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ABOUT THE HOTEL
Ideally located in Riga's historic city centre, Dome Hotel is built
inside a 400-year old architectural monument, renovated by
Latvian designers, artists and masters in 2009, who preserved the 18th century wooden beams, stoves and staircase inside the building, and carefully renovated the original wall paintings. During the renovations, artefacts from 13th and 14th century have been found. These items will be on display shortly, in the hotel's basement.
Dome Hotel opened in June 2009.
So the hotel is relatively "young" - as aret its staff (average age 22-37). Though it's not the hotel's explicit policy to hire only young staff, they feel this is the best, given the facts that young staff means a lot of energy, creativity, efficiency, and the ability to feel
customer's need.
Service and personal attention is one of the hotel's many qualities. The concierge service is available 24/7, which means you can have your flowers, souvenirs, event or theatre tickets arranged any time. Inside the luxury boutique hotel you will find a well-balanced mix of historic heritage, modern interior design, and state-of-the-art
technology - free wi-fi, for example.
The name of the hotel refers to the dome of the nearby cathedral, which was built 1211, boasting 124 registers and 6828 pipes.
Additional info from Wikipedia: It is often known in English as the Dome Cathedral, although it has no dome. The nickname comes from the Latvian and German words Dom(s) meaning "cathedral".
ROOMS
The hotel has 15 rooms, on 5 floors.
1. Dome room (€220)
2. Deluxe room (€250)
3. Deluxe spa (includes special spa treatment) (€270)
4. Suites (€290)
5. Deluxe suites (€360)
and with two Deluxe suites combined, there is the Grand Suite.
Room 402 / DELUXE ROOM
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Room 304 / SUITE
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Room 501 / DELUXE SUITE
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SERVICES
Room Service, Meeting/Banquet Facilities, Airport Shuttle, Business Centre, Babysitting/Child Services, Laundry, Dry Cleaning, Barber/Beauty Shop, VIP Room Facilities, Breakfast in the Room, Ironing Service, Bridal Suite, Currency Exchange, Souvenirs/Gift Shop, Shoe Shine, Packed Lunches, Car Hire, Tour Desk, Fax/Photocopying, Ticket Service.
SPA
Turkish steam bath Hammam, Finnish sauna, tropical rain shower... The hotel offers these spa services to all guests who want to 'recharge'. After the spa and massage it's your choice to either go up to your room and dress up for Riga's nightlife, or enjoy a perfect dinner in the hotel's restaurant, which is what we did.
RESTAURANT
Chef of the restaurant is Alexander Ziluk, formerly employed with Vincent's restaurant, run by Latvian top chef M?rti?š R?ti?š. Ziluk has cooked dinners for NATO, Queen Elizabeth II, Boris Yeltsin. The restaurant's à la carte menus offers seasonal food, with a touch of Mediterranean accent and classical specials of the Baltic region.
Master chef Aleksander Ziluk uses bioproducts that are delivered by Latvian farmers especially for this restaurant.
DINNER
Starter: Carpaccio, smoked eel, fried cheese and berry sauce, with olives, tapenade and bread.
Main [1] Pastinac purée, asparagus, eggplant and sea bass. Wine - white: pouilly-fuissé
Main [2] Piglet, glazed with honey; carrots, pastinac purée, mushrooms. Wine - red: pinot noir
Dessert: layered wheatbread, mascarpone, blackberries, strawberries, sorbet and raspberry, with green nuts (pistachio?)
BREAKFAST
Besides a breakfast buffet (don't be mislead by the word buffet - it's a Dome Hotel style buffet!) the restaurant offers a great choice of a la carte breakfasts. Whether you want eggs cooked, an omelette, tomato confit pie, bruschetta with fried egg, smoked salmon fillet or even oatmeal porridge, it's all there.
TERRACE
Overlooking the Riga Cathedral and Old Riga's roofs, you can enjoy dinner or drinks in a silent and wind-free environment, which is
definitely not the case with many terraces in the surroundings.
SUMMARY
There is a new way to spell "great", and it's "d-o-m-e-h-o-t-e-l".
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