Clayton McNamara’s Drinking Emporium, Riga 🇱🇻 

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Location: Vaļņu iela 41, Rīga

Venue Type: Theme Bar / Cocktail Bar 

Year of Inscription: 2026

EBG Rating: 7.6/10

Choice/Quality of Drinks:
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Decent cocktail menu but beers and back-bar are mid-range and largely mainstream.

Style/Décor:
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Sci-fi film ephemera, models and merchandise is the name of the game here, with collectibles, arcade machines and a colourful interior providing a feast for the senses. A classic bar room is supplemented with a small middle room with games machines, then a backroom with stairs down to a densely decorated social seating area.

Atmosphere/Character:
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The novelty value and excitable crowd gives the place an enjoyable energy and atmosphere. International, touristy crowd but to be honest in Riga visitors are its lifeblood.

Amenities/Events:
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Snacks, games, merchandise.

Value For Money:
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Typical Riga city centre prices.

Description:
An overly wordy bar name produced in Star Wars font on the front door, there is no way you can approach this bar without being given a strong indication about what to expect inside.

Sci-fi film ephemera, models and merchandise is the name of the game here, with collectibles, arcade machines and a colourful interior providing a feast for the senses.

The bar itself is a bit of an all-rounder, perhaps leaning towards cocktail-like but kitted out for more or less anything, so expect mainstream beers in large part with one or two craft lines sneaking in from time to time.

A classic bar room is supplemented with a small middle room with games machines, then a backroom with stairs down to a densely decorated social seating area.

The novelty value and excitable crowd gives the place an enjoyable energy and atmosphere. It isn’t going to be everybody’s thing – and they’re fine with that. Sometimes these sorts of bars can vary from cynical and unimaginative to overreaching on a low budget, but this one really is quite impressive in its collection and well worth a trip, particularly for a younger audience and obviously for nostalgics or geeks.

(Added April 2026)