Probably the finest restaurant in Tallinn. A successful attempt has been made to create a joyful but sophisticated 1920s-30s atmosphere - Art Deco. Fine European cuisine. The Gloria is the only restaurant in Tallinn, which has a wine cellar of its own. Excellent for business meetings or romantic dinners. Located in the Old Town. In its exclusive Tabacalera smoking is not only permitted, it is required. More than 500 kinds of cigars.

120 seats: four dining rooms.

The Egoist is a small, romantic restaurant in Tallinn's Old Town. Built in the Renaissance Style, each room with its own distinctive interior. Probably the most expensive restaurant in Tallinn. The Egoist offers its guests a unique range of food and wines that boasts new innovations as well as classical recipes. The tradition, quality and the warm welcome with which the restaurant is associated are known far beyond the borders of Estonia.

60 seats: Banquet Room, the Cigar Room and the Summer Terrace

Address: 15 Lootsi Street
EE-10151 Tallinn, Estonia
Open: 12.00 - 24.00

Classical A la carte restaurant. More than just a fish restaurant, this elegant steamship docked in the passenger harbour offers a mile-long menu showing influences from as far off as the Balkans (shopska salad with brynza cheese, a Serbian appetiser with slivovic liqueur, chicken satsivi, palachinki). Offering a variety of seafood, as well as meat dishes. The fish-wary can stick with lamb, veal and chicken, while their fish-loving friends can choose from a long list of charcoal-grilled courses.

Seats: main salon - 40, small salon - 24, two private salons - 8 and 10

Address: 45 Pikk Street
EE-10133 Tallinn, Estonia
Open: 12.00 -24.00, closed Sun

Le Bonaparte is very impressive. The Medieval atmosphere is mixed unexpectedly well with continental class. This exquisitely restored 17th-century structure is a fitting venue for the venerable traditions of French cuisine. The menu changes with the seasons. Le Cellier, Bonaparte's cellar, provides a chance for delicious French culinary experience as well, at more Tallinn-like prices. The menu is, naturally, exclusively French; everything they do, they do well. Save room for dessert!

36 seats: two dining rooms

Adress:3/5 Rataskaevu Street
EE-10123 Tallinn, Estonia
Open: 12.00 - 24.00
Coffee-bar open 09.30 - 02.00

Quality food made from original Italian products. Elegant but cosy atmosphere. Decorated tables and a long and original menu - everything from pastas to shark - gives the Casanova a more stately feel than other Old Town eateries. The 'Tourist Menu' will get you a few set courses for about the same price as the average main. The spaghetti is very well-buttered. Delicious Italian dishes accompanied by Latin - American music.

120 seats: three dining rooms

Address: 2 Lossiplats /1 Toom-Kooli
Street EE-10130 Tallinn, Estonia
Open: 12.00 - 23.00, Sun 12.00 - 18.00

A wonderful restaurant located right next to Riigikogu (parliament) and just opposite Aleksander Nevski Cathedral. This high-class establishment serves a combination of bourgeois French and Russian cuisine to a discerning, dressed-up clientele. Eccentric touches like swirling blue mirror frames and court jester seat covers take the edge off its formality, as does the live piano music. Reservations are recommended. One of the best restaurants in Tallinn.

51 seats

Address: 4/6 Dunkri Street
EE-10123 Tallinn, Estonia
Open: Sun - Thurs 09.00 - 24.00, Fri - Sat 09.00 - 02.00

Located in the Old Town. A handsome, traditional Mediterranean-styled restaurant with ceiling paintings in good shape. Delicious international cuisine. Two different menus on two different levels. Head downstairs to the vaulted cellar for a more casual meal, or enjoy the formality of the ground-floor dining room. The Donkey's Stable gets high praise for serving Saaremaa beer. Music ranges from classical to modern jazz.

500 seats: four dining rooms -70, 70, 60, 60, coffee-bar and terrace.

Address: 2 Viru Street EE-0001 Tallinn, Estonia Open: Sun - Thurs 11.00 - 23.00, Fri - Sat 11.00 - 01.00

A restaurant with a medieval interior located in the Old Town. Ever-greenstyle. Start your meal with something called the 'hot prawn experience' and move on to stewed elk rolls as a main. An Old Town classic, Gnoom seems to be constantly reinventing its menu if not its image. Dining in this Medieval foyer is a novel experience, even when there's 70s lounge music playing. The food is excellent.

70 seats: two dining rooms

Address: 6 Kloostri Tee
EE-11911 Tallinn, Estonia
Open: 12.00 - 24.00

A super posh restaurant with lovely views of the Pirita River, just where it runs into the sea. A blindingly bright but painstakingly neat, upscale atmosphere. Tasty international cuisine. The food is good and features fresh lobster, plucked live from an in-house tank - a speciality that is still not too easy to come by in these parts.

Seats: dining room - 46, the banquet hall - 30, the VIP room - 4

Address: 26 Pirita Street
EE-10127 Tallinn, Estonia
Open: 12.00 -24.00

A venerable player on Tallinn's restaurant scene, the Carina has managed to keep pace only in terms of prices. Nested on the embankment above the Estonian Exhibition Centre, the well-known restaurant has an excellent sea view from its terrace, and the garden here is probably one of the most pleasant dining environments in town. Come for the unique and sophisticated musical performances.

200 seats.

Address: 9 Kullassepa Street
EE-0001 Tallinn, Estonia
Open: Sun -Mon 10.00 - 24.00, closed Sun

A popular dining and drinking place located in the stone-vaulted basement of a building next to the Town Hall. Recorded music.

60 seats

Address: 16/18 Ruutli Street
EE-0001 Tallinn, Estonia
Open: 12.00 - 24.00

A cosy seafood restaurant in what was once old Tallinn's executioner's house. It is on the local lists of Tallinn's best restaurants. The menu includes a huge variety of seafood. Try the slimy lamprey and the eel (both Estonian favourites). Those more choosy about seafood will find an excellent sea tiger (a mild white fish) with spinach and berry sauce. Expect to linger over your meal. A wide choice of wines.

70 seats: three separated rooms

Address: 19 Parnu Mnt.
EE-10151 Tallinn, Estonia
Open: 12.00 - 24.00

A good South-American theme restaurant. Original Argentine cuisine. The burnt aroma from the flaming grill is part of Argentina's charm. It is also an indication of what is on the menu: steaks, salmon and other grille-type items, all of which are prepared before well-dressed patrons in the dark and elegant dining room. Grilled meats are cooked on an open stove in the middle of the restaurant. The weekend floorshow features red-hot Latin dancing.

50 seats