CLOSED: Kamala

Not so expensive. Maybe by Lat standards, but having a tasty, reasonably healthy, elegant dinner in the city center for $10-$15 doesn't seem so terrible. Small, attractive, friendly place. Small menu, but you'll find something good. Even vegans, though there is ample dairy served. Bring cash, as the credit card decals don't seem quite accurate.

This summer you see a lot of signs sreaming "DISCOUNT!!" in Riga. Even at restaurants. This night there was a 30 percent discount at Kamala but still the food we ordered was very expensive.

A plate with two big (very tasty) samosas for 7,5 EURO/6,5 USD is much to much even if you can add 30 percent discount to that.

The menu was very ambitious, the restaurant interior was nice and warm but we were the only guests during our whole meal. Which consisted of tasty ravioli with mushrooms, very tasty "dumplings" with spinach and fresh cheese in a sauce of tomato/grated coconut/custard seeds (yummy!) and a poor plate with ordinary vegetables and some indian cheese (paneer).

A long menu, but very regular food, not much taste. Hard chairs, not comfortable at all (if that matters ;).
My boyfriends soup was cold. I'm a little disapointed.... I'm not bitter, but won't go there again. :)

memory is a bit hazy as this was some time ago, but I remember a long and highly descriptive menu, large portions and enjoying the meal very much. The atmosphere was interesting and relaxing. Vaguely remember it not being open as often as one might expect.

I went there after Easter with a group of church teen agers, all girls. Everybody loved the food, and especially us vegetarians and vegans. It was also good for the milk protein allergic person as well. After having eaten mainly boiled potatoes and carrots in the Latvian countryside for several days we were thrilled to enter a veggie restaurant in Riga and to take a look at their menu.
The vegan food had a special sign so you could see it right away. Plenty of tasty food in an exotic environment but it took very long for us to get the food. Don't come starving like we did or order tasters to eat, which we didn't. The couple that had come before us also had to wait very long for there food, so it wasn't just because we were a group that it took a while. But after all, the food is worth waiting for. We had a very plesant evening. Kamala is situated in the Old City of Riga which is very nice for visitors, but probably brings up the prices.
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We visited this restaurant in Feburary 2008 and found it to be brilliant. The restaurant is tiny, with only 5-6 tables but it was quiet due to the time of year. The waiter was extremely helpful and suggested a number of hot drinks available to warm us up. I opted for the fruit tea, it was absolutely amazing, the best tea I have ever tasted.

The menu was extensive and interesting. We were intending to have a starter and main each but were advised that the portions were generous and one main with rice would be sufficient. We were glad we listened to the waiter. We both opted for the camembert to start and shared a lentil curry with rice and naan. We were a little bemused by the honey and seeds that we were presented with before our food came (apparently eating something sweet at the start of your meal aids digestion?) but went with it and enjoyed it. The starters were generously sized and tasty and the main was more than enough for the both of us. We didn't have dessert as we were too full but there was a good choice and they looked delicious on the table next to ours.

Most of the vegetarian food you find in Riga (in normal restaurants) is heavily salted and/or deep fried, I would recommend this restaurant if you want a good variety of healthy and tasty vegetarian food. It's not the cheapest place to eat but you do get generously portioned, good quality food for your money.

We visited Riga in February and it really was incredibly cold. Kamala was a welcome respite for hot soup and tea when the weather just got too much!! Lots of choice, reasonably priced and pretty helpful staff on which items were vegan. All the soups and dhals we tried were great but some of the tempura items were bland and stodgy. Overall it was really good but I think it helps if you befriend your waiter/ess!!

I tried, very hard, to get something to eat here. The list was long & very tempting and the place looked nice BUT I went THREE times to get food and each time was met by a very UNhelpful woman.

1) I asked what time they were open until and she told me 11 so I asked if I could have a table but she told me the kitchen closed at 10 (this was at 9.45). She was not friendly or apologetic about this.

2) I went the next day at 6pm and asked if I could reserve a table outside and made it clear that I wanted to eat when I came back. She was very unhelpful again but finally suggested to come back at 9pm but I thought this would be cutting it fine with the kitchen so I suggested 8pm would be better so she agreed.

3)I came back at 8pm and there was a nice table outside with a couple having coffee so I pointed them out and said I would come back in a few minutes. 10 mins later I returned with what I thought perfect timing as they were just leaving. I went in to tell her I would take the table and when she came out she told me to my utter disbelief that I would probably NOT be able to eat!! I sat there in amazement and finally went inside to check my ears were not deceiving me but her attitude was awful again and so I told her to forget it fearing that I would sit there for an hour before being told again that I could not eat!!

If you want to try the place, eat before you go or take a packed lunch!!

atmosphere is relaxed and friendly. food is reasonably priced and the menu is huge! all dishes are translated into english and show ingredients.they didn't know the word 'vegan', but could make most dishes without animal ingredients. a lovely place.

I've been here on a few visits to Riga. The restaurant has a great location right in the heart of the old town. The restaurant is small, clean and cosy with tasty food and pleasant staff. It takes a little while for each order to be prepared. It can take a little bit of doing to get through what vegan means (the vegan dishes on the menu are not marked). Ghee is in a lot of dishes but can be removed on request. The apple curry was very nice.