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Ampuero, Spain
A Michelin-starred restaurant in Cantabria's hill country, Solana sits metres from the Santuario de la Bien Aparecida and frames its cooking around the same geography it overlooks: mountain pastures, coastal waters, and a kitchen garden sourced from the Bajo Asón valley. Chef Nacho Solano runs the kitchen alongside his sister Inma on the floor, producing a menu that holds tradition and contemporary technique in careful balance.
New York City, United States
Andrew Tarlow's first Manhattan venture, Borgo opened in September 2024 on East 27th Street with a trattoria-style menu that changes monthly. Recognized by New York Magazine's 43 Best Restaurants in New York (2025) and awarded a White Star on Star Wine List, the restaurant pairs wood-oven Italian cooking with a natural-leaning wine list and a roving martini cart — a confident debut for a restaurateur better known for Brooklyn.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Fred holds two Michelin stars and a Les Grandes Tables du Monde listing at its Boompjes address on Rotterdam's waterfront. Chef Fred Mustert works within a Creative French framework at the €€€€ tier, earning 91 points from La Liste in both 2025 and 2026. Thursday to Saturday evenings are the core service window, with lunch available Thursday and Friday.
Bellvís, Spain
A Michelin-starred creative restaurant in rural Lleida, La Boscana sits inside glass-fronted buildings overlooking gardens, groves, and a lake on the Catalan plain. Chef Joël Castanyé builds his menus around the fruit farms and kitchen gardens of the Lleida region, placing local produce at the centre of a technically precise, seasonally driven program rated 4.8 across more than 1,300 Google reviews.
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Occupying the basement of the Balmoral Hotel on Princes Street, Number One is Edinburgh's most formally appointed fine dining room, where red lacquered walls, well-spaced banquettes, and a menu anchored in Scottish produce sit alongside a 3,000-bottle wine list curated by Wine Director Callum McCann. Chef Matthew Sherry holds a Michelin Plate and a 2026 La Liste ranking of 77 points, placing the restaurant firmly in the city's top tier of classical dining.
Sønderborg, Denmark
Syttende holds a Michelin star and sits on the 17th floor of the Alsik hotel in Sønderborg, southern Jutland, with views across the Danish-German borderland. Chef Michael Nørtoft leads a modern cuisine menu that has drawn consistent recognition from both the Michelin Guide and La Liste, while the wine program has appeared on the Star Wine List rankings every year since the restaurant opened in 2019.
Kyoto, Japan
Kodaiji Wakuden sits in Kyoto’s formal kaiseki tier, where private rooms, season-led courses, and the etiquette of the ryotei define the meal more than spectacle. Its Tabelog Award Bronze recognition and placement on Opinionated About Dining’s 2026 Japan ranking put it in a serious competitive set for travelers weighing Kyoto’s ceremonial Japanese restaurants.
Miami, United States
Miami's only two-Michelin-star restaurant occupies a sleek counter-dining room in the Design District, where the Joël Robuchon atelier format — open kitchen, counter seating, French technique at its most precise — meets a wine program of 745 selections and 2,355 bottles in inventory. Chef Anthony Taormina leads the kitchen under the MGM Resorts banner, with sommelier Mandy Johnson and wine director Douglas Kim overseeing a list strong in Burgundy, Bordeaux, and California.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Marchal holds a Michelin star inside Hotel d'Angleterre, Copenhagen's most storied grand hotel on Kongens Nytorv. Chef Jakob de Neergaard works a French-Nordic idiom that sits at a distinct remove from the city's New Nordic mainstream, placing Marchal among a small cohort of Copenhagen restaurants where classical technique and formal hospitality take precedence over foraging provenance. Ranked #180 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining (2025), it operates across three daily services, seven days a week.
Ripon, United Kingdom
Shaun Rankin at Grantley Hall holds a Michelin star and an 82-point La Liste ranking (2026), operating Thursday to Sunday evenings in a 17th-century Palladian house outside Ripon. The kitchen draws on estate-grown produce and Yorkshire suppliers to deliver multi-course modern British cooking of considerable technical depth. Booking at ££££ pricing warrants planning well in advance.
