Try the best of Latvian cuisine in Bauska, Latvia

This restaurant, located within a one-hour drive from Riga, is absolutely worth visiting! You will love its stylish, minimalistic and cozy interior in black colors with aureate accents, dark brown furniture and green plants. Every detail is well-thought and flawlessly designed, from the outer decor to ceramic plates and elegant cutlery. All of Aveņi’s chefs are just simple people with deep passion for cooking — that is what makes them successful in doing it! That’s why you’ll be astonished by the numerous variations of beef, chicken and pork steaks, Tagliatelli pasta, burgers, and soups. There’s a big section in the menu with vegetarian dishes, such as bulgur with smoked vegetables, wok with rice noodles and tofu, Caesar salad with NOchicken and many others.

Aveņi’s mission is to improve, grow, and serve even better quality food every year and their main value is to do all of it from the heart with care and love for the customers. By the way, Aveņi can boast the most loyal and regular client ever, who visits them almost every morning for the past 18 years. He always orders the same thing — a flat white coffee with exactly two salmon sandwiches. The staff has become so used to him that if there is a morning when they don't see him (that usually doesn't happen) it feels like the day is incomplete!

Average price: €18 per person

The Mūza restaurant is located in the central part of the town in Rija Bauska Hotel, 150 m from the Via Baltica highway. Mūza opened in 2015 in the hotel's new, freshly renovated rooms, with the initial idea to be a hotel's restaurant for its guests. But since demand was high, it became a popular place to visit even for the locals.

The restaurant offers you to taste the most popular Latvian dishes, as well as meals inspired by the cuisines of other countries — from grilled chicken fillet to deer solyanka and entrecote with red wine sauce. The restaurant has a wide range of food and drinks, and its interior is decorated in a modern style, creating a pleasant atmosphere. The Mūza restaurant stands out in a way, that most of the food here is handmade, like bread, pastas, desserts etc. The kithen's chefs are learning all the time, looking for new possibilities and ideas from around the world and always trying to improve what they are doing, so their style doesn't get boring and stale. If there is any issue or problem, the staff always handles it quickly to the best wishes of the customer. On your trip to Bauska, book a room at Rija Bauska Hotel and have an unforgettable dinner at their Mūza restaurant!

Average price: €15 per person

Cafe "Taverna" is located in the old town of Bauska, in the historical center of Rātslaukums, opposite the Town Hall. The cafe is housed in a charming old two-story wooden building with a cozy atmosphere that matches the age and appearance of the house. A spacious outdoor terrace with parasols, located right on the Town Hall Square, invites you to stop for a cup of coffee or a glass of beer after a city’s excursion. The cafe is family-friendly, and kids can have fun around the spacious area, swinging on a swing. The motto of the cafe is "The gourmet holiday starts here!".

The cafe stands out for its variety of menus and rich portions. Most customers advise trying a famous dish “Bear’s Paw”, which is a large juicy cutlet of meat and liver, decorated with breadcrumbs, and visually resembles a huge paw of a bear. You’ll also like Taverna’s mushroom soup and pork filet, accompanied by Bauskas alus beer or local kvas. The tables on the terrace are always busy with tourists and locals, especially on weekends in summer, so book it in advance for your fine dining experience!

Average price: €13 per person

A quick and affordable way to dull the edge of your appetite after a trip to Bauska is Hesburger — a fast-food restaurant not far from the hyper Rimi. Here you’ll find all sorts of burgers with beef, pork and chicken, fries, tortillas and fresh salads, for example, with warm chicken. Burgers and other delicacies are prepared with high-quality ingredients: the cutlet contains only natural meat, while the mayonnaise is made on the basis of vegetable fat. People on a plant-based diet are also welcomed: they can treat themselves to numerous vegetarian options, such as soy vegetarian burgers and tortillas, fried soy or onion rings and veggie salads.

Besides, the restaurant offers a children's set with a delicious hamburger, small French fries, a refreshing drink or strawberry milk and a campaign toy, which can be exchanged for a small ice cream. This chain of restaurants is family oriented and possesses a children's playground, baby’s changing rooms, high chairs for kids. Come here alone or with your family for a quick bite and refreshing drink on your vacation in Bauska!

Average price: €8 per person

Pauza is a cozy, tastefully decorated country-style cafe where everyone would love to linger. The restaurant offers Latvian, Lithuanian, and Estonian dishes during national holidays, but also serves typical everyday food to everyone’s taste. The portions here are really huge, and the staff usually warns the customers about the size of a plate.

Here, you’ll be able to have a rich dinner at an affordable price, consisting of several dishes, for example, mushroom cream-soup, a vegetable salad with feta cheese and a duck marinated in quince. Don’t miss out on your chance to try blackcurrant wine — it is frequently mentioned in the excellent reviews on this place. The restaurant Pauze is frequently visited after a trip to the Rundāle Palace Museum — and will be a perfect place for having a rest and a bite at the end of a day!

Average price: €11 per person

You won’t regret adding Bauska to your trip around Latvia! Which restaurants in Latvia would you recommend to other tourists?