Barents

BARENTS

Barents – the place to celebrate life!

We offer you the best of the Nordic region’s produce – from excellent cold-water seafood to local and seasonal ingredients sourced from small-scale farmers and independent fishermen. We receive our seafood straight from the ocean, ensuring the highest degree of freshness. 

Our seasonally attuned tasting menu and à la carte will take you on a kaleidoscopic gastronomic journey stimulating all of your senses.

Together, our team of chefs, attentive service staff, and award-winning sommeliers create the best dining experience in Riga.
 

BARENTS Cocktail & Seafood Bar

The timelessly elegant Cocktail & Seafood Bar is the ideal setting for pre-theatre or post-dinner drinks, or simply to celebrate in style.

From perfectly executed classics to signature cocktails with a uniquely Nordic twist, the bar is governed by Toms Remers, an expert in the art of cocktails. 

Complement your cocktail with a light bite from the focused and compelling bar menu, which stays true to Barents’ tenets of simplicity and perfection. A special pre-theatre menu is available.

The Chefs

Head Chef Ivans Šmigarevs

Born and bred in the Latvian countryside, Ivan honed his skills at such world-class establishments as Michelin-starred Maaemo in Norway and Noma in Denmark. He is one of only a handful of Latvian chefs to have made a name for themselves internationally.
 

Creative Chef Dzintars Kristovskis

An avid forager, Dzintars is a true expert of Nordic bounties and can turn the most modest vegetable into a magnificent dish. Before joining the Barents team, Dzintars headed the kitchen of Annas Hotel restaurant, which landed in the prestigious White Guide under his auspices.
 

The Kitchen Team

The brilliant Barents kitchen team includes chefs that have refined their skills in Michelin-starred restaurants across the globe. Each brings their own talents and taste to the table.

Different dining experiences

Restaurant

Settle into the sleek, airy dining room and let the Barents team spoil you!

The tasting menu is a rich, flavourful journey filled with stories, ideas, and inspirations drawn from Northern nature and culture.

The à la carte menu boasts inventive dishes catering to omnivores and vegetarians.

Both menus are seasonally attuned with the freshest cold-water seafood and local vegetables.

Chef’s Table

Sizzling food, fast-cutting knives, and clouds of steam rising from pots and pans, while the team of chefs work in a hasty harmony – all elements come together in a symphony of fine cuisine. There are just six front-row seats to this chef-orchestrated show, set in front of the 2000-year-old black oak counter, the only thing separating you from the open kitchen and its maestro, Head Chef Ivans Šmigarevs. Ivan’s jocular personality is an intrinsic part of the experience. 
 

The Cocktail & Seafood Bar

Subtle elegance and a steady glance out to sea give Barents Cocktail & Seafood Bar its old-world European charm.

From well-crafted classics to signature cocktails with a uniquely Nordic twist – we invite you to enjoy a pre-theatre or post-dinner cocktail, or just come to celebrate in style. All our fusions, syrups and bitters are made in close collaboration with Barents chefs.

With a concise, compelling menu that stays true to Barents’ tenets of simplicity and perfection, the Cocktail & Seafood Bar is also a prime spot for a light meal. A special pre-theatre menu is available.