Best Restaurants in Estonia and Latvia

The Best Restaurants in Estonia and Latvia

Photos and text by Sonja Stark

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The home restaurant of Estonian Model and Cook Extraordinaire Beatrice Fenice.
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A large spread served at the home restaurant of Estonian Model and Cook Extraordinaire Beatrice Fenice in Tallinn, Estonia.
Vana Tallinn liqueur.
No dinner is complete without shots of Vana Tallinn liqueur.
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Scrumptious appetizers before dinner at NOA restaurant on the Baltic Ocean, a few miles drive north of Tallinn, Estonia.
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My friend Dan can’t resist the mouthwatering grilled fish at NOA restaurant on the Baltic Ocean, a few miles drive from Tallinn, Estonia.
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Dine alfresco at NOA restaurant on the Baltic Ocean, a few miles drive from Tallinn, Estonia.
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Judged as one of the top 50 restaurants in Estonia, the NOA restaurant on the Baltic Ocean, is only a few miles drive from Tallinn.
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A few words to describe the Manna La Roosa restaurant: gypsy chic, European bohemian and X-rated (you have to visit to understand). Enjoy prawn tempura and duck wakame among young, precocious, beautiful artists. This is a definite favorite!
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A starter green salad and cocktail at Manna La Roosa restaurant, best described as “the Addams Family manse on LSD.”
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Beef tenderloin charcoaled with cooked vegetables and a smokey potato puree at Manna La Roosa restaurant in Tallinn.
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Toasting to great friendships at the seaside Restaurant Raimond inside the Hedon Spa and Hotel in Parnu, Estonia.
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An opera show in the lobby was followed up by a delicious dinner at Villa Ammende.
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A rare cultural experience sharing lunch at a home restaurant on the island of Kihnu Kuek.
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A cultural lunch at a home restaurant on the island of Kihnu Kuek. All dishes are prepared by one woman with fresh vegetables and berries from her own garden.
Latvians are proud of their beer made from the best ingredients. The world famous Valmiermuiza brewery has been fermenting since 1624! LINK: http://www.valmiermuiza.lv/en/news
Latvians are proud of their beer made from the best ingredients. The world famous Valmiermuiza brewery has been fermenting since 1624!
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Wet your whistle with the unpasteurized filtered suds of Valmiermuiza beer. Take a tour of their flagship farm serving patrols since 1624!
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Wet your whistle with the unpasteurized filtered suds of Valmiermuiza beer. Take a tour of their flagship farm serving patrols since 1624!
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Modern cuisine chef Walter Gee creates original recipes from wild game and fresh ingredients found throughout Latvia. Cocktails even include samogon (moonshine) made special for Valtera Restorans
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Not far from Cathedral Square is a restaurant with the most attentive wait staff in Riga: Valtera Restorans. Seasonal ingredients, clean aesthetics and most perfect herring. A farm-to-table fusion eatery perfectly located in the center of Riga.
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Break bread at one of the best restaurants in Riga, Valtera Restorans
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Life is short, eat dessert first at the best pastry shop in Riga: BEZE Konditoreja bakery. My friend Ann treated me to a slice of cheese cake. Indeed, there was no room left for dinner after.
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A Latvian meal is seldom complete without pork or fish of some kind.
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The newest exotic kid on the contemporary block: Restorans 3 in downtown Riga. Various cuts of meats are offered including pigs ears for starters.
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Fish is just one of millions of items sold at the largest market and bazaar in Riga, the Central Market. The market is inside four reused German Zeppelin hangars listed on the UNESCO World Heritage site.
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