Lahemaa National Park · Food

The thatched tavern in Altja, open every day of the year 12:00–20:00 — which makes it the reliable option out of season. Creamy fish soup, sorrel soup, barley-and-potato mash with mushroom sauce, smoked salmon, schnitzel, bilberry cake, and vegetarian dishes.

Inside the manor complex run by the state forest service, with a kitchen built around game and forest ingredients. The most formal meal in the park, and convenient because the hotel, hostel, forest museum and a trailhead are all on the same site.

The estate runs three kitchens: Mõisa for Scandinavian-influenced à la carte, a lobby lounge for something casual, and Kaval-Antsu Tavern for Estonian food. Open to day visitors as well as guests; book the à la carte room.

Outside the manors and Altja there is almost nothing, and what there is keeps summer hours. Võsu has the shops and the summer cafés, a few hundred metres back from the beach. Stock up there before heading into the forest for the day.