KKK Balthasar, Raekoja plats 11, T 627 6400, http://www.restaurant.ee">http://www.restaurant.ee">http://www.restaurant.ee">http://www.restaurant.ee. Daily 1200-2400. ‘Garlic restaurant’ above Rae apteek, with beamed ceilings and fine views over the town hall square. Dishes are rated on a bulb scale: at the high end, an appetizer with whole cloves doused in chilli, pesto, curry and balsamic vinegar is so overpowering it makes your eyeballs flicker. To drink, what else but garlic vodka? KKK Le Bonaparte, Pikk 45, T 646 4444, http://www.bonaparte.ee. Mon-Sat 1200-1500, 1900-2400. This thoroughly French restaurant is one of Tallinn’s best eateries; President Chirac ate here during an official visit in 2001. Dine on duck fillet with raspberry syrup and asparagus, pike-perch with champagne and almonds, and chanterelles and garlic soup in a delightful 17th-century interior. KKK Bocca, Olevimägi 9, T 641 2610, http://www.bocca.ee. 1200-2400. Ultra-stylish Italian, frequented by foreign dignitaries and fashionable locals. Faultless presentation in a vaulted setting with glorious lights. The cooking aims high but is a little uneven. Try salmon carpaccio with avocado and strawberry salad, veal with lime and goat’s cheese or grilled prawns with melon and pesto. KKK Egoist, Vene 33, T 646 4052, http://www.egoist.ee. 1200-2400 Like its celebrated sister restaurant Gloria, Egoist harks back to the halcyon days of the First Republic. With romantic nooks and a plush, luxurious feel, it has a winter feel and is a favourite birthday venue for locals who can afford it. The cooking is rich and traditional: lobster carpaccio, game and rack of lamb. KKK Gloria, Müürivahe 2, T 644 6950. 1200-2330. More pre-war nostalgia, this time entirely genuine. The resolutely retro interior, with plush crimson furnishings, serves French and Russian classics, and there are nods to local tradition and Italian cuisine: beluga caviar, borscht and lamb. The best wine cellar in the Baltics to boot. KKK Karl Friedrich, Raekoja plats 5, T 627 2413, http://www.restaurant.ee">http://www.restaurant.ee">http://www.restaurant.ee">http://www.restaurant.ee. 1000-2400. Famed for its fish dishes, this former pre-war café is named after the founder of the Saku Brewery. Try plaice with shrimps and sparkling wine, marinated eel or mussels in white wine. KKK Nevskij, Rataskaevu 7, T 628 6560, http://www.schlossle-hotels.com">http://www.schlossle-hotels.com">http://www.schlossle-hotels.com">http://www.schlossle-hotels.com. Daily 1200-1500, 1800-2300. In the upmarket St Petersbourg Hotel, this is one of the classiest Russian restaurants in town. The cooking and presentation are superb, the surroundings are cosy, plush and decidedly pre-revolutionary and the service is almost too attentive. Try delicate pelmeni (dumplings) with garlic butter and meltingly tender beef stroganoff. Complimentary shots of vodka are served throughout, so go easy on the wine. KKK Pegasus, Harju 1, T 631 4040, http://www.restoranpegasus.ee. Mon-Thu 0800-0100, Fri 0800-0200, Sat 1000-0200. To most locals, this is the place to see and be seen. The splendid salade niçoise is made with sautéed fresh tuna, boiled quail’s eggs and sun-dried tomatoes, while pork with caramelized figs and couscous, warm Thai-style asparagus salad and cannelloni with pheasant and fresh thyme are all good bets. KKK Stenhus, Pühavaimu 13/15, T 699 7780, http://www.schlossle-hotels.com">http://www.schlossle-hotels.com">http://www.schlossle-hotels.com">http://www.schlossle-hotels.com. 0700-1100, 1200-1500, 1900-2230. Refined but not too stuffy, the Hotel Schlössle’s restaurant serves up five-star food in an impossibly romantic vaulted cellar. Try turbot tartare with tomato, dill, rocket salad and truffle juice or baked langoustine and crayfish tails with saffron cream sauce.
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