The Beginnings Veselīgas Ēšanas Restorāns — Restaurant in Riga

Unfortunately, they do not understand the concept of "Customer Service" . I specifically chose to go the "The Beginnings Restorans" because I wanted to try the beyond burger I had been hearing about on the internet. When I tried to order one, I was told I couldn't get one because they were out of buns. The cashier suggested a salad with a beyond burger on it or the beyond burger wrap. I chose the wrap and to my surprise after our order was rung up I found out the wrap for some reason is 3 euros more than the burger. I also did not get the discount on the sweet potato french fries that you get when you order the burger + fries. The cashier said she could not give us a discount or give us the wrap for the price of the burger because the government did not allow them to give discounts. I admit at this point I looked at her like she was crazy and said " What do you mean the government will not allow you to give a discount, I own a business in Latvia and I can give discounts." I then told her that I came for the beyond burger and it wasn't my fault they were out of buns, which she then replied "It isn't our fault we are out of buns, too many people ordered buns." WHAT????? When I worked in a restaurant it was definitely our (management) fault when we ran out of something. I felt like I was in the twilight zone.... As for the food...26 euros is way to expensive and to be honest neither my boyfriend nor I liked what we got (beyond burger wrap and trout wrap). To say the least we will never go back and if someone ask for a recommendation we would tell...

I was completely blown away by this place! I loved the atmosphere in there, the staff was super friendly and immediately switched to English without a problem and showed us the English menu naturally, we didn't even have to ask for it. (By the way, I think it's really cool that there is nutritional info on your website! Knowing the calories, macros and iron/fiber/omega3 is really helpful for someone who wants to eat as healthy as possible. )

The food arrived really quickly and everything was freshly made and tasted amazing. I had the strawberry gazpacho and the red curry rice noodles, which I actually tried because I've never heard of a strawberry/tomato combination. It blew my mind, I loved it! My boyfriend had the falafel burger if I remember correctly, and a berry smoothie which we sadly didn't take a photo of. Must have also been freshly made, it was great, too!

To take it even further they had lots of snack/protein bars, cookies, even supplements like spirulina or even chia protein and much more. I didn't buy anything there, but I had one of their bars at the airport the morning after, because they sold them there. I'm really happy that I found out that they have an online shop haha!

I know, this all sounds too good to be true - but in my case there is truly nothing negative I could say. This place has won my heart and stomach and when I come back to Riga one day y'all know where to find me...

First the good things. Lots of vegan options, also desserts. Nutrition information for food. Smoothies and natural juices are excellent. I liked snickers raw cake.

Now for not so good. Unfortunately our service was really bored or distracted by something. Food tastes better when someone is polite and smiles. The yawns are really not good appetizers.

The beyond meat burger was j whole bread buns, salad maybe something else and beyond meat. I always make it better myself. Just a little bit of creativity with it would help a lot. You can make delicious sauce also healthy. I would pay extra. Also sweet potato can be made better. Maybe try airfrier.

All in all I really appreciate vegan cousin. And i would come back but not with my non vegan friends.

If the owner will see this review please take it as constructive criticism. I really would like more vegan places to trive. I just need a smile from service and a sauce that I am too lazy...