San Sebastián, Spain
Akelarre holds three Michelin stars and a 97-point La Liste ranking from its perch on Mount Igueldo, with sweeping views of the Bay of Biscay framing a menu built on fifty years of Basque culinary evolution under Chef Pedro Subijana. The restaurant operates Tuesday through Saturday for lunch and dinner, at the top end of San Sebastián's already demanding price tier. Book early: demand across the city's three-star tier runs consistently ahead of availability.
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo French dining has a serious lighter register, and Edition Koji Shimomura belongs to that conversation rather than the butter-heavy brasserie line. Koji Shimomura’s Roppongi dining room is backed by Tabelog Bronze recognition, La Liste scoring and OAD Japan placement, with a cuisine built around French technique, Japanese produce and a tasting progression that prizes clarity over excess.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Il Ristorante-Niko Romito holds two Michelin stars at the Bvlgari Resort on Jumeirah Bay Island, placing it among Dubai's most decorated Italian tables. The kitchen operates under the intellectual framework Niko Romito developed at Reale in Abruzzo, applied here to a setting of Arabescato marble and private marina views. Reservations at this price tier warrant advance planning.
Phuket, Thailand
PRU holds a Michelin star and ranks #144 among Asia's top restaurants (2025, Opinionated About Dining), operating from a solar-panelled dining room on Phuket's north shore. Chef Jimmy Ophorst's menu is built around a 15,000 m² farm on the property, with seasonal produce, fermented preserves, and local seafood structured into a Kappo-style counter format with open-kitchen views over the ocean.
Sagunt, Spain
Set within the 16th‑century Palacio de los Duques de Gaeta, Arrels in Sagunt showcases chef Vicky Sevilla’s Michelin‑recognized, modern Mediterranean tasting menus—intimate, elegant, and deeply rooted in Valencian terroir.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Hakkasan at Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental holds a Michelin star and the top ranking from Star Wine List (2024), placing it among the most formally recognised Chinese restaurants in the Gulf. The kitchen serves Cantonese cooking in a format that ranges from weeknight dinner to Saturday dim sum lunch, backed by a 325-label wine list with 960 bottles in inventory. The setting is the kind of room that earns repeat visits from people who know exactly what they are returning for.
Arbre, Belgium
A two-Michelin-star address in the Meuse valley village of Arbre, L'Eau Vive under chef Pierre Résimont represents the quieter, terroir-conscious strand of Belgian fine dining. Recognised by Les Grandes Tables du Monde in 2025 and holding a 4.8 Google rating across 620 reviews, it operates from a compact weekly schedule that rewards those who plan ahead.
Fukuoka, Japan
Tenzushi Kyomachi operates from a six-seat counter in Kitakyushu's Kokura district, serving Kyushu-mae sushi that draws on kaiseki-influenced technique and hyper-regional fish sourcing. Established in 1939 and holding Tabelog Gold consecutively from 2017 through 2025, it ranks among the most decorated sushi counters in western Japan, with Opinionated About Dining placing it first among all Japanese restaurants in 2023.
Córdoba, Spain
Choco sits in the Sureste district of Córdoba, where chef Kisko García translates the flavours of Valle de Los Pedroches and his Andalusian upbringing into two tasting menus built on locally sourced, largely organic seasonal produce. Holding a Michelin star since 2024 and ranked 176th in the Opinionated About Dining Europe list that same year, it occupies Córdoba's top tier of creative dining alongside the three-starred Noor.
Peney-Dessus, Switzerland
Set among vineyards ten kilometres west of Geneva, Domaine de Châteauvieux holds a Michelin star and a 91-point La Liste rating, placing it among Switzerland's most consistently recognised classical French tables. Philippe Chevrier's kitchen draws directly from the surrounding agricultural land, translating regional provenance into a refined, unhurried menu that the terrace views and guestrooms make worth building a full stay around.
