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The way to a city's heart it's through its food! And on this private food tour, you'll get to know Riga through its cuisine and the tastings favorite of the locals. A local food expert is ready to give you a taste of the real Riga satisfying your cravings for local food and city highlights.

Destination

Riga, Latvia

Category

Food Tours

Duration

2 horas

Transport mode

Walking tour

Available languages

English, Latviešu, Русский

Included

• Private Guide
• 6 Local Food & Drink Tastings
• Vegetarian Options Available
• All Withlocals Tours are Carbon Neutral

Excluded

• Entrance to attractions

What you can expect

Choose your local

Get to know these 4 passionate locals, each bringing unique perspectives and talents. Choose your favorite, check their availability, and book to create an unforgettable adventure tailored to you.

This is the plan

Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with the host of your choice.

1. Meeting point

   Meet at By the Latvian Riflemen Monument - Riga to start your journey

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2. Itinerary

   This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.

3. Introducción a los alimentos

   ¡Este recorrido culinario de inicio es breve y agradable! Una manera perfecta de familiarizarse con la cocina local, sus mejores degustaciones y dónde encontrarlas, todo con la ayuda de un experto en comida local.

4. Los favoritos de los lugareños

   Comienza tu estancia en Riga descubriendo la cocina local. Pruebe algunas de las delicias gastronómicas favoritas de los lugareños, como el pastel de miel letón y el piragi elegidos por su anfitrión local, ¡y escuche por qué los lugareños los aman tanto!

5. Aspectos destacados de la ciudad

   Este recorrido es más que solo comida; ¡Es una experiencia cultural! Entre paradas para comer, descubra los aspectos más destacados de la ciudad para vivir una experiencia completa que satisfará su apetito por Riga. Visita la Casa de las Cabezas Negras, la Catedral de Riga y más lugares destacados de la ciudad en el camino

6. Recomendaciones de alimentos

   Con este recorrido gastronómico privado, podrá seguir disfrutando de la comida y bebida más auténtica de Riga. Su anfitrión experto en comida sabe dónde ir y qué pedir y le dará recomendaciones basadas en sus gustos y preferencias dietéticas.

7. ¿Dieta especial o alergias?

   Si sigues una dieta especial o tienes alergia a algún alimento específico, ¡infórmaselo a tu anfitrión! Se asegurarán de tenerlo en cuenta para que puedas tener una experiencia agradable y segura.

8. Make it yours

   Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.

   Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.

   Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.

Flexible cancellation policy

• Feel confident booking

  Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.

• Change of plans?

  Reschedule your experience to a date and time that works best for you.

• Loved by travelers worldwide

  Simple and flexible – your plans, your way.

Reviews from guests

Georg🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Margita)

11 septiembre 2025

Margita is a very competent guide with a lot of knowledge both in art history and in gastronomy. She showed me the highlights of Rīga and added many unknown aspects so that it was really a pleasure to listen to her. We also went to some culinary places where she could explain the peculiarities of the Latvian cuisine in a brilliant manner. She surprised me very much by even offering me my favorite dish, the Aukšta zupa. In a nutshell, I appreciated this tour very much and can recommend Margita strongly. She was really a wonderful guide!Margita‘s food tour

Laura🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Margita)

3 septiembre 2025

Our food tour with Margita was the absolute highlight of our stay in Riga! Margita is a wonderful guide who introduced us to the city and its gastronomy with so much love and dedication. She didn't just let us taste delicious specialties, but also allowed us to immerse ourselves in the history and culture of Riga. A special experience was visiting the large market hall. The lively yet unique atmosphere was simply impressive! We could have stayed there forever, admiring all the different products. My personal highlight was a specific specialty – a real treat for the palate! But the other stops were also great and we could sample some unique specialties. Margita, with her profound knowledge and warm personality, made the tour an unforgettable experience. The exciting insights into the city's history gave us a deeper impression of Riga. We can only highly recommend this tour and Margita!An unforgettable experience

Jennifer

(About local Eva)

30 agosto 2025

We had a great time with Eva. We got to taste and experience foods that we have never tried before along with learning about the history and culture of Riga. Great Experience

Amanda🇧🇪 Belgium

(About local Margita)

26 julio 2025

Informative tour from a friendly local. Margita helped us learn about the history and local area, while highlighting the architecture and styles. Delicious food from Lido, and local ice cream with a tour of Old Town in between. Highly recommend! Delicious food tour

Lynn

(About local Margita)

16 julio 2025

Margita is a warm and knowledgable guide who is simply lovely to spend time with. She gave us lots of good information; it was a very enjoyable tour and she tailored the experience to the things we were interested in. Highly recommend!Wonderful afternoon with Margita

