Kugelis is the Lithuanian grated-potato cake baked with bacon, eggs and onion: a hearty oven dish served sliced with sour cream and bacon cracklings.
Kugelis derives from the Yiddish kugel and reflects the long Litvak Jewish presence in Lithuania. The dish became part of Christian Lithuanian cooking through shared rural kitchens. Today kugelis appears at Etno Dvaras and Forto Dvaras as a Heritage Fund-certified dish, alongside cepelinai. It's the alternative oven-baked answer to the same potato-and-pork problem cepelinai solve by boiling.
4 editor picks for Kugelis in Vilnius, ranked by editorial score. All Vilnius signature dishes · Kugelis across every city.
Senoji Trobelė ★ 4.2
naujamiestis · Naugarduko g. 36, Vilnius
Senoji Trobelė on Naugarduko is a family-run Lithuanian room with painted ceilings and a 75-percent Žalgiris mead balsam fermented for two years.
Etno Dvaras (Aušros Vartų) ★ 4.0
senamiestis · Aušros Vartų g. 2, 01303 Vilnius
Etno Dvaras on Aušros Vartų cooks dishes certified by the Lithuanian Culinary Heritage Fund in a warm cavernous cellar with street-level windows.
Etno Dvaras (Pilies) ★ 3.9
senamiestis · Pilies g. 16, Vilnius
The Pilies Street branch of Etno Dvaras sits a block from the Cathedral, with the same Heritage Fund-certified Lithuanian dishes as the Aušros Vartų room.
Forto Dvaras (Pilies) ★ 3.8
senamiestis · Pilies g. 16, Vilnius
Forto Dvaras on Pilies is the same Heritage Fund-certified Lithuanian chain as Etno Dvaras, named after the medieval forts theme of the Old Town strip.