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US$8 - US$26
Special Diets
Vegetarian Friendly
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, Brunch

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The suburb of Nõmme is home to this elegant art nouveau villa named after Karoline Paju, who built the house in 1931. Dining takes place over two floor...
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Reviewed 10 August 2022

The prices do not match the quality of the food at all. Beef tartare was too small, fish soup lacked depth of flavour and prawn pasta was overcooked. Wine card was the biggest let down - you could only order a pinot grigio or a...sauvignon blanc with 10-11 euro per glass. These wines are sold in every Selver supermarket in Estonia with around 10 euro per bottle. They served only prosecco or champagne by glass, nothing in between. They should really try harder since it's now a michelin guide restaurant. The only saving grace was the location, atmosphere and the interior design of the restaurant.More

Date of visit: August 2022
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Reviewed 8 July 2022

I had dinner with my friends in July 7th and unfortunately we got very bad service. First of all we had booking for 15 peoples but one person came more so 16 people. Our waitress shaped and said that the booking was for 15 people....After some time they agreed to bring another chair. The waitress was not very friendly and rolled her eyes and wasn't very happy to serve us. We also had incident were we had some food more than people (that was our mistake) but one of our friend tooked kids fish accidentally. And server just tooked half eaten kids fish and switched it to the adult fish. Although these were both our foods. I will recommend this place to my friend not to go there. Food was nice but the price for the food was a little bit overpriced in my opinion.More

Date of visit: July 2022
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Reviewed 3 June 2022 via mobile

Following to the ”Michelin” recommendation, we gave it a try. Well, Chef’s missed the cooking of my meat (rare) and got it medium+. I would say not acceptable if you are part of this “Michelin”. Else atmosphere and service is great!

Date of visit: June 2022
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Reviewed 17 May 2022 via mobile

Great atmosphere, pleasant music, very professional staff and extremely tasty food. All summed up is a restaurant I would come back!

Date of visit: May 2022
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Reviewed 25 July 2021

We ordered salted fish, vegetarian scallops for starters, beef and seafood soup named after this place (which I expected to be mind-blowing) as main dishes. In general: food was average, taste and quality doesn't match with the price, cost should be twice less. You will...not find any useful info in the menu about the real ingredient, so you can learn from our mistake - ask about every dish what exactly is there. In more details: Salted fish was okay, but nothing special. Vegetarian scallops confused me with its name, because scallops are vegetarian (it is not meat), but in the end it appeared to be "vegan"(!) because it actually wasn't a scallop, it was 4-5 pieces of mushrooms in a size of a scallop. There was no info about mushrooms in the ingredients of this dish. And the cost of it is 12 EUR. Beef was the only interesting dish in this list, but not lucky me, I ordered soup. Seafood soup was the most ordinary one with the taste that I can find everywhere. I chose it because of the pictures in the internet and because it is named after the restaurant - should be something special. Stupid me. There was nothing like on the pictures, in the soup was salmon and shellfish and potatoes... that's all. And it was also spicy. No information about shellfish and spice in the menu. No other "seafood". Also during the summer a lot of insects around even if you are not sitting outside. I do not expect the restaurant to do something about it, but if you do not like to have your dish in the company of flies, maybe there is a better place.More

Date of visit: July 2021
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Reviewed 5 September 2020

Everything about our couple of hours at Paju Villa was great - the setting is lovely, the service was friendly and the food and drinks were outstanding. I ordered the avocado & mozzarella starter, which was delicious, skilfully prepared and beautifully presented; the duck for...main, which was cooked to perfection; and the vanilla pudding with passionfruit for dessert, which was an amazing combination of flavours and textures. I accompanied the meal with a glass of New Zealand sauvignon blanc, and enjoyed the house breads. My husband and the friend we were with enjoyed their food and drinks just as much - they largely went for seafood options, and the daiquiri went down a treat as well. Overall, three courses each plus alcohol and water to share came to roughly €50 each, which we all agreed was money well spent given the overall quality. We'll definitely be coming back.More

Date of visit: September 2020
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Reviewed 30 August 2020 via mobile

Decided to randomly stop at this place on our way to Riga as it was close to a park where we could walk our dog. We were very surprised by the quality of food and friendliness of the staff. Best food we have had in...a while. I can highly recommend stopping by here for either lunch or dinner. Also perfect for families and they allow you to bring your dog.More

Date of visit: August 2020
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Reviewed 16 July 2020

Food was great. They bake their own bread and white bread. Staff is pleasant. Overall very pleasant experience.

Date of visit: July 2020
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Reviewed 1 July 2020 via mobile

Restaurant is lovated few kilometres outside the city area. Very short menu, even shorter choices for beer. Despite that, also some items were not available at the moment, which is strange. Girl serving us was friendly, forgot to bring few things though. Food was very...good! The place is located next to main street which makes it a bit noisy when seated outside.More

Date of visit: July 2020
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Reviewed 19 June 2020

We waited for hour and a half for our food and then they said they don’t have it. They didn’t even bring us bread and the food is overpriced. Don’t make the mistake what i did don’t go there! I haven’t been in a restaurant...with this poor service in my life!More

Date of visit: June 2020
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Reviewed 6 March 2020

Didn't expect much, but I was pleasantly surprised. Short menu but full of exciting dishes, every one of them surprising. Liked the hint of Japanese food :) In addition, Paju Villa is definitely standing out with top level service in Tallinn.

Date of visit: March 2020
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Reviewed 17 February 2020

Best outside lighting in Tallinn. Excellent atmosphere in the whole villa. Food was quite good, surprisingly with japanese touch. Menu is very short, so I hope they change it often. Buffalo mozzarella and tomato was real WOW, great idea to be served like that and...really tasty. Tartar very okay, especially liked the bread, excellent texture. Marunaka beef - first time in my life I can say I loved rice (sushi rice and roasted!). And the souce was just great. Beef was a little disappointment because we didn´t expect minced one - our mistake, we should have asked more information what kind of beef exactly it will be.More

Date of visit: February 2020
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Reviewed 16 September 2019

Been here few times and every time it was a great experience. Interesting combinations of products, great food presentation and friendly staff.

Date of visit: December 2018
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Reviewed 15 July 2019

Defenatly worth of dropping by. Charming place. Beautiful dishes with decent prices. Gourmet food with reasonible price.

Date of visit: July 2019
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Reviewed 8 July 2019 via mobile

Lovely garden and interior. Food served in gourmet fashion but at reasonable prices. Children friendly with small playground

Date of visit: July 2019
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  • Food: 4
  • Service: 4.5
  • Value: 3.5