Once known as Roxy, a dodgy club, where tourists were known to get ripped off, it appears that Babylon has changed little apart from its name. Hit the dance floor, have a seat on the couches upstairs and on stage, chill out in the bar downstairs or, like most people, scratch your head and wonder wh [...]

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The interior of black and white designer ads and red neon is a bit lacking, but the food is tasty, albeit expensive, and the lunch special is good value for money. The glass box for smokers looks like a science experiment gone awry when full and the dizzying disco lights above the urinals might jus [...]

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Although kind of depressing when empty, G.M.C. doesn’t bear any other similarities to the ailing General Motors Corporation. A variety of rooms, each decorated in a different style, are available not to mention an odd beer selection – Italian Peroni in bottles. You can hang out in the p [...]

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An admission fee of 5Ls buys you a pass to a variety of different clubs within the confines of a converted theatre that still bears the tell-tale signs of its original incarnation such as gilded decorations and ceilings as well as red velvet walls. However, the theatre-goers of yore would doubtless be shocked by the flashing lasers, smoke machines and go-go dancers with glitter-paint shining from their naked thighs. Drinks are reasonably priced and if you’re not into techno or Russian pop you can try the hip-hop club upstairs. The smouldering smoking section looks like a scene from Dante's Inferno.
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It’s affirmative: the Colonel has gone AWOL. Since the mid-1990s, this was the only bastion of alternative music for a bohemian crowd desperate to avoid pop and techno music. The dark, industrial-style interior is still hip as is the retro cellar bar with pink shag carpeting on the wall, but what’s the point of drinking a fabulous cocktail to old Michael Jackson songs? What happened to the Clash, the White Stripes or even the Chili Peppers?
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Two Swedes and two locals have put their years of club experience together to open this huge venue only a block away from the Freedom Monument in the Vērmanes Park. Popular house music and international DJs entertain a crowd of Riga’s 25+ beautiful people while go-go girls dance above the bottles of the central bar. Nearly 22km of fiber optic cable in the chandelier and elsewhere set the mood with changing lights and drinks are ‘tax-free’ before midnight, meaning 21% cheaper. You can also hit the casino on the 2nd floor.
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