Explore our curated restaurants, hotels, bars, and wineries in Tallinn.
Accolades in Tallinn
Both Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide serve tasting menus, along with a Plate restaurant and a 22-seat home restaurant with an exceptional wine program. The lists on these picks run from sommelier-led cellars to extensive wine lists.
180° by Matthias Diether in Port Noblessner holds two Michelin stars, confirmed again for 2026, from an open kitchen serving tasting menus by German chef Matthias Diether. The kitchen works in an Estonian fusion style and is the most decorated restaurant in our guide by award count. The wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led, with an extensive list. Falstaff scored it 98 points.
NOA Chef’s Hall in Pirita holds a Michelin star for 2026 and serves a tasting menu from an open-fire kitchen with a chef's counter overlooking Tallinn Bay. Chefs Tõnis Siigur and Roman Sidorov lead the modern European fine dining. The wine list is extensive, and Star Wine List ranked that program number one in Estonia in 2024.
ANNO Home Restaurant & Wine Corner in Kesklinn (Old Town) is a husband-and-wife restaurant with 22 seats. Anna Kaasik's kitchen serves creative Baltic fine dining as a tasting menu and a la carte, with seasonal sourcing. Erno Kaasik's wine program is exceptional, extensive and sommelier-led. Star Wine List ranked the program number one in 2023.
Lee in Old Town holds a Michelin Plate for 2026 and a Star Wine List award in the same year. The powder blue brasserie has a terrace looking onto the old city walls. Chef Janno Lepik cooks seasonal Estonian ingredients with Asian and French influences, as a tasting menu, a la carte and a set menu. Sommelier Kristjan Peäske leads the extensive, curated wine list. A beer program is poured.
Our guide counts 11 exceptional wine programs in Tallinn, including the Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence at Shang Shi in Old Town. The other picks are Dominic in Old Town, Veino in Old Town and Chin Chin in Kalaranna.
Shang Shi in Old Town holds the Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for 2026 and a Michelin Plate for the same year. The modern Cantonese kitchen, led by chef Chee Hwee Tong, serves a la carte and family style dishes, including tableside Peking duck. Wine director Karoline Reinhold runs an exceptional, sommelier-led list of 800 bottles weighted toward France and Austria.
Dominic in Old Town is a classic European fine dining restaurant with an extensive list of 800 wines and a cigar room. The wine program is exceptional. In 2023, Star Wine List gave it the top two rankings in Estonia. Falstaff's wine bar list includes the restaurant as well.
Veino in Old Town is a wine bar with an exceptional list of over 400 wines by the glass, specializing in natural wines and also pouring conventional wine. Star Wine List recognized the bar in 2026, and in 2024 it received By the Glass List of the Year for the Baltics.
Chin Chin in Kalaranna is a wine bar with a red heart design at the counter, a self-serve wine dispenser, and a selection of 800 or more wines. The program is curated. Star Wine List has recognized the bar for four consecutive years, and Falstaff's wine bar list includes it for 2026.
These four restaurants hold a 2026 Michelin Plate or Bib Gourmand. They cover a charcoal grill in Kesklinn, a rooftop restaurant in Telliskivi Creative City, a harborside bistro in Noblessner and natural-wine small plates in Kopli.
Härg in Kesklinn holds a Michelin Plate for 2026, having previously held a Bib Gourmand. The kitchen chargrills over open fire and charcoal, and the signature dirty steak is a ribeye cooked straight in the coals. The wine program is exceptional, with an extensive list and craft cocktails on an a la carte menu.
Fotografiska in Telliskivi Creative City is a rooftop restaurant and bar, and it holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for 2026 after earlier Plate awards. The cooking is progressive and sustainable, with a zero-waste, Nordic-Estonian menu and a Sunday brunch. The wine program is curated, craft cocktails are poured, and the format is a la carte. Falstaff scored the restaurant 95 points in 2026.
Lore Bistroo in Noblessner holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for 2026, continuing a run of the same award, and Star Wine List recognized it in that year as well. The harborside bistro serves creative comfort food as sharing dishes, small plates and a la carte. The wine program is curated, extensive and sommelier-led.
