Saaremaa · Food

The short street running from the town hall square down towards the castle carries most of the island's restaurants and cafés within a couple of hundred metres. In July you need to book a table; in November several of them are closed.

Lossi 3, an Italian kitchen that has been in central Kuressaare since 2004 and stays open through the winter. Mon–Fri 12:00–22:00 and Sat–Sun 13:00–22:00, with the kitchen closing at 21:30; takeaway available.

Outside Kuressaare there are almost no restaurants — you buy from village shops and roadside farm stalls, so carry cash and do not count on lunch appearing. Kuressaare also holds occasional big market days in the town centre, the next on 5 September 2026, when the island's producers all turn out at once.

The island's dark rye, its farmhouse beer and its lamb are the three things worth eating here rather than on the mainland, and smoked fish comes off the small harbours on the south coast. Buy them from shops and stalls rather than menus if you are watching the budget.