Rocket Bean Roastery
- ★ 4.7
- Coffee roaster
- €€
- Centrs
Rocket Bean Roastery is the most-cited specialty roaster in Riga, supplying its own five-cafe network across the city plus wholesale to bistros and offices.
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Rocket Bean Roastery is the most-cited specialty roaster in Riga, supplying its own five-cafe network across the city plus wholesale to bistros and offices.
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Order A flight of three Pagan Brews to taste foraged ingredients like elderflower or nettle.
Labietis is Riga's most-cited craft brewery, opened 2013 on the grounds of the old von Stricka brewery with a pagan-themed lineup of foraged-ingredient beers.
Order Grey peas with bacon and sour cream, the national dish, served generously.
Milda on Grēcinieku in Old Town holds a Bib Gourmand for great-value traditional Latvian and Lithuanian cooking, named for the figure atop the Freedom.
Order The homemade pasta of the day, usually paired with one of the bespoke cocktails.
Snatch on Elizabetes in Centrs holds a Bib Gourmand three years running (2024-2026) for modern Italian pasta and small plates in a concrete-and-glass room.
Order The chef's set lunch, the Bib Gourmand value lever; pair with the by-the-glass Champagne.
SMØR Bistro on Krišjāņa Valdemāra in Centrs won a Bib Gourmand in the 2026 Guide for modern Nordic-French cooking under chef Kaspars Barsukovs.
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MiiT pours specialty coffee from Latvian roaster Tiny Giant and Berlin's Five Elephant, an early Riga specialty cafe still pushing the city's brew quality.
Order A flight built around Latvian small breweries you won't see in supermarkets.
Valmiermuiža's Riga Beer Embassy on Aristīda Briāna runs the widest range of Latvian craft beer in the city, with 220+ tastes plus ciders and wines.
Order A late-night Latvian craft beer flight with a plate of pelēkie zirņi.
Folkklubs ALA Pagrabs is Old Town's most reliable late-night cellar, 32 Latvian beer taps with folk music until 02:00 weekdays and 04:00 on weekends.
Order A pour with smoked sprats from the next-door fish stalls.
Labietis's Central Market taproom sits in the Gastronomy Pavilion of Centrāltirgus, the daytime counter pouring Labietis pagan brews beside the market stalls.
Order A roving flight, one beer per taproom; the district fits in a single walking evening.
Riga Beer District clusters Labietis, Valmiermuiža's Embassy and several smaller taprooms on Aristīda Briāna near the old von Stricka brewery grounds.
Order Eggs Benedict on Latvian rye and a barista-pulled flat white
Innocent Café on Blaumaņa runs Riga's most-cited brunch, eggs and pancakes on Latvian rye with specialty coffee from one of the city's strongest barista.
Order The avocado-and-egg plate with a Rocket Bean filter coffee
Rocket Bean's Miera flagship runs Riga's strongest specialty-coffee brunch, eggs, sourdough and Rocket Bean's own single-origin filters and espresso drinks.
Order The seasonal mushroom plate when foraging season hits in late summer and autumn.
Domini Canes in Old Town between St. Peter's and St. John's churches cooks contemporary Latvian dishes with farm vegetables and wild mushrooms.
Order A signature cocktail and an Asian small plate at sunset, then linger through the DJ set.
Skyline Bar on the 26th floor of the Radisson Blu Latvija runs late on Friday and Saturday with DJ sets from 21:00, the city's highest late-cocktail option.
Order Smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel with a filter coffee
Big Bad Bagels on Baznīcas runs Riga's most reliable bagel-led brunch, with the smoked salmon and bacon-egg-cheese builds anchoring the Saturday counter.
Order The grey peas with bacon, the kitchen's anchor dish since opening.
Pētergailis has worked the Old Town corner between St. John's and St. Peter's churches since 1978, cooking traditional Latvian dishes with mostly Latvian.
Rocket Bean's Jaunā Teika branch sits in the tech-park district north of Centrs, the weekday-only branch serving the office crowd around the Teika quarter.
Order The bar's beer-and-shot pairing during event nights; the kitchen runs a tight snack menu.
Kaņepes Kultūras centrs on Skolas runs as a late-night bar most Fridays and Saturdays, with DJ sets and live music extending the evening to 02:00.
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B Bārs Restorāns on Dome Square in Old Town pairs an all-day European bistro menu with a respected cocktail program, popular for Doma laukums terrace dinners.
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