Old Town
Leib (Estonian black bread) is a thing of great beauty and quiet national pride, and you'll find a peerless rendition here: dense, moist, almost fruity in…
Must-see restaurants in Tallinn
Tallinn
It's worth the trek out to the far side of Pirita to reach this top-notch waterside restaurant, which consistently backs up its elevated reputation…
Old Town
This restaurant-bar is truly a multisensory adventure. Housed in a French-style villa built in 1872 and once used as a pharmacy, its interior is a wacky…
Old Town
This superb pan-Asian eatery adjoining Manna La Roosa feels like a baroque fever dream. Picking a focal point among the opulent kitsch is hard: the…
City Centre
Award-winning Ö (pronounced 'er' and named for Estonia's biggest island, Saaremaa) has carved a unique space in Tallinn’s culinary world, delivering…
Kalamaja & Telliskivi
Quietly but consistently the best restaurant in Kalamaja, Moon (pronounced 'moan'; it means 'poppy') is a gem, combining Russian and broader-European…
Kadriorg
Tucked away in the leafy, weatherboard-lined streets that merge into the greenery of Kadriorg Park, 'Cloak and Chimney' welcomes guests to a smartly…
Old Town
Located in a glass-roofed pavilion within the upscale Hotel Telegraaf, Tchaikovsky offers dazzling fine-dining mise en scène: armchairs surrounding linen…
Kalamaja & Telliskivi
In an unlikely looking commercial building just north of Telliskivi, 'Follow the Cow' is a super-welcoming Argentinian-style parilla (grill) that will…
Tallinn
A judicious hand in the kitchen respectfully reinterprets the cuisines of China, India and Southeast Asia, scattering European staples such as schnitzel…
Old Town
Nestled inside the picturesque Masters’ Courtyard and offering respite from Old Town hubbub, this snug, lavishly decorated cafe is renowned for its…
Kalamaja & Telliskivi
The trailblazing watering hole of the uberhip Telliskivi complex, the industrial-chic 'Building F' offers a quality menu of pasta, burgers, soups, salads…
Kadriorg
Occupying an old Baltic timber house well off the tourist trail, near Kadriorg Park, NOP (Neighbourhood Organic Place) is the kind of wholesome deli-cafe…
City Centre
Chic Sfäär delivers an inventive menu highlighting great Estonian produce in dishes that gesture east (veggie curry) and west (Arctic char with potato and…
Old Town
Visiting vegans are spoiled for choice in this wonderful restaurant in a timber-ceilinged, stone-walled setting. In summer the four streetside tables…
Old Town
Unlike many places around Tallinn's Town Hall Sq, this cosy chocolaterie-cafe has an invitingly relaxed ambience. Stretch out on a couch, read by…
Old Town
With a softly lit, old-fashioned dining room inside a 14th-century house, good French-inspired cooking and a winning wine list, 'Wine Restaurant' Dominic…
Old Town
An excellent example of the flourishing vegetarian and vegan dining scene in Tallinn, Plant is the finished article, from the clean style and hanging…
Old Town
With eclectic retro furniture matched by an equally wide-roaming soundtrack, courtyard seating, excellent coffee, long opening hours and select nights of…
Old Town
You'll find plenty of greenery on your plate at this rustic, plant-filled restaurant (aed means 'garden'), beneath the rough beams of a medieval merchant…
Kalamaja & Telliskivi
Spilling out from an old clapboard house on one of Kalamaja's main arteries, Boheem is a firm favourite with local bohemians. The cheap and tasty fare…
Tallinn
A little sister to Estonia's top-rated restaurant NOA, OKO sits pretty on Haabneeme's popular foreshore, sustaining holidaying families resting between…
Old Town
Aside from the wild boar, you won't see any of the stuffed animals carousing at a table in the front window (a wolf, a fox and others) on the menu, but…
Kalamaja & Telliskivi
Cocktails and craft beers, friendly tattooed staff (no doubt responsible for the immaculately tasteful Spotify playlist), a high-ceilinged industrial-chic…
City Centre
This fabulous little artisan bakery makes dense, almost fruity Estonian bread, sourdoughs, spiced pastries and other delightful things to accompany its…
Old Town
Period-garbed servers labour beneath large plates of game meats in medieval-themed Olde Hansa, once a Hanseatic merchant's house, now the place to indulge…
Old Town
The glitzy Hotel St Petersbourg is an unlikely setting for a pocket of faux-Estonian rusticity, but this smartly whitewashed 'inn' is a great place to try…
Kalamaja & Telliskivi
Tucked unsuspectingly down an industrial complex alley, this no-frills bakery offers loaves of fresh-baked sourdough, spelt and brioche breads and house…
Old Town
The name of the ground-floor restaurant at the Savoy Boutique Hotel is a contraction of Moodne Eesti Köök (modern Estonian cuisine) – defined here as a…
City Centre
Combining excellent service, a creative menu, stylish decor and magnificent views over most of the city (except, sadly, Old Town), Horisont offers a…
Old Town
The sleek, arch-vaulted dining room, Scandi-styled furniture and moody lighting set the tone for a refined and pricey dinner. Vegetarians are quite well…
Old Town
This sleek restaurant occupies three design-driven floors of a Soviet-era building with porthole-style windows and roughcast walls. There's a lightness of…
Old Town
Occupying a corner position on Old Town’s main eating street, with tables spilling outdoors in summer, Ribe serves New Nordic food in a quite formal…
Old Town
If you've ever had a hankering for braised elk roast, this warm, stone-walled place can sate it. Although it's hardly tethered to tradition, plenty of…
Old Town
If the quality of margaritas and guacamole is the barometer for Tex-Mex legitimacy, then call Tallinn the new Lone Star State. These here halls, bedecked…
Old Town
Intriguing aromas arrest visitors as they ascend the wrought-iron staircase to earth-toned dining rooms where diners linger over some of Tallinn's best…
Old Town
Food like your grandma used to make, if she was a) Estonian; and b) a really good cook. ‘Grandma’s Place’ was one of Tallinn’s most stylish restaurants in…
Old Town
Ancient wooden beams and stone pillars contrast with a sweeping pine staircase in a high-ceilinged dining room walled with shelves of wine – an…
Old Town
With live music on weekends, comfy couches, a stone-walled upstairs room and sunny summer terrace, Clayhills is a very pleasant place to take a break from…
Old Town
This Tallinn institution will plug any holes in your stomach with one of its 29 different sweet or savoury varieties of pancakes. Don’t go thinking you’ll…
