Unlike its competitors (yes, Riga has more than a few Uzbek restaurants), Sato has managed to provide a modern, almost trendy interior that still offers plenty of ethnographic touches like blue ceramic bowls, embroidered pillows and Persian carpets. You can try delicious grilled meat dishes, pilaffs, manti (spicy lamb dumplings), Uighur specialities like zaravshan and, for the more adventurous, sheep’s tongue in three different dining areas: the casual bar up front, a narrow hall with long couches and a fish tank in the middle and the spacious back room. Some servings are more generous than others, but the candied almonds and the Valmiermuižas brew on draught made up for the dearth of fried noodles on our plate.

(5 - 8Ls)