Tasting menus are more than just a dining experience; they are culinary journeys that reveal the restaurants' philosophy and the chefs' talents. At the heart of such adventures lies the chance to sample various dishes in one dinner, significantly broadening the gastronomic horizon. Moreover, each carefully selected and masterfully paired meal aims for the perfect harmony of flavour, texture, and aesthetics, thus always leaving a lasting impression.

Tasting dinners in Vilnius restaurants are no exception, with the best chefs crafting world-class experiences and earning appreciation from both guests & culinary experts. So, where should you go to enjoy a variety of flavours and truly high-class cuisine?

Tablein guide features Vilnius restaurants offering tasting menus. What experiences do they promise, and what prices can you expect?

Tasting menus in Vilnius restaurants

Amandus
Užupio g. 22, Vilnius

Amandus is a Michelin-featured fine dining restaurant led by Deivydas Praspaliauskas, a chef named the best in Lithuania multiple times. This place dedicates its philosophy exclusively to tasting dinners, offering a unique experience with unexpected flavour combinations and visually stunning presentations.

At Amandus, the gastronomic journey begins with a glass of aperitif and the chef's compliments, accompanied by stories about the dishes directly from the chef. The evening starts with homemade bread, followed by a sequence of appetizers, soups, and main courses, each paired with wines carefully selected by the sommelier. The finale consists of two desserts, after which a special surprise from the chef concludes the evening.

The tasting menu changes monthly, ensuring that each visit provides new and exciting gastronomic experiences.

Tasting menu price at Amandus: 80 EUR per person
Tasting menu with a 4-wine pairing: 120 EUR per person

Fabrikėlis
Pasakų g. 9, Vilnius

Listed in the prestigious Michelin Guide, Fabrikėlis is an informal fine dining restaurant dedicated to sustainable gastronomy. Thus, drawing on the freshest and highest-quality ingredients, seasonal menu here embodies the rhythms of nature. This restaurant also pays special attention to ingredient origins, focusing on Lithuanian produce, with 60% of the farmers operating organic farms.

As the restaurant's chef Ovidijus Orenta explains, Fabrikėlis offers a menu free of bling, emphasizing that products grown in clean soil are closer to us. This philosophy is best shown through the tasting dinner, which includes four appetizers, two main courses, and a dessert. Moreover, the menu encourages sharing, making it perfect for enjoying a dining experience with friends or loved ones.

Tasting menu price at Fabrikėlis: 65 EUR per person

Demo
T. Ševčenkos g. 16A-120, Vilnius

Demo is a one-Michelin-star restaurant that emerged from a desire to elevate everyday life as well as foster genuine connections between people. Chef Tadas Edukevičius welcomes guests with exceptional dinners that not only satisfy hunger but also inspire and educate.

At Demo, visitors can choose between the Signature or Farmer’s Table dining experiences. The Signature tasting menu, featuring ten courses, aims to express various creative ideas and explore social & cultural constructs, treating food as an art form. In contrast, the Farmer’s Table concept offers a menu based on artisanal techniques and ingredient purity, with dishes prepared daily from the freshest available products. This ever-changing tasting experience includes five shareable appetizers and one individual main course.

Tasting menu price at Demo: 65 – 95 EUR per person
Beverage pairing: 60 EUR per person

Džiaugsmas
Vilniaus g. 28-19, Vilnius

Džiaugsmas, a one-Michelin-star restaurant in Vilnius, captivates guests with its conceptual spaces, but it is Chef Martynas Praškevičius's gastronomy that makes the most lasting impression. The restaurant embraces natural food and prioritizes the freshest seasonal ingredients.

Guided by the rhythm of nature, the menu at Džiaugsmas changes almost daily. Despite this, certain elements remain consistent: mastery and creativity. Guests can enjoy dishes ranging from blood sausage with bacon, smoked eel tubes, or beef ribs in Porto wine sauce to veal cheek with trumpet mushrooms, dill ice cream, and malt panna cotta. To fully experience these unique flavours, the tasting dinner is highly recommended.

