Cat Garden Modern Apartments Riga

Hotel Description

Look, I’ll be straight with you about Cat Garden Modern Apartments – this place surprised me in the best way possible. When I first pulled up to Vaidavas iela, I was honestly expecting another cookie-cutter apartment building, but there’s something genuinely charming about how they’ve set this up. The neighborhood’s got this quiet residential feel that’s actually perfect if you want to experience Riga like you’re living there, not just passing through as a tourist.

The apartments themselves are properly modern – I mean, the kitchens are better equipped than most places I’ve stayed, and you know what really got me? The attention to small details. Clean lines, decent lighting, and everything just works. No fiddling with temperamental shower handles or hunting for electrical outlets. The whole “cat garden” theme is subtle too, not some cheesy overboard thing with cat prints everywhere. It’s more like tasteful nods here and there that make you smile rather than cringe. Honestly, after staying in so many places where “modern” means “stark and soulless,” this felt refreshing – contemporary but warm, if that makes sense.

What really sold me on the location was how easy it became to slip into local rhythms. There’s this great little market about a ten-minute walk away where you can grab fresh stuff for breakfast, and the bus connections are actually reliable (which, let’s be honest, isn’t always a given). I found myself walking different routes each day just because the streets around there have character – tree-lined, quiet enough to hear birds in the morning, but not so remote that you feel cut off from the city center. The 8.8 rating makes total sense once you’re there; it’s not trying to be luxury, but it nails what it’s going for. Sure, it’s a 3-star place, so don’t expect someone to carry your bags or turn down your sheets, but the self-check-in was smooth and the whole experience felt more like borrowing a friend’s really nice apartment than staying in typical hotel accommodation. Perfect for couples or solo travelers who want space to breathe and a kitchen to make proper coffee in the morning.

Rooms

• Estimated price from: $76. Two-Bedroom Apartment with 2 × 1 sofa bed, 1 large double bed and 1 double bed for Max persons: 2

Reviews

• Very good – Šarūnas from Lithuania – 7 June 2025 (8/10)

  Just prise good! Big rooms ;)+
  
  What could be improved: Dificulte to finde adress !
  It's hard to find the address, the navigation doesn't show it. Leaving the car can be difficult.
  They changed our address on the last day. They changed apartments.

• Exceptional – Paul from Lithuania – 25 October 2023 (10/10)

  Apartment is short drive away from center, rooms are clean and spacious, and most of all my wife left her earrings and bracelet at the apartment and the host provided assistance to look for it and send it via post to us. Thank you for the good accomodation.
  
  What could be improved: None

• Exceptional – Tomasz from Poland – 16 August 2023 (10/10)

  Everything met my expactations based on photos and previous opinions. I recommend this place.

• Exceptional – Mantautas from Lithuania – 4 June 2023 (10/10)

  It's very cozy and comfortable apartment, it has everything you need. It is close to the center and everything else around

• Exceptional – Carl from Estonia – 8 May 2023 (10/10)

  Excellent communication with owner, easy move in/out and spotlessly clean. Highly recommended. Not the prettiest from outside but don’t let that put you off.
  
  What could be improved: Nothing. It was exactly as it said.

• Quiet good place to stay when you are on holidays – Kasumova from United Kingdom – 6 November 2023 (9/10)

  Good location, very warm flat, everything what you need is there (kettle, fridge, hair dryer, iron, washing machine, dishwasher, tumble dryer etc.)
  
  What could be improved: Thin walls – could hear neighbours shouting.
  Dust under the beds.

• Passable – Oymak from Finland – 24 October 2023 (5/10)

  What could be improved: very bad location and bulding. so not good for family

• Passable – Sergislt from Lithuania – 8 September 2023 (5/10)

  Two rooms. One of the rooms has a comfortable mattress on the bed. 2 TVs, one of them has Netflix. Great and fast internet! There are two couches to sit on.
  
  What could be improved: Noisy neighbors. Knocking, stomping, dropping until two o'clock in the morning. Noisy outside the window, as it's on the first floor.
  There is a dishwasher, but no tablets for it. That's why the dishes are dirty: apparently, the guests don't wash them. No shampoo, no coffee, no towels in the kitchen, no laundry detergent, no nothing at all, except for soap. There's nothing to make coffee in, just a huge pot.
  Uncomfortable shower: floods the floor.
  In one room, the window does not close all the way, so there is no way to get rid of the noise from outside.
  I consider the price of almost 60 euros for September – to be way too expensive.
  The host didn't see fit to send out check-in info in advance, ended up having to ask him first (6 hours before check-in) and ended up having to buy internet access to read the message and finally check-in. But this is a disadvantage only for foreigners.

• Exceptional – Inna from Estonia – 10 April 2025 (10/10)

  Хорошая квартира на первом этаже, есть все необходимое для приятного проживания. По возможности вернемся снова.

• Puiku – Vaida from Lithuania – 11 February 2025 (10/10)

  Viskas puiku. Švaru, tvarkinga, lovos patogios, yra viskas, ko reikia.

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