Barbarea in Kopli holds a Michelin Plate for 2026 and a Star Wine List award for the same year. The restaurant occupies a former brewery and serves shareable small plates and a la carte dishes built on local organic ingredients. The wine program is curated and pours natural wine.
Old Town holds the serious wine lists in our guide: Shang Shi, Dominic, Veino and Lee. Shang Shi holds the Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence, with 800 bottles weighted toward France and Austria. Dominic keeps an extensive list of 800 wines. Veino pours over 400 wines by the glass and specializes in natural wines. Lee keeps an extensive, sommelier-led list and a Star Wine List award.
Our guide counts 2 Michelin-starred restaurants and 3 Michelin stars in total. They are 180° by Matthias Diether in Port Noblessner and NOA Chef’s Hall in Pirita, and both appear with stars in the 2026 Michelin awards. Both serve tasting menus and keep extensive wine lists. German chef Matthias Diether runs the open kitchen in Port Noblessner. Chefs Tõnis Siigur and Roman Sidorov lead the open-fire kitchen and chef's counter in Pirita.
Tasting menus in our guide include 180° by Matthias Diether in Port Noblessner, NOA Chef’s Hall in Pirita, Lee in Old Town, and ANNO Home Restaurant & Wine Corner in Kesklinn (Old Town). 180° by Matthias Diether and NOA Chef’s Hall are the Michelin-starred pair. Lee also offers a la carte and a set menu, and ANNO pairs its tasting menu with an exceptional, sommelier-led wine program in a 22-seat room.
Shang Shi in Old Town holds the only Wine Spectator award in our Tallinn guide, a Best of Award of Excellence for 2026. The modern Cantonese restaurant keeps an exceptional, sommelier-led list of 800 bottles weighted toward France and Austria. Wine director Karoline Reinhold runs that list.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Selected entries from the current guide for Tallinn.
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NOA Chef's Hall holds a Michelin star (2024–2025) and La Liste recognition, placing it at the upper tier of Tallinn's fine dining scene. Led by chefs Tõnis Siigur and Roman Sidorov, the creative tasting format at Ranna tee 3-1 draws a loyal following that returns for both the cooking and the wine programme, which earned Star Wine List's number-one ranking in Estonia in 2023 and 2024.
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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.
Tallinn, Estonia
Sustainable Pleasure defines Fotografiska in Tallinn, a Michelin-recognized restaurant above the photography museum where zero-waste, Nordic-Estonian cuisine meets rooftop views and a standout Sunday brunch.
Tallinn, Estonia
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.
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A powder blue townhouse on Uus Street, Lee carries a Michelin Plate (2025) and consecutive Star Wine List top rankings alongside a cooking style that layers distinct Asian influences into Estonian ingredients. Sommelier Kristjan Peäske and chef Janno Lepik run a mid-price operation that reads more seriously than its €€ bracket suggests, with a wine program that has drawn specialist attention for three consecutive years.
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Lore Bistroo has earned back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025, plus a Star Wine List top ranking, from its position inside Tallinn's Port Noblessner development. The kitchen turns out modern cuisine at mid-range prices in a bistro format that draws both neighbourhood regulars and visitors exploring the waterfront district. It is one of the more compelling value propositions among Tallinn's current Michelin-recognised addresses.
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Barbarea sits in Tallinn's emerging modern cuisine tier, holding consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025 alongside a Star Wine List White Star award. Priced at the mid-range €€ bracket, it occupies a point in the city's dining scene where serious wine curation meets contemporary cooking that draws on local Estonian produce and internationally trained technique.
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Mantel ja Korsten holds back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition for 2024 and 2025, placing it among Tallinn's most consistent value-led dining options.
Tallinn, Estonia
FUME anchors the Rotermann Quarter with open-fire cooking from a Vulcano Gres Grill and a Mediterranean-inflected menu. Run by the Siigur restaurant group, the venue combines a theatrical open kitchen, bold interiors, and grilled meats with broad seating capacity and a lunch service that makes the format accessible at midday prices.
