Country dossier
Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries across Lithuania in the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Lithuania
Demo in Vilnius Old Town, Džiaugsmas in Old Town, and Nineteen18 in Old Town each hold a Michelin star and serve a tasting menu. Wine service is sommelier-led at Demo and Nineteen18, and Džiaugsmas pours natural wine and beer.
Demo in Vilnius Old Town holds a Michelin star and Star Wine List awards. The wine program is sommelier-led, and the kitchen serves a tasting menu and a set menu. The room moves from a casual café by day to intimate fine dining by night, with locally sourced seasonal cooking. Chef Tommi Tuominen cooks modern European small plates. It has 95 Falstaff points dated 2026.
Džiaugsmas in Old Town holds a Michelin star and a Star Wine List award. The restaurant pours natural wine and beer. The kitchen serves a tasting menu, a la carte, and small plates. Chef Martynas Praškevičius cooks locally sourced seasonal ingredients for hands-on dining. Opinionated About Dining ranked it number 423 among its Top Restaurants in Europe in 2025 and recommended it in 2026.
Nineteen18 in Old Town holds a Michelin star. The wine program is exceptional, the list is extensive, and service is sommelier-led. The format is a ten-course tasting menu in an industrial-style room with a relaxed tempo. Chef Andrius Kubilius uses produce from the restaurant’s own farm for a menu built around Lithuanian culinary heritage. It has 96 Falstaff points dated 2026.
These bars sit in Old Town, Naujamiestis, and Vilnius Old Town, and their lists cover natural wine, conventional wine, and sparkling wine. The Bubbles. Champagneria in Old Town has over 100 types of sparkling wine, including grower Champagnes.
The Bubbles. Champagneria in Old Town is one of Vilnius’s longest-running bars devoted to sparkling wine, with over 100 types, including grower Champagnes. Seasonal fresh oysters are served with the list. The wine program is exceptional, and the bar holds a Star Wine List award for 2026.
Vyno Vieta in Naujamiestis is a cosy neighbourhood wine bar. Its program pours conventional wine and natural wine, and the list is a balanced global selection. In our guide, the bar holds Star Wine List awards dated 2024 and 2026.
Vistide in Vilnius Old Town is a cosy wine bar focused on natural wines. The staff talk through the story of each bottle. The bar holds Star Wine List awards dated 2024 and 2026.
Burbulio Vyninė in Old Town is a compact wine bar and bottle shop. Its list focuses entirely on Italian producers, and the bar pours conventional wine along with craft beer. The format combines drinking on site with retail browsing. Small rooms filled with bottles make up the interior, and artisanal charcuterie is served. A Star Wine List award is dated 2026.
Monte Pacis in Pažaislis holds a Michelin Plate, Nüman in Old Town in Kaunas holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, and Apvalaus Stalo Klubo in Trakai holds a Michelin Plate.
Monte Pacis in Pažaislis holds a Michelin Plate and Star Wine List awards. The wine program is exceptional, with an extensive list and sommelier-led service. The restaurant occupies a converted 17th-century monastery guesthouse. The cooking reinterprets traditional Baltic cuisine in a modern style. Formats include a tasting menu, a set menu, and a la carte, and the cellar holds over 200 individually chosen Lithuanian wines.
Nüman in Old Town in Kaunas holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, with awards dated 2024, 2025, and 2026. The wine program is sommelier-led. Formats are a tasting menu and a prix fixe. The restaurant serves Nordic fine dining with seasonal Lithuanian ingredients in a historic former butcher’s shop. Chef Johanna Nußbaumer runs the kitchen.
Apvalaus Stalo Klubo in Trakai holds a Michelin Plate. The wine program has an extensive wine list and sommelier-led service. The formats are a la carte and a tasting menu. Floor-to-ceiling windows look toward the 14th-century Trakai Island Castle from the shore of Lake Galve, and a terrace sits on the lakeside.
monai in Klaipeda Old Town holds a Michelin Plate and serves modern Baltic seasonal cooking. Red Brick in Radiškis holds a Michelin star and a tasting menu on a regenerative farm, and Pievos in Birstonas town centre holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand in a space that combines a florist, a café, and a seasonal restaurant.
monai in Klaipeda Old Town holds a Michelin Plate, with Plate awards dated 2024, 2025, and 2026. The wine program is sommelier-led, and beer is served as well. Formats are a la carte and a tasting menu. The room is intimate and home-like, with a view of the open kitchen, and the kitchen serves tuna tartar and house-baked bread.
