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Where to Eat and Drink in Latvia
Raw Garden € offers freshly baked bread
Rīga Vegetarian Street Finder E2 along with dishes made from
Skolas 12 fresh, locally sourced vegetables
Aragats € Tel 2778 0489 and fruit. Eat in or take away in
Armenian Street Finder F1 Rīga’s only raw food restaurant a funky box.
Miera 15 serves an imaginative selection
Tel 6737 3445 Closed Mon of dishes packed with nutrients. Victory Pub €
The distinctly Soviet-era decor at It has great smoothies, juices International Street Finder C4
this family-run restaurant in a and desserts as well as hot Tirgonu 10
converted apartment is offset by vegetarian meals. Tel 2922 8310
the delicious Caucasian cuisine Popular with locals and tourists,
on offer. The menu features lots this is an English-style pub in a
DK ChoiceK Choice
of lamb, but there are also D historic Old Town building. The
vegetarian options and fish is St € € wide-ranging menu includes
Stock Pot ock Pot
International Street Finder E2
often available too. International Street Finder E2 fish and chips, steak, bacon
Gertrudes sand wiches, chicken curry and
Gertrudes 6 6
Tel 2783 2165 Closed Sun, Monl 2783 2165 Closed Sun, Mon
Fazenda € Te various omelettes.
This great little family-run
International Street Finder E2 This great little family-run
restaurant with a short menu
Baznīcas 14 restaurant with a short menu Bellevue €€
features original combinations
Tel 6724 0809 features original combinations International Street Finder A5
Fazenda is a quaint little café of Mediterranean, Indian, Thai Slokas 1
of Mediterranean, Indian, Thai
and Latvian dishes. Choices vary
and bakery which serves great and Latvian dishes. Choices vary Tel 6706 9040
daily and might include Thai red
fresh bread and pastries along daily and might include Thai red On the eleventh floor of the
curry with fish, Indian butter
with light Latvian and interna- curry with fish, Indian butter Maritim Park Hotel, this smart
tional dishes. Reminiscent of a chicken or “chili con soya”. There fusion-food restaurant has
chicken or “chili con soya”. There
country cottage, it has been are plenty of meat-free options splendid views of the riverfront
are plenty of meat-free options
and vegan, vegetarian and
deftly decor ated with floral and vegan, vegetarian and and Old Town. In a plush interior,
lactose-free dishes are labelled
wallpaper, white-washed brick lactose-free dishes are labelled it offers professional service and
walls, carefully chosen antique as such. Excellent value. artistically presented versions of
as such. Excellent value.
furniture and old prints and tiles. international and Latvian cuisine,
often with a Chinese influence.
Himalajas € Sweetday Café €
Nepalese Street Finder F1 International Street Finder C4 Benjamiņš €€
Brīvības 10 Tirgonu 9 International Street Finder E3
Tel 2037 2938 Tel 2653 7235 Kr Barona 12
Despite its rather unappealing A popular café in the city centre Tel 6707 9410
decor, this family-run restaurant adorned with artworks and an Occupying five opulent rooms
is one of the very best places eye-catching display of within a stately 19th-century
in Rīga for authentic Nepalese irresistible cakes and pastries. building, Benjamiņš has retained
and Indian cuisine. Dishes can Sandwiches, snacks, salads and many original features such as
be spiced according to each light meals are also served. stained-glass windows and
diner’s request. parquet floors. Expect superb
Terra € service and fine international
LIDO Alus Sēta € Vegetarian Street Finder E3 cuisine, such as monkfish fillet
Latvian Street Finder C3 Blaumaņa 9 and roast duck.
Tirgoņu 6 Tel 6765 0001
Tel 6722 2431 This stylish vegetarian eatery, Bon Vivant €€
Serving authentic Latvian cuisine with buffet-style self-service, Belgian Street Finder D4
in a farmhouse-style setting, Mārstaļu 8
this is the most central of the Tel 6722 6585
popu lar LIDO chain of self- A café-restaurant with a dark
service restaurants. Queue up wood interior, Flemish memora-
for chicken or pork shashlik bilia and more than ten Belgian
(grilled meat on a skewer) and beers on tap. Bon Vivant serves
pile your plate high with chips. meat-heavy dishes including
sausages served in half-metre
Pelmeni XL € lengths, Flemish beef stew and
Russian Street Finder D3 several good mussel options.
Kalķu 7
Tel 6707 3956 Čemodāns €€
A cheerful buffet restaurant, Mediterranean Street Finder F3
Pelmeni XL is completely Ģertrūdes 39
devoted to Russian dumplings Tel 2955 4605
(pelmeni). Diners can choose A popular restaurant, Čemodāns
from chicken, beef, pork, serves an attractive selection
vegetarian or seafood varieties. of wonderful dishes from
Portions are large, providing very France, Spain, Portugal and Italy,
good value for the low prices. A as well as Latvia. Classical interior
beer or a shot of vodka make for Patio seating outside self-service styling and top-notch service
the perfect accompaniment. LIDO Alus Sēta, Rīga add to its appeal.
For key to prices see p314; Rīga Street Finder see pp164–5; Road Map see back inside cover