Top Wine Bars in United Kingdom

Smith and Gertrude ★ 4.8 · Edinburgh

stockbridge · 26 Hamilton Place, Edinburgh EH3 5BA

Smith and Gertrude on Hamilton Place in Stockbridge Edinburgh, opened 2014, a 30-cover natural wine bar with a cheese-led food list and a vinyl.

Tip: BYO cheese policy from the deli next door at £5 corkage on a Tuesday. Pours are 100ml or 175ml from a chalkboard list.

P. Franco ★ 4.8 · London

hackney · 107 Lower Clapton Road, London E5 0NP

Liam Kelleher's natural-wine room on Lower Clapton Road in Hackney London, opened 2014, runs a wall-of-wine shop by day and an evening counter.

Tip: Walk-up only. Tuesday-Thursday at 17:30 is the easy slot; Friday-Saturday queue 30 minutes for a counter seat.

Spry ★ 4.7 · Edinburgh

new-town · 1 Haddington Place, Edinburgh EH7 4AE

Spry on Haddington Place at the top of Leith Walk in Edinburgh, a neighbourhood natural-wine bar and bottle shop with a basement cafe, pouring rotating.

Tip: Walk-ins at the bar most nights, table reservations by email; the bottle shop downstairs sells the same wines at retail to take home.

Noble Rot Bloomsbury ★ 4.7 · London

fitzrovia · 51 Lamb's Conduit Street, London WC1N 3NB

Daniel Keeling and Mark Andrew's wine-magazine-meets-bistro on Lamb's Conduit Street in Bloomsbury London, opened 2015, runs serious old-world wines.

Tip: Lunchtime three-course is £45 with a glass. The Greek Street Soho sibling has longer hours and the same list.

Erst ★ 4.7 · Manchester

ancoats · 9 Murray Street, Manchester M4 6HS

Bib Gourmand Manchester wine bar on Ancoats' Murray Street. Twenty natural reds, twenty whites, a handful of pet-nats; small plates change weekly.

Vinette ★ 4.6 · Edinburgh

canonmills-inverleith · 36 Broughton Street, Edinburgh EH1 3SB

Stuart Ralston's Parisian bar a vin on Broughton Street in Edinburgh, opened October 2025 on the former Fhior site, a wine-led restaurant with a rotating.

Tip: Bookings via vinette.co.uk; for an aperitif first head one floor down to sister cocktail bar Vivien before sitting at the table.

Sager + Wilde ★ 4.6 · London

hackney · 193 Hackney Road, London E2 8JL

Michael Sager and Charlotte Wilde's bar on Hackney Road in east London, opened 2013, ran the bridge between London's old wine-bar scene and the natural-wine.

Tip: The grilled cheese sandwich is the marquee bar snack. Wednesday and Thursday nights run a £25 menu pairing.

Flawd ★ 4.6 · Manchester

ancoats · 7 Murray Street, New Islington, Manchester M4 6HS

Canalside Manchester wine bar by Ancoats Marina. Light, brick room, communal tables, leafy courtyard, low-intervention bottles from small European growers.

Toast ★ 4.5 · Edinburgh

leith · 65 The Shore, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6RA

Toast on The Shore in Leith Edinburgh, opened 2019, a daytime-into-evening wine bar pouring biodynamic European producers beside open-fire-toasted sourdough.

Tip: Wine flights of three pours run a fixed list at £18; lunchtime sandwiches double as a snack-with-wine programme.

40 Maltby Street (wine) ★ 4.5 · London

borough-bermondsey · 40 Maltby Street, London SE1 3PA

Gergovie Wines's importer-run wine bar and kitchen inside a Maltby Street railway arch in Bermondsey London, opened 2010, the home address of London.

Tip: Open Wed-Sat only. Walk-up at the counter from 12:00. Closed Sun-Tue; the Saturday market crowd from 10:00 anchors the day.

Cork of the North ★ 4.5 · Manchester

stockport · 66 Heaton Moor Road, Stockport SK4 4NX

South Manchester wine bar in Heaton Moor with 450 bottles on the wall. Hundred-plus by the glass, Mediterranean snacks, sister site in Sale on the same model.

Gloriosa ★ 4.4 · Glasgow

finnieston · 1321 Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AB

Gloriosa pairs Rosie Healey's wood-fired Mediterranean cooking with one of Glasgow's best low-intervention wine lists on Argyle Street in Finnieston.

Tip: Sit at the counter and ask the team to match glasses to whatever is coming off the wood fire.

Forza Wine ★ 4.4 · London

peckham · 133a Rye Lane, London SE15 4BQ

Bash Redford's wine bar atop the Peckham multistorey carpark in south London, opened 2018, runs Italian-leaning natural wines and small plates with a rooftop.

Tip: Walk-up only. Tuesday-Thursday from 17:30 walks in; Friday-Saturday queue runs to 90 minutes for the rooftop seats.

Reserve Wines ★ 4.4 · Manchester

northern-quarter · Mackie Mayor, 1 Eagle Street, Manchester M4 5JZ

Wine shop and bar inside Manchester's Mackie Mayor food hall. Hundreds of bottles, keg wines, glass pours, regular tastings and Sunday cheese pairings.

