Restaurant Guide Latvia 2024: The 3 Best Fish Restaurants in Latvia

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Latvia, a Baltic jewel on the Baltic Sea, is known for its rich culinary tradition, especially when it comes to fresh fish. The country's best fish restaurants offer an impressive variety of dishes, including both traditional Latvian recipes and modern, creative interpretations. Visitors can look forward to exquisite fish soups, perfectly grilled fish fillets and delicate seafood specialties that reflect the authenticity and taste of Latvia.
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With Baltic-inspired décor, the restaurant offers seafood in a broader sense than the sea. Tails has two key areas of expertise. Guests can enjoy fresher-than-fresh bites at the raw bar. Meanwhile, the dry-ageing cabinet at the back of the restaurant makes the structure of the fish more firm and the taste more intense. Tails is a paradise for seafood lovers.

Antonijas iela 6A, 1010 Riga, Latvia

The bar, with its décor inspired by the Parisian and Viennese grand cafés, is the place to go in Riga to show off and to watch others. The seafood platter served here is perhaps the most representative of its kind in the city. The seasonally changing cocktail menu is both sophisticated and evocative, tantalising the taste buds in equal measure to the seafood.

Smilšu iela 3, 1010 Riga, Latvia

Every day is fish day at this small bistro in the centre of Riga. Zivju Lete, the fish counter in Latvian, doesn't pretend to be creative. Instead, it offers traditional, homemade seafood dishes. For a simple bistro, the drinks menu has plenty of variety. Zivju Lete offers food and drink with an excellent price/quality ratio.

Dzirnavu iela 41, 1010 Riga, Latvia