19 editor picks across Estonia.
19 estonian restaurants worth the trip across Estonia, editor-ranked. All cuisines in Estonia.
Rataskaevu 16 is the Old Town's mid-priced Estonian comfort-food room, with braised elk, beef tenderloin and chef's choice white fish on a dietary menu.
OrderBraised elk roast with potato and beetroot gratin (€28.60); add the Estonian cheese platter.
TipBook a week ahead in summer. Sister room Väike Rataskaevu at Niguliste 6 takes the overflow with a smaller menu.
NOA sits on the Viimsi coast 10 minutes north of central Tallinn, holds a 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand and is widely treated as the best sea-view dining room.
OrderSit at NOA Chef's Hall for the seven-course tasting.
TipTwo distinct rooms share the building: NOA (Bib Gourmand) and NOA Chef's Hall (one Michelin star). Book the Chef's Hall weeks ahead.
Olde Hansa on Vana turg in the Old Town is a long-running Hanseatic-feast restaurant with medieval costumes, live hurdy-gurdy music and a 14th-century menu.
OrderThe Grand Chef's Feast tasting; the kitchen runs an entirely candle-lit, electricity-free dining service.
TipLive medieval music Wed-Sat 18:00-21:00. Three floors plus a cellar, but the room books out for the feast nightly.
Tuljak on Pirita tee is the Bib Gourmand seaside room halfway out to Pirita marina, with chef Lauri-Alvari Vahemaa running a Nordic seasonal menu daily.
OrderThe weekday lunch set is the value play; the summer terrace pulls a sea-view crowd.
TipClosed June 23-24 for Jaanipaev. The bus 1A connects directly from Hobujaama in central Tallinn.
Lore Bistroo on Peetri in Noblessner is the LP Hospitality group's Bib Gourmand bistro for modern Estonian cooking in a relaxed harbour-side room daily.
OrderThe weekday lunch set, or a natural-leaning glass pour with the day's main.
TipWalk-up tables are tight at weekends; book ahead. Shares Peetri 12 with the Asian-Baltic UMA upstairs.
Mantel ja Korsten on Poska in Kadriorg holds a 2026 Bib Gourmand for Mediterranean-inspired cooking led by chef Jüri Vainküla, set in a restored 1920s villa.
OrderSharing plates from the seasonal menu; the kitchen leans Italian and Spanish with Estonian produce.
TipClosed Mondays; kitchen closes one hour before the room. A 15-minute walk from the Kumu art museum.
FUME in Rotermann is the newest Siigur-group room and a new 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand, built around a Madrid-made Vulcano Gress grill that runs the kitchen.
OrderWhatever is on the live-fire grill that night; the Vulcano sears at temperatures most kitchens cannot.
Tip120 seats inside, 60 on the summer terrace. Part of the Siigur Restaurants group alongside NOA, NOA Chef's Hall and Tuljak.
Lee Brasserie on Uus is sommelier Kristjan Peäske and chef Janno Lepik's Michelin-listed Old Town brasserie with a long international wine list now.
OrderOrder from the short seasonal menu; the kitchen names its farms and foragers.
TipOld Town room with a deep wine cellar. Was previously called Leib; the brasserie reopened as Lee.
Rataskaevu 16 in the Old Town is a long-running Estonian comfort-food institution, with braised elk roast and chef's choice white fish carrying a vegetable.
OrderBraised elk roast with potato and beetroot gratin.
TipBook a week ahead in summer. The Väike Rataskaevu sister room on Niguliste 6 runs a smaller evening menu.
Väike Rataskaevu on Niguliste is the small-format sister to Rataskaevu 16, serving a tighter dinner-only Estonian menu two streets away in the Old Town.
OrderWhatever the night's seasonal main is; the menu is shorter than the parent room.
TipSaturday lunch only, otherwise dinner. Useful when Rataskaevu 16 is full.
Lore Bistroo on Peetri in Noblessner is the LP Hospitality group's Bib Gourmand bistro, returning to the 2026 Michelin Guide Estonia for modern Estonian.
OrderThe set lunch and a glass from the natural-leaning list; the kitchen turns over weekly.
TipWalk-up tables are tight at weekends; book ahead. Sister rooms include Lee Brasserie and Uma.
Tuljak on Pirita tee holds a 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand for Nordic cooking led by chef Lauri-Alvari Vahemaa, set in the postwar Pirita Yacht Club building.
OrderThe set lunch midweek, or the seasonal tasting; the kitchen leans on Baltic fish and Estonian game.
TipClosed June 23-24 for Jaanipaev. The terrace runs in summer with sea views across to Aegna island.
Mantel ja Korsten on Poska in Kadriorg holds a 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand for Mediterranean-inspired cooking led by chef Jüri Vainküla, set in a restored.
OrderThe seasonal sharing plates; the kitchen leans Italian and Spanish with Estonian produce.
TipClosed Mondays; kitchen closes one hour before the restaurant. A 15-minute walk from the Kumu art museum.
Tchaikovsky sits inside the five-star Hotel Telegraaf on Vene in the Old Town,a Michelin-listed room run by executive chef Denis Golik with French technique.
OrderThe tasting menu paired with Champagne from the long list.
TipSunday brunch and afternoon tea also served. Live music most evenings under a glass-roofed atrium.
III Draakon under the 13th-century Town Hall on Raekoja plats is a tiny medieval-themed tavern serving elk soup, pirukad pastries and house beer cellar.
OrderElk soup and a couple of savoury pirukad; pickles come from a wooden barrel at the bar.
TipStaff stay in medieval costume and play brusque innkeeper. Cash and card both accepted; servings cost a couple of euros each.
Tchaikovsky inside five-star Hotel Telegraaf on Vene in the Old Town is a Michelin-listed room with French technique, Russian traditions and Estonian.
OrderThe tasting menu with Champagne pairing under the glass-roofed atrium.
TipLive string quartet most evenings. Sunday brunch and afternoon tea also served.
Härg on Maakri is grill master Enn Tobreluts's Michelin-listed grill room led by chef Taigo Lepik, with low-temperature beef and a dirty steak cooked.
OrderThe dirty steak cooked in the coals; or the low-temperature beef tenderloin.
TipClosed Sundays. Entrance is from Tornimäe street side. Lepik is a past President of the Estonian Chefs Association.
Rado on Vene in the Old Town is a Michelin-listed modern Estonian room with a daily-changing seasonal menu and a stylish split-level basement floor.
OrderWhatever the daily menu sends; the kitchen leans on Estonian fish and seasonal vegetables.
TipClosed Sundays. The basement seating is the calmer of the two rooms.
Härg on Maakri is a Michelin-listed grill room run by chef Taigo Lepik, with low-temperature beef and a dirty steak cooked directly in charcoal at the bar.
OrderThe dirty steak from the coals; or the low-temperature beef tenderloin.
TipClosed Sundays. Sister room Pull at Rotermanni 2 runs the same grill discipline.