Mountsorrel, United Kingdom
A Michelin-starred tasting menu restaurant operating from a 16th-century farmhouse on a working 400-acre estate in Leicestershire, John's House sits at the serious end of England's farm-to-table movement. Chef John Duffin trained under Claude Bosi and Simon Rogan before returning to his family's land in 2014. The set lunch at £49 per person ranks among the region's most compelling value propositions at this level.
Logroño, Spain
A six-seat omakase counter in Logroño operating at the top of Spain's small but serious Japanese dining tier. Chef Félix Jiménez trained under maestro Yoshikawa Takamasa in Japan, bringing Edomae technique and Shokunin philosophy to a 300-year-old doorway in La Rioja. Ranked #308 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025 and holding one Michelin star, Kiro Sushi is one of the most precise Japanese counters operating outside a major Spanish city.
Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain
A Michelin-starred family restaurant on Avinguda Pallaresa, Lluerna applies modern technique to Catalan tradition with a strict commitment to named local producers: Penedès chicken, Duroc pork, Xisqueta lamb. The kitchen operates on set menus only, ranked #538 in Opinionated About Dining's Europe list for 2024. A serious address that rewards those willing to cross the Besòs.
London, United Kingdom
OMA earned a Michelin star within months of opening in April 2024, making it one of London's fastest-decorated Greek restaurants. Perched above Borough Market, its open live-fire kitchen turns out sharing dishes that draw from the wider Mediterranean — labneh with salt cod XO, squid-ink giouvetsi, spanakopita gratin — backed by a 450-bin wine list weighted toward coastal Greek labels.
San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico
Pangea holds a Michelin star and La Liste recognition, placing it at the top of Monterrey's fine dining tier. Chef Guillermo González Beristain applies a contemporary lens to Mexican ingredients and technique, with the kitchen drawing on regional traditions across the country. The restaurant operates Tuesday through Sunday from Valle del Campestre in San Pedro Garza García, with extended weekend hours.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Kappo dining in Hong Kong sits in a narrow tier between izakaya informality and the rigidity of full kaiseki, and Zuicho occupies that space with considerable precision. Chef Yoshinori Kinomoto's daily-changing omakase menus draw on nearly three decades in high-end Japanese kitchens, with ingredients flown directly from Japan. The wine list runs to 1,780 selections, and the restaurant holds an Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Asia ranking for 2025.
Shenzhen, China
Ensue - Shangri La Hotel places Shenzhen’s Chinese contemporary dining in a sharper frame: high-heat Chinese technique, French kitchen discipline, and a wine program with repeated Star Wine List recognition. The restaurant’s award trail includes Black Pearl 1 Diamond in 2025, Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants ranking at #85 in 2025, and La Liste scores across 2025 and 2026.
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo French has split into several lanes: grand dégustation rooms, bistro-polished addresses, and smaller auteur kitchens that read Japan through French technique. LATURE belongs to the last group, with Takuto Murota’s game-focused cooking, Tabelog Bronze recognition in 2026, an OAD Japan ranking, and a 20-seat scale that keeps the experience closer to a controlled atelier than a conventional luxury dining room.
Saint-Martin-d'Uriage, France
Maison Aribert holds two Michelin stars and an 87-point La Liste rating in Saint-Martin-d'Uriage, southeast of Grenoble, where Christophe Aribert's plant-forward creative menu draws on the surrounding Alpine farmland, lakes, and mountain terrain. The kitchen's 'Think Vegetables! Think Fruit!' philosophy operates at the prestige tier, placing it among France's most decorated addresses outside the major cities. Google reviewers rate it 4.6 from nearly 950 reviews.
Porto, Portugal
Set in a former Douro-side warehouse with deep ties to Porto's naval past, Pedro Lemos serves contemporary European cuisine with classical foundations across a format that moves from bar appetisers through a formal dining room to an eight-seat kitchen counter called Único. Ranked #220 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025 and awarded a Star Wine List White Star, it sits at the sharper end of Porto's fine-dining tier.