Red Brick in Radiškis holds a Michelin star dated 2026, following earlier Michelin Plate awards. The list is extensive, and natural wine is poured. The format is a tasting menu. The restaurant is a restored barn on a 1,730-acre regenerative farm, and the menu uses hyper-seasonal ingredients grown on site.
Pievos in Birstonas town centre holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand dated 2026. Craft cocktails are served. The formats are a la carte and small plates. The flower-filled space combines a florist, a café, and a seasonal restaurant, with seasonal modern European cooking and Lithuanian influences. It is among Lithuania’s 30 best restaurants.
Old Town holds four of the eight bars in our guide: plusone, À Ta Santé, The Bubbles. Champagneria, and Burbulio Vyninė. A bar also sits in each of Vilnius Old Town, Naujamiestis, Paupys, and historic center: Vistide, Vyno Vieta, Kalba žmonės, and Vinería de Chile. Pažaislis adds Monte Pacis, with an exceptional wine program and over 200 individually chosen Lithuanian wines.
Our guide lists 5 Michelin-starred restaurants in Lithuania. Demo and Deep Roots are in Vilnius Old Town, and Džiaugsmas and Nineteen18 are in Old Town. Red Brick in Radiškis is the starred restaurant outside Vilnius, and its latest dated Michelin award is a star from 2026.
In Vilnius Old Town, Demo and Deep Roots serve tasting menus, and in Old Town, Džiaugsmas and Nineteen18 do too. Pacai, Stikliai, and Telegrafas in Vilnius Old Town, plus SOMM The Wine Bar and 14Horses in Old Town, also serve tasting menus. Outside Vilnius, tasting menus are also served at Monte Pacis in Pažaislis, Nüman in Old Town in Kaunas, Apvalaus Stalo Klubo in Trakai, Red Brick in Radiškis, and monai in Klaipeda Old Town.
In Old Town, Star Wine List awards in our guide are held by Džiaugsmas, SOMM The Wine Bar, 14Horses, plusone, À Ta Santé, The Bubbles. Champagneria, and Burbulio Vyninė. Demo, Pacai, Telegrafas, and Vistide hold them in Vilnius Old Town, along with Gaspar's in Pylimo Street, Le Travi in Užupis, HeJi in Lukiškiai, Monte Pacis in Pažaislis, Fabrikėlis in Valakampiai, Vinería de Chile in historic center, Kalba žmonės in Paupys, and Vyno Vieta in Naujamiestis.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
Lithuania
Selected entries from the current guide for Lithuania.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Demo holds a Michelin star and a La Liste score of 77 points, placing it firmly inside Vilnius's small tier of destination-level dining. Chef Tommi Tuominen's format of modern European small plates and serious wine makes it the city's clearest crossover between a precision kitchen and a wine bar. Evenings run Tuesday through Sunday from 18:00, with Saturday lunch service also available.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Džiaugsmas holds a Michelin star and a place on La Liste's 2026 rankings at a price point, €€, that sits well below its European peer group. On Vilniaus gatvė in Vilnius's Old Town, Chef Martynas Praškevicius runs a modern cuisine format that has attracted sustained critical attention since at least 2024. For visitors calibrating where to spend in a city with serious dining ambition, this is where the maths works most clearly.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Nineteen18 holds a Michelin star and a La Liste ranking inside a courtyard complex in Vilnius's historic centre, where a sealed ten-course menu anchors an industrial-style dining room that runs with a deliberately relaxed tempo. Chef Andrius Kubilius draws produce from the restaurant's own farm, and the kitchen counter is the seat of choice for anyone who wants to follow the cooking in real time.