Scott🇺🇸 United States

(About local Margita)

11 mayo 2025

Margita was a wonderful guide that showed my wife and I the great food scene of Riga and Latvia. She also provided the history of Latvia which made understanding the food scene much easier. I would highly recommend her tour for anyone visiting Riga! Great tour of Riga

Jennifer🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Margita)

2 mayo 2025

We had a fantastic time with Margita. She showed us some very delicious local food and shared some interesting insights about the old town. Awesome little food and history walk

Monique

(About local Margita)

31 marzo 2025

Margita was a wonderful guide who introduced us to many local foods. She was very personable, professional and knowledgeable. She answered our many questions on traditions, education, family life and religion. Margita recommended restaurants and sites to visit on our own including the really fun folk club. Margita gave us far more than just a food tour and we would highly recommend a tour with her to start your visit to Riga. Fantastic food tour and insight into Riga

Ken🇺🇸 United States

(About local Margita)

23 marzo 2025

margita is a true local with years of experience and knowledge. She customized the tour based on my interests and accommodation location. She provided me with a list of places to see and things to do for the remainder of my stay. I highly recommend her!!!Margita is amazing

Claudia🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Janis)

26 octubre 2024

We decided to do this tour right at the beginning of our trip. It was perfect. Janis told us a lot about the history and answered all of our questions. We tried traditional foods and drinks. He showed us bars where locals go, some old fashioned and even modern food spots. I highly recommend the tour with Janis.Perfect start to Riga

Andrew🇺🇸 United States

(About local Margita)

24 agosto 2024

This tour with Margita was one of the highlights of our stay in Riga. She brought real depth and history to it so the places we went were special, and not the same places that "everybody else" goes. Well done Margita you one of the best tour guides we have been with.Highly recommmended food tour by a local

Felix 🇦🇹 Austria

(About local Janis)

18 agosto 2024

Janis is a very nice guy and passionate about his hometown! Unfortunately we had hoped for a tour of several restaurants to get to know different hot and cold Latvian dishes, but instead we went to a shopping center and ate pizza. It was explained that this is the modern way of food in Latvia. Afterwards, we went to an unspectacular bakery where everyone got 3 small traditional baked goods. We also had a drink and a shot Riga Black Balsam, the tour guide ordered something for himself and ate it too, at our expense. In the end, we were neither full nor did we have the impression that we knew what traditional Latvian cuisine was, at a cost of 70€ pP way too much. The tour guide at least gave us an informative tour of the old town, which worked really well and he really has a lot of knowledge!Tourguide great, food tour bad.

Todd🇺🇸 United States

(About local Janis)

19 junio 2024

Janis was a great guide - we learned a lot about Riga old town’s sights. Janis knows the area intimately. We started off with some local refreshments, sampled Riga’s best pizza at a cool food court, then finished up with a selection of Latvian savory and Sweeney bakery items. Riga Walkabout & Snacks

Konrad🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Margita)

23 marzo 2024

Margita is a true gem and very charming and funny! One thing that prevented the perfect score: we thought that we can taste more of the local bites - in the end it was mainly cake in one coffee place. According to the description we expected to go to different places and taste more than just sweets. For that, 50+ euro/ person is a bit price heavy. But Margita is a perfect guide!Good tour with charming guide

Birgit🇦🇹 Austria

(About local Margita)

25 febrero 2024

I booked the tour by myself, so I was a bit worried that it might be awkward with just me and the guide. But Margita was so friendly and open that I had nothing to worry about! She really knows her history and has lots of interesting tidbits about the city and the country and made sure it's presented in an engaging way while we enjoyed a walk through the city. Thank you for the wonderful two hours together, it was great getting to know you and I had a fantastic time.Margita is a wonderful guide

Mike🇺🇸 United States

(About local Margita)

22 diciembre 2023

Margita was a great guide that gave our family an excellent introduction to Latvia. She was warm, knowledgeable and easy to talk to. It was great to get the perspective of a local to start out our time in the beautiful city of Riga!Great Introduction to Latvia

Ole

(About local Janis)

14 septiembre 2025

Informative, entertaining, and friendly – with impressive knowledge and great anecdotes.Great tour

Mark🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Eva)

5 septiembre 2025

Great exposure to areas in the old town of Riga…insightful info into churches and town sites. Thank you EvaAn enjoyable tour of Old Town

Jun🇺🇸 United States

(About local Eva)

2 septiembre 2025

Eva is a very good tour guide. She is very understanding, knowledgeable and paitient. The tour was great and she was very flexible where we wanted to go. My friend and i had arrived early in the morning in riga and didn’t have much sleep. However her enthusiasm and energy made us forget how tired we were.Good tour guide

carolflekser

(About local Janis)