Sulzburg, Germany
Hirschen in Sulzburg holds two Michelin stars and a Les Grandes Tables du Monde listing under chef Douce Steiner, placing it among a small cohort of destination restaurants operating well outside Germany's major cities. The kitchen delivers Modern European cooking with genuine creative range, drawing serious diners into the southern Black Forest on merit rather than proximity.
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France
Le Cap is the formal creative table at Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, positioned at the palace end of Riviera dining rather than the beach-club tier. Its Michelin 1 Star and La Liste scores place it in a serious competitive bracket, with Mediterranean produce, a deep cellar, and a polished dinner-only rhythm defining the experience.
Madrid, Spain
Angelita Madrid operates at the serious end of Madrid's wine bar scene, drawing consistent Opinionated About Dining recognition from 2023 through 2025. Open Tuesday through Friday from 5:30 pm, it occupies a Calle de la Reina address in the Centro district and earns a 4.7 Google rating across more than 3,100 reviews, signalling a loyal cross-section of local regulars and informed visitors.
Aspen, United States
Element 47 at The Little Nell holds a Michelin Plate (2024), a La Liste score of 76.5 points, and consecutive Star Wine List recognition through 2025 and 2026. The restaurant occupies the ground floor of Aspen's premier ski-in/ski-out hotel, with a 20,000-bottle cellar overseen by a credentialed sommelier team and a seasonally driven contemporary American menu.
Licata, Italy
La Madia holds two Michelin stars in Licata, a port town on Sicily's southern coast that most two-star itineraries overlook entirely. Chef Pino Cuttaia works within a strict philosophy of Sicilian restraint: local ingredients, minimal intervention, maximum clarity. Rated 90 points by La Liste in 2026 and ranked among Europe's top restaurants by Opinionated About Dining, this is one of Italy's most geographically remote fine-dining addresses.
Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Solstice by Kenny Atkinson is a 14-seat tasting counter on Newcastle's Quayside, operating Wednesday through Saturday with a no-choice menu of up to 19 courses priced at £175 per head. Holding a Michelin star since 2024 and scoring 83 points in La Liste's 2026 ranking, it sits above its sibling House of Tides in ambition and price, with locally sourced seafood and Northumberland produce forming the backbone of a technically precise menu.
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Occupying the vaulted brick arches of a Victorian carriage house just off Derby Road, Alchemilla holds a Michelin star and ranks among Nottingham's most serious fine-dining addresses. Chef Alex Bond runs either a three-course menu at £85 or a seven-course tasting menu at £140, with a wine list weighted towards natural producers. Ranked 398th in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Europe for 2025.
Tirol, Italy
Two-Michelin-starred Castel fine dining showcases chef Gerhard Wieser's Alpine-Mediterranean mastery from an exclusive five-table sanctuary above Merano, where panoramic Val Venosta views frame seasonal tasting menus celebrating South Tyrolean terroir with technical precision and innovative flair.
Barcelona, Spain
A Michelin-starred address in Barcelona's Eixample where modern Mexican cooking meets Mediterranean produce and El Bulli's technical legacy. Chef Paco Méndez runs the COME Festival tasting menu across a space that previously housed Hoja Santa, framing Mexican culinary tradition through zero-mile ingredients and a drinks list that takes micheladas and mezcales as seriously as the food. Ranked #198 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025.
Hørve, Denmark
Dragsholm Slot Gourmet operates from a twelfth-century castle in rural Zealand, holding a Michelin star since at least 2024 and a La Liste score of 86.5 points in 2025. Chef Jeppe Foldager's creative menu draws directly from the surrounding landscape, with Michelin's own 'Expression of the Terroir' designation underscoring where the kitchen's priorities lie. At €€€€ pricing, it sits in Denmark's top tier of destination dining outside Copenhagen.
Rome, Italy
Michelin-starred Idylio by Apreda elevates Rome fine dining through Chef Francesco Apreda's sophisticated fusion of Neapolitan tradition and global influences. Located steps from the Pantheon, this intimate 25-seat restaurant showcases three innovative tasting menus within an elegant dining room of black marble and crystal chandeliers.
