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If you see a beautiful blue medieval building with cows grazing on its façade you haven’t had too many strong Latvian beers, but rather found a great restaurant that puts one in mind of an upmarket country tavern if there is such a thing.
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4 Rooms
The European cuisine is tasty and predictably expensive given its location, but the best reason to come here is the interior design, which looks like it was ripped from the pages of Architectural Digest.
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Aleks
Located on the ground floor of the Justus design hotel, this cosy restaurant offers up an interesting interior of Latvian antique
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Ambiente
Located in a sprawling hotel complex in the centre of Old Riga that once housed a medieval convent, Ambiente has found its inspiration
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Andalūzijas Suns
A long-time favourite of expats and locals alike, The Dog’s dark red interior has been the backdrop for many a weekend revelry over the years, but lately one has to wonder if it isn’t time to give Old Yeller a rest.
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Burga
Part bar and part café, the oddly named Burga is located in a modern glass building and has a dark grey interior punctuated with hot pink couches along the walls and light hardwood floors with matching tables.
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Burkāns
When the cocktail business crashed in Riga along with global financial markets, the Latvian celebrity mixologists of Piektdiena closed their Riga hotspot only to reopen it as a posh, yet affordable restaurant specialising in local and international cuisine.
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Charlestons
Charlestons is impossible to label. It’s European, yet has a decidedly North American feel to it. The interior, the quality
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Colombo
Located on the 12th floor of the recently refurbished Karavella Hotel near the Port of Riga, Colombo offers refined international
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C.U.T.
This upmarket restaurant located on the ground floor of the Radisson Blu Elizabete Hotel specialises in grilled cuisine from tuna steaks and salmon to beef tenderloin imported from the South American pampas.
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Cydonia Gastropub
This self-proclaimed gastropub in the posh Berga Bazārs shopping arcade provides a Spartan, industrial style interior with polished cement floors made warmer by the addition of pinewood covered walls and white paper bags hanging from the ceiling as lamps.
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De Gusto
This small, cosy pink and red Old Riga restaurant has an eclectic interior of both antique and modern furniture, odd nick-nacks,
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Domini Canes
If you’re wondering about the odd Latin name, it probably refers to the Dominican monastery that operated next door in medieval times.
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Esplanāde
If you think that Esplanāde is just another hotel restaurant then guess again. The interior is neutral and can accommodate hundreds of tourists, but the cuisine it serves is simply fantastic.
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Fazenda
Fazenda has come up with a unique dining concept. It offers a bakery, restaurant and farmers’ market in a beautifully restored 19th-century wooden building that includes original tile fireplaces, floral print wallpaper and plenty of fresh cut flowers.
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Fazer Café & Restaurant
This trendy cafeteria on the top floor of the Stockmann department store offers white walls, sleek stainless steel and light Scandinavian
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Felicita
Housed in a beautiful building that once belonged to the mayor of Riga in medieval times, this wine shop and upmarket restaurant is now owned and operated by Italian wine importers.
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Fīlings
A bowtie wearing maitre d', a red, white and black interior and live music - what more can you ask for? Really good food and service, actually, which is just what you get in this lively restaurant on Doma laukums.
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Foody
Being foodies ourselves, we were naturally intrigued by this stylish, yet casual restaurant on the edge of Old Riga. The interior
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Garage
This modern grey space with cement floors below and steel beams overhead would truly be reminiscent of a garage were it not for the central open plan cooking island that also houses bottles of wine and oysters on ice.
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Ginger & Fred
Unlike many other European cities, Riga has no landmark restaurants or famous nightclubs like the Hofbräuhaus in Munich or the Moulin Rouge in Paris that have been entertaining people for generations.
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Gutenbergs
Although the cosy cellar restaurant has plenty to offer, like duck liver in Champagne sauce or crispy catfish fillets, if the weather’s good you’d be mad not to take the lift up to its summer rooftop terrace.
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Hanza Pub
This cosy cellar pub is decorated with old fishing nets, cloth made to look like sails and reproductions of antique maps and lithographs, all in keeping with the nautical Hanseatic League theme.
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Harry Morgan
The story goes that Harry Morgan opened his first New York-style deli in London in 1948 and since then it’s become a landmark establishment.
