Best Hostels with Kitchens in Riga
6 top-rated hostels with shared kitchen in Riga Handpicked for travelers who want the best.
Riga's shared-kitchen hostel options are the backbone of any week-long Baltic stay, with six credible picks spread across Old Town, Centrs and the station district. Tree House has a proper oven, Central Riga runs free coffee and fruit all day, and the Central Market's five Zeppelin hangars are within ten minutes of every one of them, so actual cooking works on a hostel budget.
Riga runs a Baltic-backpacker-meets-budget-gastronomy angle that makes kitchen-equipped hostels punch above their weight. The Central Market, five converted Zeppelin hangars behind the train station, sells smoked sprats, farmer's cheese, cheap pelmeni, dark rye, fresh fruit and vegetables at a third of the Old Town restaurant price. A €12 run through the fish hall and the vegetable hall feeds four backpackers for a night, which is exactly why six of the eight rated hostels in town keep a working kitchen as a headline feature.
🍳Why Riga is Perfect for Shared Kitchen
Tree House has the rare functioning oven and full kitchenware, which lets you roast a Central Market chicken and root vegetables for four at €12. That's genuinely unusual in the Riga budget scene — most hostels cap at a stovetop and microwave. The Old Town fourth-floor location and the working elevator make the carry-up from the market painless.
Cinnamon Sally's kitchen is tiny and shares a room with reception, but it's functional and the bar-breakfast buffet every morning means you start cooking with a full stomach. The free coffee machine runs all day, so the caffeine bill drops to zero. Eight-minute walk to Old Town and one-minute to the station.
Central Riga, Elizabeth's and Tree House round out the middle tier. Central Riga runs a free coffee-tea-fruit bar all day. Elizabeth's has a kitchenette on every floor plus a shared ground-floor kitchen, which is the best setup for travelers who find shared-kitchen traffic frustrating. All three beat any Riga hotel breakfast for budget travelers cooking beyond breakfast.
Traveler's take
“If you're in Riga for more than two nights on a Warsaw-Tallinn interrail or a Baltic road trip, the shared kitchen is the difference between spending €15 a meal on Old Town tourist restaurants and cooking three nights out of five. The kitchens below range from a functional-if-small setup behind reception (Cinnamon Sally) to a proper oven and full kitchenware (Tree House) to per-floor kitchenettes that let you skip the shared-kitchen traffic entirely (Elizabeth's). All six sit within a ten-minute walk of the Central Market, which is the actual cheat code.”
Our Top 6 Picks
Hostels in Riga with shared kitchen, sorted by guest rating.
Cinnamon Sally Backpackers Hostel
Centrs (opposite Central Station)
Wonderful
2,315 reviews
Cinnamon Sally sits at Merķeļa iela 1, directly opposite Riga Central Station and a five-minute walk to the Old Town. Famous in Baltic backpacker circles for its homemade breakfast, bottomless free coffee and a strict adults-only, no-stag-party policy that keeps the vibe travel-sociable rather than chaotic.
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€18//night
Why travelers love Cinnamon Sally Backpackers Hostel
“Interrailers on the Warsaw-Tallinn loop check in here for a reason. The breakfast buffet is unusually generous for the price bracket, the coffee machine runs around the clock, and the staff push free Riga walking tours and pub crawls at check-in. Entry is signposted through the McDonald's courtyard, which catches new arrivals out.”
Naughty Squirrel Backpackers Hostel
Vecrīga (Old Town)
Excellent
503 reviews
Naughty Squirrel has been Riga's headline party hostel since 2007, a three-minute walk from Town Hall Square and home to the 24-hour on-site bar that runs beer pong, trivia and movie nights on rotation. Australian-owned, dog-friendly, and famous for organizing the Latvian Olympic bobsled trip in Sigulda and the AK-47 shooting day at the firing range outside town.
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€21//night
Why travelers love Naughty Squirrel Backpackers Hostel
“Not for light sleepers. Guests come here for the social scene, not quiet mornings, and the 24-hour bar with happy-hour pricing draws a stag-party crowd in summer. Old Town's medieval square sits three minutes away, the shared kitchen keeps food costs low, and the smart-card dorm access and under-bed lockers handle security without making it feel institutional.”