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Housed in a 300-year-old paper mill on the edge of Sheffield's Oughtibridge Valley, JÖRO has carried the Nordic-inflected, fermentation-forward cooking that made its Kelham Island shipping-container incarnation a talking point to a setting with more room to breathe. Michelin Plate recognition and a 2025 ranking of #296 in Opinionated About Dining's Europe list confirm it as the city's most internationally visible fine-dining address. Three tasting menus, seven apartment rooms, and wine pairings from £32 make the full experience accessible without softening the ambition.
Cape Town, South Africa
La Colombe Cape Town elevates fine dining to theatrical art within its treehouse-like setting atop Silvermist Wine Estate, where Chef James Gaag's French-Asian fusion cuisine has earned recognition as Africa's Best Restaurant and 49th on The World's 50 Best Restaurants.
San Francisco, United States
A Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant on Polk Street, Nisei sits within San Francisco's $$$$ fine-dining tier while reading distinctly apart from the city's more theatrical tasting-menu circuit. Chef David Yoshimura's cooking draws on Japanese technique applied to California ingredients, earning consistent recognition from both Michelin and Opinionated About Dining across multiple years. The wine program runs to 1,455 selections with particular depth in France and California.
York, United Kingdom
Roots sits inside a converted Victorian inn beside York's city walls, running tasting menus built entirely around Tommy Banks' Oldstead farm and kitchen garden. The Michelin-starred restaurant ranks #534 in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 European list, with a Core menu at £95 and Signature at £145. A Sunday feast format offers a more accessible entry point into the same seasonal philosophy.
Padrón, Spain
A Michelin-starred marisquería on Galicia's N-550, O'Pazo has built its reputation around the wood-fired grill and the native Rubia Gallega breed of cattle, while Atlantic fish and seafood from the waters around Padrón anchor the broader menu. Ranked 179th among Opinionated About Dining's top European restaurants in 2025, it operates a tight lunch-led schedule across a week, making advance planning essential.
Oslo, Norway
Inside a 17th-century building on Rådhusgata, Statholdergaarden holds a Michelin star and consistent placement in La Liste's top-tier rankings, making it Oslo's most recognised address for classical European cooking. Chef Bent Stiansen's seasonal menu works within familiar combinations, deploying precision in seasoning where others reach for novelty. The three ornate dining rooms, with stucco ceilings and chandeliers, set a tone that most of Oslo's New Nordic wave has deliberately walked away from.
Llucmajor, Spain
Set within the 14th-century Sa Torre estate at Hotel Zoëtry Mallorca in Llucmajor, Andreu Genestra holds a Michelin star and ranked 558th in Opinionated About Dining's Casual Europe list for 2025. The kitchen runs on Catalan-rooted creativity expressed through three tasting menus — Mediterranean, Mediterranean Extrem, and Mediterranean Verde — each built around locally grounded ingredients and precise, restrained technique.
Augsburg, Germany
AUGUST holds two Michelin stars (2025) and a La Liste score of 79 points, placing it at the upper end of Augsburg's fine dining tier. Chef Ross Dover works within a creative framework that draws on American and French traditions, open for dinner daily from Johannes-Haag-Straße 14. The wine program spans 3,600 bottles across California, France, and Italy, with 365 selections on the active list.
New York City, United States
Clemente Bar puts Manhattan cocktail culture in a polished Madison Avenue register: design-forward, chef-led, and serious enough to earn a 2026 Opinionated About Dining Casual ranking at No. 118 in North America. Mariana Schurt’s name gives the room a culinary anchor, but the larger story is New York’s shift toward bars that read as restaurants in pacing, staffing, and ambition.
Weissensee, Austria
Die Forelle holds a Michelin star and a La Liste ranking at Weissensee's edge, serving a single set menu — BERG.SEE.KÜCHE. — built around micro-seasonal plants, herbs, and proteins sourced from the surrounding Weissensee Nature Park and the family's own farm. Six courses plus extras place it among Austria's most geographically committed fine-dining kitchens, with accommodation available in the adjoining hotel.
