3 pavāru restorāns "Tam labam būs augt" — Restaurant in Riga

An absolute must visit on your list of restaurants in Riga.

3 Pavari (translating as the 3 chefs) situated in the Central District, was a foodie’s dream. With an open kitchen in the middle of the restaurant and chairs at the bar, you feel right in the thick of the action.

3 Pavari serves fine dining Michelin star worthy cuisine in a relaxed and non pretentious environment .

We loved the Granny’s Lemonade: Tanqueray, very berry quince lemonade, very berry rhubarb lemonade and pineapple sugar syrup from the World Class Cocktail Menu. Served in large Tanqueray glasses, these were a great way to kick off the evening.

Whilst sipping on our cocktails we were served with some warm freshly baked bread. The chef suddenly became an artist on the baking paper in front of us drizzling different dressings to dip our bread in. We had apple puree, basil pesto, hempseed, berry and strawberry, so a real mix of sweet and savoury. We loved the pesto and hempseed which was so moreish!

The menu changes regularly and the chefs keep it simple with around 5-6 choices for starters and main dishes. First, we had the Smoke artic char: chive cream, peak onions, seaweed and the Red Wine-glazed duck breast: cherries foie gras, black trumpet mushrooms, meadowsweet. The dishes were beautifully presented and our waiter talked us through each part of the dish when presenting it to us.

For main courses we had the Tuna Steak: Hummus, sardines, fennel and the Slow cooked leg of lamb: aubergine, anchovies, sour cream, fennel, tomatoes, broth demi-glace sauce. The lamb was cooked perfectly, was not fatty and full of flavour.

We were offered wine pairing at the waiter’s recommendation with our dinner. The Valpolicella Ripasso 2015 was a full bodied red wine paired with the duck and lamb. With the fish, we had a light and fruity Dr Pauly Bergweiler. Given it was our first night in Riga we had to try the local Black Balsam and we also sampled some Plantation Rum which was pretty strong!!

Whilst we did not have room for dessert, we could not resist the dry ice show that the sorbet came with. It was a refreshing and light way to end a fantastic meal.

Suffice to say we left 3 Pavari full, happy and slightly tipsy! The staff were very funny and laidback and taught us about Latvian humour. Christof was an absolute legend taking us to a local bar afterwards and introducing him to...

Shockingly incompetent

Do you have coeliacs? Or any other serious allergy or dietary restriction? I would strongly advise you against eating at ‘Three chefs’. After having explicitly mentioned our party’s dietary restrictions by email and confirming these with our server, a member of our party with coeliacs was served gluten and a long-term vegetarian was served fish. Considering the price you pay for a menu and wine-pairing, you shouldn’t expect to have to feel sick for several days after visiting, or having to puke in the restaurant bathroom. The only compensation we received was the correct dishes, while the rest of the evening continued ‘business as usual’. At the end of the dinner, I asked our server whether she had any notion whether the dish our friend with coeliacs had ingested had any gluten in it to which she replied “that doesn’t influence the price, I hope it will be okay”. Considering the service the restaurant advertises and the prices they charge, this response to a shockingly reckless and incompetent mistake was baffling.

On top of this, the server was unable to tell us anything more about the wine but the grape and the country of origin. As these wines are part of a wine-pairing, you would expect someone to be able to elaborate marginally on these two criteria.

After having to go to the restaurant physically to demand a refund, we were offered only one menu refunded. And after insisting and waiting for the restaurant to conduct an investigation, we were offered two refunded menu’s.

Do you have a serious allergy or dietary restriction and expect knowledgable service with regards to wines? Do not eat here.

5x 6-course menu and wine-pairing, as well as bottles of water: €800,- ; not worth it. (Two menu’s (2x€89)...

Location of the resturant is at the backside of old oldtown not far from Pullman hotel. There is an issue with parking either use the europark parking next or come via public transportation

The waiter was very nice and was fluent in English. The appetizers: They start with a complementary appetizer with various flavors that being mixed on a paper and ment to be dipped with bread. I am a glutten free person so I have asked for glutten free bread, after approx 7m I got a bread that used to be freezed an was heated via microwave. The bread had still frozen areas and this is the main reason for 4 stars and not 5 Next we had the asparagus and fuagra.

The asparagus was super tasty fresh crunchy AMD perfectly taken care of, the only piece I didnt get there was the cheese which IMO was less relevant for the flavors which was great without it. Proportion was just ok.

The fuagra was superb tasty tender with loads of flavor and was Combined cleverly with other flavors. Proportion was ok.

For main dish I took the antricot steak AMD my wife had the fish. Both dishes was brilliant and the steak was one of the best I ever had. Was handled by a professional chef that knows meat and knows what he is doing. both proportion in terms of size were ok.

Desserts I took the white chocolate moose and my wife the apricot ice cream.

My wife dessert was tasty and In The right proportion. My dessert was a masterpiece of flavors and textures only downside was the size of it. I know dessert need to be small but this was very very small.

So in summary Great experience specially on my birthday, great service and I highly recommend...