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Iguana
With its rustic wooden interior, ceiling fans whirring high above, American rock music and complete lack of Euro-design, Iguana could definitely hold its own with restaurants in the States.
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K|I|D
Its bright white walls, modern interior design, fresh flowers and hanging paintings make one feel as if they’re dining in a trendy art gallery.
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Ķiploku Krogs
Although most people would think twice before paying good money for bad breath, they’ve probably never been here. All of the European cuisine on offer is somehow infused with garlic – even the ice cream is covered with honey-garlic sauce.
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Kontakts
After years of working at some of Riga’s best bars and pubs, two Latvian women decided to open their own place in a cosy Old Riga cellar in the Jacob’s Barracks.
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Latvijas 1. Rokkafejnīca
Although this version of Latvia’s 1st Rock Café is nowhere near as impressive as the original four-storey food
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Lidojošā Varde
The Frog has a fresh coat of paint, but it's basically still the same expat hang out it's always been. This three-roomed cellar is filled with more than just frogs - though there are lots of them, even in the bathrooms.
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Macaroni Noodle Bar
Although the name would suggest a cheap fast food-style, for lack of a better phrase, noodle bar, Macaroni is actually one of the city’s more stylish restaurants with minimalist décor and comfortable, modern furnishings.
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Melnie Mūki
Housed in the brick-walled remnants of a medieval cloister, the Black Monks is a favourite of the most particular and frugal gourmets in town.
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Merlin
Housed in a renovated brick warehouse behind the Central Market, Merlin offers a red semi-circular bar and a summer terrace
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Muklājs
This trendy cellar restaurant and bar doesn’t seem to have any connection to its odd name, which is a kind of swamp in Latvian.
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Neo
This modern glass and neon cocktail bar and restaurant in the top floors of the station clock tower offers a funky interior and some of the best panoramic views of the city we’ve seen.
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No Problem
Last summer’s most popular beer garden has moved indoors until the spring, but still provides a solid menu of international food from chicken BLT sandwiches and shrimp Caesar salads to burgers and steaks.
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Old City Café
Located across the square from the Riga Castle in an historic building in its own right, this unoriginally named restaurant offers plenty of big salads, a hearty soļanka soup, some vegetarian options and lots and lots of grilled meat and fish dishes.
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Old City Hotel Restaurant
Just beyond the bar area in the lobby of this Old Riga design hotel you’ll find an upmarket restaurant with a stylish, yet simple interior of brown walls accented with photos of the Latvian capital’s old town.
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Pastnieks zvana divreiz
Located in the cellar of what is perhaps Riga’s prettiest Art Nouveau building, The Postman Rings Twice is a hip, casual café that looks like a cross between a library and a coffee shop.
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Provansa
This upmarket restaurant specialising in French and international cuisine has forsaken its beautiful 19th-century building in favour of a more modern setting among the art nouveau buildings on Strēlnieku iela.
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Restaurant Elements
This stylish silver, brown and white restaurant on the ground floor of the Tallink Hotel Riga serves a variety of healthy international cuisine prepared with local ingredients when possible.
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Restaurant Kitchen
Run by the same people who brought you Ostas skati on the Left Bank and Garāža in the Berga Bazārs shopping arcade,
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Reykjavik
Its minimalist, Scandinavian-style interior of hardwood floors and subtle grey and white tones is only occasionally broken up by illuminated photographs of melting glaciers and rosy arctic sunsets.
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Salt 'n' Pepper
Originality and good taste are in great abundance in this laid-back, almost American-style restaurant/bar behind town hall.
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Silts
When one considers its bright white and green interior, its friendly service and its huge sunny summer terrace, its name silts or warm is quite fitting.
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Sokrats
Just look for the peach-coloured neo-Gothic building that looks like a castle to find this hotel restaurant serving a variety of international cuisine from upmarket versions of simple dishes like fish and chips to mussels in curry coconut milk sauce.
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Teātra bāra restorāns
The eclectic interior of this trendy restaurant isn't surprising given its close proximity to the avant-garde New Theatre next door.
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Umami
After opening up pizzerias, pubs and the renowned Charlestons restaurant, Canadian-Latvian chef and TV celebrity Elmārs Tannis has gone back to basics with this small, family-run bistro.
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Vecmeita ar kaķi
Friendly service, daily specials around 3Ls and set just across from the President, life doesn't get much better than this.
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