Cuckoo ★ 4.4 · Manchester

prestwich · 395-397 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 1AW

Prestwich neighbourhood bar and pizza room on Bury New Road. Low-intervention wines, sourdough pizza, small plates and a daytime coffee programme.

Good Brothers Wine Bar ★ 4.3 · Edinburgh

stockbridge · 4-6 Dean Street, Edinburgh EH4 1LW

Joe and Dan Worthington's wine bar on Dean Street in Stockbridge Edinburgh, opened 2015, a brother-run natural wine room with rotating snacks and a 30-deep.

Tip: Sunday is closed for the cellar audit; Tuesday is the new-wine night with growers' tastings every other month.

Vroni's ★ 4.3 · Glasgow

city-centre · 47 West Nile Street, Glasgow G1 2PT

Vroni's is Glasgow's grande-dame wine bar, tucked upstairs on West Nile Street since 1995, pouring an old-world list alongside its famous cheeseboards.

Tip: It stopped serving hot food, so come for wine and a cheeseboard rather than a full meal.

Made From Grapes ★ 4.3 · Glasgow

southside · 166-168 Nithsdale Road, Glasgow G41 5RB

Made From Grapes is a natural wine bar and shop on Nithsdale Road in Glasgow's Southside, pouring small European producers alongside sharing plates.

Tip: It doubles as a bottle shop, so take home whatever you enjoyed by the glass at the retail price.

Quality Wines ★ 4.3 · London

clerkenwell · 88-94 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3EA

Will Lander's wine shop and bar next to Quality Chop House on Farringdon Road in Clerkenwell London, opened 2019, runs a focused natural-leaning Continental.

Tip: Buy a bottle and drink it in the bar for £15 corkage. The lunch sandwich menu from Quality Chop House is half-price.

Vino Cafe ★ 4.3 · Manchester

northern-quarter · 30 Tib Street, Manchester M4 1LA

Italian wine bar on Tib Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter. Italian-leaning list, Burgundy by the glass, antipasti and pasta plates daily.

Noto Wine Bar ★ 4.2 · Edinburgh

new-town · 47a Thistle Street, Edinburgh EH2 1DY

Stuart Ralston's Noto on Thistle Street in Edinburgh New Town, opened 2019, a Japanese small-plates dining room with a wine and sake list pairing modern.

Tip: Counter seats look at the sushi pass; the wine list is short but unusually well-compiled for sake pairing.

Vin Cru ★ 4.2 · Glasgow

merchant-city · 60 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1NE

Vin Cru is a natural wine bar in Merchant Square, Glasgow, pairing low-intervention bottles with fresh tacos in a cobbled Merchant City courtyard.

Tip: The taco-and-wine pairing is the format here; go for a few glasses and a round of tacos rather than a big meal.

Cuvée ★ 4.2 · Glasgow

west-end · 1 Lynedoch Street, Glasgow G3 6EF

Cuvée is a champagne and fine-wine bar upstairs on Lynedoch Street in Glasgow's West End, a small drawing-room lounge for fizz, cocktails and tapas.

Tip: It is a walk-in-only, 30-cover lounge; go early evening midweek for a seat at the bar.

Corke and Caske ★ 4.2 · Glasgow

west-end · 139 Hyndland Road, Glasgow G12 9JA

Corke and Caske is a wine bar, shop and tasting room on Hyndland Road in Glasgow's West End, pouring bottles from around the world with charcuterie.

Tip: Buy a bottle off the shelf to drink in for a small corkage; the flights are the way to explore the range.

Diogenes the Dog ★ 4.2 · London

kennington · 96 Brixton Road, London SW9 6BE

Sunny Hodge's neighbourhood wine bar on Brixton Road in Kennington London, opened 2017, runs a serious natural-wine list and Mediterranean snacks at counter.

Tip: Walk-up only Tue-Thu. Friday-Saturday books two weeks ahead. The wine focus is on growers Hodge knows personally.

Brilliant Corners ★ 4.1 · London

Dalston · 470 Kingsland Road, London E8 4AE

Amit and Aneesh Patel's vinyl-and-natural-wine bar on Kingsland Road in Dalston London, opened 2013, runs a casual Japanese kitchen, Klipschorn speakers.

Tip: The downstairs hi-fi room books a week ahead; bar counter takes walk-ins. The kitchen runs late on Friday and Saturday.

Top Cuvee ★ 4.0 · London

islington · 177-179 Blackstock Road, London N5 2LL

Mike Garrett and Bryan Connell's natural-wine bar on Blackstock Road in Highbury London, opened 2019, runs a small-plates kitchen and a wine club delivery.

Tip: Sunday roast at £25 books a week ahead through Resy. The wine subscription delivers six independent bottles a month.

The Left Bank ★ 3.9 · Glasgow

west-end · 33-35 Gibson Street, Glasgow G12 8NU

The Left Bank pours natural wine and Scottish craft beer on vinyl-soundtracked Gibson Street in Glasgow's West End, turning wine bar by night.

Tip: It runs from morning coffee to late-night wine, so it works whether you want a glass at lunch or after dinner.