Vilnius, Lithuania
On the edge of Vilnius's Old Town, Gaspar's holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and consecutive Star Wine List honours for its concise, produce-led menu that draws on Goan and Portuguese culinary traditions. Chef Gaspar Fernandes, a Le Cordon Bleu graduate, works within a historically layered space that once served as part of the city's Jewish Quarter. At the €€ price tier, it occupies a distinctive position among Vilnius's recognised dining addresses.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A sommelier-led wine and dining concept on Pylimo gatvė, Somm pairs French-Japanese fare with a cellar spanning more than 1,600 labels. Michelin Plate recognition and an Opinionated About Dining ranking signal where it sits among Vilnius's modern dining addresses. The format, breakfast through late night, with 75ml tasting pours and weekend Sommelier Lunches, is built for unhurried, wine-forward eating.
Vilnius, Lithuania
The chef draws from his great-grandmother's recipes and presents a multi-course format with detailed commentary.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Pas mus in Vilnius is permanently closed. This profile is retained as a historical record of the former restaurant at Pilies g. 28.
Radiškis, Lithuania
Red Brick holds a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025, placing it among a small cohort of recognised modern cuisine addresses outside Lithuania's main cities.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A Michelin Bib Gourmand-recognised Italian in the heart of Vilnius's Užupis district, Le Travi pairs honest trattoria cooking with a wine program that earned three Star Wine List placements in 2023. The budget-friendly price point, and an address in one of the Baltic's most characterful neighbourhoods make it a consistent reference point for Italian dining in the Lithuanian capital.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A Michelin Bib Gourmand holder on Dominikonų gatvė, 14Horses sits inside the tighter, more principled end of Vilnius modern dining. The format is structured but flexible, four courses with room to reconfigure, and the kitchen draws ingredients from a regenerative farm in Radiškis. Star Wine List has ranked it among Lithuania's top wine addresses across multiple consecutive years.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Pacai occupies a 17th-century baroque mansion on Didžioji Street, one of Vilnius's most historically loaded addresses, and earns its place among the city's serious modern cuisine options with consecutive Michelin Plate recognition and a wine program that has placed in the Star Wine List rankings every year since 2023. At the €€€ price tier, it sits above the casual end of the Vilnius dining scene and competes on credentials rather than novelty.
Vilnius, Lithuania
HeJi holds a Michelin Plate (2025) and four consecutive Star Wine List nominations, positioning it at the upper end of Vilnius fine dining. A Far East-inspired project at Lukiškių g. 3, it combines a champagne and seafood bar, cocktail bar, full-service restaurant, and rooftop terrace under one glass-roofed address, with dim sum and charcoal-grilled beef among its signature offerings. Price range sits at €€€.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Monte Pacis holds a Michelin Plate and three consecutive Star Wine List top rankings, making it among the more decorated contemporary restaurants in Kaunas. Set within a hotel property on Tito Masiulio gatvė, it operates at the €€ price tier, placing serious wine credentials and recognised cooking within reach of a mid-range spend. For visitors tracing Lithuania's emerging fine-dining circuit, it belongs near the upper end of any serious itinerary.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Vilnius's most committed classic French address, Stikliai on Gaono gatvė holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025 for cooking that references the European canon rather than chasing local trends. At the €€€€ tier, it is the Old Town reference point for formal French dining.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Augustin holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand (2025) and sits on Didžioji gatvė in Vilnius Old Town, offering modern cuisine at a mid-range price point under chef Dave Evans. A step up from its 2024 Michelin Plate recognition, it represents the more accessible end of Vilnius's growing serious-dining tier, where quality and value converge without the formality of a full Michelin star room.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A Michelin Bib Gourmand recipient for 2025, B'ARN Bistro operates at the accessible end of Vilnius's international dining tier, drawing a loyal local crowd to its address on Visų Šventųjų gatvė. The €€ price point and international menu position it within the same value-conscious but quality-driven bracket that has defined the city's bistro culture.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A Michelin Bib Gourmand-recognised French restaurant on Vilnius's historic Didžioji Street, Kristoforas sits at the accessible end of the capital's fine-dining tier, where classical technique meets the city's growing appetite for European formality done without pretension.
Kaunas, Lithuania
A Michelin Bib Gourmand holder on Kaunas's Nemuno Street, Nüman operates from a building with a layered history, butcher's shop, then bistro, and the atmosphere reflects that accretion. Chef Johanna Nußbaumer's seasonally driven menu moves between duck dumplings and guinea fowl with confident flair, and the price-to-quality ratio places it squarely in Kaunas's most rewarding mid-range tier.
