De Gusto Cafe', Riharda Vāgnera iela 16, Old Town, Riga;
The first in a series. I will be documenting my cafe' visits here as many establishments that I used to enjoy several years ago are no longer in business, much to my disappointment.
This one can be a bit intimidating to a fresh visitor due to it's fanciful interior but it is actually very comfortable and not at all pretentious. And certainly no more expensive than any other cafe' in the old town. In actuality it is a restaurant but I almost never eat out preferring my own kitchen so these reviews won't deal with the menu.
My wife and I have a routine, 100g of Balsam and coffee's along with a couple of pastries. The cost is almost always around 7 lats and unless markedly different I won't be commenting too much about that. The honey cake here was delicious and there was a nice selection of tarts and breads. Four tiny tables outside on the street if the day is nice but no guard rail or separation from the vehicles or foot traffic as the area is just not that big. My biggest complaint about the old town is the vehicular traffic. There shouldn't be any allowed. Delivery and Emergency vehicles only. There are too many monkeys hot rodding around the narrow streets like they own the place. My rant, I shall include one per review to break things up.
Fresh juice, free water and a WC for the needy but not necessarily paying customer type which is normal here. Don't try that in Venice folks!
The first in a series. I will be documenting my cafe' visits here as many establishments that I used to enjoy several years ago are no longer in business, much to my disappointment.
This one can be a bit intimidating to a fresh visitor due to it's fanciful interior but it is actually very comfortable and not at all pretentious. And certainly no more expensive than any other cafe' in the old town. In actuality it is a restaurant but I almost never eat out preferring my own kitchen so these reviews won't deal with the menu.
My wife and I have a routine, 100g of Balsam and coffee's along with a couple of pastries. The cost is almost always around 7 lats and unless markedly different I won't be commenting too much about that. The honey cake here was delicious and there was a nice selection of tarts and breads. Four tiny tables outside on the street if the day is nice but no guard rail or separation from the vehicles or foot traffic as the area is just not that big. My biggest complaint about the old town is the vehicular traffic. There shouldn't be any allowed. Delivery and Emergency vehicles only. There are too many monkeys hot rodding around the narrow streets like they own the place. My rant, I shall include one per review to break things up.
Fresh juice, free water and a WC for the needy but not necessarily paying customer type which is normal here. Don't try that in Venice folks!
But the back room is very interesting and not shown here to provide some mystery and a reason to visit with plates in the ceiling, and what must surely be a rarity. A cat sleeping on a heat register. Well, that isn't so rare in Latvia after all but this cat and heat register is made totally from felt and maybe the cat is in need of a little fluffing so as to get rid of that road-rash look but whatever. Maybe you should probably just focus on the 16th century furniture and take in the ambiance. Very friendly wait staff speaking Latvian/Russian/English and probably some other languages as well.
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