Senamiestis (Old Town) food guide
12 editor picks in Senamiestis (Old Town), Vilnius.
Order Wild boar with lingonberry; share a beaver stew to taste what makes Lokys an institution.
Lokys has run since 1972 in a 15th-century merchant's cellar, serving wild boar, venison and beaver under the second generation of the same family.
Order Cepelinai with spirgučiai pork cracklings; pick the unfiltered farmhouse ale.
Šnekutis on Šv. Mikalojaus pours 30-plus Lithuanian beers including small-brewery filtered and unfiltered, with cepelinai and smoked-pig snacks.
Order A mutton kibinai with mustard, then a slice of šakotis.
Pinavija on Vilniaus is a family-owned bakery cafe known for hot kibinai pastries, šakotis tree cake and a brunch menu in a softly-French Old Town corner.
Order A mutton kibinai with mustard; a slice of šakotis to go.
Pinavija's second branch on Vokiečių keeps the same family-bakery recipes for kibinai and šakotis in a slightly bigger Old Town room with terrace seating.
Order Cepelinai with bacon-mushroom sauce; pair with a bowl of šaltibarščiai cold beet soup.
Etno Dvaras on Aušros Vartų cooks dishes certified by the Lithuanian Culinary Heritage Fund in a cavernous cellar with street-level windows on the strip.
Order Žemaičių blynai (Samogitian potato pancakes) with sour cream.
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.
Order Cepelinai for two with bacon-mushroom sauce.
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.
Also on our listsLokysLokysŠnekutisPinavija Café & BakeryEtno Dvaras (Aušros Vartų)