Birstonas, Lithuania
Café, florist, and seasonal restaurant in one gentle package. Pievos anchors a corner of Birštonas with bright, vegetable-forward plates—sauerkraut broth with ravioli, roast duck with beetroot chutney—and a dessert counter chosen by eye. Fair pricing, greenery everywhere, and genuine local warmth make it a quiet fixture in Lithuania's spa-town calendar.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Fabrikėlis occupies a specific tier in Vilnius's modern restaurant scene: Michelin Plate recognition for two consecutive years and a White Star from Star Wine List signal a kitchen and cellar working in close coordination. At the €€€ price point, it sits above the city's casual bistros and below its single-star operators, making it a serious option for visitors tracking Lithuania's quietly accelerating fine-dining trajectory.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Amandus holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition for 2024 and 2025, placing it among the more considered modern cuisine addresses in Vilnius's Užupis district. The cooking draws on the Baltic region's sourcing traditions while operating at a price point that signals serious intent.
Trakai, Lithuania
Apvalaus Stalo Klubo sits on Trakai's main Karaim street and has earned consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025, placing it among Lithuania's small but growing cohort of destination-quality restaurants outside Vilnius. Price sits at the mid-range €€ tier for the region.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Arrivée brings French culinary discipline to Kaunas's Vilniaus gatvė, earning consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025. At the €€€ tier, it occupies the upper bracket of the city's fine dining scene, applying classical French technique to ingredients rooted in the Baltic region. It holds a consistent position among the city's most considered restaurants.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Da Antonio brings Italian kitchen discipline to Vilnius's Gedimino corridor, earning consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025 at a €€€ price point that sits between the city's budget trattorias and its starred modern-European rooms. It holds a consistent position among Vilnius's most respected Italian addresses.
Lithuania
Selected entries from the current guide for Lithuania.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A 17th-century Baroque palace on Vilnius Old Town's central axis, Hotel Pacai threads four centuries of Lithuanian history through 104 rooms that balance original parquet floors and hand-painted frescoes with a restrained contemporary palette. At $179 per night, it sits in a tier where the architecture does most of the work, and here, that work is considerable.
Trakai, Lithuania
Set on eleven private hectares along Ungurys Lake inside Aukštadvaris Regional Park, Esperanza Lake Resort occupies a cedar-built main lodge where stillness is the primary amenity. Thirty rooms look onto either the lake or the surrounding forest, and the property sits roughly 40 kilometres from Vilnius, far enough that the city feels genuinely remote. Starting from around $206 per night, it prices itself as a considered retreat rather than a destination hotel.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Dating to 1581, NARUTIS Hotel occupies a historic building on Pilies Street, the principal artery of Vilnius Old Town. Gothic, baroque, and classical architectural details accumulate across the property and its immediate surroundings, placing guests at the centre of one of Central Europe's most intact medieval urban cores. It is among the oldest continuously operating hotels in the Baltic states.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Artagonist holds a Michelin Selected designation for 2025, placing it among a small group of Vilnius hotels that the guide considers worth tracking. Located on Pilies gatvė in the Old Town, it sits at the intersection of the city's medieval streetscape and a design-led approach to hospitality that has drawn growing editorial attention from European travel platforms.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Set in a magnificent 19th-century building with a commanding turret overlooking the Bernardine Garden, Hotel Vilnia musters all the regal grandeur of Vilnius’s glory years gone by. The lobby and attached lounge speak to contemporary renovations in the public spaces, clever lighting and wall treatments place interiors firmly in the present day. Bright, airy rooms maintain a hint of history in carefully preserved parquet flooring and quirky roofing, though the tech is satisfyingly up to date where it counts.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Neringa Hotel occupies a prime position on Gedimino prospektas, Vilnius's principal boulevard, and holds a Michelin Selected distinction in the 2025 guide. The address places guests within walking distance of the Cathedral, the Old Town, and the city's main political and cultural institutions, a central axis that few Vilnius properties can match.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A MICHELIN Selected hotel occupying a historic address on Vilnius's Didzioji street, the Radisson Collection Astorija places guests within the Old Town's medieval streetplan, steps from Cathedral Square. The property belongs to Radisson's premium Collection tier, positioning it alongside the city's design-led independents while offering the infrastructure of an international operator. A dependable base for those prioritising location and in-house dining within the UNESCO-protected quarter.
