Briezes — Hotel in Garkalnes pagasts

The motel is conveniently located next to highway so you do not need to drive Riga for a night; supposing you are passing through. A petrol station is 50m on the same side to fill up tank for next day's leg. The 6 rooms are above the restaurant which closes conveniently by bedtime 23:00. The rooms are spacious, in fact huge, but for light sleepers the noise of trucks passing by on a busy highway may be an issue. It wasn't for us. ||Breakfast starting from 5 EUR ordered separately in the morning from the bar. There is no breakfast table per second but you choose selections from the kitchen menu. Like ham/cheese omelet plus coffee or tea; every item charged separately. WiFi free in the room, reliable 6M/0.5M according to speed test.net.||In short: spartan, moderately clean, comfy and huge double bed, ok bathroom, beside busy road but not like near railway at least. Would have paid 30 instead of 40 EUR for a night. With mini-mini breakfast, total 50...

The young blond waitress probably needs some intense professional training… Rude and unprofessional young lady. The food was good though. But if the restaurant owner wants customers to come back and not to eat there only once, then this young lady need to change her attitude towards customers. Didn’t leave any tips and probably won’t come again although this location is quite...

Fairly standard roadside eatery. More of a cafe/restaurant (there's a decent variety of dishes) than classic pure shashlik (meat skewer) place. On one visit the shashlik was excellent, on another it was good, but not as good as the first time. So your results may vary, but generally not a bad choice if you are hungry for some...