13 editor picks in Tallinn.
13 restaurants in Tallinn, editor-picked for restaurants open monday. Open on monday, the day most kitchens go dark. All restaurants in Tallinn.
NOA sits on the Viimsi coast 10 minutes north of central Tallinn, holds a 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand and is widely treated as the best sea-view dining room.
OrderSit at NOA Chef's Hall for the seven-course tasting.
TipTwo distinct rooms share the building: NOA (Bib Gourmand) and NOA Chef's Hall (one Michelin star). Book the Chef's Hall weeks ahead.
FUME in Rotermann is the newest Siigur-group room and a new 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand, built around a Madrid-made Vulcano Gress grill that runs the kitchen.
OrderWhatever is on the live-fire grill that night; the Vulcano sears at temperatures most kitchens cannot.
Tip120 seats inside, 60 on the summer terrace. Part of the Siigur Restaurants group alongside NOA, NOA Chef's Hall and Tuljak.
Rataskaevu 16 in the Old Town is a long-running Estonian comfort-food institution, with braised elk roast and chef's choice white fish carrying a vegetable.
OrderBraised elk roast with potato and beetroot gratin.
TipBook a week ahead in summer. The Väike Rataskaevu sister room on Niguliste 6 runs a smaller evening menu.
Lore Bistroo on Peetri in Noblessner is the LP Hospitality group's Bib Gourmand bistro, returning to the 2026 Michelin Guide Estonia for modern Estonian.
OrderThe set lunch and a glass from the natural-leaning list; the kitchen turns over weekly.
TipWalk-up tables are tight at weekends; book ahead. Sister rooms include Lee Brasserie and Uma.
Tuljak on Pirita tee holds a 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand for Nordic cooking led by chef Lauri-Alvari Vahemaa, set in the postwar Pirita Yacht Club building.
OrderThe set lunch midweek, or the seasonal tasting; the kitchen leans on Baltic fish and Estonian game.
TipClosed June 23-24 for Jaanipaev. The terrace runs in summer with sea views across to Aegna island.
Tchaikovsky sits inside the five-star Hotel Telegraaf on Vene in the Old Town,a Michelin-listed room run by executive chef Denis Golik with French technique.
OrderThe tasting menu paired with Champagne from the long list.
TipSunday brunch and afternoon tea also served. Live music most evenings under a glass-roofed atrium.
Härg on Maakri is grill master Enn Tobreluts's Michelin-listed grill room led by chef Taigo Lepik, with low-temperature beef and a dirty steak cooked.
OrderThe dirty steak cooked in the coals; or the low-temperature beef tenderloin.
TipClosed Sundays. Entrance is from Tornimäe street side. Lepik is a past President of the Estonian Chefs Association.
Pull on Rotermanni is a Michelin-listed steakhouse inside a 19th-century grain elevator in the Rotermann Quarter,run by grill masters Enn Tobreluts.
OrderThe grilled steak from the charcoal pit; the kitchen also smokes its own short rib and brisket.
TipSister room of Härg with shared ownership and similar grill discipline. Closed Sundays.
Rado on Vene in the Old Town is a Michelin-listed modern Estonian room with a daily-changing seasonal menu and a stylish split-level basement floor.
OrderWhatever the daily menu sends; the kitchen leans on Estonian fish and seasonal vegetables.
TipClosed Sundays. The basement seating is the calmer of the two rooms.
Mon Repos on Narva mnt in Kadriorg is a Michelin-listed modern European room, with a first-floor Head Chef's Hall running a four to six course tasting menu.
OrderThe Head Chef's Hall tasting menu upstairs Thursday to Saturday from 18:00.
TipSunday brunch served from 11:00. Park-side terrace runs in summer.
Osteria il Cru in the oldest building on Viru is a Michelin-listed Italian room with an olive tree in the small Old Town hotel dining area now.
OrderWhatever pasta is on; the menu is short, seasonal and Italian-leaning.
TipPreviously called Cru. The hotel above runs the same name; the restaurant relaunched as Osteria il Cru in 2024.
Moon on Telliskivi is a Michelin-listed Russian room running Siberian pelmeni dumplings, borscht and dairy-led mains; it moved to a new Telliskivi address.
OrderPelmeni and borscht; the kitchen pickles, ferments and sour-creams its own dairy.
TipVegetarian options are explicit on the menu. The G-building entrance is at the Telliskivi-end of the complex.
Salt on Vase in Kadriorg is a small progressive European room with French technique and Mediterranean accents, plus vegan and gluten-free options daily.
OrderThe grilled octopus or the daily tartare; the menu accommodates gluten-free and vegan diners.
TipTiny dining room with maybe a dozen tables; book ahead. Closed Sundays for most of the year.