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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.
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NOA holds consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition for 2024 and 2025, placing it in a tier of Tallinn restaurants where skilled technique meets accessible pricing. Positioned along the Tallinn coastline at Ranna tee 3, the kitchen works under Tõnis Siigur and Roman Sidorov within a modern European framework that draws on Estonian ingredients and continental methods. A 4.,100 reviews points to consistency that outlasts novelty.
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Tuljak holds back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition for 2024 and 2025, placing it among Tallinn's most consistent value propositions in modern cuisine. Located on Pirita tee on the eastern edge of the city, Chef Martin Tennen's kitchen delivers cooking at a price tier that sits well below the city's starred and creative fine-dining rooms.
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UMA holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for 2025, placing it among a small cohort of Tallinn restaurants where the quality-to-price ratio draws as much attention as the food itself. The kitchen takes a bold approach to Asian flavour combinations, and the wine list matches that energy with concise, considered curation. At the €€ price point, it is one of the more compelling arguments for Tallinn's growing dining credibility.
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Set up by three friends in a bright yellow building just outside central Tallinn, Vesta brings energy and a sense of fun to the Estonian dining scene. The compact menu shifts with the seasons, centring on Nordic ingredients and shareable plates served around a lively communal counter.
Tallinn, Estonia
Horisont occupies the top floor of the Swissôtel Tallinn, positioning it among the city's most formally ambitious hotel restaurants. Consecutive Michelin Plate recognitions in 2024 and 2025 place it in Tallinn's narrow tier of internationally validated modern cuisine, with a wine program and cityscape views that make it a reference point for special-occasion dining in the Estonian capital.
Tallinn, Estonia
Rado holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition for 2024 and 2025, placing it among the mid-price contemporary restaurants that anchor Tallinn's Old Town dining scene. For contemporary cooking in a historic setting, it is a reliable reference point.
Tallinn, Estonia
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.
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It sits a price tier below the city's tasting-menu rooms while drawing consistent critical attention, making it one of Tallinn's more considered choices in the €€ bracket.
Tallinn, Estonia
Moon sits in Tallinn's Telliskivi creative district, earning consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025 for its approach to traditional Estonian cuisine. At the €€ price point, it occupies a practical but credentialed position in a city where the gap between casual dining and multi-course tasting menus is widening. A 4.,000 reviews confirms consistent execution rather than occasional brilliance.
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Paju Villa holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition for 2024 and 2025, placing it among the mid-market modern cuisine addresses that have quietly reshaped Tallinn's dining scene beyond the Old Town circuit. Sitting on Vabaduse puiestee, the restaurant draws a local crowd that follows the food rather than the address, with a 4..
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Pull occupies a corner of Tallinn's Rotermann Quarter, the converted industrial district that has become the city's most concentrated stretch of serious dining. A two-time Michelin Plate recipient (2024 and 2025), it holds the €€ price tier while delivering fire-and-smoke cookery that sits comfortably alongside the heavier-spending tables nearby. For a city where grilled meat programs have grown in ambition, Pull is a consistent reference point.
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Art Priori holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) and sits at the upper end of Tallinn's modern cuisine tier, priced at €€€ on Olevimägi in the medieval Old Town.For visitors calibrating against Tallinn's broader fine dining scene, it represents a reliable foothold in the city's most consequential dining neighbourhood.
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Tchaikovsky holds a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025 and sits in the upper tier of Tallinn's modern cuisine scene, occupying a historic address on Vene Street in the Old Town. The kitchen works within a format that rewards attention: courses are structured with deliberate intent, and the 4..
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ÂME holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) and a White Star from Star Wine List, placing it among Tallinn's small tier of serious modern cuisine addresses. The €€€ pricing positions it below the city's starred outliers while maintaining a comparable level of ambition.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Tallinn.
Tallinn, Estonia
A 23-room five-star property on Tallinn's Holy Spirit Street, Schlössle Hotel occupies a 13th-century merchant townhouse whose limestone walls and timbered ceilings have survived Gothic and Baroque alterations alike. Winner of the 2025 World Travel Awards for Estonia's Leading Boutique Hotel, it sits at the quieter, more architectural end of the city's luxury accommodation market, with the Stenhus Restaurant adding a considered take on Estonian cooking.