30 agosto 2025

Janis was knowledgeable about the history of Riga. His English is good and we had an enjoyable day out visiting all the different places we had asked him to show us.Jewish Sites of Riga

Alex🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Margita)

28 agosto 2025

Always great to listen to people being passionate about their hometown!Lovely and knowledgeable lady

james🇺🇸 United States

(About local Eva)

27 agosto 2025

Very enjoyable lunchtime walk to huge indoor market and several different establishments in old town. The food was wonderful and a good representation of Latvian cuisine. Eva was delightful, knowledgeable, and accommodating of our group’s dietary needs. If you desire a culinary/cultural experience (e.g Somebody Feed Phil) you will love this curated, thought provoking tour.Wonderful Experience

JP

(About local Margita)

19 agosto 2025

Margita is a lifelong Riga resident and art expert who worked as an art teacher, artist and tour guide. She was most generous with her time, telling us in detail about many buildings and local history, and introducing us to the most delicious Kalve coffee. She shared not only her knowledge but love and inspiration for the place, which would never have gotten from just seeing it ourselves. Highly recommended! Excellent local guide

Jan

(About local Margita)

18 agosto 2025

My wife and I had an interesting introduction to Riga by Margita who was very knowledgeable and pleasant. She also several times adapted the scope following our interests. Our warm recommendations for Margita.A perfect vacation introduction to Riga

Haukur

(About local Kristine)

16 agosto 2025

Riga is a wonderful city. Kristina was indeed a wonderful guide.

Birgit🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Margita)

15 agosto 2025

We are two German couples visiting Riga for a long weekend! The tour with Margita has been our favourite so far. She is such a lovely, authentic and passionate lady who managed to tell us so much about the history and culinary traditions of Latvia. It was a very individual experience and we loved it! We can highly recommend Margita has ambassador of her country! Thanks so much 🙏🤩A lady of passion and expertise!

Christer

(About local Kristine)

15 agosto 2025

Very knowledgeable and possible to customize - recommended! Good and flexible

Simon🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Margita)

29 julio 2025

Margita gave us an interesting tour of Riga Old city, covering its history, georgraphy, conquests and other insights. Margita also took us to a couple of shops that she recommended, and gave us some restaurant recommendations.Private Tour of Riga Old City

Simon🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Kristine)

29 julio 2025

Kristine gave us an interesting and insightful tour of Riga's Art Nouveau district, taking us to the main sights, and also to some buildings off the beaten track. Tour of the Art Nouveau district

Anna-Sophia

(About local Janis)

28 julio 2025

We had a fantastic time exploring Vilnius with Janis. He was incredibly knowledgeable, friendly, and full of interesting stories about the city’s history and culture. What really stood out was how patient and understanding he was – we were traveling with our baby, and Janis was super considerate throughout the tour. He adjusted the pace without ever making us feel like it was a problem. The whole experience felt relaxed, personal, and very enjoyable. We also got great tips for local spots to eat and explore on our own. Highly recommended if you want to discover Vilnius with a kind and passionate local guide!Wonderful Tour of Vilnius with Janis!

Claus🇩🇰 Denmark

(About local Janis)

28 julio 2025

We had the pleasure of beeing guided and transported around in Riga for half a day with Janis. He picked us up at the cruiseport and had prepared a tour based on our requests. It was a very pleasent trip, Janis has huge knowledge about Riga and is are really pleasent guide. We hope to come back and see Rega and Janis again.Amazing trip in Riga with Janis

Skyler🇺🇸 United States

(About local Margita)

11 julio 2025

Had we not taken this tour, we would have missed some of the most incredible architecture in Riga. This is a great way to see something that many visiting the city miss. Margita is a native to this part of Riga and gives an excellent tour of her home turf. Do not miss this part of Riga

Skyler🇺🇸 United States

(About local Margita)

9 julio 2025

This was a great way to get an introduction into cuisine and culture in Riga - it was one of the first things we did upon arriving. We tried local meats, cheeses, candies, pastries, and beers. Margita is an excellent host and spokeswoman for her city. Her local knowledge really makes this tour special. Interesting & Tasty

srinivas

(About local Kristine)

1 julio 2025

Our guide/driver Kristen was knowledgeable and friendly. When we told her that we wanted to both Latvia and Lithuania, she designed a perfect itinerary and picked us up at the airport and drove straight to Lithuania and drove us back to Riga after Lunch for a walking tour of old city. She even made us dinner reservations, so we won’t lose any time. Overall, very good experience. Highly recommended One day, two countries, great time

David🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Janis)

30 junio 2025

Janis was excellent. Very knowledgeable yet delivered his stories with lightness and with humour. Pleasant llfew hours in Riga

Henry🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Kristine)

23 junio 2025

Nice Kristine, besides the gems of Riga we learned a lot about history, culture and locals of Riga. Closure with great coffee Riga it isGraat tour

beate🇩🇰 Denmark

(About local Margita)

18 junio 2025

If you’re looking for a guided tour that rises far above the ordinary, book one with Margita. She is not only eloquent and knowledgeable – she is a true storyteller with heart, humor, and deep insight. With a rare ability to balance facts and emotions, she took us on a journey where we saw the city with fresh eyes and felt deeply connected to its soul. She opened doors to hidden places and untold stories, engaged us with respect and curiosity – and created an atmosphere that made us both wiser and happier. Margita does what few can: she brings history to life, makes culture resonate, and turns language into a living experience. We left with new perspectives and wide smiles. Thank you for an unforgettable experienceA guided experience beyond the ordinary

g46p6xjhrt

(About local Janis)

15 junio 2025

Wonderful early morning tour with janis. He was knowledgeable and engaging which made it a most enjoyable few hrs. For those interested in architecture and design , I would look to use Janis. He also does other tours ranging from Jewish history , savory history and others You won’t be disappointed Archtectutal tour of Nuveau riga

Arnhild🇳🇴 Norway

(About local Janis)

8 junio 2025

We had a very nice guided tour with Janis in Riga old town. He was very knowledgeable about history, architecture and gave us recommendations for restaurants and cafes. He even sent me a message saying ‘happy independence day’ (Norwegian independence from Sweden) after the tour.Great guided tour with Janis

johan.sverker🇸🇪 Sweden

(About local Janis)

4 junio 2025

With good knowledge but not neutral when describing the history of Riga. Much better when explaining about architecture and everyday life. We expected more than just a small bottle of local spirits for a few euros as s treat. For the money we also expected a more comprehensive progrmme. Knowledgeable but tendentious

Tomas🇺🇸 United States

(About local Janis)

3 junio 2025

We had a very enjoyable afternoon tour with Janis 4-7pm, he is very approachable, fun, engaging, flexible to accommodate personal interests. He has a vast knowledge about history beyond Riga. We did the Old Town & Art Nouveau tour, he also gives Jewish Heritage Tours. Lovely tour with Janis

Philippe

(About local Janis)

2 junio 2025

Michelle🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Margita)

13 mayo 2025

Margita is a lovely person and a great food guide who explained all the different ingredients and traditions behind Latvian cuisine. Great food tour in Riga

Karen

(About local Margita)

10 mayo 2025

Great informative walk around the central area of Riga. Margarita was well informed and very welcoming A lovely intersting tour

William🇺🇸 United States

(About local Janis)

26 abril 2025

Went on a food tour with Janis. He was amazing, knowledgeable, and personable. The problem was the tour itself. We usually go on food tours when we visit new cities and the problem was this - there wasn't much food! We heard a lot about typical latvian dishes, but never got to try them - black balsam, kvass, dumplings, rye bread pudding. The food we did eat was great, but the portions were so much smaller than we expected. We have left other food tours actually stuffed! But this food tour was more like a handful of snacks. Again, great guide, mediocre tour!Great guide! Mediocre Tour!

Dina🇺🇸 United States

(About local Janis)

24 abril 2025

Very patient, informative, and generous with sharing stories. Great tour end-to-end! Thank you!Amazing!

Sofia

(About local Margita)

14 abril 2025

Art noveau walk

Maria🇫🇷 France

(About local Janis)

13 abril 2025

We had a great tour with Janis, he was flexible and agreed to meet us a different location than proposed initially. Also took note of our ideas to end a bit early in local bar - this as it was a really cold and windy day. He gave us interesting information according yo our interest and question and it was a good way to get an introduction to the city and to the Latvian spirit and culture. We can recommend this tour to anyone visiting Riga the first time,and the price was really reasonable for a 2h tour.Great kick-start tour with Janis

Anne Marie

(About local Margita)

11 abril 2025

We spent two very enjoyable mornings in Margita’s company. Her love of Riga really shone through. She was knowledgeable, interesting and fun to be with. She is a charming host in a fascinating city. Marvellous Magrita

jonas1915

(About local Janis)

29 marzo 2025

Great Tour, showed interessing places. Had a good time with Janis! Perfect mix of history and cold drinks. Every time again. Zum Beispiel - Cheers!Every time again with Janis 🥳