The Best Restaurants in the World

8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana (Hong Kong)

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Hong Kong's Italian fine-dining tier has long split between clubby regional cooking, hotel dining rooms and trophy-led tasting formats. 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana (Hong Kong) sits at the formal end of that spectrum, with Umberto Bombana's classical Italian register, a deep wine program and major guide recognition anchoring its reputation in Central.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, Gambero Rosso, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde

Alchemist

Copenhagen, Denmark

2 Michelin stars

Few restaurants in Europe ask as much of a guest as Alchemist. Set inside a former industrial space on Copenhagen's Refshaleøen peninsula, Rasmus Munk's project runs to 50 'impressions' across roughly seven hours, folding art installation, theatre, and ingredient-driven cooking into a single sitting. Two Michelin stars, a #8 ranking on the World's 50 Best list in 2024, and the #1 position on Opinionated About Dining's European ranking for two consecutive years place it in a tier with few peers.

Also recognized by La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, The Best Chef

Amber

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Amber has held three Michelin stars continuously and ranked as high as #20 on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list, making it a fixed reference point for French Contemporary dining in Hong Kong. Chef Richard Ekkebus frames each structured meal around dairy-free technique, Japanese sourcing, and a sustainability program that now extends from rooftop herb cultivation to fermentation-led flavour building. The wine list runs to 11,000 bottles, with Wine Director Dirk Chen steering a Burgundy-weighted program.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, Cathay Members’ Choice Awards, Forbes, La Liste

Arca

Tulum, Mexico

Ranked #67 on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list in 2025 and a consecutive Michelin Plate holder, Arca sits at km 7.6 on the Tulum-Boca Paila road and operates as a serious argument for the Yucatán Peninsula as a destination in its own right. Chef José Luis Hinostroza runs a micro-seasonal, open-fire menu rooted in Mexican ingredients and Mayan jungle surroundings, open nightly from 5 to 11 pm.

Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Tales Spirited Awards, The Best Chef, Top 500 Bars

Asador Etxebarri

Atxondo, Spain

1 Michelin star

In a mountain village between Bilbao and San Sebastián, Asador Etxebarri has ranked among the World's 50 Best Restaurants continuously since 2008 and holds the title of Best Restaurant in Europe 2025. Victor Arguinzoniz cooks everything over live fire using custom-built grills and a pulley system of his own design, producing a tasting menu that runs to 14 courses and books out months in advance.

Also recognized by Guía Repsol, La Liste, Macarfi, Opinionated About Dining

Atomix

New York City, United States

2 Michelin stars

Atomix is where New York's Korean fine-dining conversation becomes precise, formal, and deeply contemporary. The counter format, illustrated course cards, and Junghyun Park's modern Korean cooking turn the meal into a study of accompaniment, sequence, and cultural translation rather than a conventional luxury tasting menu.

Also recognized by James Beard Award, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, New York Times

Azurmendi

Larrabetzu, Spain

3 Michelin stars

Azurmendi Larrabetzu elevates sustainable fine dining to an art form, where Chef Eneko Atxa's three-Michelin-starred vision unfolds through an immersive greenhouse-to-table experience. This architectural marvel seamlessly integrates Basque tradition with cutting-edge gastronomy, offering the acclaimed Adarrak tasting menu in a bioclimatic structure that defines the future of responsible luxury dining.

Also recognized by Falstaff, Guía Repsol, La Liste, Macarfi

Burnt Ends

Singapore, Singapore

1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Award of Excellence

Its recognition across Michelin, World’s 50 Best, OAD, La Liste, Black Pearl and Tatler places it in the city’s serious dining tier, but the appeal remains elemental: heat, smoke, meat, seafood and a kitchen that treats fire as a precise instrument.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Tatler