Porto, Portugal
Euskalduna Studio occupies a counter-format room on a narrow Santo Ildefonso street, where Chef Vasco Coelho Santos runs a tasting menu that draws on Azorean fish, charcoal technique, and spice-forward condiments within a single open kitchen. Holder of one Michelin star and ranked in Opinionated About Dining's Top 369 European restaurants for 2025, it is among Porto's most reservation-intensive tables.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Feuille sits within Hong Kong's tier of French Contemporary restaurants that have earned Michelin recognition and Asia's 50 Best placement — but it arrives with a plant-forward tasting menu, an eco-conscious sourcing philosophy, and David Toutain's Parisian credentials behind it. Ranked 93rd on Asia's 50 Best (2025) and holding one Michelin star, it occupies a distinct position in Central's fine-dining circuit.
Manilla, Philippines
Gallery By Chele holds a Michelin star (2026) and ranks 72nd on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants (2025), placing it among the Philippines' most recognised modern dining addresses. Operating from BGC's Clipp Center in Taguig, the kitchen applies European technique to Philippine-sourced ingredients, producing dishes such as tomato mochi and pearls and clams alongside inventive cocktails in a setting that reads as gallery rather than formal dining room.
Philadelphia, United States
Kalaya brings Southern Thai cooking to Fishtown with a conviction that the cuisine deserves the same quality ingredients and serious kitchen attention as any fine-dining address. Chef-owner Chutatip 'Nok' Suntaranon draws on the coastal province of Trang, producing fragrant curries, house-made pastes, and dishes built around authentic heat levels that Philadelphia's Thai restaurant scene had rarely attempted before.
Courchevel, France
Le Sarkara holds two Michelin stars and a Les Grandes Tables du Monde distinction in Courchevel, placing it among the Alps' most serious creative dining addresses. Chef Sébastien Vauxion leads a programme built around dessert-led tasting menus, a format that has attracted sustained critical attention. La Liste scored it 83 points in 2026, up from 75 the year before.
Bergen, Norway
Lysverket Bergen redefines Nordic cuisine within the KODE 4 art museum, where Michelin-starred chef Christopher Haatuft personally serves his revolutionary 10-course tasting menu featuring handpicked scallops and sustainable Norwegian ingredients amid Edvard Munch masterpieces.
Mexico City, Mexico
Chef Eduardo García's innovative French-Mexican fusion defines Máximo Mexico City, where industrial Roma Norte elegance frames creative tasting menus featuring signature dishes like abalone tostada and caviar-crowned desserts in a stunning white brick space with soaring ceilings.
Washington DC, United States
Oyster Oyster sits at the sharper end of Washington D.C.'s tasting menu scene, where Chef Rob Rubba's vegetable-focused progression earned a Michelin star in 2024, a 2023 James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef, and a place in the Opinionated About Dining North America top 250. The format is a multi-course plant-led menu in Shaw, with a 165-label wine list weighted toward France and Maryland.
Sibenik, Croatia
Pelegrini holds a Michelin star in Šibenik's medieval core, placing it among Croatia's most credentialed fine-dining addresses outside Dubrovnik and Zagreb. Chef Rudolf Štefan's menu draws on Dalmatian produce and the olive-oil-forward cooking traditions of the Adriatic interior, backed by consistent recognition from La Liste and Opinionated About Dining across multiple consecutive years.
Ambleside, United Kingdom
Occupying the cellar of a Church Street building where William Wordsworth once worked as Distributor of Stamps for Westmorland, The Old Stamp House serves an eight-course tasting menu for £105 that has drawn La Liste recognition two years running. Ryan and Craig Blackburn's 'A Journey Around Cumbria' format places this among the most seriously sourced regional cooking in the Lake District, at a price point that has few peers in contemporary British fine dining.
