Gourmet
3 Pavaru Restorans (3 Chefs’ Restaurant) Start your gastronomic journey by taking a seat at the
exclusive oval central table, surrounding the open kitchen.
Order a Jackson Pollock-style sauce ‘painting’...
BIBLIOTEKA N°1 Restorans (Library Nr 1) Lay your eyes on the beautiful Vermanes park from the
exceedingly mellow and elegant BIBLIOTEKA N°1., where
notable chef Maris Jansons prepares seasonal nouvelle
Latvian cuisine combined with handpicked Italian wines.
Perfect location, famed chef, trendy, but classy, promises
to become a very remarkable new gourmet spot.
Biscuit The creators of Uzbekistana and Navat club are getting
more posh and serious with each new spot. This latest
one provides mostly top-level Italian cuisine, its standards
are checked daily by the picky Italian diplomatic mission,
which is housed right above the restaurant. The young,
but already experienced chef, Mikhail Markin, was especially
invited from Moscow to work for this project. The
main idea is to keep all classical Italian recipes 100%
vero + interesting creations, such as fresh berries in
vodka jelly or maracuya creme brulee. Creamy, mellowelegant,
romantic/Art Deco influenced interior, white
glove service, poshest champagnes, cognacs and wines
makes this an occasion worth dressing up for.
Gastronome seafood restaurant New elegant restaurant in a very central location, with a cozy yet sophisticated restaurant interior as well as an exclusive Gourmet section with exclusive table layout, Gastronome offers one of the finest array of Fresh Fish and Seafood in all of Riga. Our open kitchen grill makes the preparation of seafood into an exquisite yet simple affair.
Special offers, Live Music, Gourmet menu.
Hotel Bergs restaurant Award-winning restaurant in the award-winning Bergs hotel, managed by the award-winning chef Kaspars Jansons. Working as a “slow food” protagonist, he uses mostly local bio products for his gorgeous and delightful gastronomic constructs. Try out his gourmet menu, while enjoying proper service and the Berga Bazårs view through the glass walls.
Kalku Varti (The Kalku Gates) Kalku Varti is a sophisticated local dining treasure indeed, and is one of not so many Diplomatic Mission destinations in Riga. The new airy and romantically elegant design emphasizes the taste and performance of Eriks Dreibants’ culinary masterpieces. Carefully thought out contemporary Latvian cuisine and proper European service, will mark your dining experience on a sky-high aesthetic level. Ingredients are from local organic farms.
CR: Baked Latvian cheeses on cereal bread with fi eld greens. Leg of lamb roast aubergine puree, dried tomatoes and mint sauce.
Kitchen Karlis is the chef-fanatic, he always does, thinks and
talks only food. After working in many projects and fancy
restaurants in Riga and his homeland USA, Kårlis now is obsessed with his KCHN creative gastronomic lab. The
small but daily changing pan-continental + nouvelle Latvian
cuisine, prepared in the open kitchen, will definitely
amaze you. The spot is elegant (but uncommonly for
this section) relaxed and easy. KCHN is the new baby
of Ostas Skati and Garage restaurateurs, it means that
the wine selection is reliable. DJs on Fri and Sat and the
Contemporary Art Centre KIM? is all around you.
La Boheme La Boheme serves diplomatic missions and ordinary
gourmands. The place has two different areas and
menus. One is an upscale lifestyle cafe (offering also
business lunches), the other is the fi ne dining restaurant
area, serving an international/French a la carte menu for
that classy-evening mood. The new chef now offers a
more bohemian, democratic menu.
Le Crab (The Crab) The rustic yet smart “a la campagne” interior of this spacious
classy upscale restaurant and the Old Riga “postcard”
window view, invite you to a romantic dinner. Mediterranean
favourites such as fi sh and lamb are prepared
so professionally, that the food will just smoothly melt on
your tongue. An enormous wine list and possibly the best champagne selection in town are proof of the owner’s
wine obsession. And, of course, true to its name, the
house specialty is crab soup.
Maja (House) The latest ‘baby’ of Latvian TV chef Martins Sirmais is located in an overwhelmingly charming
country house, hidden in the apple garden of the Kalnciema
design and gastronomy quarter in the old Agenskalns
district. The young and lively chef is famous for
unbreakable gastronomical patriotism, his food is simple
enough to feel the taste of all ecologically grown local
ingredients, but also sophisticated enough to understand
why the chef is so famous. Discover Måja residential feeling,
eco-local-creative cuisine and the special service.