Caprice

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Three Michelin stars, a La Liste score of 99 points, and a position at #18 in Asia's 50 Best — Caprice operates at the summit tier of French fine dining in Hong Kong. Chef Guillaume Galliot's menu draws on French regional sourcing, from Brittany lobster to Périgord veal, served against floor-to-ceiling views of Victoria Harbour inside the Four Seasons Hotel Central.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, Forbes, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde

Chef Tam's Seasons

Macau, Macau

2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Chef Tam's Seasons brings Cantonese cooking into Macau's luxury-hotel dining tier through a seasonal format built around the 24 solar terms. The room signals ceremony, but the more serious story is speed, heat and timing: wok technique, wood-fired barbecue, live seafood and a fast-changing degustation structure backed by major regional and global recognition.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, Chinese Restaurant Awards, Forbes, La Liste

Coque

Madrid, Spain

2 Michelin stars

Coque sits in Madrid’s luxury creative-Spanish bracket, using a staged format to turn the capital’s social rhythm of aperitif, cellar, kitchen and dining room into a composed sequence. Mario Sandoval leads the kitchen, with Diego Sandoval in the dining room and Rafael Sandoval on wine, supported by recognition from Guía Repsol, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde and Relais & Châteaux.

Also recognized by Guía Repsol, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, Macarfi

CORE by Clare Smyth

London, United Kingdom

3 Michelin stars

CORE by Clare Smyth sits at the formal end of London's Modern British movement, where the old promise of local produce has been pushed from pub comfort into tasting-menu precision. Clare Smyth's Notting Hill restaurant has La Liste 2026 recognition at 98 points, National Restaurant Awards Top 100 placement, Star Wine List accreditation, and a cooking style that gives British vegetables the same status usually reserved for luxury seafood and game.

Also recognized by AA Rosettes, Harden's, La Liste, National Restaurant Awards

Den

Tokyo, Japan

2 Michelin stars

Den belongs to Tokyo's creative kaiseki tier, where seasonal structure is kept but the room loosens the formality. Chef Zaiyu Hasegawa's restaurant carries two Michelin stars, a 2026 Tabelog Silver Award, and a place on major international lists, yet its point is not ceremony for its own sake; it is kaiseki made warmer, more playful, and less rigid.

Also recognized by La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Tabelog, Tatler

Disfrutar

Barcelona, Spain

3 Michelin stars

Disfrutar is Barcelona’s high-concept progressive dining reference point: a restaurant built around technique, surprise, and the post-El Bulli evolution of Spanish avant-garde cooking. Its recognition, from Michelin to a World’s 50 Best Restaurants #1 ranking in 2024 and Guía Repsol 3 Soles in 2026, places it in the rare tier where the meal is judged against global creative counters, not local fine dining alone.

Also recognized by Falstaff, Guía Repsol, La Liste, Macarfi

El Celler de Can Roca

Girona, Spain

3 Michelin stars

El Celler de Can Roca sits at the high-theatre end of Girona dining, where Catalan hospitality, progressive Spanish technique and the Spanish habit of shared anticipation are stretched into a formal tasting-menu language. Its three Michelin stars, 99-point La Liste score for 2026 and long history on The World's 50 Best Restaurants make it a benchmark for travellers comparing Girona with Barcelona, Madrid and the wider Iberian creative circuit.

Also recognized by Chef's Table, Falstaff, Guía Repsol, La Liste

Eleven Madison Park

New York City, United States

3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

Eleven Madison Park is where New York fine dining's old signals of luxury meet a plant-based tasting-menu format built around provenance, restraint, and a serious wine program. Daniel Humm's kitchen carries major recognition, including OAD's 2026 North America ranking, La Liste scoring, Star Wine List inclusion, and Les Grandes Tables du Monde membership, but the more interesting story is how the room tests what luxury means without meat at the center.

Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

Florilège

Tokyo, Japan

2 Michelin stars

Florilège sits at the intersection of French technique and Japanese seasonal thinking, operating from a single long communal table inside Azabudai Hills since late 2023. Chef Hiroyasu Kawate holds two Michelin stars and ranked 17th at Asia's 50 Best Restaurants in 2025. Dinner runs from ¥22,000 before service charge, with a plant-forward tasting menu and dedicated sommelier program.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Tabelog

Frantzén

Stockholm, Sweden

3 Michelin stars

Frantzén sits at the high-control end of Stockholm dining, where Nordic ingredients, French technique and Asian references are folded into a choreographed townhouse format. Björn Frantzén's training at Edsbacka Krog, Chez Nico and L'Arpège gives the restaurant its technical grammar, but the larger story is Stockholm's shift from spare New Nordic minimalism toward immersive, multi-room fine dining.

Also recognized by Falstaff, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Fu He Hui

Shanghai, China

2 Michelin stars

Fu He Hui makes Shanghai's plant-led fine dining feel serious rather than corrective: vegetables, fungi, grains and tea carry the meal instead of imitating meat. Its recognition across Michelin, Black Pearl, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining and Asia's 50 Best places it in the city's luxury dining conversation, but its discipline belongs to a narrower vegetarian lineage.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, Chinese Restaurant Awards, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining

Hiša Franko

Kobarid, Slovenia

3 Michelin stars

Three Michelin stars and a place in the World's 50 Best Restaurants confirm what visitors to this remote Soča Valley farmhouse already know: Hiša Franko operates at a level rarely found outside major capitals. Chef Ana Roš, self-taught and hyper-local in her sourcing, has built a menu anchored in the Julian Alps, drawing ingredients from foragers, shepherds, and fishermen across the valley's tight community of producers.

Also recognized by Chef's Table, Falstaff, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde

Jaan by Kirk Westaway

Singapore, Singapore

2 Michelin stars

Jaan by Kirk Westaway gives Singapore's fine-dining circuit a polished British Contemporary counterpoint, built around the idea that British food can carry luxury technique without losing its local-pub memory. The case is strengthened by Michelin two-star recognition in 2025, La Liste 2026 at 92 points, and a 2026 Opinionated About Dining Asia ranking at No. 52.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, Opinionated About Dining

Jade Dragon

Macau, Macau

3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Jade Dragon sits at the formal end of Macau's Cantonese dining culture, where high-heat technique, tonic soups and banquet-room polish meet casino-era luxury. Its recognition includes three Michelin stars, three Black Pearl diamonds, La Liste scoring and a 2026 Opinionated About Dining Asia ranking, placing it in the city's narrow upper tier for Cantonese fine dining.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, Chinese Restaurant Awards, Forbes, La Liste

L'Enclume

Cartmel, United Kingdom

3 Michelin stars

L'Enclume is the Cartmel dining room that turned the Cumbrian village into a serious stop on Britain's modern restaurant map. Simon Rogan's farm-led cooking belongs to the post-gastropub revolution: local produce, long tasting-menu discipline, and a rural setting treated with the ambition once reserved for city dining rooms.

Also recognized by AA Rosettes, Falstaff, Harden's, La Liste

Le Bernardin

New York City, United States

3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

Le Bernardin New York reigns as the city's premier seafood destination, where Chef Eric Ripert's three-Michelin-starred artistry transforms ocean treasures into transcendent cuisine. This well-known Midtown institution has maintained The New York Times' four-star rating for over two decades, offering an unmatched fine dining experience centered on the philosophy that "the fish is the star."

Also recognized by AAA, Eater, Forbes, James Beard Award

Le Calandre

Rubano, Italy

3 Michelin stars

Three Michelin stars since 2002, a 99-point La Liste ranking in 2026, and a permanent position in the World's 50 Best since 2006: Le Calandre in Rubano operates at the upper tier of Italian fine dining. Chef Massimiliano Alajmo runs three tasting menus from a minimalist dining room where tables are carved from a single 300-year-old ash tree, forty minutes from Venice.

