Saint Germain
A romantic French wine restaurant tucked onto Old Town's Literatų street — classic cuisine, a serious wine list and one of the loveliest summer terraces in the city.
- ✓One of the Baltics' finest French restaurants, open for nearly twenty years.
- ✓Classic French cooking with upscale ingredients — oysters, caviar, foie gras.
- ✓An extensive, sommelier-curated wine list built for pairing.
- ✓Romantic, tucked-away setting with a sought-after summer terrace.
- ✓On Literatų g. 9 in the Old Town; fine-dining prices, reservations recommended.
A French wine restaurant in the Old Town
Saint Germain is a 'vyno restoranas' — a wine restaurant — tucked into one of the Old Town's most atmospheric corners on Literatų g. 9. Decorated in a relaxed French shabby-chic style and open for close to two decades, it is widely regarded as one of the finest French restaurants in the Baltics. The kitchen cooks classic French cuisine with genuinely upscale ingredients, from Gillardeau oysters and caviar to foie gras, and the experience is unmistakably fine dining.
The wine is the beating heart of the place. The list is extensive and carefully curated by the sommelier, designed first and foremost for pairing with the food, and it is the one part of an otherwise solid-as-stone restaurant that is constantly updated. Signature plates run from bouillabaisse and carpaccios to steaks — fillet or Black Angus entrecôte with mushrooms and truffle oil — risottos with porcini or seafood, mussels in white-wine cream, and a classic crème brûlée to finish.
Good to know
Saint Germain is a place for an occasion: a romantic dinner, a celebration, or a long lunch over wine. The room is intimate and the service professional, and in the warmer months the busy outdoor terrace on cobbled Literatų street is one of the loveliest spots in the city to settle in. This is fine dining, so prices sit at the higher end — historically with main courses around the €30 mark — and the menu changes only at the margins, so check the current carte when you book.
Because it is small and often fully booked, reservations are strongly recommended. Diners with allergies should flag them when ordering. Opening hours have run roughly Monday to Saturday 11:00–22:30 and Sunday 11:00–21:30; confirm the latest times and menu on the restaurant's own site before visiting.
- Cuisine
- classic French; extensive sommelier-led wine list.
- Good to know
- fine-dining prices; book ahead; summer terrace.
- Try: bouillabaisse, foie gras, steak with truffle oil, crème brûlée.
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