6 cafe places in Riga we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Riga | Cafe across every city.
The cafe is central to how Riga slows down, and the Centre carries most of the city's specialty coffee. Rocket Bean Cafe runs several rooms across town, from Miera iela and Dzirnavu iela to its Raiņa bulvāris spot near the Old Town, while MiiT Coffee on Lāčplēša iela is a long-running roaster-cafe with a loyal following. Innocent Café on Blaumaņa iela rounds out the daytime scene.
Rocket Bean Cafe Miera ★ 4.8
centrs · Miera iela 29, Rīga, LV-1001
Rocket Bean's Miera cafe is the original Riga branch of the city's flagship specialty-coffee roastery, serving filter, espresso and brunch in the design.
Rocket Bean Cafe Dzirnavu ★ 4.6
centrs · Dzirnavu iela 39, Rīga, LV-1010
Rocket Bean's Dzirnavu cafe is the central Riga branch, a corner room on the Dzirnavu strip that locals fill for filter coffee and a quiet weekday work sit.
MiiT Coffee ★ 4.5
centrs · Lāčplēša iela 10, Rīga, LV-1011
MiiT Coffee on Lāčplēša started as a bicycle workshop that served drinks and grew into a vegetarian cafe pouring Latvian Tiny Giant and Berlin's Five.
Innocent Café ★ 4.3
centrs · Blaumaņa iela 34-2, Rīga, LV-1011
Innocent Café on Blaumaņa was one of the first Riga rooms to push brunch and specialty coffee, run by some of the city's most awarded baristas.
Rocket Bean Cafe Rainis ★ 4.2
vecriga · Raiņa bulvāris 11, Rīga, LV-1050
Rocket Bean's Raiņa branch sits on the canal-park edge of Old Town, the late-opening Rocket Bean for evening espresso after a Vērmanes park walk.
Rocket Bean Cafe Blaumanis ★ 4.0
centrs · Blaumaņa iela 10, Rīga, LV-1011
Rocket Bean's Blaumaņa cafe sits one block off the design corridor, the room locals pick for evening filter coffee and a longer work session.