Apero Vinbar is a wine bar in 101, Reykjavik.
Apero Vinbar sits above Laugavegur 20b, a small Reykjavik wine bar matching boutique European pours with canneles and scallops in a tucked-away room.
Food program: Canneles, gougeres and seafood snacks
Tip: Upstairs and easy to miss, with blind tastings on request. The savoury-sweet snacks set it apart.
Address: Laugavegur 20b, 101 Reykjavik
Before dinner service, Brut on Posthusstraeti runs as a Reykjavik wine bar with an award-nominated list and Portuguese tinned seafood in the Radisson Blu.
Signature pour: By-the-glass from a 40-page list
Wine focus: Award-nominated European list
Food: Portuguese canned seafood and snacks
Tip: The wine list runs to forty pages with playful categories. A grown-up aperitif spot before the kitchen opens.
Skal on Njalsgata doubles as a natural-wine bar, pouring low-intervention bottles alongside its seasonal Icelandic small plates in this corner of Reykjavik.
Signature pour: Natural wines by the glass
Wine focus: Natural Icelandic-leaning wines
Food: Local seasonal small plates
Tip: Drop in for natural wine and a snack without committing to the full menu. Closed early in the week.
Uppi sits above Fish Market on Adalstraeti, a Reykjavik wine bar pouring glasses to match sushi and small plates sent up from the kitchen downstairs.
Signature pour: Glass pours with sushi pairings
Wine focus: Wines to match sushi and small plates
Food: Sushi and small plates from Fish Market
Tip: The relaxed upstairs way into the Fish Market kitchen. Good for wine and a few rolls without a full dinner.
Vinstukan Tiu Sopar on Laugavegur pours zippy natural wines with halibut and warm halloumi, one of Reykjavik's leading low-intervention wine bars.
Signature pour: Funky natural wines by the glass
Wine focus: Natural and low-intervention wines
Food: Small plates and elevated bistro food
Tip: Strong vegetarian small plates alongside the funky natural list. Book ahead, the room is compact.
Port 9 on Veghusastigur is Iceland's oldest dedicated wine bar, a dim side-street Reykjavik room of emerald sofas pouring over fifty wines old and new.
Signature pour: Rotating glass pours from over 50 bottles
Wine focus: Old and new world by the glass
Food: Cheese, charcuterie and small plates
Tip: Opened in 2016 on a quiet lane off Laugavegur. Come for a quiet glass rather than a loud night.
Konsulat Wine Room on Hafnarstraeti pairs curated wine flights with matched food in a Nordic library setting, a polished Reykjavik wine bar in a hotel.
Signature pour: Country-themed flights
Wine focus: Curated by-country wine flights
Food: Food and wine pairing flights
Tip: The by-country flights, often Italian, are the way in. Quiet and grown-up rather than a party spot.
Before dinner service, Brut on Posthusstraeti runs as a Reykjavik wine bar with an award-nominated list and Portuguese tinned seafood in the Radisson Blu.
Signature pour: By-the-glass from a 40-page list
Wine focus: Award-nominated European list
Food: Portuguese canned seafood and snacks
Tip: The wine list runs to forty pages with playful categories. A grown-up aperitif spot before the kitchen opens.
Skal on Njalsgata doubles as a natural-wine bar, pouring low-intervention bottles alongside its seasonal Icelandic small plates in this corner of Reykjavik.
Signature pour: Natural wines by the glass
Wine focus: Natural Icelandic-leaning wines
Food: Local seasonal small plates
Tip: Drop in for natural wine and a snack without committing to the full menu. Closed early in the week.
Uppi sits above Fish Market on Adalstraeti, a Reykjavik wine bar pouring glasses to match sushi and small plates sent up from the kitchen downstairs.
Signature pour: Glass pours with sushi pairings
Wine focus: Wines to match sushi and small plates
Food: Sushi and small plates from Fish Market
Tip: The relaxed upstairs way into the Fish Market kitchen. Good for wine and a few rolls without a full dinner.
Vinstukan Tiu Sopar on Laugavegur pours zippy natural wines with halibut and warm halloumi, one of Reykjavik's leading low-intervention wine bars.
Signature pour: Funky natural wines by the glass
Wine focus: Natural and low-intervention wines
Food: Small plates and elevated bistro food
Tip: Strong vegetarian small plates alongside the funky natural list. Book ahead, the room is compact.
Port 9 on Veghusastigur is Iceland's oldest dedicated wine bar, a dim side-street Reykjavik room of emerald sofas pouring over fifty wines old and new.
Signature pour: Rotating glass pours from over 50 bottles
Wine focus: Old and new world by the glass
Food: Cheese, charcuterie and small plates
Tip: Opened in 2016 on a quiet lane off Laugavegur. Come for a quiet glass rather than a loud night.
Konsulat Wine Room on Hafnarstraeti pairs curated wine flights with matched food in a Nordic library setting, a polished Reykjavik wine bar in a hotel.
Signature pour: Country-themed flights
Wine focus: Curated by-country wine flights
Food: Food and wine pairing flights
Tip: The by-country flights, often Italian, are the way in. Quiet and grown-up rather than a party spot.