Also recognized by La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, Opinionated About Dining, Relais Chateaux

Les Amis

Singapore, Singapore

3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

Among Singapore's French haute cuisine restaurants, Les Amis has held its position at the summit tier since 1994, earning three Michelin stars and a 2025 ranking of #28 in Asia's 50 Best. The wine programme, spanning 1,900 labels and 7,500 bottles across 13 countries, is among the more serious cellar operations in Southeast Asia. Prix fixe menus run from five to seven courses, with ingredients sourced predominantly from France.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, Forbes, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining

Mingles

Seoul, South Korea

3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Mingles places modern Korean tasting-menu cooking inside Seoul’s luxury dining tier, with banchan logic translated into composed courses rather than a crowded table. Chef Mingoo Kang’s cooking is backed by Michelin three-star recognition in 2024 and 2025, La Liste 96-point scores, and a 2026 OAD Asia ranking at No. 16, making it a serious reference point for contemporary Korean cuisine.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Moor Hall

Aughton, United Kingdom

3 Michelin stars

Moor Hall puts Aughton at the serious end of modern British dining, where the country-house restaurant has absorbed lessons from the gastropub era and pushed them into tasting-menu territory. Mark Birchall’s cooking is backed by estate-grown produce, in-house production, La Liste recognition and Star Wine List status, making the Lancashire address a northern counterweight to London-centric fine dining.

Also recognized by AA Rosettes, Harden's, La Liste, National Restaurant Awards

Narisawa

Tokyo, Japan

2 Michelin stars

Narisawa is Tokyo's long-running argument for Japanese terroir through a French-informed lens: satoyama thinking, disciplined technique, and a room built for serious dining rather than spectacle. The 15-seat restaurant carries Michelin two-star recognition, Tabelog Silver status for 2026, La Liste scoring, and a history on the World's 50 Best Restaurants rankings, with pricing in the JPY 80,000–99,999 bracket for lunch and dinner.

Also recognized by La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Tabelog, Tatler

Odette

Singapore, Singapore

3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Odette occupies a gallery-facing address inside the National Gallery Singapore, where Julien Royer's French Contemporary cuisine — shaped by Michel Bras training and seasoned by years in Asia — has earned three Michelin stars, a World's 50 Best top-25 ranking, and a 98-point La Liste score.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, Tatler

Piazza Duomo

Alba, Italy

3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Piazza Duomo places Alba’s truffle-and-Barolo identity inside a progressive Italian frame, with Enrico Crippa’s plant-led menus pulling the Langhe into a far more technical register. The draw is not only Michelin three-star status, La Liste 96 points for 2026, or its long World’s 50 Best Restaurants run, but the way regional produce becomes the grammar of the meal rather than a decorative accent.

Also recognized by Falstaff, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, Opinionated About Dining

Potong

Bangkok, Thailand

1 Michelin star

Potong places Bangkok's Thai-Chinese fine dining conversation inside a restored Chinatown pharmacy building, using a 20-course tasting format to translate wok heat, preserved ingredients, and Sino-Thai memory into a contemporary dining sequence. Chef Pichaya “Pam” Soontornyanakij's restaurant carries strong external recognition, including Asia's 50 Best Restaurants No.13 in 2025, La Liste 93 points in 2026, and OAD Asia ranking in 2026.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, Food & Wine, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining

Providence

Los Angeles, United States

3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Providence is Los Angeles fine dining at its seafood end: formal, sustainability-minded, and built around Michael Cimarusti's long commitment to precise contemporary cooking. Its 2026 James Beard Award for Outstanding Hospitality and OAD North America ranking place it in the city's serious dining bracket rather than its casual seafood lane.

Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

Pujol

Mexico City, Mexico

2 Michelin stars

Pujol is Mexico City's benchmark modern Mexican dining room, led by Enrique Olvera and carrying Michelin two-star recognition, La Liste 98 points for 2026, and a long run on The World's 50 Best Restaurants list. The experience sits in the high-price tier and is better understood as a national culinary reference point than as a simple tasting-menu stop.

