Riga runs on pizza first, with 7 venues serving it ahead of cake and falafel tied at 5 each. The essentials lean international over Latvian, topped by SO.TA for Korean-Taiwanese and Kozy Eats for fusion, both 4.9-plus with VFI-A kitchens, plus Moltto Coffee anchoring the European cafe side. 2eat Falafel & Hummus and Buono Buono Pizza round out the five, pulling the Middle Eastern and Italian lanes.
Ranked by overall rating, signature dish strength, and how much reviewers praise the food. If you only have a weekend, start here.
Try the vegan gluten-free cakes like Twix and Snickers chocolate treats
Try the pistachio pesto pasta and tofu salmon for standout dishes
Try the vegan cakes, especially Napoleon cake
Must go · #5 Try the vegan pizza with grilled artichokes and "Parmegano" walnuts topping
Must go · #6 Try the daily specials including the Nirvana plate to sample multiple dishes
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Must go · #11 Try the chilli babycorn and vegetable noodles for vegan-friendly meals.
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Must go · #15 Dishes ranked by how well this city's plant-based venues make them, compared to the other 157 cities we track.
5 places worth stopping for cake
Try the vegan gluten-free cakes like Twix and Snickers chocolate treats
Try the pistachio pesto pasta and tofu salmon for standout dishes
Try the chocolate-marzipan vegan muffin
Enjoy the variety of delicious vegan cakes and pastries
7 places worth stopping for pizza
Try the vegan pizza with LifeTree vegan cheeses
Look for clearly marked vegan options on the menu
Try the vegan pizza with grilled artichokes and "Parmegano" walnuts topping
Phone in advance and pick up for best experience
5 places worth stopping for falafel
spinach · Vegan Food Guide All 161 Riga venues on the map. Filter by what's open, save what you'd return for, get walking directions in two taps.
Mainstream restaurants where the vegan side of the menu is treated seriously.
Try the stuffed pepper with lentils
Try the baked cauliflower with tahini and almond flakes
Try the vegetable momos, highly recommended by multiple reviewers
Try the chilli babycorn and vegetable noodles for vegan-friendly meals.
Weekday fuel and weekend stretches.
Try the falafel and hummus sharing platter for generous portions
Try the pistachio pesto pasta and tofu salmon for standout dishes
Try the daily specials including the Nirvana plate to sample multiple dishes
Try the baked cauliflower with tahini and almond flakes
Cities where the cake signature also earns a spot in the top essentials — pack a weekend around one.
Yes — Riga has 161 vegan-ready venues. The top-ranked are 2eat Falafel & Hummus, Moltto Coffee, Kozy Eats. Spinach ranks them daily on overall rating, signature dish strength, and reviewer praise for the food.
Riga scores 30.4/100 on the Spinach vegan city index. The city has 18 vegan-friendly venues and 16 high-quality restaurants out of 161 analyzed.
Riga has 12 fully vegan restaurants and 7 vegetarian restaurants. 18 venues score B or higher on the Vegan Friendliness grade.
Riga's top signature dishes for vegans are cake, pizza, falafel. Signature dishes are ranked by how the city's venues score against the other 157 cities we track.
The vegan scene in Riga leans International, European, Western.
2eat Falafel & Hummus is ranked #1 in Riga by the Spinach Essentials algorithm, which weights rating, signature dish performance, and reviewer praise. See all 15 Essentials for the full ranking.
Spinach ranks vegan venues using the same algorithm the mobile app runs: a composite of Google Maps rating, the Spinach Rating (Wilson-confidence scored), dish-quality Wilson scores from extracted review signals, and city-specific signature dish strength. Essentials add a tier weighting; category lists add their own mood/occasion weights. No pay-to-play.
The ranking refreshes daily from Supabase. The last refresh is stamped at the top of this page. Venue data comes from Google Maps, HappyCow, and Spinach's own review-analysis pipeline.
