Moon

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Moon Restaurant Tallinn – Modern Slavic Cuisine in Telliskivi | Michelin Recommended

Moon in Tallinn is a restaurant built on a simple idea: to move forward, you sometimes have to go back. More than fifteen years ago, chefs Roman Zaštšerinski and Igor Andrejev set aside their toques and returned to their roots. The result was Moon, a place that feels less like a formal dining room and more like an invitation into their own home. In June 2025, the restaurant opened at a new address in the Telliskivi creative quarter, bringing its distinctive vision to a fresh space with high limestone walls.

The kitchen is led by Roman and Igor, whose cooking is guided by what they call “simplicity, independence, local ingredients, honesty, and respect, with a Nordic crispness.” That philosophy translates into a menu that is direct and confident. Starters include warm buckwheat blinis with sour cream and oscietra caviar, a pike-perch cutlet with tartar sauce, and thinly sliced duck with pickled pumpkin and green walnut adjika. Soups and dumplings are a highlight: a hearty borscht with pork, dried plums, and sour cream, or hand-made Siberian pelmeni in a wild mushroom sauce.

Main courses range from a crispy-skinned eggplant with fermented tomato cream to a grilled duck breast cooked sous vide, served with grilled pineapple and pomegranate. A grilled beef entrecôte comes with crayfish tails and a lobster-cognac sauce. Desserts are equally thoughtful: sous vide pear with vanilla cream and icy sea buckthorn, or warm curd cheese fritters with raspberry cream and plombir ice cream.

The dining room is looked after by hostess Jana Zaštšerinski, while sommelier Svetlana Javorskaya oversees a drinks list that complements the food. The restaurant has earned recognition from guides including the White Guide Nordic and the Michelin Guide, which awarded it a Recommended distinction in 2026. That acknowledgment reflects the care and consistency that have defined Moon since it first opened its doors in December 2009.

At its core, Moon remains what it has always been: a place where the chefs cook the food they love, using local ingredients and a clear-headed approach to modern Slavic cuisine. It is unpretentious, warm, and deeply personal.