Iwade, Japan
An auberge-format Italian restaurant set among its own working fields in Wakayama's Iwade, Villa Aida holds a Tabelog score of 4.26 and consecutive annual awards from 2020 through 2026. Chef Kanji Kobayashi grows more than 100 vegetable varieties on the surrounding land and sources seafood from within 12 kilometres, positioning the restaurant among Japan's most seriously produce-rooted Italian tables.
Macau, China
Perched on the 11th floor of Altira Macau on Taipa Island, Ying holds a Michelin star and a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating, serving Cantonese cuisine that moves between classic dim sum craftsmanship and contemporary interpretations of traditional recipes. The wine list runs to 5,000 bottles with particular depth in Bordeaux and Burgundy. La Liste placed it at 77 points in 2026.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
A two-Michelin-star Cantonese address on Connaught Road Central, Ying Jee Club holds 84 points on La Liste 2025 and a #156 ranking from Opinionated About Dining Asia 2025. Chef Hin Chi Siu leads a kitchen where classical roasting technique and precise Cantonese craft sit at the centre of every menu. Book well in advance; this is one of Central's most consistently decorated Chinese dining rooms.
Lima, Peru
Set inside the 17th-century Casa Moreyra hacienda in San Isidro, Astrid & Gastón has held a place in the World's 50 Best Restaurants every year from 2011 to 2018, peaking at #14 in 2013 and 2015. Under chef Jorge Muñoz Castro, the restaurant runs a tasting format built around Peruvian biodiversity, with vegetables as a recurring editorial thread. Ranked #9 in South America by Opinionated About Dining in 2025.
Vall d'Alba, Spain
Cal Paradís is a Michelin-starred sanctuary where Chef Miguel Barrera translates the landscapes of Castellón into poised, contemporary cuisine. Educator-turned-chef, Barrera marries scholarly rigor with heartfelt memory, crafting tasting menus—Tradición, Gastromercat, and Miguel Barrera—that honor zero‑mile produce, much of it from his own garden. Signature expressions, like tomatoes de penjar with whole sardines and grilled garlic, and exquisitely calibrated rice courses, reveal a cuisine rooted in heritage yet lifted by modern finesse. For the refined traveler, this is an invitation to taste the Mediterranean through texture, scent, and season—quiet luxury in every course.
San Francisco, United States
Dalida brings Mediterranean and Turkish cooking to San Francisco's Presidio district, where Laura and Sayat Ozyilmaz run a kitchen that earned a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025 and landed at number seven on Esquire's Best New Restaurants list in 2023. The wine program, overseen by Wine Director Jerry McGie, draws on a 610-selection list weighted toward France and Italy. Lunch and dinner service makes it one of the more accessible rooms in a city stacked with $$$$ tasting-menu counters.
London, United Kingdom
Endo at The Rotunda remains temporarily closed at White City after the fire; the official site points diners to the Annabel’s pop-up waitlist for June/July and is not taking reservations beyond that for now.
Ulldecona, Spain
A Michelin-starred address on a converted farm outside Ulldecona, Les Moles places the Terres de l'Ebre region at the centre of its cooking. Chef Jeroni Castell runs multiple tasting menus alongside an à la carte, drawing on a kitchen garden, Balfegó tuna, Delta del Ebro seafood, and a dedicated R&D space. The €€€ price tier makes it one of coastal Catalonia's more accessible starred tables.
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Belgium
Menssa occupies the address where Christophe Hardiquest ran Bon Bon, reframed around a counter format, Belgian terroir, and a serious plant-based programme. The Michelin-starred kitchen draws heavily on woodland ingredients and local culinary assets, with a deliberately limited number of covers that keeps the experience close and precise. Ranked 230th in Opinionated About Dining's Classical in Europe list for 2025 and recognised by Les Grandes Tables du Monde, it is one of the more considered creative addresses in the Brussels arc.