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Part of the Bombay Club complex in Tallinn's UNESCO-listed Old Town, The Burman Hotel occupies a building with over 150 years of history, now thoroughly renovated into a 17-room boutique property. Pricing is on request, the service is deliberately personal, and the address puts Tallinn's medieval core immediately outside the door. This is not a casino hotel in any conventional sense.
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Three times decorated at the World Luxury Hotel Awards — Regional, Country, and Continent level — Hilton Tallinn Park occupies a position in the Estonian capital's business and conference hotel tier that few competitors match. The property sits on F. R. Kreutzwaldi Street, within reach of Tallinn's Old Town, and draws a clientele that runs from corporate delegations to travellers who want reliable infrastructure in a city still defining its premium accommodation offer.
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A MICHELIN Selected hotel occupying a restored 19th-century telegraph office on Vene Street, Hotel Telegraaf sits at the edge of Tallinn's Old Town with immediate access to the medieval core. The address places it within walking distance of the city's most concentrated heritage architecture, positioning it alongside properties like Schlössle Hotel and The Three Sisters Hotel in Tallinn's upper tier of historic-building conversions.
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A Michelin Selected hotel on Tallinn's Lennusadama waterfront, Iglupark sits in one of the Estonian capital's most architecturally charged harbour districts. The address alone signals a considered departure from the Old Town hotel cluster, placing guests within walking distance of the Seaplane Harbour museum and the city's expanding creative quarter.
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Mövenpick Hotel Tallinn holds the Country Winner award for Luxury Business Hotel, placing it at the summit of Tallinn's corporate accommodation tier. Located at Lembitu tn 12 in the city centre, the property sits within reach of the Old Town's medieval quarter and the broader Baltic dining scene. For business travellers requiring a credentialed address in Estonia's capital, it competes directly with the Hilton Tallinn Park.
Tallinn, Estonia
Oru Hub Hotel Tallinn, part of the Handwritten Collection and recognised by the Michelin hotel guide 2025, sits on Narva maantee in the Kadriorg corridor — a stretch that connects the medieval Old Town to the modernist east of the city. The property positions itself in Tallinn's mid-to-upper tier of design-conscious hotels, where architectural identity and neighbourhood context matter as much as room count.
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Occupying three restored 14th-century merchant houses on Tallinn's Pikk Tänav, The Three Sisters Hotel holds a Michelin Selected designation for 2025 and sits among the Old Town's most historically grounded addresses. The property offers a compact, characterful alternative to the city's larger business hotels, placing guests within walking distance of Tallinn's principal medieval landmarks.
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Tallinn, Estonia
Chin Chin has held a Star Wine List award for four consecutive years, placing it among Tallinn's most consistently recognised bars for its drinks programme. Located at Kalaranna tn 8 in the city's waterfront district, it operates in a tier defined less by spectacle and more by the sustained quality of its list. For anyone mapping Tallinn's serious drinking scene, it belongs on the itinerary.
Tallinn, Estonia
Time to Wine Kopli 6 has earned consecutive Star Wine List recognition from 2023 through 2026, placing it among Tallinn's most consistently regarded wine venues. Located on Kopli street in the city's post-industrial northern edge, it operates in a format where the wine list does the talking. A focused destination for those who treat the glass as the main event.
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Recognised by Star Wine List four consecutive years from 2023 through 2026, Time to Wine Rotermanni sits at the serious end of Tallinn's wine bar scene, occupying a converted industrial address in the Rotermanni quarter.
Tallinn, Estonia
A wine bar on Rataskaevu street in Tallinn's Old Town, Veino has held Star Wine List recognition in 2024, 2025, and 2026, placing it among the consistently awarded wine destinations in the Baltic region. The list draws from serious European producers and the format rewards slow, unhurried exploration. It is a reference point for anyone building an itinerary around what Tallinn's wine culture has quietly become.
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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.
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