The best restaurants in Saaremaa
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.
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.
The dining area is furnished with upcycled furniture. The owner, Ülle Kiirend, might as well live here. She is always around, adding a personal touch and looking after diners; and when she is not, she is probably on a journey to discover new drinks to offer. The food at Prelude has never disappointed. It is the simple everyday food of the islanders. Must try: freshly shucked oysters.
The restaurant has changed hands many times, as have the cooking methods. But the Bottengarn Restaurant, with its dining tables in a modern, renovated, spacious building, decorated with fishing memorabilia and with an incredible view of the harbour and the sea, is the same Bottengarn from year to year. It is worth coming here in any season to see and taste the ever changing dishes.