Tokyo, Japan
Nabeno-Ism elevates Tokyo fine dining through Chef Yuichiro Watanabe's Michelin-starred fusion of French haute cuisine and Edo-period traditions. This 30-seat Asakusa sanctuary showcases signature sobagaki with caviar and seasonal French-Japanese pairings, reflecting the former Robuchon executive chef's distinctive "Watanabe-ism" philosophy.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Oro brings two Michelin stars to Leblon's dining strip, where Felipe Bronze works a contemporary register that draws on Italian technique and Brazilian ingredients in equal measure. Consistently ranked among South America's top restaurants by Opinionated About Dining and La Liste, it operates Tuesday through Saturday on Av. Gen. San Martin — a short walk from the beach, a longer commitment at the table.
Toronto, Canada
Two Michelin stars and a consistent presence on Opinionated About Dining's North America rankings place Sushi Masaki Saito in a separate tier from Toronto's broader Japanese dining scene. Hokkaido-born, Tokyo-trained Chef Masaki Saito runs a strictly omakase counter at 88 Avenue Road, sourcing fish exclusively from Japan — a supply chain with no close rival in Canada. Reservations are essential and seats are limited.
Malmesbury, United Kingdom
Inside a Cotswolds manor house dating to 1802, The Dining Room at Whatley Manor holds a Michelin star and a La Liste ranking, serving creative tasting menus of six or nine courses from Thursday through Sunday evening. The format opens with snacks in the kitchen before moving to the dining room proper, where chef Ricki Weston draws on technical precision and unusual flavour combinations across menus priced at £145 and £175 per person.
Whitebrook, United Kingdom
The Whitebrook distills the romance of the Wye Valley into a Michelin-starred journey of woodland, river, and orchard. Tucked into a tranquil hamlet, the restaurant composes tasting menus from foraged botanicals, heritage vegetables, and impeccably sourced Welsh game and seafood, revealing a terroir-driven narrative with precision and grace. Candlelit tables, linen-smooth service, and a quietly indulgent pace create space for flavors to unfurl—smoked butter and pine, dew-fresh herbs, wild mushrooms—and for conversations to deepen. For those who value authenticity over spectacle, The Whitebrook offers a serene, deeply seasonal escape where nature’s subtleties are translated into polished, unforgettable cuisine.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Housed in an 18th-century former bakery on the Keizersgracht, Vinkeles holds two Michelin stars and an 86.5-point La Liste ranking, placing it firmly within Amsterdam's small tier of destination fine dining. Chef Jurgen van der Zalm works a restrained French-creative framework, with a plant-forward menu that has drawn particular attention from the We're Smart Green Guide alongside recognition from Opinionated About Dining's Classical Europe list.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Yong Fu brings Ningbo cooking into Hong Kong’s high-spend Chinese dining conversation with unusual clarity: East China Sea fish, wine-marinated crab and complex recipes carried over from its Shanghai parent branch. Recognition from Michelin, Black Pearl, La Liste and Opinionated About Dining signals a serious table rather than a decorative regional import.
Rome, Italy
Inside The First Roma Arte hotel near Piazza del Popolo, Acquolina holds two Michelin stars and an 85-point La Liste score for 2026, placing it among Rome's most recognised creative tables. Chef Daniele Lippi runs two tasting menus built around seafood and selective meat courses, backed by a wine list that runs to roughly a thousand labels. This is where serious Roman fine dining meets genuine generosity of portion and spirit.
Tvååker, Sweden
A Michelin-starred creative restaurant on a vineyard estate outside Varberg, ÄNG places Chef Filip Gemzell's produce-led cooking within a setting that draws as much attention as the food. Ranked in Opinionated About Dining's Top 300 European restaurants and a multi-year Star Wine List honouree, it operates at the serious end of Sweden's regional fine dining circuit, where the distance from Stockholm is part of the proposition.
Traunkirchen, Austria
Bootshaus holds a Michelin star and 94 points on La Liste at both its 2025 and 2026 editions, placing it among Austria's most consistently recognised creative tables. Set inside Das Traunsee hotel on the Traunkirchen peninsula, the restaurant's five- to seven-course set menu draws entirely on Salzkammergut producers, with lake fish, fermented flavours, and Japanese technique at its centre.