5 wine bar places in Riga we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Riga | Wine Bar across every city.
Riga's wine bars cluster in the Centre, where natural and small-grower lists pair with sharing plates. LOWINE on Dzirnavu iela is a leader of the form, with Riviera nearby on the same street and SMØR Bistro on Krišjāņa Valdemāra iela pouring alongside their kitchens. Garage Wine Bar, tucked into the Berga Bazārs courtyard, offers a quieter, list-led alternative.
LOWINE ★ 4.6
centrs · Dzirnavu iela 43, Rīga, LV-1010
LOWINE on Dzirnavu is Riga's anchor natural wine bar, a family-run room under chef Aleksei Zalygin pouring low-intervention bottles with eggs and sourdough.
Garage Wine Bar ★ 4.4
berga-bazars · Elizabetes iela 83-85, Rīga, LV-1050
Garage Wine Bar in the Berga Bazārs courtyard is a long-running Riga room pouring small-producer European bottles in a 1930s converted ladies' car garage.
Riviera ★ 4.5
centrs · Dzirnavu iela 31, Rīga, LV-1010
Riviera on Dzirnavu doubles as one of Riga's strongest wine cellars, with sommelier Ivars Kalniņš who earned the 2024 Michelin Sommelier Award for Latvia.
SMØR Bistro ★ 4.4
centrs · Krišjāņa Valdemāra iela 27-29, Rīga, LV-1010
SMØR Bistro's wine list leans heavily on Champagne by the glass alongside its Bib Gourmand kitchen, a wine-bar option for a single bottle and a small plate.
LOWINE ★ 4.6
centrs · Dzirnavu iela 43, Rīga, LV-1010
LOWINE is a wine bar room in Centrs. Order the chef's snack flight and ask Aleksei for an off-list bottle; the family runs the room from prep to pour.