Where to sit, sip and slow down in Tallinn.
Coffee shops, bakeries with seats and the places Tallinn lingers in over a cortado.
Maiasmokk on Pikk has been Tallinn's confectionery cafe since 1864, the oldest continuously operating cafe in Estonia with a marzipan-painting room daily.
Signature drink: Hot chocolate with marzipan
Order: Hot chocolate and a piece of hand-painted marzipan; the kringel sweet bread is the everyday order.
Tip: The marzipan room runs an audioguide tour. Cake counter at the door for takeaway.
Must Puudel on Müürivahe in the Old Town runs Soviet-era furniture, homemade hot chocolate and a long cake counter, with the same eclectic mid-20th-century.
Signature drink: House hot chocolate
Order: House hot chocolate and a slice of the daily cake; the kitchen also serves savoury bowls past midnight.
Tip: Becomes a bar after 21:00 with a young local crowd. Late kitchen weekends past midnight.
NOP on Köleri in Kadriorg is an organic shop-cafe near the Kadriorg Palace, serving locally sourced organic breakfasts, soup of the day and a small bakery.
Signature drink: Organic filter coffee
Order: Soup of the day with sourdough, the organic shop sells take-home jams.
Tip: Walkable from the Kumu art museum. The terrace runs from May to September.
Reval Cafe on Müürivahe is one of 13 cafes in the Reval chain that since 2005 has run breakfasts, soups and cakes across the Tallinn region every day.
Signature drink: Estonian coffee with marzipan cake
Order: Daily soup at lunch; the chain bakes its own marzipan cake and cardamom buns.
Tip: Reval has 13 locations across Tallinn, Viimsi and Tartu. The Müürivahe branch sits a block from Town Hall Square.
Kohvik Sesoon on Kotzebue in Kalamaja is a small neighbourhood cafe with seasonally rotating cakes and a tight specialty-coffee programme, run by a Kalamaja.
Signature drink: Seasonal espresso flight
Order: Daily cake plus a filter pour; the bake list rotates fortnightly.
Tip: Walking distance from the Telliskivi complex; combine with the Patarei seafront.
Renard on Telliskivi is a specialty coffee shop pairing a vintage motorcycle dealership with Nordic-roasted filter coffee, sourced rotating from European.
Signature drink: Nordic-roasted filter coffee
Order: Filter pour from the current roastery rotation; espresso list also runs through Nordic roasters.
Tip: Sister space is the Speed Shop next door; both share the motorcycle-themed interior.
RØST on Rotermanni is a Scandinavian bakery and specialty coffee cafe in the converted Nisuveski grain-mill, with sourdough loaves baked fresh daily.
Signature drink: Filter coffee with cardamom bun
Order: Cardamom bun and a flat white; or grab a sourdough loaf to go.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Order a sandwich at the counter for a cheap Old Town lunch.
Fotografiska Cafe on the first floor of the Telliskivi photography museum runs fresh filter coffee,a bakery counter and a daily lunch service.
Signature drink: Filter coffee with bakery pastry
Order: Daily lunch from the counter; the cafe shares a kitchen team with the upstairs Michelin room.
Tip: Open seven days, unlike the Wed-Sun upstairs restaurant. Useful for a quick lunch before the gallery.
Kompressor on Rataskaevu in the Old Town is the legendary cheap-pancake pub, with 29 different sweet and savoury dinner-plate-sized pancakes every day.
Signature drink: Craft beer with savoury pancake
Order: Smoked chicken with curry sauce pancake; or the Estonian smoked cheese and ham version. Add a craft beer.
Tip: Cash and card both. The crowd is mostly tourist by 19:00; come at lunch for the local pace.