Blue Bird Boutique Hostel - Riga Old Town
Vecrīga (Old Town, Dome Square)
Excellent
3,458 reviews
Blue Bird sits inside a historic Art Nouveau building on Tirgoņu iela, two minutes from Dome Square in the heart of Riga's Old Town. A boutique take on the capsule hostel format: curtained bunks with private reading lights, parquet floors, a stained-glass ceiling in the common room, and an adults-only door policy that keeps it calm.
From
€28//night
Why travelers love Blue Bird Boutique Hostel - Riga Old Town
“Couples rate the location 9.9. The private-bathroom rooms and curtained capsule bunks are why this hostel sits in Riga's top tier despite not running organized events. Filtered water and coffee are free in the shared kitchen, the parquet floors are original, and the self-check-in instructions work without reception help.”
Central Hostel Riga
Centrs (east of Central Station)
Very Good
1,665 reviews
Central Hostel Riga is the budget-first family-run option on Ernesta Birznieka-Upīša iela, a ten-minute walk from Old Town and four minutes from Vērmanes Garden. Private check-in, a working shared kitchen with free tea, coffee and fruit, and a quiet garden backyard for summer evenings. €16 dorm beds put it at the cheap end of Riga's hostel scene.
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€16//night
Why travelers love Central Hostel Riga
“Reviewers call out the owner's hands-on approach and the free coffee, tea and fruit as genuine, not a gesture. Family rooms make it a rare pick in Riga for travelers with kids. The location is a proper ten-minute walk to Old Town, not instant, but the trade is €5 less per night than Old Town hostels and a noticeably calmer night.”
Elizabeth's YH Rooms
Centrs (Elizabetes iela, next to Origo mall)
Very Good
910 reviews
Elizabeth's sits on Elizabetes iela, literally next door to Origo shopping center and a two-minute walk from Riga Central Station. Self-check-in via code, free airport shuttle by arrangement, soundproof rooms with desks, and a kitchenette in every shared floor. Couples rate the location 9.3 and it picks up family bookings other Riga hostels can't handle.
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€19//night
Why travelers love Elizabeth's YH Rooms
“Reviewers praise the self-check-in, the parking at €8 per night, and the soundproof rooms that keep central-Riga noise out. Lido restaurant and the Coyote Fly / Push club strip are within five minutes on foot, but the building is set back far enough from Elizabetes iela that it stays quiet after midnight. The free airport shuttle is the underused feature — ask 48 hours ahead.”
Tree House Hostel Riga
Vecrīga (Old Town, Kaļķu iela)
Very Good
1,917 reviews
Tree House sits on the fourth floor of a building on Kaļķu iela, Old Town's pedestrianized spine, a one-minute walk from the Freedom Monument and Riga Dome Cathedral. Bright minimalist dorms and privates, a working elevator (rare in fourth-floor Old Town hostels), shared kitchen with oven and toaster. 1917 Booking reviews.
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€20//night
Why travelers love Tree House Hostel Riga
“Guests consistently rate the staff — repeat mentions of warm check-ins and real help with city recommendations. The elevator saves the four flights of stairs that kill similar Old Town hostels. The building is quieter than the Kaļķu iela street level suggests, with soundproof old-apartment windows and a courtyard-side common room. Kitchen is small but fully equipped.”
💡Tips for Choosing a Hostel with Shared Kitchen in Riga
- 1Central Market (Centrālais tirgus) is the cheat code — five Zeppelin hangars, 10 min walk from every hostel on this list, under €3 a kg for fresh fish and farmers' cheese.
- 2Tree House's oven is the only real oven in Riga's budget hostel scene. Roast a whole chicken and root vegetables for four people for €12 including salt.
- 3Central Riga's free coffee-tea-fruit bar runs 24 hours. The Rimi next door is open until 10pm for evening self-catering runs.
- 4Elizabeth's kitchenette on every floor has a microwave, toaster, kettle and fridge, plus full kitchenware. You can skip the ground-floor shared kitchen entirely.
- 5Cinnamon Sally's kitchen is small and shared with reception, but the buffet breakfast is included — start the day with waffles before cooking the other meals.
- 6Rupjmaize (dark rye bread) from the Central Market is under €2 a loaf and keeps for a week, making it the hostel-kitchen staple for backpacker breakfasts.
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