Osteria il Cru is an italian restaurant in Vanalinn, Tallinn.
Osteria il Cru on Viru is the Old Town's reliable mid-priced Italian, with hand-rolled pasta and an olive tree inside the dining room basement floor.
Signature dishes: Hand-rolled pasta, Italian sharing plates
Must order: Whatever pasta is on the daily menu; the wine list runs deep on Italian regions.
Tip: Closing times shift in autumn-winter. Was formerly Cru; relaunched as Osteria il Cru in 2024.
Address: Viru 8, 10140 Tallinn
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.
Signature: Grand Chef's Feast, Bear and elk plates
Order: The Grand Chef's Feast tasting; the kitchen runs an entirely candle-lit, electricity-free dining service.
Tip: Live medieval music Wed-Sat 18:00-21:00. Three floors plus a cellar, but the room books out for the feast nightly.
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.
Signature: Elk soup, Savoury pirukad pastries
Order: Elk soup and a couple of savoury pirukad; pickles come from a wooden barrel at the bar.
Tip: Staff stay in medieval costume and play brusque innkeeper. Cash and card both accepted; servings cost a couple of euros each.
Pegasus on Harju has been a Tallinn dining-room landmark since 1962, with three floors of modern European cooking and Harju Hill views above the Old Town.
Signature: Daily seasonal mains, Modern European plates
Order: Whatever the seasonal daily menu sends; the kitchen runs a vegetarian-friendly room with full vegan options.
Tip: Vintage Pegasus interior preserves the Soviet-era ceiling. Window tables look across Vabaduse square.
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.
Signature: Grand Chef's Feast, Bear and elk plates
Order: The Grand Chef's Feast tasting; the kitchen runs an entirely candle-lit, electricity-free dining service.
Tip: Live medieval music Wed-Sat 18:00-21:00. Three floors plus a cellar, but the room books out for the feast nightly.
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.
Signature: Elk soup, Savoury pirukad pastries
Order: Elk soup and a couple of savoury pirukad; pickles come from a wooden barrel at the bar.
Tip: Staff stay in medieval costume and play brusque innkeeper. Cash and card both accepted; servings cost a couple of euros each.
Pegasus on Harju has been a Tallinn dining-room landmark since 1962, with three floors of modern European cooking and Harju Hill views above the Old Town.
Signature: Daily seasonal mains, Modern European plates
Order: Whatever the seasonal daily menu sends; the kitchen runs a vegetarian-friendly room with full vegan options.
Tip: Vintage Pegasus interior preserves the Soviet-era ceiling. Window tables look across Vabaduse square.
Restaurant Radio on Terase in the Telliskivi-Kadriorg corridor is a Michelin-listed modern European room with a daily lunch, recognised in the 2026 Guide.
Signature: Seasonal mains, Daily lunch menu
Order: Daily lunch deal weekdays; the dinner menu rotates with the season.
Tip: Open seven days; rare for a Michelin-listed Tallinn room. Walk-in friendly midweek.
Moon on Telliskivi is the Michelin-listed Russian room in the creative quarter, with Siberian pelmeni, beetroot borscht and house-fermented dairy daily.
Signature: Pelmeni, Borscht
Order: Pelmeni and borscht; the kitchen ferments its own sour cream and bakes the bread daily.
Tip: Moved to the G-building Telliskivi address in mid-2025. Vegetarian options are explicit on the menu.
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.
Signature: Dirty steak, Grilled lamb
Order: The dirty steak from the coals; or the low-temperature beef tenderloin.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Sister room Pull at Rotermanni 2 runs the same grill discipline.