Tasting menu price at Džiaugsmas: 99 EUR per person

Nineteen18
Dominikonų g. 11, Vilnius

Awarded one Michelin star, Nineteen18 is a fine dining restaurant situated in the historic Senatorių pasažas mansion. Here, food enthusiasts can savour gastronomic creations by Chef Andrius Kubilius and his team, who focus exclusively on Lithuanian ingredients sourced from small farms or foraged from nature.

The standout feature of this restaurant is its ten-course tasting dinner, which highlights both Nineteen18 philosophy and approach towards food. This experience provides an opportunity to explore Lithuania's most distinctive flavours in a creative, provocative as well as always pleasantly surprising way. Guests can enjoy the tasting either at the open kitchen's Chef's Table or in the main dining hall.

Tasting menu price at Nineteen18: 94 EUR per person

Stikliai
Gaono g. 7, Vilnius

Stikliai is not only a legend of high-end gastronomy in Vilnius but also a Michelin-featured fine dining restaurant known for its refined flavours, excellent service, elegance, and subtle luxury. The restaurant menu offers European cuisine with Lithuanian accents, prepared using French techniques. Another unique aspect of this place is its ingredients: most of the fresh vegetables, fruits, berries, and herbs used in the kitchen come from the organic Dubingiai farm owned by Stikliai.

The fine dining experience here always includes à la carte options. However, for a closer look at Stikliai gastronomic philosophy, the chef recommends trying the tasting menu, which features onion soup, tuna tataki, pumpkin sautéed in anise butter with mushrooms, scallops in potato hay, pigeon with currants, and poppy seed dessert.

Tasting menu price at Stikliai: 90 EUR per person

PACAI
Didžioji g. 7, Vilnius

Nestled in the boutique hotel under the same name, PACAI is a Michelin-featured fine dining restaurant enchanting guests with its unique gastronomy. This place focuses on Lithuanian delicacies, as chefs Vytautas Alekna and Goda Juknaitė believe that Lithuanian nature hides many unnoticed treasures. Thus, the goal is to uncover these gems and reveal their true brilliance on the plates.

At PACAI, ingredients take centre stage, while the menu itself, rich in original and innovative flavours, invites guests to enjoy a concept inspired by Nordic & Lithuanian cuisines. This philosophy emerges through both à la carte and tasting dinner options. The seasonal tasting menu offers combinations that elevate food to a whole new level of pleasure. Dishes such as asparagus-shrimp & celery baskets, strawberry gazpacho, mushroom-garnished asparagus, veal with juniper berries, citrus sea bass or rabbit and kefir panna cotta promise a memorable adventure even for the most seasoned diners.

Tasting menu price at PACAI: 85 EUR per person
Beverage pairing: 50 EUR per person

Imperial
Subačiaus g. 2, Vilnius

Located in the heart of Vilnius, Imperial is a luxurious fine dining restaurant that invites guests to experience the true essence of haute cuisine as developed in the USA. The chef here creates dishes using not only refined cooking techniques but also high-quality ingredients. From vegetables or microgreens to ethically raised meats, all products come from trusted Lithuanian farms.

The restaurant's culinary philosophy shines through the à la carte menu, but to fully experience it, the chef recommends trying the four-, five-, six-, or seven-course tasting dinners. Imperial tasting menus may feature dishes such as venison tartare on a bed of chopped porcini mushrooms, grilled oysters, sea scallops cooked in sweet cream butter, white asparagus soup garnished with trout roe, Rossini-style aged beef tenderloin with foie gras, and gorgonzola ice cream. This list offers only a glimpse of the whole repertoire, from which guests can always freely select their preferred dishes.

Tasting menu price at Imperial: 64 – 104 EUR per person
Beverage pairing: 34 – 54 EUR per person

14Horses
Dominikonų g. 11, Vilnius

Awarded Michelin Bib Gourmand and located in the historic Senatorių pasažas mansion, 14Horses is a fine dining restaurant offering diners exclusive farm-to-table experiences. Here, chef Justinas Misius curates a seasonal menu inspired by sustainably grown Lithuanian products from the eco Farmers Circle or other small local farms.

