Upscale in Riga

LOWINE

• ★ 4.6
• Wine bar
• €€€
• Centrs

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.

Riviera

• ★ 4.5
• Mediterranean
• €€€
• Centrs

Order The chef's tasting paired with the sommelier's flight; the wine list is the room's loudest argument.

Riviera on Dzirnavu in Centrs cooks refined Mediterranean fine dining and earned the Michelin Sommelier Award through sommelier Ivars Kalniņš.

Folkklubs ALA Pagrabs

• ★ 4.5
• Cocktail bar
• €€€
• Vecrīga (Old Town)

Order A four-beer Latvian craft flight; the cellar pours small breweries you won't see elsewhere.

Folkklubs ALA Pagrabs is Old Town's deepest cellar bar, 32 taps of Latvian beer and cider with live folk music five nights a week and Wednesday dancing.

Skyline Bar

• ★ 4.4
• Cocktail bar
• €€€
• Centrs

Order A signature cocktail at sunset with a small plate from the Asian-fusion menu.

Skyline Bar sits on the 26th floor of the Radisson Blu Latvija on Elizabetes, the city's most-cited rooftop view with cocktails and Asian-leaning bar food.

Garage Wine Bar

• ★ 4.4
• Wine bar
• €€€
• Berga Bazārs

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.

SMØR Bistro

• ★ 4.4
• Wine bar
• €€€
• Centrs

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.

Black Magic Bar

• ★ 4.3
• Cocktail bar
• €€€
• Vecrīga (Old Town)

Order Black Pina Colada or Black Mojito to taste Black Balsam in cocktail form.

Black Magic Bar on Kaļķu in Old Town is the dedicated Riga Black Balsam stop, a medieval-themed bar pouring cocktails built around the city's 1752 herbal.

Kolonāde. Mūsu Stāsti

• ★ 4.2
• Modern Latvian
• €€€
• Centrs

Order The seasonal tasting menu and a glass of Latvian birch wine from the cordials list.

Kolonāde. Mūsu Stāsti sits between the Freedom Monument and the National Opera, telling Latvian stories through modern cooking with seasonal local produce.

Kaņepes Kultūras centrs

• ★ 4.2
• Cocktail bar
• €€€
• Centrs

Drink Beer, wine and event-night cocktails

Kaņepes Kultūras centrs on Skolas is Riga's longest-running cultural-centre bar, an 1895 building hosting 300 to 400 art events a year with a working bar.

B Bārs

• ★ 4.0
• Cocktail bar
• €€€
• Vecrīga (Old Town)

Order A signature cocktail at the bar; the bartenders run with the room.

B Bārs on Doma laukums anchors the Old Town cathedral square with classic cocktails, a respected bartender team and a European bistro menu until late.