Best Tasting Menus in Riga
This list gathers restaurants in our guide that serve a tasting menu. Two hold a Michelin star in the 2026 guide: Max Cekot Kitchen in Torņakalns, with a 15-course surprise menu, garden produce and tableside finishing, and JOHN Chef's Hall in Centrs, a 20-seat room where the chefs present seasonal Latvian courses.
In Vecpilsēta, 3 pavaru restorans combines a tasting menu with counter dining and a sommelier, Seasons serves an art-inspired menu on seasonal Baltic ingredients, and Le Dome offers a seafood-focused tasting menu with a sommelier-led list. In Centrs, B7, Whitehouse and Entresol each hold a Michelin Plate. Entresol, from chef Raimonds Zommers, serves small snacks called knapas with modern French cooking and Latvian products. Forest in Centrs cooks a seven-course menu of contemporary Latvian forest cuisine. Biblioteka Number One in Centrs pairs a tasting menu with an exceptional wine list.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants serving a tasting menu or omakase, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
3 pavaru restorans
Located inside Jacob's Barracks on Torņa iela, 3 Pavāru Restorans is one of Riga's recognised addresses for wine-forward dining, holding a White Star distinction from Star Wine List as of August 2025. The restaurant sits within a historic Old Town complex and draws from Latvia's produce traditions, positioning it among the city's more serious dining options.
B7
On a quiet street in Rīga's Centre district, B7 has accumulated three consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions and the Star Wine List top ranking for Latvia, signalling a modern cuisine program that punches well above its mid-range price point. Located at Ausekļa iela 7, it sits within easy reach of the city's broader fine-dining corridor.
Biblioteka Number One
Exceptional wine program
On Tērbatas iela in central Riga, Biblioteka Number One occupies a space that signals the city's appetite for serious dining with a sense of occasion. The address places it within easy reach of the Old Town's dining corridor while sitting comfortably in the quieter Centro district. It holds a place in any considered survey of where Riga's restaurant scene is pressing forward.
Entresol
Entresol has held a Michelin Plate across three consecutive guides (2024, 2025, 2026), placing it among the small group of Rīga addresses the guide considers worth tracking. Positioned on Elizabetes iela in the Central District, it operates in the mid-range tier (€€), making Michelin-acknowledged modern cuisine accessible at a price point well below the city's starred restaurants.
Forest
On Raiņa bulvāris, one of Riga's most architecturally considered boulevards, Forest draws a loyal midweek crowd that returns not for novelty but for consistency. The name signals intent: an interior register shaped by organic materials, muted tones, and a deliberate distance from the city's louder dining rooms. For regulars, it functions less as a destination and more as a rhythm.
JOHN Chef's Hall
1 Michelin star
JOHN Chef's Hall holds a Michelin star and a La Liste Top Restaurants listing, operating from seven tables inside the A22 Hotel on Ausekļa iela. The 20-seat format puts guests directly in view of the kitchen pass, where a seasonally driven tasting menu anchors the meal in Latvian produce. Chef Kristaps Silis and his team present and explain each course themselves, and the bespoke wine pairing makes an overnight stay worth considering.
Le Dome
Le Dome holds three consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions (2024–2026) and sits at the summit of Rīga's price tier, pairing a seafood-focused menu with modern technique under Chef Yoshihiko Miura. The address on Miesnieku iela places it in the city's Old Town-adjacent centre, with dinner service running until 10:30 pm daily. It is one direct point of comparison for anyone weighing Rīga's serious fine-dining options against each other.
Max Cekot Kitchen
1 Michelin star · Exceptional wine program
A Michelin-starred restaurant in a former wood-processing factory on the edge of Rīga, Max Cekot Kitchen runs a surprise tasting menu rooted in Latvian seasonal produce, with ingredients drawn from the restaurant's own garden and greenhouse. Open Thursday to Saturday evenings only, it holds a 2026 Michelin star, 75 points on La Liste, and four consecutive Star Wine List rankings.
Seasons
Seasons occupies a townhouse on Pils iela in Rīga's Old Town, delivering traditional Latvian and regional cuisine that has earned a Michelin Plate in each of the past three consecutive years. The €€€ pricing sits in the mid-to-upper tier of the city's dining scene, below the €€€€ creative-led counters but well above the casual end. The address alone — within the medieval core — frames the experience before you reach the table.
Whitehouse
Among Rīga's mid-range modern dining rooms, Whitehouse on Tērbatas iela holds three consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions (2024–2026) and the Star Wine List #1 ranking for 2024, signalling a kitchen and cellar operating well above its price point. The €€ positioning makes it one of the more accessible entries in the city's award-holding tier, where comparable addresses typically price significantly higher.
Planning tasting menus in Riga
- Which tasting menus on this list are Michelin-starred?
- Max Cekot Kitchen in Torņakalns and JOHN Chef's Hall in Centrs are the Michelin-starred tasting menus on this list. Both hold a Michelin star in the 2026 guide. Max Cekot Kitchen serves a 15-course surprise menu, and JOHN Chef's Hall serves a seasonal Latvian tasting menu in a 20-seat room.
- Which neighbourhoods appear on this tasting menu list?
- Torņakalns, Centrs and Vecpilsēta are the only neighbourhoods on this tasting-menu list. Max Cekot Kitchen is the Torņakalns restaurant. The Centrs restaurants are JOHN Chef's Hall, B7, Whitehouse, Entresol, Forest and Biblioteka Number One. The Vecpilsēta restaurants are 3 pavaru restorans, Seasons and Le Dome.
- Which tasting menus on this list have an exceptional or sommelier-led wine programme?
- Max Cekot Kitchen in Torņakalns and Biblioteka Number One in Centrs are the exceptional wine programmes on this list. Sommelier-led lists are at Max Cekot Kitchen, at 3 pavaru restorans in Vecpilsēta, at Whitehouse in Centrs and at Le Dome in Vecpilsēta. JOHN Chef's Hall in Centrs and Seasons in Vecpilsēta carry an extensive list with a curated programme.
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