Located in a sprawling hotel complex in the centre of Old Riga that once housed a medieval convent, Ambiente has found its inspiration in Riga’s more recent past – at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries when Art Nouveau, known locally as Jugendstil, was all the rage. Dine on refined Latvian cuisine from beer-battered herring and sorrel-barley soup with smoked pork to venison sausages and blood pudding with lingonberry jam in an elegant interior embellished with classic Art Nouveau motifs.