Also recognized by Chef's Table, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Relais Chateaux

Quintessence

Tokyo, Japan

3 Michelin stars

Tokyo's French dining scene has long treated classical technique as raw material rather than doctrine. Quintessence belongs to the city's high-precision end of that conversation, with Shuzo Kishida's kitchen framed by Michelin three-star recognition in 2024 and 2025, La Liste scores in the mid-90s, and sustained Tabelog Award visibility.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Tabelog

Quintonil

Mexico City, Mexico

2 Michelin stars

Quintonil is one of Mexico City's defining modern Mexican dining rooms, with Jorge Vallejo's cooking placing native herbs, vegetables, masa, insects and local technique inside a contemporary tasting-menu format. Recognition includes Michelin two stars, Les Grandes Tables du Monde membership, La Liste 96 points for 2026, and a 2026 Opinionated About Dining North America ranking at No. 35.

Also recognized by La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Quique Dacosta

Dénia, Spain

3 Michelin stars

Three Michelin stars and a decade-long presence in the World's 50 Best Restaurants — yet Quique Dacosta operates from the small coastal town of Dénia, on Spain's Mediterranean Costa Blanca. The annually reinvented tasting menu, named Octavo in deliberate provocation of the classical seven fine arts, frames each course as a form of sensory communication rather than conventional gastronomy. This is one of Spain's most decorated restaurants, positioned well outside the obvious fine-dining capitals.

Also recognized by Falstaff, Guía Repsol, La Liste, Macarfi

Robuchon au Dôme

Macau, Macau

3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

Macau's high-altitude French dining tier is defined by ceremony, cellar depth, and imported technique adapted to local supply lines. Robuchon au Dôme sits in that bracket with chef Julien Tongourian, contemporary French cooking, OAD Asia ranking recognition, La Liste 99-point scoring, and a wine program with six-figure inventory scale.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, Forbes, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining

Saison

San Francisco, United States

2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

Saison belongs to the Bay Area's serious farm-to-table lineage, but its vocabulary is fire, coastal sourcing, and a dining room built around the kitchen rather than separated from it. Richard Lee's current era keeps the restaurant in San Francisco's high-end Progressive American conversation, backed by OAD, La Liste, James Beard, Relais & Châteaux, AAA, and World's 50 Best recognition.

Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste

Sazenka

Tokyo, Japan

3 Michelin stars

Sazenka sits in Tokyo’s rarefied Chinese dining tier, where high-heat technique is filtered through Japanese seasonality and formal restraint. Chef Tomoya Kawada’s room carries major recognition, including The Tabelog Award 2026 Gold, La Liste 2026 at 99 points, and placement on major Japan and Asia restaurant lists, making it a serious choice for diners tracking Chinese cuisine at Tokyo’s luxury end.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, Chinese Restaurant Awards, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining

Sézanne

Tokyo, Japan

Sézanne brings Tokyo’s market-led French dining into a hotel setting with unusual precision: a 42-seat room, Daniel Calvert’s neo-French framework, and a wine program recognized by Star Wine List. Its credibility is broad rather than local only, spanning Tabelog Silver recognition, La Liste scoring, Opinionated About Dining placement, and membership in Les Grandes Tables du Monde.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, Opinionated About Dining

Single Thread Farm

Healdsburg, United States

3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award

Single Thread Farm sits at the point where Sonoma agriculture meets the discipline of Japanese multi-course dining. The Healdsburg restaurant carries three Michelin stars for 2025, La Liste 99 points for 2026, and a 2026 OAD North America rank of No. 4, with the farm, inn, wine program, and kitchen operating as one tightly controlled hospitality system.

Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde

Sorn

Bangkok, Thailand

3 Michelin stars

Sorn holds three Michelin stars and ranked #1 in Asia on the Opinionated About Dining list for 2024 and 2025, making it Bangkok's most decorated Southern Thai restaurant. Chef Supaksorn 'Ice' Jongsiri structures a multi-course menu around hyper-local ingredients sourced exclusively from Southern Thailand, from Tapi River prawns to Andaman squid. Booking months ahead is standard; Saturday is the one night the kitchen closes.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Steirereck im Stadtpark

Vienna, Austria

3 Michelin stars

Inside a 1904 pavilion in Vienna's Stadtpark, Steirereck im Stadtpark operates at the intersection of architectural drama and Austrian culinary research. Three Michelin stars and consistent placement inside the World's 50 Best Restaurants top 25 position it as the reference point for serious dining in the city. The menu is built around rare breeds, near-extinct produce varieties, and ingredients grown on the building's own rooftop.

Also recognized by Falstaff, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, Opinionated About Dining

Sühring

Bangkok, Thailand

3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Sühring holds two Michelin stars and a position at number 11 on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2025, making it one of Bangkok's most decorated fine-dining addresses. Twin chefs Thomas and Mathias Sühring serve a modern German tasting menu from a restored 1970s villa in Chong Nonsi, drawing on fermentation, pickling, and curing techniques alongside a wine list of 715 selections weighted toward Germany, Austria, and Burgundy.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, Opinionated About Dining

The Chairman

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

1 Michelin star

The Chairman sits in Hong Kong's Cantonese dining conversation as a high-recognition counterweight to hotel luxury: ingredient-led, technically precise, and unusually disciplined in format. Its current awards profile includes Black Pearl three-diamond status, La Liste scoring, OAD Asia ranking, Star Wine List recognition, and a 2024 Michelin star, but the point is the cooking: Cantonese tradition sharpened through sourcing, wok control, and restraint.

Also recognized by Black Pearl, Chinese Restaurant Awards, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining

The Fat Duck

Bray, United Kingdom

3 Michelin stars

Three Michelin stars, a number-one World's 50 Best ranking in 2005, and approaching three decades of multi-sensory theatre: The Fat Duck in Bray occupies a singular position in British fine dining. Heston Blumenthal's High Street address operates at the ££££ tier, with tasting menus running from £275 to £350, alongside a reintroduced three-course à la carte at £255 per person.

Also recognized by AA Rosettes, Falstaff, Harden's, La Liste

The Glenturret Lalique Restaurant

Crieff, United Kingdom

2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence

Set inside Scotland's oldest working distillery, The Glenturret Lalique holds two Michelin stars and a La Liste score of 95 points, placing it firmly among Scotland's most decorated dining rooms. Chef Mark Donald's multi-course tasting menu at £220 per person draws on ingredients from across the Highlands and beyond, served beneath Lalique crystal chandeliers in a seven-table dining room that reads as one of the southern Highlands' more serious fine-dining propositions.

Also recognized by AA Rosettes, Harden's, La Liste, National Restaurant Awards

Trèsind Studio

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

3 Michelin stars

Trèsind Studio sits in Dubai’s high-spend Indian dining tier, where tasting-menu structure, spice technique, and theatre carry more weight than à la carte familiarity. Himanshu Saini’s 20-seat format has serious external validation: Michelin three stars in 2025, OAD Top Restaurants in Asia Ranked #2 in 2026, La Liste 93 points in 2026, and Tatler Best Middle East Restaurant of The Year 2025.

Also recognized by Gault & Millau, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List

Ynyshir Hall

Machynlleth, United Kingdom

2 Michelin stars

Ynyshir Hall is Machynlleth's destination dining outlier: a Welsh country-house setting recast as a high-intensity modern restaurant with Gareth Ward's Japanese-inflected, fat-led cooking at its centre. Michelin two-star recognition in 2024 and 2025, La Liste 96-point scores in 2025 and 2026, and National Restaurant Awards recognition in 2025 place it in a narrow UK tier where rural dining is built as theatre, not nostalgia.

Also recognized by AA Rosettes, Harden's, La Liste, National Restaurant Awards