About Us

The famous winds of Kurzeme have blown her all around the region – from Ventspils to Kandava and Talsi, even making a small stop in Dobele, in the Zemgale region, until finally taking her to capital Riga. And, with the help of her daughters Agneta and Santa,  she opened the restaurant Zviedru vārti. Ilga studied at Kandava Technical School, but most of her experience of food service was gained while working at LIDO for more than 15 years, first at LIDO Express restaurants as a chef, and later as a director at Ķirsons Māja. Together with the LIDO team, she has catered for VIP events including at the Museum of Pushkin for the Embassy of Latvia in Moscow, for the Chancellor of Germany Angel Merkel and numerous other presidents during Green Week in Berlin, and at countless other events at Latvia’s biggest castles and manors for Latvia’s State Forests, Unibanka, the Embassy of Russia,  and many other companies and organisations. Our menu comprises a mix of Latvian and European cuisine, with accents of local dishes from the Kurzeme region.

Our motto is ‘gatavojam kā mājās!’ (‘we are cooking as we would do it at home!’), and this is the attitude we maintain when serving each dish ordered in our restaurant.

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