Riga: Central Market Latvian Food Tour with 20 taste samples
Learn about Latvian gastronomy in the largest open-air market in Europe. Sample a selection of 20 traditional local food samples as you learn about the history of this...
Editor's tip. Restaurants apply each year by early September; the Michelin Selected rooms book first.
Plan the days around it
Eat your way around Riga while you are in town
Autumn Riga Restaurant Week runs 27 October to 9 November. These are the food tours and tastings in Riga to book for the days around it; most cancel free up to 24 hours ahead.
Riga Central Market & Traditional Food tasting Tour
Discover Latvian cuisine and one of Europe’s largest markets through fascinating stories and authentic food and drink tastings. Continue to Riga Old Town for a traditi...
Riga Central Market Tasting Tour with Science Academy Views
Have you seen the Zeppelin-like structures across Riga Canal?They’re the iconic Riga Central Market.But this isn’t your typical market visit.It's a Culinary Journey, r...
Location
Address: Citywide, multiple participating restaurants in Rīga, Riga
Also in centrs
Riga Street Food Festival ★ 4.3
The Riga Street Food Festival runs late August with international and Latvian street food vendors, craft beer, live music and family programming across two days.
Tip: Free entry; pay-as-you-go food stalls. Best in late afternoon when the live music programme starts.
Spring Riga Restaurant Week (Riga Taste Festival) ★ 4.4
Spring Riga Restaurant Week runs as the expanded Riga Taste Festival, with three-course menus at €30 to €45 across participating restaurants and a bakery.
Tip: Book early in the run; popular Bib Gourmand rooms like Milda and Snatch fill up first. Bakery pavilion features the Vecrīga pastry.
More food festivals in Riga
10-12 Sep
Riga Food Expo
Latvian and international food and beverage trade exhibition
23-24 Aug 2027
Riga Street Food Festival
International and Latvian street food
28 Nov to 4 Jan
Doma laukums Piparkūkas Christmas Stalls
Piparkūkas, gluhwine, smoked meats
28 Nov to 4 Jan
Riga Old Town Christmas Market
Latvian Christmas food, piparkūkas, mulled wine
13-26 Apr 2027
Spring Riga Restaurant Week (Riga Taste Festival)
Three-course menus citywide