Breakfast and brunch in Tallinn – there’s something for everyone

Levier Cafe in the Rotermann Quarter offers a diverse breakfast on weekdays from 8:00-12:00 and all day on weekends. The menu is extensive and offers everything from porridge to roasted potatoes and smoothie bowls to Dutch mini pancakes. Estonian breakfast can be enjoyed any day, any time – it includes potatoes, smoked meat or grey trout, eggs, rye bread and pickled cucumber.  

F-hoone, a popular restaurant in Telliskivi Creative City, offers breakfast on weekdays from 10:00-11:30 and on weekends until 12:00. The menu includes porridge, various omelettes and sandwiches. Those who sleep in can order an All Day Breakfast any time of the day.

Ristikheina Cafe is an atmospheric cafe in an old wooden building in the middle of the cosy neighbourhood of Pelgulinn. All-day breakfast is always available – options include porridge, omelette, English breakfast, muesli and buckwheat salad. The same selection is also available at the Ristikheina in Ülemiste Centre.   

The glorious Italian cafe Gianni offers breakfast on weekdays until 12:00 and weekends until 14:00. The menu includes porridge, various egg dishes, toast and pancakes with savoury or sweet filling.  

Loulou Restaurant, found in the commercial area between Rotermann and Terminal D, serves its guests breakfast and brunch until 13:00 on weekdays and 14:00 on weekends. The menu consists of classics from all over the world, including Eggs Benedict, shakshouka, croissants and various porridges in addition to sweet delicacies.

Settled into the new skyscraper on Maakri Street, Päris pays its respects to France by being a proud symbiosis of a French-style bakery, deli and restaurant. The breakfast served on weekdays from 8:00 to 11:30 includes, among other things, porridge, eggs, ham and oven-baked pastries. A heartier brunch is served on Sundays from 11:00 to 15:00.

In between the city centre and Kadriorg is the cosy Faehlmanni cafe where you can enjoy breakfast on weekdays from 8:00 to 11:30 and on weekends from 10:00 to 14:00. In addition to the usual breakfast foods, the menu also includes various sandwiches and a great selection of fresh pastries.

5Senses at Pikk Street in Tallinn Old Town encourages us to use all five senses. The brunch menu includes global flavours and is available Tuesday to Sunday from 9:30 to 15:00.  

Cafe Grenka, which got its name from the hot Slavic sandwiches, offers breakfast on weekdays until 12:00 and weekends until 13:00. In addition to the usual breakfast foods, you can also order delicious cottage-cheese patties from the cafe on Pärnu Highway.  

Rudolf Restaurant in Kadriorg offers the best of modern French and European cuisine. Brunch takes place on Saturdays from 10:00 to 14:00 and Sundays from 10:00 to 15:00 with a menu offering various tasty dishes from French toast to croissants and from porridge to pancakes.

Peps, a cafe-restaurant in the basement of a modern apartment building on Kentmanni Street in the city centre, hosts pancake mornings on weekends – but from morning until evening. They offer pancakes with either savoury or sweet fillings. The menu also always includes a “late riser” omelette.    

Põhjala factory, which is quickly becoming a new centre of urban culture, offers brunch from Kopli Köök on Saturdays from 12:00-17:00. The cafe with its pleasant retro feel offers traditional brunch dishes and popular breakfast foods from near and far. The idea is to always offer something new and different.  

Mimosa, a restaurant with charmingly old-fashioned interior design, is located in a gorgeous villa in Nõmme where it offers late breakfast on Saturdays from 12:00-15:00. In addition to eggs, fried potatoes, bacon, fish and beans, the menu also includes sweet pancakes.

Your Sunday villa visit should be Mon Repos, a restaurant on the edge of Kadriorg Park that first opened in the same building a hundred years ago. You can enjoy brunch in its luxurious setting on Sundays from 11:00-14:00 and you can also order nutritious dishes such as blinis, Nizza salad and bouillabaisse.

Põhjala Brewery & Tap Room, a beer restaurant in Noblessner, pampers its Sunday guests with an all-day breakfast. The menu includes many great options from eggs and bacon to bagels with fillings, sweet pancakes and chicken waffles.  

Fotografiska Cafe offers breakfast until noon on weekdays and until evening on Saturdays. On Sundays, they offer an all-day brunch. The Fotografiska restaurant with its six-storey panoramic view also serves a formal brunch on holidays such as Mother’s Day.

Tallink’s hotel restaurants Nero (Tallink Spa & Conference Hotel) and City Grill House (Tallink City Hotel) offer brunch on Sundays from 12:00-15:00. All guests can eat as much as they want at the generous buffet. 

At Radisson Blu Hotel Olümpia’s Restaurant Senso offers brunch on Sundays from 12:30-15:30. The buffet offers both hot and cold dishes in addition to desserts. The price includes a welcome drink.

The vegan cafe Kringel is located in the heart of local life in the Uus Maailm neighbourhood. Although it’s been named after the party kringles available by pre-order, it’s also a great breakfast and brunch cafe. Regardless of the time, it offers porridge, pancakes, smoothies, grilled sandwiches, savoury and sweet pastries in addition to various coffee drinks. Everything they offer is plant-based and thus a safe choice for anyone on a lactose-free, dairy-free and egg-free diet.  

The area near the Baltic Station is home to two wonderful vegan cafes – Rohe and Nihe, each on opposite sides of the market. Both of them serve a fully plant-based breakfast. Rohe serves breakfast until noon, while Nihe offers an all-day brunch menu.

Kivi Paber Käärid in Telliskivi Creative City, on the other hand, offers a gluten-free breakfast. The restaurant opens at noon after which a breakfast plate can be ordered until the evening. All other dishes at the restaurant are also gluten-free.

The gluten-free waffle café located in Kalamaja named Vaffel is open every day except Mondays. On weekdays, the cafe opens its doors for lunch, and at 9:00 on weekends. Savoury and sweet waffles taste great at any time of day, of course.

Special diets are generally well known in Tallinn’s restaurants and the most common ones are also marked on the menus. You can always ask the staff for help – many dishes can be modified to fit the customer’s needs.