Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Tallinn
Every restaurant on this list carries an exceptional wine program. 180° by Matthias Diether in Port Noblessner is the Michelin-starred kitchen here, with two stars for 2026 and a sommelier-led list beside a tasting menu of Estonian fusion. Shang Shi in Old Town holds this guide's Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence: 800 bottles weighted toward France and Austria.
Dominic in Old Town keeps an extensive list of 800 wines and a cigar room. ANNO Home Restaurant & Wine Corner in Kesklinn (Old Town) seats 22, with Erno Kaasik's sommelier-led pairings and Anna Kaasik's creative Baltic cooking. R14 in Rotermanni matches Mediterranean dishes to the Rein Kasela Veinituba selection. Härg in Kesklinn puts an exceptional list next to charcoal-grilled meat. Riva in Kesklinn pairs a sommelier-led list with Mediterranean cooking and Nordic influence. 38 in Vanalinn holds a Michelin Plate beside an extensive list and a tasting menu.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants with a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award or a deep wine list, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
180° by Matthias Diether
2 Michelin stars · Deep wine list
Tallinn's most decorated restaurant by award count, 180° by Matthias Diether holds two Michelin stars and sits at Port Noblessner, a former industrial shipyard that now anchors the city's most ambitious dining. The kitchen works a format of Estonian fusion at the summit price tier, drawing comparison with the small cohort of Baltic restaurants serious enough to register on La Liste's global rankings.
38
Deep wine list
38 holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition for 2024 and 2025, placing it firmly within Tallinn's mid-to-upper tier of creative dining. For visitors to Tallinn with an interest in Estonia's emerging fine-dining scene, it represents a reliable entry point into the city's creative restaurant tier.
ANNO Home Restaurant & Wine Corner
Deep wine list
A couple-run home restaurant on a quiet Tallinn street, ANNO pairs Anna Kaasik's European cooking with Erno Kaasik's wine program, which earned the Star Wine List #1 ranking in 2023. The format sits closer to a private dining experience than a conventional restaurant, with a kitchen philosophy that leans toward seasonal sourcing and occasional Eastern inflections in an otherwise European register.
Dominic
Deep wine list
Tallinn's original wine restaurant, Dominic has held its position on Vene Street in the Old Town since before wine lists of serious depth were common in the Baltic capitals. Recognised by Star Wine List as both its number-one and number-two ranked address in Estonia in 2023, it operates in a tier defined less by cuisine category than by cellar ambition. The food is secondary to the bottle programme, but that is entirely the point.
Härg
Deep wine list
Härg is Tallinn's Michelin Bib Gourmand-recognised all-day brasserie in the Maakri business district, where the chargrill takes clear precedence and portions run large. The 'Dirty Steak' — a ribeye cooked directly on charcoal — anchors a seasonal menu rooted in local produce. Stone walls, exposed ducting, and copper chandeliers give the room a particular weight that holds up across lunch, dinner, and the depths of an Estonian winter.
R14
Deep wine list
R14 sits inside Tallinn's Rotermann Quarter, the converted industrial district that has become the city's most concentrated stretch of contemporary dining. Holding a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025, this mid-range Mediterranean address draws a steady crowd of locals who return for the cooking rather than the occasion.
Riva
Deep wine list
Riva occupies a striking waterfront address at Tallinn's port, delivering a Mediterranean menu built on Estonian land and sea. The pike-perch cutlet with bouillabaisse sauce and pea purée signals the approach: bright southern technique applied to Baltic produce, delivered in a boldly styled dining room and supported by attentive service.
Shang Shi
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
The only Cantonese kitchen in Tallinn holding a Michelin Plate, Shang Shi sits on the medieval Rataskaevu street and pairs southern Chinese cooking techniques with a wine list of 800 bottles weighted toward France and Austria. Chef Chee Hwee Tong anchors the menu in classical Cantonese structure while Wine Director Karoline Reinhold's list reaches well into the three-figure range, making this one of the more considered wine-and-food pairings in the city's dining scene.
Planning restaurants for wine lovers in Tallinn
- Which restaurant on this list holds a Wine Spectator award?
- Shang Shi in Old Town holds the Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for 2026. It is the only Wine Spectator award among these wine restaurants. The list runs to 800 bottles weighted toward France and Austria, and wine director Karoline Reinhold leads it.
- Which neighborhoods are these wine restaurants in?
- Port Noblessner, Old Town, Kesklinn, Kesklinn (Old Town), Rotermanni and Vanalinn each appear on this list. 180° by Matthias Diether is in Port Noblessner. Shang Shi and Dominic are in Old Town. Härg and Riva are in Kesklinn. ANNO Home Restaurant & Wine Corner is in Kesklinn (Old Town). R14 is in Rotermanni, and 38 is in Vanalinn.
- Which of these restaurants serve a tasting menu?
- 180° by Matthias Diether in Port Noblessner, ANNO Home Restaurant & Wine Corner in Kesklinn (Old Town), Riva in Kesklinn and 38 in Vanalinn all serve tasting menus. 180° by Matthias Diether uses that format with an exceptional sommelier-led list. ANNO, Riva and 38 also offer a la carte beside the tasting menu.
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