SAAR Wine Bar is a wine bar in Centrum, Utrecht.
SAAR doubles as a wine bar and restaurant with 34 seats, a canal terrace and a natural-wine list from small European producers. Small plates from 16:00.
Food program: Small plates, seasonal vegetables, oysters
Tip: Walk-in at the bar is the easiest way in; the restaurant tables book out fast but bar seats are first-come.
Address: Catharijnesingel 81, 3511 AK Utrecht
Bar Bet on the Weduwe canal holds 250 bottles and 30 wines by the glass. Gault-Millau recognised kitchen; the most extensive wine programme in the city.
Signature pour: 30-bottle-by-the-glass selection, changes weekly
Wine focus: 250-bottle list, natural and conventional European
Food: Seasonal small plates, Gault-Millau kitchen
Tip: The weekly sommelier's selection of three bottles at a fixed price is the best-value route through the list.
The cellar wine bar beside Hemel en Aarde restaurant. Low-intervention bottles by the glass from a curated list. Good for a single glass, walk-in only.
Signature pour: Champagne and petillant naturel by the glass
Wine focus: Natural and low-intervention bottles, cellar bar
Food: Light small plates paired with wine
Tip: The cellar bar is walk-in; reservations for the restaurant upstairs are separate. No food minimum.
Classic wine shop-and-bar in a werfkelder on the Oudegracht. French, Spanish and Italian bottles to drink in or take away; charcuterie served all evening.
Signature pour: Grand Cru Burgundy by the glass from their cave
Wine focus: Classic French and Spanish, conventional list
Food: Cheese and charcuterie boards
Tip: The cave-temperature werfkelder is perfect for wine storage. Ask the sommelier to open a grand cru by the glass.
Spanish wine room on the Drieharingstraat. Best-stocked Iberian wine bar in Utrecht, focusing on Rioja, Cava and Verdejo with monthly pintxos evenings.
Signature pour: Rioja Reserva by the glass with Iberian ham
Wine focus: Spanish wines: Rioja, Cava, Verdejo
Food: Spanish tapas and pintxos
Tip: The house Rioja Reserva at €6 a glass is one of the best wine values in the city centre.
The front bar at Paloma runs all-day on Spanish wines, sherry and Cava. Walk-in only; lively at weekends with daily live music on the Mariaplaats.
Signature pour: Manzanilla en Rama sherry served ice-cold
Wine focus: Spanish wines, sherry and Cava
Food: Tapas and seafood bar, all-day
Tip: The en-rama sherry served cold in a copita glass is the signature drink; pair it with the anchovy pintxo.
Kasvio curates low-intervention and biodynamic bottles to match their plant-based tasting menu. Sommelier-led pairings available. Reservations essential.
Signature pour: Biodynamic Burgundy by the glass with the tasting menu
Wine focus: Low-intervention wines paired with vegan tasting menu
Food: Five-course plant-based tasting menu
Tip: The wine pairing adds €35 to the tasting menu and is the recommended way to experience the full menu.
