Good food but lots of garnish and little meat. Price was fine and the place is nice. Service was correct.

Big portions, interesting variety of traditional food, friendly service. But please don’t take their homemade “kali” – that is just terrible (tastes like really sweet iced tea)

Going east on the E20 at the junction for Palmse Manor and Altja fishing village is VIitna Korts Bistroo, set in a large wooden chalet-style building. The first thing you notice are the bright woven coverings on the benches. A choice of a beef and vegetable or a minestrone soup was welcome on a day when the sun was drifting in and out of the cloud. Beetroot salad and smoked salmon on a bagel type roll made for an appetising lunch. Dishes taken from the self service cabinet were replaced with lightning speed by an alert staff. Motorway cafes could profitably learn that fresh food beats fast food, any day. Active people will want to try the industrial-size swing just outside.

Really nice and authentic Estonian interior and food... - smells good and tastes even better. I'll come back and take some or many friends with me for sure. Thank You!

WHEELCHAIR ACCESS - POSSIBLE (only at end entrances) Side accesses are stepped.

Finally, after 14 years of driving through Viitna, we decided to have lunch here.

During summer 2017 on our numerous drives through Viitna we watched a new rush roof being laid to replace the distinctly dirty old one. Combined with the white-washed walls the building is now dramatically bright.

Measuring approximately 25m x 75 metres, this one the biggest kõrts. The barn style doors at the eastern end suggest this end was stabling for carriage horses as Viitna is on the all important Tallinn-St. Petersburg road. Viitna kõrts was the C18th and C19th equivalent to a motorway rest area and eatery. The local population could never have supported this size of operation.

The trestle tables and benches, inside only, are traditional features of kõrts. The windowless design without a chimney is also a traditional kõrts feature - though there are now some windows at the rear. In days of yore, smoke from the fires went out through a hole in the roof.

There are now two dining areas each between 25-30m long at either end of the building, and each having its own style and distinct menu. The uncounted metres in the middle are the kitchens.

The western end is the low cost Bistro counter service of wholesome typical Estonian homemade food and salat (pickled cucumbers, salted cabbage, finely diced beetroot) but no alcohol.

The eastern end is a more traditional wait staffed restaurant with a cosmopolitan menu and a bar service.

There are patios at either end for summer style eating at tables under umbrellas. There is also a permanent wooden gazebo at the eastern end.

The grounds provide some activities for children including a large 500kg bearing kiik.