Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Tallinn for grown-ups.

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Sigmund Freud Bar ★ 4.6

Cocktail barCocktail bar€€€Mon-Thu 19:00-01:00; Fri-Sat 19:00-03:00; Sun 19:00-01:00

Sigmund Freud Bar on Sauna in the Old Town is a 2016-opened cocktail room with Freud-shaped ceramics, listed in 50 Best Discovery for its drinks list.

Signature drink: Freud-themed signature cocktails

Food: Bar snacks

Junimperium Distillery Bar ★ 4.5

Cocktail barGin bar€€€Wed-Sat 17:00-00:00; Sun-Tue closed

Junimperium in Telliskivi is the bar of Estonia's first open artisan gin distillery, with gin cocktails and tasting flights paired to the in-house bottlings.

Signature drink: Junimperium gin and tonic flight

Food: Snacks and small plates

Põhjala Tap Room ★ 4.8

Cocktail barBrewery taproom€€€Tue-Thu 12:00-00:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-01:00; Sun 10:00-17:00

Põhjala Tap Room in Noblessner is Estonia's largest craft brewery taproom with 24 taps, a Texas-style barbecue kitchen and a sauna in the back of the room.

Signature drink: Põhjala Öö imperial porter on tap

Food: Texas-style barbecue

Kompressor Pub ★ 4.2

Cocktail barBeer pub€€€Daily 11:00-22:00; kitchen until 21:30

Kompressor on Rataskaevu is the legendary cheap-pancake pub of the Old Town, with Estonian craft beer on tap and 29 pancake varieties on the kitchen counter.

Signature drink: Estonian craft beer with pancake plate

Food: 29 pancake varieties

Must Puudel ★ 4.3

Cocktail barCafe-bar€€€Mon-Tue 09:00-23:00; Wed-Thu 09:00-01:00; Fri-Sat 09:00-02:00; Sun 09:00-23:00

Must Puudel on Müürivahe runs as a Soviet-decor cafe by day and a packed late-night bar by night, with the same regular crowd Estonian craft beer and a long.

Signature drink: Hot chocolate by day, craft beer by night

Food: Cakes and savoury bowls

Fotografiska Rooftop Bar ★ 4.7

Cocktail barRooftop cocktail bar€€€Wed-Thu 12:00-00:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-01:00; Sun 12:00-18:00; Mon-Tue closed

Fotografiska's rooftop bar above the photography museum mixes cocktails with honey from in-house beehives and herbs from the rooftop garden.

Signature drink: Rooftop-honey cocktail

Food: Nordic small plates

Tchaikovsky Bar ★ 4.1

Cocktail barHotel cocktail bar€€€Mon 13:00-23:00; Tue-Sun 12:00-23:00

Tchaikovsky bar inside Hotel Telegraaf serves Champagne, classic cocktails and Russian-French afternoon tea under the glass-roofed atrium with live string.

Signature drink: Champagne by the glass with afternoon tea

Food: Russian-French afternoon tea

Tanker Brewery Taproom ★ 4.0

Cocktail barBrewery taproom€€€Thu-Fri 16:00-22:00; Sat 14:00-22:00; Sun-Wed closed

Tanker on Kesk tee in Jüri south of Tallinn is the brewery taproom of one of Estonia's most-awarded craft beer producers, with Sauna Session birch-whisk.

Signature drink: Sauna Session birch-whisk beer

Food: Bar snacks

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