Don’t leave without sampling their superb coffee from the
huge and gorgeous mechanical coffee machine.
Neiburgs Now this is something interesting! Located
in a beautiful Art Nouveau building in the soon-to-be-open
hotel run by the Neiburg family. The place already evokes
the feeling that it has been there forever and that it belongs
here. The white and simple interior is saturated with
local art (exhibitions change monthly) and with design
icon furniture. Serves nouvelle Latvian gourmet cuisine
and European classics. Prices are irrisistibly low for that
kind of service and food level.
Otto Schwarz The exclusive restaurant on the top fl oor of Hotel de
Rome serves excellent food for a price. Chef Roberts
Smilga has not neglected the vegetarians—meat-free
dishes are in abundance. Dishes are skillfully prepared
from local, seasonal products. Chef’s
special offer daily between 12.00 and 16.00. The restaurant’s
unmatched bonus is the picturesque view of Riga.
Offer a separate children’s menu.
Palete (The Palette) The place where you can try out ray wing while enjoying
an Old Town view from the exact same table where the
Dalai Lama or Rodion Shchedrin were seated not so long
ago. Charming, high cuisine restaurant in a lovely narrow
street of Vecrîga. Enjoy a wine & dine session with live
piano music, exquisite wines and dishes in the evening,
or try out their new, more democratic day menu.
Pinot Elegant and sophisticated like the Pinot wines, this restaurant/
wine studio/gastronomy shop, defi nitely has its grand bourgeoisie discrete charm. Not loudly luxurious
and posh, contemporary classical interior, corresponds
ideally with the nouvelle French/Italian inspired menu.
The menu proposed by chef Aivis Onzulis (who worked
in Michelin restaurants) and the atmosphere will make a
perfect framing for refi ned wine and dine sessions. For
a take-away gastronomic snack, choose among handpicked
French/Italian wines, cheeses and delicatessen,
also fresh bakery in the basement floor.
Piramida After a
restful night in one of the Radisson Blu Ridzene luxurious
suites, start your day with a unique and flavourful breakfast
buffet with international delicacies. Take a break with
your business partners and enjoy an extensive business
lunch (7/9Ls) in this wonderfully designed glass pyramid.The quality and variety of dishes brings you back for
more! And finally, at the end of a busy day, treat yourself
to an exclusive A la Carte menu. Let the executive chef
suggest a tasty treat! Impeccable service. Enjoy a meal
on the Piramida Summer Terrace (10.00 - 24.00), with a
wide selection of delicious food and good service in this
green oasis.
Provence Despite the name, this high-life establishment is smart
and classy. Offers European cuisine with French accents,
most ingredients are eco-local and slowly prepared,
home-baked bread, home-made butter, topinadas, pates
and confits. Also serves game dishes and nouvelle Latvian
cuisine. The Provence confectionary (separate space
connected to restaurant), deserves an extra mentioning:
tiny tarts, home-made cakes and pies = finger-licking!
Renomme It is advised to reserve beforehand to enjoy chef Tarass
Kiriyenko’s gastronomical miracles. Prepare to experience
something a lot more than “just” gourmet dining. Try out
the chicken Eskimo, sprat ice-cream or pumpkin sorbet,
even the butter dish looks like a flower pot complete with
soil and grass. Those hedonist miracles are created from eco local ingridients.
The cuisine could be classified as molecular European with French accents.
Suite Restaurant The SUITE Restaurant brings a fusion of Asian and European
dishes in a spectacular Art Deco setting. It offers
delightful culinary creations for lunch and dinner. As the
only place of its kind in the Baltics, it provides an unforgettable
ambience and experience.
Umami Small, cozy, family owned gourmet spot. The place
where one of the most widely known local TV Chefs Elmars
Tannis always finds time to chat with clients, but his
charming wife is here to help you make the right choice
on the menu. Black elegant/industrial setting, small restaurant
ambience and menu concept, displays American
downtown cooking approach—small rapidly changing
menu includes creative author meals with seasonal/regional
+ best from abroad ingredients.
Vincents
Since Martinsh first founded Vincents in 1994, his restaurant
has grown to become one of the premier gourmet
establishments in Eastern Europe. Martinsh is famous
for having catered for numerous celebrities such as HRH
Queen Elizabeth II, Princes Charles and Andrew, Pierre
Cardin, Paco Rabanne etc. He is the President of Slow
Food in Latvia. The menu changes constantly, according
to the culinary season. They have a superb sommelier
and we think that they offer the best service in town. You
just can’t miss it!
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