Recommended Restaurants

RECOMMENDED RESTAURANTS

RESTAURANT VINCENTS

Address: 19 Elizabetes, Riga LV-1010, Latvia, Tel.: + 371 7332634, Fax: 371 7830206
www.restorans.lv
Location: City Center, 10 minutes walk from Old Town
Cuisine: International

Restaurant, located on Elizabetes Street, just outside Riga’s Old Town, is the creation of English chef Martin Ritins. After twenty five years of cooking all around the world - in Saudi Arabia, Jamaica, Canada and Great Britain - Ritins moved to Latvia, his parents’ original home. Now it is a popular restaurant famous not only for its exquisite cuisine but for the number of celebrities that have dined here as well. Many honourable guests have visited this restaurant: Elton John, Mstislav Rostropovich, Pierre Cardin, Jose Carreras, Pierre Richard, Montserrat Caballet, B.B. King, King of Norway Harald V, Paco Rabanne and other.


RESTAURANT ROZENGRALS

Address: Rozena 1, Rīga, Latvia, Tel.: +371 7224748, Fax: +371 7220356, www.rozengrals.lv
Location: Old Town
Cuisine: Medieval

Medieval style restaurant in the centre of the Old Town of Riga. The cellars in which the restaurant is located were mentioned in writing as early as the year 1293, and they were once used for special events by Riga’s town hall. In candlelight, guests will be served generous portions of food, entertained with the music of the evening, and maybe have a run-in with a chain-mail-clad knight or two.


RESTAURANT ARBAT

Address: 3 Vagnera str., Riga, Latvia, Tel.: +371 7214057, www.arbat.lv
Location: Old Town
Cuisine: Russian

Russian cuisine restaurant is located alongside Livs’ Square, but creates a feeling as if being on theRed Square. Arbat – it is a Russian cuisine with the highest standards in the best expression.
Interior of the restaurant is made with great emphasis on gold, starting from hand painted wallpaper and continuing with menus and mirrors, with their exquisite framework. Czar and even royal atmosphere is created by bright color scheme.
Arbat is a must visit restaurant for a welcoming feeling and fantastically presented food.


RESTAURANT KALKU VARTI

Address: Kalku 11 a., Riga, Latvia, Tel.: +371 7224576, Fax: +371 7212575, www.kalkuvarti.lv
Location: Old Town
Cuisine: French / International

Kaļķu Vārti is a restaurant located in the historical and business centre of Old Town. It presents you an opportunity to open the gate to a journey into the world of meals accompanied by the play of flavours and tastes of healthy and natural products revealing the mysteries of culinary traditions of various cultures. It offers a feast that may allure surprise and satisfy, at the same time also revealing unknown aspects of the well known things. It is an offer one can enjoy during the business lunch or when relaxing at night.


FISH RESTAURANT SKONTO

Address: Vāgnera iela 4, Riga, Latvia, Tel.: +371 7216713, Fax: +371 7216726, www.zivjurestorans.lv
Location: Old Town
Cuisine: Fish and seafood

In Skonto zivju restorans you will enjoy the cosy atmosphere and perfect service. Background music will add to the taste of fresh and healthy fish and seafood courses, cooked by our high-class chefs. Trout, starlet and crayfish straight from the pool, lobsters are offered straight from aquarium. Always fresh oysters and seafood! This elegant restaurant specialises in a multitude of sea dishes.


RESTAURANT LIDO

Address: Krasta 76, Riga, Latvia, Tel. +371 7504420, Fax: +371 7241168, www.ac.lido.lv
Location: Outside City Center
Cuisine: Latvian

Here you can have not only a nice dinner but observe the cooking process with your own eyes. As a rule, the interiors are made to the Latvian national style, and their main features are wooden benches, crocks, water-mills. Excellent cuisine, reasonable prices and cosy atmosphere add to the popularity of these restaurants.

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