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Latvian food

With nearly 800 years of domination by a variety of foreign powers you’d think that Latvia would have an interesting and diverse culinary tradition. However, when one bears in mind that Poles, Swedes, Germans and Russians once ruled the roost, it’s no surprise that most local cuisine consists of pork, potatoes and sour kraut served with a generous sprinkling of dill.

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Alus Ordenis
Although the food is a bit pricey for Latvian cuisine, the menu does offer some hard-to-find local dishes like cūku pupas (broad beans in butter sauce), fried herring, boiled pig's feet and 'bulls' glands.' All of the standard pork ribs, steaks and other artery clogging delicacies are also served in this charming brick cellar as well as tasty brews in big ceramic mugs. [...]



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Raiņa 15

tel. (+371) 67 81 41 90

Open 12:00-24:00,
Fri 12:00-03:00,
Sat 15:00-03:00,
Sun 15:00-24:00.
Alus Sēta
The most central of the Lido peoples’ Latvian theme restaurants has a buffet where you order your chicken or pork shashlik and scoop up heaps of potatoes, Latvian grey peas, sour cream and salad. Unfortunately, the annoyingly long queues of hungry tourists have convinced its owners to raise its prices substantially. Have a delicious Užavas draught beer or home-brewed LIDO ale while you wait.
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Tirgoņu 6

tel. (+371) 67 22 24 31

Open 11:00-23:00,
Fri 11:00-24:00,
Sat 11:00-24:00.
Amber Way Tavern
The cosy cellars of the Jacob’s Barracks are an ideal location for a place that caters to Riga’s visitors and the interior sports a generic folksy atmosphere of wooden tables, ceramic candelabras and ‘antique’ murals on the walls. Only traditional dishes and drinks are on offer and live folk music is also sometimes available in the evening.
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Torņa 4 (Jēkaba kazarmas)

tel. (+371) 67 32 12 60

Open 13:00-21:00
Čau, Rasma
The faux folksy décor of this cellar restaurant and music club lacks inspiration and the 1980s music won’t be to the liking of most foreigners, but it does offer a great menu of traditional Latvian food with names taken from a popular Latvian film Vella kalpi, or the Devil’s servants. Blood sausage, pork wrapped in bacon and pigs ears with crackling will satisfy anyone’s craving for local cuisine. [...]



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Aspazijas bulv. 20

tel. (+371) 67 22 32 52

Open 12:00-23:00,
Fri 12:00-24:00,
Sat 13:00-24:00,
Sun 13:00-23:00.
Citi laiki
Housed in an early 19th-century wooden building, Different Times boasts a rustic interior decorated with antiques and, for some odd reason, the occasional Jack Daniels ad. Large servings of traditional Latvian meals, meaning lots of pork and potatoes, are brought to your table by friendly wait staf [...]



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Brīvības 41

tel. (+371) 67 24 05 92

Open 11:00-23:00
Dzirnavas
Alus sēta's sister restaurant is similar, but bigger, better and even fuller of happy Latvians. The huge buffet spans a number of rooms and even makes those who just had lunch drool. The saying over the door states that he who belches while eating will eat there next year. See you then! [...]



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Dzirnavu 76

tel. (+371) 67 28 62 04

Open 09:00-22:00,
Sun 10:00-22:00.
Folk Club Ala
Ala means ‘cave’ in Latvian and this cavernous space on two floors really does look like a spelunkers training ground with the exception of a few Latvian instruments and books clinging to the walls. Order from a small menu of traditional food for reasonable prices or just sip a local dr [...]



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Audēju 11

tel. (+371) 28 36 06 77

Open 11:30-01:00
LIDO atpūtas centrs
LIDO atpūtas centrs
If Paul Bunyon built a log cabin in Latvia it would look like this! Mr. Ķirsons of the LIDO Empire has outdone himself with the biggest buffet of home cookin' this country has ever seen. Enter the tremendous cellar and discover another restaurant with two bars which serve beer brewed on th [...]



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Krasta 76

tel. (+371) 67 50 44 20

Open 11:00-24:00
LIDO Spice
As with most LIDO Latvian fast food restaurants, you have to see this one to believe it. All of the usual local foods are on offer as well as the ubiquitous faux ethnographic design elements, but walk behind the main cafeteria area and discover a children's paradise. A nearly life-sized two-storey [...]



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Lielirbes 29 (Spice shopping centre)

tel. (+371) 67 60 92 02

Open 10:00-22:00
Salmu Sēta
Visit this quaint Latvian cafeteria whose bar and buffet are covered with thatch roofs for an added touch of local authenticity. Pork ribs and roasts, steaks and even prawns are on offer as well as salads, desserts and the hoppy Tērvetes beer on draught among others. [...]



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Dzirnavu 107

tel. (+371) 67 28 52 38

Open 10:00-23:00,
Sun Closed.
Salve
The staff are polite, the location is fantastic and the nouvelle Latvian cuisine, like the venison with blackberry jam, is tasty and, for the most part, authentic. However, the fake antique interior with its just-taken-out-of-the-box look, not to mention the plastic flowers, cheapen the atmosphere [...]



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Rātslaukums 5

tel. (+371) 67 04 43 17

Open 12:00-23:00
Vērmanītis
A great place to eat a huge meal for cheap, this restaurant looks like medieval Europe and interwar Latvia collided and produced a unique space decorated with ethnic symbols, stone and stained glass. Bop about to local 'umm-paa-paa' music and help yourself to Baltic cuisine as well as salad and fru [...]



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Elizabetes 65

tel. (+371) 67 28 62 89

Open 08:00-22:00