Tallinn: Food and History Walking Tour
Discover the vibrant culinary scene of Tallinn on a guided foodie walking tour. Enjoy 6/7 food and drink stops throughout the Old Town and Kalamaja quarter.
12 cafe places in Tallinn we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Tallinn | Cafe across every city.
Cafe culture runs deep in Tallinn, from grand old houses to modern roasteries. Maiasmokk on Pikk 16 is the historic heart of it in the Old Town, while Kohvik Must Puudel and Reval Cafe Müürivahe sit nearby on Müürivahe. Across town, Renard Coffee Shop and Fotografiska Cafe anchor the contemporary scene in the Telliskivi quarter, and NOP keeps things neighbourly in Kadriorg.
Maiasmokk ★ 4.5
Pikk 16, 10123 Tallinn
Maiasmokk on Pikk has been Tallinn's confectionery cafe since 1864, the oldest continuously operating cafe in Estonia with a marzipan-painting room daily.
Kohvik Must Puudel ★ 4.4
Müürivahe 20, 10140 Tallinn
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.
NOP ★ 4.3
Johann Köleri 1, 10150 Tallinn
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.
Reval Cafe Müürivahe ★ 4.0
Müürivahe 14, 10140 Tallinn
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.
Kohvik Sesoon ★ 4.2
Kotzebue 18, 10414 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.
Renard Coffee Shop ★ 4.4
Telliskivi 62, 10412 Tallinn
Renard on Telliskivi is a specialty coffee shop pairing a vintage motorcycle dealership with Nordic-roasted filter coffee, sourced rotating from European.
RØST Bakery & Cafe ★ 4.5
Rotermanni 14, 10111 Tallinn
RØST on Rotermanni is a Scandinavian bakery and specialty coffee cafe in the converted Nisuveski grain-mill, with sourdough loaves baked fresh daily.
Fotografiska Cafe ★ 4.3
Telliskivi 60a-8, 10412 Tallinn
Fotografiska Cafe on the first floor of the Telliskivi photography museum runs fresh filter coffee,a bakery counter and a daily lunch service.
Kompressor ★ 4.3
Rataskaevu 3, 10123 Tallinn
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.
Must Puudel ★ 4.2
Müürivahe 20, 10140 Tallinn
Must Puudel on Müürivahe runs a late kitchen into the early hours of the weekend, with savoury bowls, craft beer and the same Soviet-decor crowd that fills.
NOP ★ 4.3
Johann Köleri 1, 10150 Tallinn
NOP is a Kadriorg organic shop-cafe near the palace park; locals lunch on soup of the day and the shop sells take-home jams and small-producer beers.
Kohvik Sesoon ★ 4.2
Kotzebue 18, 10414 Tallinn
Kohvik Sesoon is a Kalamaja specialty cafe walkable from the Telliskivi complex; the seasonal cake list rotates fortnightly with tight espresso.
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