Vanalinn (Old Town) food guide
10 editor picks in Vanalinn (Old Town), Tallinn.
Order Braised elk roast with potato and beetroot gratin (€28.60); add the Estonian cheese platter.
Rataskaevu 16 is the Old Town's mid-priced Estonian comfort-food room, with braised elk, beef tenderloin and chef's choice white fish on a dietary menu.
Order The Grand Chef's Feast tasting; the kitchen runs an entirely candle-lit, electricity-free dining service.
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.
Order Order from the short seasonal menu; the kitchen names its farms and foragers.
Lee Brasserie on Uus is sommelier Kristjan Peäske and chef Janno Lepik's Michelin-listed Old Town brasserie with a long international wine list now.
Order Whatever the night's seasonal main is; the menu is shorter than the parent room.
Väike Rataskaevu on Niguliste is the small-format sister to Rataskaevu 16, serving a tighter dinner-only Estonian menu two streets away in the Old Town.
Order The tasting menu paired with Champagne from the long list.
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.
Order Elk soup and a couple of savoury pirukad; pickles come from a wooden barrel at the bar.
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.
Order The dirty steak cooked in the coals; or the low-temperature beef tenderloin.
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.
Order Whatever the daily menu sends; the kitchen leans on Estonian fish and seasonal vegetables.
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.
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