SAAR Wine Bar is a wine bar in Centrum, Utrecht.
Editorially verified May 29, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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.
4 hours
Explore Utrecht with your own group on a wine tour guided by an easy-to-use web app. Visit four bars and enjoy a glass of wine, a tasty bite and a fun game at every stop.
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Discover Utrecht, the most beautiful city in the Netherlands while tasting vegan delicacies. Pass the Dom tower, and taste local specialties like bitterballen, falafel...
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.
Pour30-bottle-by-the-glass selection, changes weekly
Wine250-bottle list, natural and conventional European
FoodSeasonal small plates, Gault-Millau kitchen
TipThe 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.
PourChampagne and petillant naturel by the glass
WineNatural and low-intervention bottles, cellar bar
FoodLight small plates paired with wine
TipThe 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.
PourGrand Cru Burgundy by the glass from their cave
WineClassic French and Spanish, conventional list
FoodCheese and charcuterie boards
TipThe 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.
PourRioja Reserva by the glass with Iberian ham
WineSpanish wines: Rioja, Cava, Verdejo
FoodSpanish tapas and pintxos
TipThe 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.
PourManzanilla en Rama sherry served ice-cold
WineSpanish wines, sherry and Cava
FoodTapas and seafood bar, all-day
TipThe 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.
PourBiodynamic Burgundy by the glass with the tasting menu
WineLow-intervention wines paired with vegan tasting menu
FoodFive-course plant-based tasting menu
TipThe wine pairing adds €35 to the tasting menu and is the recommended way to experience the full menu.
