Kohvik Sesoon is a cafe in Tallinn.
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.
Must order: Daily cake plus a filter pour; the bake list rotates fortnightly.
Tip: Walking distance from the Telliskivi complex; combine with the Patarei seafront.
Address: Kotzebue 18, 10414 Tallinn
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.
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.
