The best restaurants Lithuania

Specialties of fish and seafood, wide choice of wines.

Mediterranean cuisine. One of the most elegant restaurants in the city. Cuisine and quality service in a refined setting. Ideal for a romantic dinner.

Here you will taste traditional Lithuanian dishes, but also Italian cuisine and pizzas. Located in the city centre, in summer, the terrace is very pleasant.

Sometimes you really want a pizza, but if you're going to have a pizza in Lithuania, it might as well be a good one! Odeta and Beata wanted the best: flour, tomatoes and mozzarella imported from Italy, a minimum of twelve hours' cooking time... and given the ballet of deliverymen who follow one another to the doors of the restaurant located in old Kaunas, it works. You can also order a dish of the day (a smart idea) or a cocktail in a relaxed atmosphere, and there's a special room for children. Perfect for families.

New restaurant dedicated to wok minutes: rice, pasta and vegetables with choice sauces. Not bad.

Are you in Vilnius on a busy night, and the restaurants you've been waiting for are fully booked? Or is it late and the kitchens are closed? There's a back-up solution: Plus Plus Plus is a gastropub that combines a love of pub food (nachos, burgers, savory crepes...) with a love of beer and, above all, montaditos, those little Spanish sandwiches with fillings. There's something for everyone: cheese, chicken, charcuterie, fish... There are also a few local classics like the potato pancake and chicken Kiev. Phew, you're saved!

On the right-hand side of Les Halles, find the stairs leading down to the basement and follow the melon-hat sign: you'll find Baleboste, a café specializing in litvak cuisine, i.e. Jewish-Lithuanian, but also Israeli. In a canteen atmosphere, you'll love the bagels (with pastrami, chicken, vegetables, fish, sweetened with cream and jam). The hungriest will be satisfied by a good shakshuka, gefilte fish (carp dumplings) or a herring and apple salad. Something different!

The moss evoked by the name of this charming café-resto grows from the ceiling, giving the establishment a very fresh feel. It's like a suspended forest. Drop in for a cappuccino, breakfast or brunch (the pancakes are particularly appetizing), but also for lunch. Every day, a different dish: yellow pumpkin curry with coconut milk, pork loin with grilled vegetables and brandy sauce, or cod fillet with lime sauce and fennel salad. Fresh and tasty, although the service is efficient but a little cold.

Les Halles is full of surprises! After Baleboste, here's Halės Mėsainis, a nifty café-resto specializing in smash burgers, those burgers where the meat is crushed so that it "crusts" and stays juicy inside. The emblem of the establishment is an iron, and it's precisely with a large metal iron that the ground steak is lovingly smashed. Everything is homemade, the meat is local (black angus) and the vegetables and cheeses are bought from local traders. Nice beer list.

When you push the door of this French restaurant, you enter a place that resembles a southern farmhouse. The decoration is neat, warm, without being stuffy, and the interior is chic and sober. The menu is short, but all the dishes are a pure delight. Taste the oysters and choose from the fresh fish or let yourself be tempted by the frog legs, they will delight your palate. The only real problem is that the prices are not always commensurate with the quantity: big appetites and small budgets should not linger.

Meet the Francophones of the capital, at the end of a quiet street with an outdoor terrace in the summer. In a small confined lounge, a cozy atmosphere, round tables and antique white chairs covered with warm colors, an eclectic wine card with good tasting advice. Very nice. Reservations are strongly recommended.

In a small street perpendicular to the busy Pilies, Gabi restaurant seems far removed from the hustle and bustle of the city. Inside, you'll find all the hallmarks of a traditional Lithuanian restaurant: rustic ambience, old stones, wooden beams and decorated ceilings... If you'd like to try your hand at the classics of local cuisine (potato pancakes, cepelinai, pork neck...), you've come to the right place and you'll find it quieter. Curiosity: Gabi houses a collection of antique keys and bricks with prints from all over Europe.