Our story

Historic gem in the old town of Haapsalu

Hapsal Dietrich was born out of love for food. Our biggest passion is cooking and enjoying great food. We value small cafés and respect the history of Haapsalu, old architecture and old Estonian style furniture.

We are unique, because we do not have a head chef, instead our whole team works as united to bring you the best flavours and combinations possible. We try to purchase all our ingredients as local as possible – fish is always a fresh catch by our local fishermen, meat products come from a local farm and seasonally we purchase all vegetables from our neighbours garden, even all of our cakes are made fresh every morning by our own bakers.

With love and respect we enjoy,
high quality food,
friendly staff and delightful company.

HISTORY

Café Dietrich has an impressive history. It opened its doors at the beginning of the 20th century. The café belonged to the Dietrich family and was managed by Paul Dietrich, a well-known baker in Haapsalu. The business was best known for its high-quality pastries. The café’s bakers made bread and rolls, a large assortment of cakes, biscuits and buns, ginger biscuits for Christmas and several different types of paskha for Easter. Dietrich’s was the best place for coffee and older residents of Haapsalu remember that the cakes of Café Dietrich were valued highly. Café Dietrich had its businesses simultaneously at Viieristi, Karja Street 5 and Ehte Street and these worked actively until the occupation of Haapsalu. From decades ago, the family has managed to preserve a few items of furniture from the café, some baker’s tools and photos.

While we were setting up the café we had the luck and great joy to meet Maie Dietrich, a native citizen of Haapsalu and a descendant of the owners of the once famous café. The lovely and dignified lady was greatly moved by our wish to continue the story of Café Dietrich that once belonged to her family. We have her blessing and she believes that the café will be successful and win people’s hearts. It was her great wish for the café to look beautiful and for its cakes to melt in the mouth.
We will do our best.

From Dietrich you can find old architecture and furniture from the time of the Estonian Republic in the 1920s and 1930s.
Welcome!