A Foodie’s Guide to Vilnius, Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania

Ever since I visited Tallinn earlier this autumn, I’d had a slightly OCD obsession with getting the hat trick of Baltic countries: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. I’d spent some time eating my way around Riga a few years ago when I was asked to judge Latvia’s 30 best restaurants (not the kind of invitation one gets every day!) and I’d loved the restaurants in Tallinn more recently. So I was excited to be able to persuade a foodie friend to head over to Vilnius with me to catch the start of the festive season. Although the Christmas market was scheduled to open the weekend we were there, it turned out to be a little underwhelming – a pretty Christmas tree, but not much in the way of actual market stalls. Luckily, though, the snow had just started to fall, the fairy lights were twinkling, and there was plenty of festive cheer to go round – Christmas market or no Christmas market.

It’ll come to no surprise to any of you that I spent the majority of my 72 hours in Vilnius eating and drinking. And while there was still much more to discover, I felt like I’d taken a decent bite out of the city’s dining scene. So here you have it: my guide to the restaurants and bars of Vilnius… ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).