OLD RIGA
Dome Steak House: Smilsu 2, tel. 6-732-0037. Open:11:30-23. This place offers some of the best-prepared steaks in Riga prepared by a Swedish chef.
Kiploku Krogs: Jekaba 3/5, tel. 6-721-1451. Open:11-23. Garlic in, on and around everything-including your breath.
Melnie Muki (Black Monks): Jana 1, in a former medieval cloister in the old city; tel. 6-721-5006. Open:12-02. This old city restaurant feels more like a family’s living room—in the very best sense of the word. There is a warmer, more intimate feel to the place than at many other Riga restaurants.
Sue’s Indian Raja: Vecpilsetas 3, tel. 6-722-1617. Open:12-23. Raj Chaudhary, is responsible for this excellent Indian restaurant. Nestled in a quiet corner of Riga’s gorgeous Hanseatic old city, this basement-level restaurant is a maze of hideaway rooms and cavernous halls, with several private dining areas tucked discreetly into cozy, candle-lit corners. Gentle crooning Indian music, the faint smell of incense and assorted artifacts from the subcontinent make the atmosphere just right. The food, cooked by chefs brought in straight from India, is showstopping: the extensive menu includes spicy Indian soups, garlic Naan, plus a whole variety of curry and fish entreés. The spicy Vindaloo chicken is particularly good; for an appetizer, try the chicken tikka, a kebab-like meat cooked in a tandoor oven. For dessert, sample the wonderful Kulfi Indian ice cream. Sue’s Indian Raja also features attentive, friendly service.
Otto Schwarz: Kaïíu 28, on the top floor of the Hotel de Rome; tel. 6-708-7623. Open:07-23. Otto Schwarz offers a seasonal menu using fresh, local ingredients. The background music, service, decor, not to mention the food, are very good. Maybe has the finest wine list in the Baltics. Otto Schwarz is expensive by regional standards, but it’s worth it.
Monterosso: Valnu 9, in the old city; tel. 6-722-2071. Open:10-24. Monterosso, by most accounts, serves some of the finest Italian food in Riga.
Arbat: Vagnera 3, tel. 6-721-4056. Open:12-24. This richly-decorated restaurant has an upscale, bojar house feel. A long menu of high-class Russian dishes.
DA – DA Galerija Centrs: First Floor, Tel. 7-710-4433, Open 10:00 to 24:00, DA - DA restaurant is a challenge to try unhear – off emotions and papies colle cousine of Mongolia. Our conception is build on culture of Dadaism. Here You can see extraordinary interior and cousine features which we offer to You. World of false mirror – it’s not what we used to see in real life – it’s something different. “DADAism in the bowl depence of Your mood. In “DA – DA” restaurant there is no concrete dish, but there are concrete ingredient which You can combane in a different variation. It’s depend on Your own taste. There are 7 sauces, Your chosen one is the united element. The restaurant “DA – DA’’ is giving You a chance to create Your own eatable master piece. Top level customer service
City Center - North
Vincents: Elizabetes 19, tel. 6-733-2830. Open:11-24. Vincents, remains one of the standards for upscale restaurants in the whole of the Baltics. The service is spectacularly attentive and inventive; top opera singers are a fixture in the evening and break into song when least expected. The food is shockingly good and one has to search far and wide for other Baltic restaurants that can even come close. The likes of Prince Charles, Elton John, Montserrat Caballé and B.B. King have all discovered this for themselves, having been among the clients. Vincents uses organic products when possible and has a wonderfully eclectic menu that changes regularly.
City Center - Berga Bagars - Central
No recommendation from us here !!
City Center - Central
Dzirnavas (Lido Group): Dzirnavu 76, tel. 6-728-6204. Open:08-23. A wonderfully vast kingdom of a restaurant, something between an old Latvia theme park and a Swedish smorgasbord. The food, mostly Latvian country specialties, is all pre-prepared and you go through a cafeteria-style line. The food is hardly high class, but that’s obviously not the main point of this fun-loving place. It all feels like the inside of an old Latvian farmhouse; there’s a stream running through the middle of the restaurant, and Latvian folk music um-pah-pahs in the background. The place is very popular and always bustling.
Osiris: Barona 31, about a 10-minute walk from the old city; tel. 6-724-3002. Open:08-24; Sat., Sun. 10-24. How many ways can you say class? However you say it, this place has it. Everything from the food to the general atmosphere to the background music meets a very high standard. Osiris, which is a favorite hangout of artistically-inclined locals, isn’t located in the flashiest-looking building in Riga. But the whole place breathes class, and the wonderfully eclectic menu makes Osiris perfect for any time of the day.
Akhtamar: - 9 Merkeļa, across from the Riga Circus, Tel. 6-721-5032 , This wonderful Armenian restaurant in the heart of historic Riga's city center will delight you and your friends. Most entries prepared at table side on an open flame. Ethnic Armenian food presented in a fantastic relaxing atmosphere. photos - take a look at the great food and environment Private rooms for small parties to large private banquets (from 6 to 60 persons)
Par Daugava West bank Daugava River
Bellevue: Slokas 1, across the river, in the excellent Maritim Park Hotel; tel .6- 706-9000. Open:18-23. A very good, high-end restaurant with spectacular views of Riga from its 11th floor perch. Some mark this down as one of the finest restaurants of them all in the Latvian capital. http://www.maritim.lv/
Fabrikas Restorans: Balasta dambis 70, tel. 6-787-3804. On the vanguard of the gentrification of Kipsala Island in the Daugava is this restaurant. Great views of Riga’s old city. Block them with your car, though, and the staff will very diplomatically ask you to park elsewhere. Excellent service and food. Prices reasonable for Riga—which means higher than the other Baltic cities.
Greater Riga - South
Lido Recreation Center: Krasta 76, a 10-minute drive southeast of the old city; tel. 6-750-4420. Open:10-23. A cross between Disneyland and a Latvian country inn. Everything, from the cottage knick-knacks to the beams seem to be two or three times real scale, giving the place the feel of a roadside inn on steroids. Traditional Latvian food is served here cafeteria-style; you take a tray and wander around wanting to grab almost everything. There’s a wide variety of pork, chicken, pancake dishes and desserts, including wonderful waffles smothered in honey. Outside the massive stone building is a park with huge glass displays with animated animals and toys, clearly targeting the kids. Also rides and assorted outdoor fairs and concerts in the summer, and skating rink in winter which in summer is used for in-line skating.
Russian LIDO - Russkij Dvor: Kengaraga 3, off Maskavas street; tel. 6-713-4930. Open:10-23; Sun. 11-23. A Russian place with the feel of a theme park imagined by Walt Disney; it’s actually a homegrown establishment, done by the same savvy entrepreneurs who do the similarly fun-filled Latvian-food restaurant Lido. All and all, Russkij Dvor is excellent, highly distinctive and probably a must visit for tourists. It’s built as a vast, idealized version of a Russian village, with bright-red paintings of fairy-tale figures along the inside walls. The traditional Russian food, from blini to pancakes to pork and solyanka soup, is served cafeteria style, so, if you need to, you can get in and out fast. There’s a playground for the kids and frequent live Russian music. Perfect for family outings.
for more information, we recommend The Baltic City paper - Restaurants & Cafes
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