The Third Edition of the Michelin Guide Estonia Has Been Launched
07.06.2024 - 06:59
/ breakingtravelnews.com
/ Gwendal Poullennec
The MICHELIN Guide Inspectors have spent another year travelling Estonia in search of its best restaurants. The MICHELIN Guide Estonia 2024 recommends 35 restaurants, four of which are new to the list including: 1x Two MICHELIN Star restaurant, 1x One MICHELIN Star restaurant, 6x MICHELIN Bib Gourmand restaurants and 3x MICHELIN Green Star restaurants.
Tallinn is home to 25 of the select restaurants, one of which - 180° by Matthias Diether has retained its Two MICHELIN Stars, the only restaurant in Estonia with this award, with its perfectly pitched menus made up of intricate, highly skilled dishes, which captivate guests not only with their flavours but also their eye-catching looks. Whilst NOA Chef’s Hall overlooking Tallinn Bay, run by Chef-Owner Tõnis Siigur, has retained its One MICHELIN Star status, the inspectors praised its creative and complex cooking exhibiting bold flavours and great attention to detail.
Gwendal Poullennec, International Director of The MICHELIN Guides said: “We are delighted to welcome four new restaurants into the Estonian selection of The MICHELIN Guide. Each is a worthy entry in its own right, and adds to the diversity of the selection, but the highlight has to be Kolm Sõsarat, situated in southern Estonia, Lüllemäe, which joins the Guide with a MICHELIN Green Star for its top-drawer sustainability credentials. Not only does it enrich the selection thanks to its honourable practices, but also because of its passionate owners, who provide such warmth and dedication in what they are doing. It is a truly special place.” This is Estonia’s third Green Star restaurant.
Four Newly Added Restaurants,
Out of the four new restaurants selected for the MICHELIN Guide 2024, one has been awarded a Green Star.
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ME, at the intimate boutique hotel Nunne on the edge of Tallinn’s Old Town, opened at the end of last year. It is an elegant place where the old and the new combine: part of the Medieval city wall runs down one side of the room, yet it also has a contemporary, design-led style. Modern dishes have a French heart, with feature flavours drawn from around the globe. The inspectors were particularly impressed by the harmony of the combinations, which showed skilled judgement from the chefs.
Situated in a residential area on the edge of Tallinn, RADIO is somewhere several of the MICHELIN inspectors said they would love to have at the end of their street. Part wine shop, part rustic café-cum-bistro, this neighbourhood establishment is all things to all people. It has a bistro feel – with a few sofas available for those who like it super laid-back – and the good value seasonal dishes come in the form of medium-sized plates designed for sharing; unsurprisingly, each also