekne city, on the bank of the Rezekne River. The restaurant has an attractive interior design. A summer terrace offers a view of the promenade along the Rēzekne River. Guests are offered ancient Lettigalian dishes made from local ingredients.
Latvian cuisine: Baked herring, sauerkraut soup, pork and potato dishes, as well as moonshine alcohol.
Special foods: Potato dumplings with nettle oil and rolled meat.

Distance from countries capital city242 Active season months1-12 Accepts tourist groups This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts individual travellers Accommodation available
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Latvia

Café PIE JANA

The café is along the Rīga-Ventspils highway (A10). A summer terrace is available during the season.

Latvian cuisine: Beef tongue salad, chilled soup, stock with dumplings, “little farmer,” pork ribs, potato pancakes and crepes, whipped fool.

Special foods: Kharcho a la “Pie Jānis”.

Distance from countries capital city82 Active season months1-12 This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts individual travellers Accepts tourist groups
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Lithuania

Majas restorans "Kacės virtuvėlė"

Mājas restorāns mājīgā, autentiskā lauku vidē, kur tiek pasniegti lauku ēdieni, uz galda celtas svaigas jūras veltes, kuras atceļojušas no Francijas, Spānijas vai Norvēģijas, kā arī vietējās, pašu saimnieku kūpinātas zivis. Ēdienkarte tiek radīta katru dienu no jauna, kas ikdienā ļauj piedāvāt svaigus produktus.
 

 

Distance from countries capital city100
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Latvia

Hot Potato

A popular restaurant and bar, located in a long basement of a medieval wooden building in the Old Town of Liepāja. The menu includes steaks, stuffed pork fillet, lamb kebabs, local fish, and potatoes cooked in different ways.

Active season months1-12
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Latvia

GALDIN, KLAJIES!

A family restaurant, located 12 km from Talsi, that offers traditional Latvian cuisine.

Distance from countries capital city103 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

The “Mezinieku majas” guesthouse

The guesthouse breeds cattle, grows fruits and vegetables, produces dairy and meat products, boils cheese on a campfire, teaches people how to make cheese, bakes bread according to ancient recipes, and offers Lettigalian weddings.
Latvian cuisine: Rye bread, 14 kinds of cheese, farmer’s soup, locally brewed beer with demonstrations of how that is done.
Special foods: Dumplings with mushroom sauce.

Distance from countries capital city250 Active season months1-12 Accepts individual travellers Accepts tourist groups Accommodation available Pre-order required
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Latvia

The “Raibais asaris” café

The café is on the edge of the Jēkabpils-Rēzekne road (A12) in a lovely location by a pond where guests can fish for perch, pike, tench and carp.  Eastern cuisine and fish dishes are offered.

Distance from countries capital city190 Active season months1-12 Accommodation available Accepts tourist groups Accepts individual travellers This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance
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Latvia

Ungurmuiza restaurant

The restaurant is in the “old school” of Ungurmuiža. Together with the nobleman’s estate and park, this makes up a unique cultural and historical monument.

Latvian cuisine: Potato pancakes with cured meet and loganberry jam, chanterelles soup, vegetable soup, porridge with meat, Brasla trout, roast pork with rhubarb sauce, manna, desserts with berry sauce.

Distance from countries capital city83 Active season months1-12 This destination has specific opening hours which you must determine in advance Accepts individual travellers Accommodation available Accepts tourist groups
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Latvia

Kontiki

A relaxed café in Ādaži with a terrace that offers a wide panorama over the banks of the River Vējupe and is the perfect spot for enjoying beautiful sunsets. Modern world cuisine with salads, snacks, soups, rich main courses, burgers, and soft drinks.

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