Klaipėda, Lithuania
Occupying a storied address on Teatro Street in Klaipėda's Old Town, Reja has become one of the city's most discussed gathering points for the creative community. The space bridges the city's Germanic architectural heritage with a contemporary cultural programme, functioning as both a social hub and a window into Lithuania's evolving cultural identity. For visitors exploring the Baltic coast, it offers a grounded sense of place that few venues in the city match.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Stikliai Hotel occupies a restored Baroque building on Gaono Street in Vilnius Old Town, placing guests within walking distance of the city's most significant Gothic and Baroque architecture.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Located outside Vilnius's city centre near a lakeside setting, Vilnius Grand Resort operates within the Great Hotels of the World collection and carries a 4-star classification across 240 rooms. The property's conference infrastructure, 25 meeting rooms and theatre seating for up to 900, positions it as one of the region's more substantial event and leisure destinations within the Lithuanian capital's broader hospitality offer.
Lithuania
Selected entries from the current guide for Lithuania.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Pacai occupies a 17th-century baroque mansion on Didžioji Street, one of Vilnius's most historically loaded addresses, and earns its place among the city's serious modern cuisine options with consecutive Michelin Plate recognition and a wine program that has placed in the Star Wine List rankings every year since 2023. At the €€€ price tier, it sits above the casual end of the Vilnius dining scene and competes on credentials rather than novelty.
Vilnius, Lithuania
On a narrow Old Town street that most visitors pass without a second glance, À Ta Santé operates as a small wine bar where the pace shifts depending on the day. Quiet and unhurried through the working week, it draws a denser crowd as Friday and Saturday approach. Ligoninės gatvė places it firmly in Vilnius's historic core, steps from the city's older drinking culture.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A compact wine bar and bottle shop in Vilnius Old Town, Burbulio Vyninė focuses its list entirely on Italian producers, setting it apart from neighbouring French-leaning wine bars on the same circuit. The format pairs retail browsing with on-site drinking, and its address on Rūdninkų gatvė places it within easy walking distance of Vilnius's other specialist drinking rooms.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A neighbourhood wine bar that arrived with Paupys, one of Vilnius's most deliberate urban regeneration projects, Kalba žmonės draws a crowd that values atmosphere over spectacle. Run by veteran hospitality operator Mantas Žemaitis, it occupies a confident position in the city's growing natural wine and low-intervention bar scene, the kind of place that fills up on a Tuesday without advertising.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Located on Šv. A compact address with credentials worth noting.
Vilnius, Lithuania
One of Vilnius's longest-running bars dedicated exclusively to sparkling wine, The Bubbles. Champagneria sits in the heart of the old town and holds what is reportedly the highest concentration of Champagne and sparkling wine selections in the city. It occupies a specific niche in the Vilnius bar scene: a place built around a single category, taken seriously.
Vilnius, Lithuania
A Star Wine List-recognised wine bar on Labdarių gatvė in Vilnius's Old Town, Vinería de Chile brings Chilean wine culture to one of Europe's most architecturally preserved city centres. The recognition places it in a select tier of Vilnius wine destinations where programme depth and pairing discipline carry more weight than list size alone.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Vistide has earned back-to-back Star Wine List recognition in 2024 and 2026, placing it among Vilnius's most credentialed wine-focused addresses. Located on Raugyklos gatvė in the city's Old Town fringe, it operates in a city where the bar and wine bar scene has matured considerably over the past decade. For travellers who take their glass seriously, this is a reference point in the Lithuanian capital.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Vyno Vieta on Naugarduko Street holds two Star Wine List awards (2024 and 2026), placing it among the more consistently recognised wine destinations in Vilnius. The programme reflects a city drinking culture that has shifted decisively toward serious European wine in recent years. Visit for depth of list rather than spectacle.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Oecumene sits on Aušros Vartų gatvė in Vilnius's Old Town, earning Star Wine List recognition in 2026, a credential that places it among the city's most seriously wine-focused venues. In a Lithuanian capital increasingly defined by ambitious bar and wine programming, Oecumene represents the specialist end of the spectrum, where list depth and hospitality craft matter more than volume.
Lithuania
Selected entries from the current guide for Lithuania.
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