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PÄRNU: Kohvik Supelsaksad €€ SAAREMAA ISLAND: Pub
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Estonian Road Map C2Map C2 The award-winning design at Tel 453 3020
Road
Pädaste
Pädaste this café-restaurant features Housed in a 17th-century
T Tel 454 8800el 454 8800 vintage wall paper and brightly weighing house in the centre
Voted Estonia’s best restaurant
Voted Estonia’s best restaurant upholstered furniture. It serves of the Old Town, Pub Vaedoka
4 years in a row, this exclusive
4 years in a row, this exclu sive home-made cakes and first-rate is a lively tavern popular with
venue within the luxurious
venue within the luxurious Estonian and international dishes. both locals and tourists. Tasty
Pädaste Manor hotel (see p297) Estonian cuisine is served in
Pädaste Manor hotel (see p297)
offers an exceptional dining
offers an exceptional dining PÄRNU: Kuursaal €€ generous portions.
experience. Locally sourced
experience. Locally sourced International Road Map D2
ingredients, including herbs
ingredients, including herbs Mere puiestee 22 SAAREMAA ISLAND: Hotel
and vegetables from the
and vegetables from the Tel 442 0368 Saaremaa Restaurant €€
manor’s grounds, are used to
manor’s grounds, are used to A popular, lively pub in a late Estonian Road Map C2
prepare innovative dishes
prepare innovative dishes 19th-century seafront building. Mändjala village,
inspired by traditional Nordic
inspired by traditional Nordic The menu will please most, with Kaarma parish
cuisine. Superb service.
cuisine. Superb service. satisfying main courses such as Tel 454 4100
local herring with sour cream, Occupying an idyllic wooded
T-bone steak and grilled sausages. location overlooking Mändjala
PALDISKI: Peetri Toll Tavern € beach, this modern restaurant
Russian/Estonian Road Map C1 PÄRNU: Trahter Postipoiss €€ offers a seasonal choice
Mere 10 Russian Road Map D2 ranging from gourmet-style
Tel 5342 3425 Vee 12 Estonian cuisine to health
Paldiski’s oldest pub serves filling Tel 446 4864 food-style minimalism.
Russian, Estonian and interna tional This tavern-style restaurant with a
cuisine using local ingredients. rustic interior gets lively at week- SAAREMAA ISLAND: La Perla €€
Delicious desserts include blini ends. Staff in folk costume serve Italian Road Map C2
(pancakes) and fruit pies. blini (pancakes), Siberian pelmeni Lossi 3, Kuressaare
(dumplings), ox fillet and baked Tel 453 6910
PALDISKI: Wicca Restaurant at salmon, plus other Russian dishes. At this acclaimed restau rant
Laulasmaa Resort €€ in the centre of Kuressaare
Estonian Road Map C1 PÄRNU: Villa Ammende €€€ the menu offers a broad
Puhkekodu 4, Laulasmaa Mediterranean Road Map D2 choice of well-prepared pasta
Tel 687 0870 Mere puiestee 7 dishes that incorporate local
This relaxed, award-winning Tel 447 3888 ingre dients such as bream,
restaurant with splendid sea Exquisite Mediterranean and salmon and shrimp.
views from its summer terrace French food is served in three
serves wonderful local dishes regal halls in this Art Nouveau SAAREMAA ISLAND: Rose €€
such as quail, marinated elk fillet manor house (see p298) with Estonian Road Map C2
and rhubarb sorbet. immaculate attention to detail. Grand Rose SPA Hotel, Tallinna 15,
There is a lovely summer terrace. Kuressaare
PÄRNU: Ahoy Sushi Bar € Tel 3726667000
Japanese Road Map D2 SAAREMAA ISLAND: Kaali A cosy cellar restaurant, Rose
Kuninga 34 Tavern € is among the best eateries in
Tel 443 8543 Estonian Road Map C2 town. The vaulted brick
As the only sushi bar in Pärnu, Kaali village ceilings and partitioned
Ahoy is a rather exotic spot and Tel 459 1182 rooms create an intimate
sports a white, minimalist interior. Located close to the Kaali meteor setting perfect for sampling the
Polite, efficient service. impact site, this pub-restaurant in beautifully presented local and
an old farm building is the per- interna tional specialities such
PÄRNU: Café XS € fect stop after a day’s sight seeing. as boar sirloin and grilled ribs.
International Road Map D2
Munga 2
Tel 443 1316
With a stylish, modern interior
and a summer terrace, Café XS
offers a choice of meaty salads,
sweet and savoury pancakes and
pasta dishes along with a tempting
selection of home-made cakes.
PÄRNU: Café Grand €€
International Road Map D2
Kuninga 25
Tel 444 3412
Open since 1927, Café Grand
offers a glimpse into Pärnu’s high
society of days past. Bow-tied
waiting staff serve German and
French-influenced specialities and
there’s afternoon tea from 5pm. Bright blue furniture, part of the award-winning design at Kohvik Supelsaksad, Pärnu
For more information on types of restaurants see pp308–9