The oldest continuously running hotel in Riga is also home to Columbine, an upmarket restaurant with old world elegance. Expect hanging chandeliers, crisp, white tablecloths and a fresh flower on every table. Although delicious dishes such as pan fried scallops, veal medallions and venison fillet are hard to pass up, you might consider its small Scandinavian menu with Swedish meatballs, shrimp salad sandwiches and pytt i panna.