Upe — Restaurant in Liepaja

Visited this place on a Sunday evening, it wasn’t too crowded, so we didn’t make a reservation as it closed fairly early. The menu was quite extensive offering a good selection of food and drinks. We ordered a passion fruit and kiwi lemonade and a winter drink special similar to mulled wine but made with white wine and apple. For appetizers, we chose the Romaine salad with prawns and the Baked cheese salad with green lentils, cherry tomatoes, red onion, and mustard chili dressing. We enjoyed both starters and the first salad was especially filling. For our main courses we ordered the national dish, “Liepājas Menciņi” — smoked cod with potatoes, onions, dill, and cream, cooked in a pot. It was servers with a lovely presentation. As well we ordered the Breaded pike perch fillet baked in the oven served with couscous and mango-chili sauce. Both dishes were delicious and we really enjoyed them. However, I was disappointed by the cod as it contained lots of small bones, which made it actually dangerous to eat. Our waitress was pleasant, though we had to remind to bring water after our initial request. Additionally, there was no follow-up to check if we enjoyed our dishes and the response to the issue with the fish bones was limited to a comment that they would inform the kitchen. Overall, we enjoyed the food and drinks, the atmosphere was pleasant as well, but unfortunately, the bones in the cod were a...

This place surpised us with tasty starters and affordable lunch options. Anyway, after we received our main courses we were unsatisfied: pasta looked more like canteen food, presentation was bad, chicken was dry and bland. The dish was very greasy. Budha bowl, which is known as a healthy dish, was soaked in oil, especially kale and avocado, lacked quinoa (!!) and also they divided the dish into 2 parts (bringing the second part after 5 min). It seemed as they don’t know what is included in this dish. After lunch we felt very full even though we didn’t finish them. The envinronment is quiet and nice. Personel was friendly, food came quite quick. But all in all we wouldn’t...

Terrible experience – avoid this place!

We came as a family of four with kids, and it was a disaster from the start. • Reservation? Pointless. We stood ignored for 10 minutes, no one bothered to show us to our table. • Service? Simply terrible. No attention, no care. • Food? Strange and disappointing. The Tom Yam and duck salad looked and tasted wrong. • After finishing, we were left sitting forever with dirty plates, waiting endlessly for the check.

Wine list - terrible, no dry white wine by glass at all.

I honestly don’t understand how this place is ranked in the “Top 10” in Liepaja. It was one of the worst dining experiences we’ve ever had. Save your time, money, and nerves...