Book a week ahead. Two of them have stars and the rest do not need one.
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One star, an open kitchen you sit at, and a tasting menu that is genuinely inventive rather than merely expensive. Book weeks out. Sit at the counter — that is the whole show.
Jelgavas iela 42
The other star. Kristaps Sīlis cooks Latvian ingredients with a modern hand and no folklore about it. The bread course alone justifies the evening.
Valkas iela 1
Three chefs, one long menu, in the Jacob's Barracks. Been the safe grand-occasion answer in this city for a decade and has not slipped.
Torņa iela 4
Oysters and cold white in a stone room. Half an hour here beats a whole evening somewhere trying harder.
Smilšu iela 3
On the edge of the park with the canal below the window. Ask for the corner table when you book, take the tasting menu, walk home through Vērmanes dārzs.
Tērbatas iela 2
Farm-to-table done without the sermon. The menu is short because it is honest about what came in that week.
Valkas iela 7
Small plates and a wine list that changes constantly. Tell them what you drank last time and let them choose — they have never got it wrong.
Skanstes iela 17
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Book a week ahead. Two of them have stars and the rest do not need one.