At 14Horses, guests enjoy a fixed-price, three-course menu based on local culinary principles. During dinner, they can choose either two appetizers, a main course, and a dessert, or three appetizers and a main course from a nature-inspired selection. This tasting experience reveals the distinct character of Lithuanian ingredients, while the historic Vainai Palace, with its preserved original elements, evokes the spirit of the old Lithuanian nobility.

Tasting menu price at 14Horses: 55 EUR per person

Telegrafas
Universiteto g. 14, Vilnius

Balancing history and modernity with exceptional views of Vilnius Cathedral Square, Telegrafas is a fine dining restaurant highly recommended by the Michelin Guide. This place focuses on exceptional gastronomy, as chef Justinas Kapkovičius masters European cuisine using only the freshest, attentively selected ingredients. Furthermore, his inspiration always comes from authentic recipes.

For those seeking refined flavours, the restaurant offers an à la carte menu, but the tasting dinners, which change with the seasons, best capture the essence of Telegrafas. The current selection includes the chef's compliment, foie gras with low-temperature-cooked figs, Atlantic sea scallops with langoustine sponge and brown butter snow, seasonal granite, Greenland halibut fillet in seaweed sauce, venison from Lithuanian forests with a juniper berry crust, and a tea-ramisu matcha dessert.

Tasting menu price at Telegrafas: 100 EUR per person
Tasting menu with wine pairing: 170 EUR per person

NO CHEF
Pylimo g. 19-38, Vilnius

NO CHEF is a beloved restaurant in Vilnius where chef Jonas Jonušas crafts Mediterranean-inspired culinary experiences. The philosophy here revolves around authenticity, simplicity, and ingredient quality without ever reinventing the wheel.

Gourmands who enjoy sampling are invited here to indulge in a tasting dinner full of Mediterranean flavours, colours, and aromas. "Our goal is to make you feel like you're on vacation in Crete," say the hosts, who aim to serve as diverse range of dishes as possible. Thus, NO CHEF tasting menu features it all: homemade bread, hummus, Arabic labneh, Romaine salad with Greek olive oil, southern cheese, calamari or octopus tentacles, scallops in their shells, butter-fried tiger prawns, and aged Black Angus steak.

Tasting menu price at NO CHEF: 80 EUR for two people

La Capital
Saltoniškių g. 7 C, Vilnius

La Capital is a Mexican restaurant in Vilnius that welcomes guests with a fusion of authentic gastronomy and modern culinary art. The professional kitchen team, led by chef Alexis Maldonado from Mexico, ensures a unique experience by revealing the most vivid flavours and aromas of this exotic land.

Soups, cold & hot appetizers, main courses, desserts: with seafood, meat, vegan or sweet options, here the menu always promises a memorable acquaintance with Mexican cuisine. For those looking to sample a variety in one visit, La Capital recommends trying the tasting dinner, available from Wednesdays to Sundays. Its menu includes tuna tostada, ceviche in macha sauce, taco al pastor, filet de res, and pastel de queso.

Tasting menu price at La Capital: 49 EUR per person

Pachamama Dinner Club
Gedimino pr. 9, Vilnius

The stylish Pachamama Dinner Club, located in the heart of Vilnius, introduces gourmands to the bold flavours and aromas of Nikkei cuisine. Moreover, this hotspot also enchants guests with its colourful ambience, Latino atmosphere as well as lively weekend vibes.

Here, the Latin America-inspired menu features authentic Peruvian dishes with influences from Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish cuisines. The repertoire includes a variety of gourmet ceviche, tiradito, tataki, and tacos, alongside a range of high-quality meats & seafood that diners can enjoy. For those who love sampling Pachamama Dinner Club also offers a tasting menu. Don’t hesitate to try it if enjoying all the standout Peruvian flavours in one evening is your goal!

Tasting menu price at Pachamama Dinner Club: 82 EUR per person

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