"Sunday Opening" Restaurants in Estonia
Pädaste Manor serves Nordic island cuisine. Just like the Nordic weather, the dishes are subject to frequent changes and the menu is completely new for each season. However, you will not be served the traditional simple, rustic dishes of the past, but dishes inspired by them, using the same ingredients. In all other respects, Pädaste's cuisine is a unique form of contemporary culinary art.
The glamorous lifestyle is rather unfamiliar to Estonia. Those who can't live without glamour look for it elsewhere, for example in Monaco. But there is one place in Tallinn that bears a strong comparison with Monaco. This restaurant is Puri in Kakumäe Marina Haven. Start with champagne and caviar, move on to sole or halibut and finish with a dessert called Malibu Club. Tallinn is just big enough for a well-run, classy restaurant to thrive, especially as the glamour is authentic and not a carbon copy from somewhere else.
The restaurant combines French hedonism with Nordic minimalism and marks the beginning of a new chapter in Estonian gastronomy. With its unique cuisine, it is radically different from the rest, especially at a challenging time when most restaurants seem to be looking for a middle ground.
NOA Restaurant is the little brother of the famous NOA Chef's Hall and is located next door in the same building. The casual dining here is not far from the fine dining experience offered by NOA Chef's Hall. The view of Tallinn Bay and the Tallinn skyline is just a little more impressive. The cuisine reflects the latest trends.
In a single summer, the little yellow wooden house has made the tiny village of Lüllemäe a household name among Estonian gourmets. Here, the journey from farm to fork is the shortest in both time and distance, as most of the ingredients are grown by the three sisters either in the greenhouse or on the various allotments nearby.
The windows of Laulasmaa La Spa Restaurant Wicca offer a majestic view of the sea through the pine trees. It would be hard to find a more beautiful natural setting for a restaurant. Wicca brings all this beauty to your plate in the form of flavours. The windows of Laulasmaa La Spa Restaurant Wicca offer a majestic view of the sea through the pine trees. It would be hard to find a more beautiful natural setting for a restaurant. Wicca brings all this beauty to your plate in the form of flavours. At least one of the flavours in every dish confirms that the food's origin can be found right here in the natural surroundings.
If you want to know what produce is in season, skip the market, because Rado does all the hard work for you every morning - so all you have to do is turn up and enjoy. The Tallinn restaurant was so successful that an almost identical one has been opened in Haapsalu.
The GMP Pühajärve Restaurant in the only tower block in the Pühajärve area, surrounded by the ski paths of Otepää, is a place with a long tradition. The legendary party place of the Soviet period has ripened into a restaurant that demonstrates tones and to all the undeniable charm of food that is taken straight from the field to the kitchen.
The Hedon Hotel and its spa are undoubtedly among the best in Estonia, as is the hotel's Raimond restaurant. The food alone shows that the restaurant dares to experiment. This is the birthplace of Pärnu's culinary style. The service is elegant. Local craft drinks are well represented on the drinks list.
Rudolf is an elegant restaurant. The interior has strong Nordic influences, but the ambience is truly French. A glass of champagne is always the perfect drink, and the hearty onion soup is one of the most requested dishes. There are several French restaurants in Tallinn, but they can't quite compete with Rudolf's elegant service. Rudolf is like a French Academy of Etiquette in Tallinn.
Cru is chef Mark Keerd's culinary oasis. After working in several renowned restaurants, he now has his own restaurant. Mark offers personalised modern cuisine with a Slavic twist in every dish. In summer, the best tables in the restaurant are in the sun-drenched historic courtyard.
Located in a small wooden building next to the large Kadriorg Park, the restaurant is designed to represent the Mediterranean spirit of Estonian life. The competent and always young and cheerful service will advise each guest on the most suitable dish and drink. However, the tasting menu is the restaurant's best experience.
To a first-time visitor, Peet Ruut looks more like a private club than a restaurant. This impression is not entirely wrong. Ecologically pure food is the restaurant's passion, and its guests are usually the ones who appreciate it. The drinks are selected according to the same principles.
In Estonia, Moon is synonymous with simply good food and drink. The interior has remained virtually unchanged over the years. Even the dishes from the restaurant's early years are still on the menu, with occasional minor updates. New diners discover it and those who know it return. Classics never go out of fashion.
There are only a handful of cellar restaurants left in Tallinn. The Stenhus Restaurant at Hotel Schlössle is in a class of its own. In a cosy atmosphere that is not typical of a cellar restaurant, it serves dishes that are carefully prepared with the highest quality of raw ingredients, together with an exemplary selection of drinks.
In recent years, the Baltic Sea has been unpredictable and it's hard to be sure of a good catch, but something is always caught. Toomas Leedu, the chef at Kuursaal Restaurant, gets the first pick of that 'something'. That is why the restaurant's main menu is always accompanied by a separate daily fresh fish menu. On the worst days, the menu consists of two lines, but there is always something eye-catching.
Life literally follows the sun at Lore, a bistro on the pier of Noblessner's harbour. As soon as the sun comes out from behind the clouds, the bistro is filled with people wanting to eat, drink and socialise. But don't underestimate Lore on a gloomy day. If you run out of things to talk about, the food will make up for it. Eclectically prepared from local ingredients, it boldly incorporates flavours from all over the world and is paired with drinks from an extensive menu.
During the Soviet era, Tuljak was built in the Flower Pavilion so that the whole complex could be seen as an example of the success of socialism. In the early years of Estonia's regained independence, the Carina restaurant on this site was like a bright dream of what life would be like in the future. Now the dream has come true. Tuljak is one of the most stylish restaurants in Estonia, both inside and out, and the food and drinks are equally impressive.
Café or restaurant? Fellin will make your head spin on your first visit. The menu starts with desserts and cakes, but the rest is on a par with a proper restaurant. A café to pass the time and also a place to savour desserts. A restaurant to enjoy the pure harmony of food and drink.
Kogu Restaurant is open all day. In the mornings, it serves breakfasts worth travelling across town for and original pastries straight from the oven. For lunch and dinner, Kogu Restaurant is a stylish rival to some of the city's finest restaurants.