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Makati, Philippines
Hapag
The kitchen works through crowd-beloved dishes reframed with technical precision, earning a place on the Opinionated About Dining Asia list in both 2024 and 2025. Tuesday through Saturday, 6–10pm only.
Filipino
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Tokyo, Japan
Hashimoto
Tokyo sushi at this level is defined less by spectacle than by control: counter size, pacing, rice work, and a reputation earned across repeat evaluation. Hashimoto sits in that serious tier, with Tabelog Silver recognition from 2021 through 2026 and selection for Tabelog Sushi TOKYO 100 in 2021, 2022, and 2025.
Japanese, Unagi, Unagi / Freshwater Eel
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Berlin, Germany
Hugos
On the 14th floor of Berlin's InterContinental Hotel, Hugos holds a Michelin star for modern cuisine that draws on Mexican culinary roots and European fine-dining technique. Panoramic views sweep across the Tiergarten to the Victory Column. The wine list, with 1,500 labels across French, Champagne, Californian, and Mexican selections, matches the kitchen's cross-continental ambition.
Modern Cuisine
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Porroig, Spain
Jondal
On a cove along Ibiza's southwest coast, Jondal frames seafood cookery through one of the island's most photographed natural settings. Chef Rafa Zafra leads a menu built on outstanding fish and an unusually broad caviar program, using grilled, raw, cured, fried, and salted techniques. Holding a Michelin Plate and ranked #364 in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 European list, it operates at the summit tier of the island's restaurant circuit.
Seafood
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Kinoya
Kinoya is an izakaya in Dubai's Greens neighbourhood, awarded a Michelin Bib Gourmand in 2025 and ranked third in the World's 50 Best Restaurants MENA list for 2024. Five ramen varieties anchor a menu that extends to sushi, sashimi, robata, and tempura. Counter seats offer a direct view of the kitchen and should be reserved in advance.
Japanese
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San Francisco, United States
La Taqueria
On Mission Street in San Francisco's taqueria corridor, La Taqueria has held a Michelin Plate for two consecutive years while keeping its price point firmly in the single-dollar tier.
Mexican
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Düsseldorf, Germany
LA VIE by thomas bühner
LA VIE by Thomas Bühner holds a Michelin star (2025) and a We're Smart 5 Radishes recognition for its plant-forward modern cuisine at Schlüterstraße 1, Düsseldorf. Resident chef Timo Fritsche drives the kitchen's seasonal plant-based programme, placing the restaurant in the narrow tier of Düsseldorf fine dining where vegetable-led tasting menus compete on the same level as classic European formats.
Modern Cuisine
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Porto, Portugal
Le Monument
Inside the Le Monumental Palace on Avenida dos Aliados, Le Monument holds a Michelin star and a 2026 La Liste score of 78 points. French chef Julien Montbabut, formerly starred in Paris, structures the menu around Portugal's regional traditions, offered in a six-course Passeio or ten-course Grande Viagem format. The brown crab signature dish, finished with Savora mustard and yuzu, encodes the kitchen's approach in a single plate.
Contemporary
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Zagreb, Croatia
Noel
Zagreb's Michelin-starred Noel occupies a quiet address off Ul. popa Dukljanina 1 and has held its star through both the 2024 and 2025 guides, placing it among a small group of fine-dining rooms that have reshaped the capital's upper tier. The modern cuisine format positions it squarely at the €€€€ bracket, where it competes with a handful of creative restaurants rather than the broader Zagreb dining mainstream. A 4..
Modern Cuisine
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San Francisco, United States
Prelude
Prelude brings fine-dining ambition to Southern American cuisine at 333 Battery Street in San Francisco's Embarcadero, holding a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025. The format runs from a full tasting menu down to a more approachable à la carte selection, giving the room flexibility that most $$$$ Embarcadero restaurants don't offer. For a city where Southern cooking rarely reaches this price tier, it represents a genuine category shift.
Southern
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Seoul, South Korea
Restaurant Jueun
Behind Gyeonghuigung Palace in Seoul's Jongno District, Restaurant Jueun brings together Korea's most respected senior sommelier Juyong Kim and traditional cuisine chef Jueun Park for a meal grounded in jang-driven flavors, imjasutang-style soups, and heritage fermentation. The room pairs Buncheong ceramics and onggi pottery with a long media art wall, placing authentic Korean culinary tradition inside a quietly considered contemporary frame. Awarded a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025 and ranked #272 in Opinionated About Dining's Asia list for 2025.
Korean
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Singapore, Singapore
Sushi Ichi
Sushi Ichi brings its Tokyo flagship's Edomae discipline to Orchard Road, operating behind a 300-year-old cypress counter with seasonal seafood and rice vinegar sourced directly from Japan. The Singapore outpost holds a Michelin star and ranks among Opinionated About Dining's top restaurants in Japan, placing it in the upper tier of the city-state's omakase circuit. Chef Masakazu Ishibashi leads the counter on an omakase format, Tuesday through Sunday.
Sushi
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San Francisco, United States
Verjus
Verjus is Michael and Lindsay Tusk's French-leaning wine bar in Jackson Square, reopened in late 2024 after a pandemic closure. The Michelin Plate-recognised room sits a short walk from their flagship Quince, offering grower Champagne, bistro classics, and a deliberately grown-up atmosphere in one of San Francisco's most characterful neighbourhoods.
Wine Bar
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Atlanta, United States
Aria Restaurant
Aria Restaurant on East Paces Ferry Road holds a rare position in Atlanta's fine dining tier: a White Star recognition from Star Wine List and 3-Star accreditation from the World of Fine Wine mark it as one of the city's most seriously curated dining rooms. The address puts it in Buckhead, where the competition for premium covers is as concentrated as anywhere in the South.
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New York City, United States
Cosme
Cosme has occupied a specific position in New York's fine dining conversation since it opened: the restaurant that made contemporary Mexican cooking legible to a city already fluent in tasting menus and seasonal ingredient sourcing. Located in the Flatiron District, it holds a World's 50 Best ranking and a La Liste score of 80 points (2026), with a bar program and dining room that function as much as social infrastructure as culinary destination.
Modern Mexican
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Paris, France
Jean Imbert au Plaza Athénée
At the Plaza Athénée on Avenue Montaigne, Jean Imbert au Plaza Athénée holds a Michelin star and a 2025 Les Grandes Tables du Monde award for its reinterpretation of French culinary heritage. The marble table d'hôte, gilded mouldings, and chandeliers provide the setting for dishes rooted in classical French sourcing traditions, from Parisian langoustines to Chambertin-sauced seabass. Open Tuesday through Saturday for dinner, with Friday and Saturday lunch service also available.
Classic Cuisine
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Lucinges, France
L'Auberge de Lucinges
A Michelin-starred restaurant in the small Haute-Savoie village of Lucinges, L'Auberge de Lucinges operates on a monthly single set menu driven by locally sourced ingredients and a sharp eye for natural and organic wines. Chef Benjamin Breton's cooking gives vegetables an unusually prominent role alongside prestige ingredients like blue lobster and Ferme de Clavisy lamb, all served in a contemporary dining room built around a glass-walled wine cellar.
Modern Cuisine
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Houston, United States
Pappas Bros. Steakhouse
Pappas Bros. Steakhouse on Westheimer has held its place among Houston's most serious beef and wine destinations for decades, earning consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025. The wine program runs to over 5,000 selections across Burgundy, Bordeaux, California, Piedmont, and beyond, guided by Wine Director Jon Walker and a team of four named sommeliers. Dinner here is a commitment to a particular American dining tradition, executed at the upper end of Houston's price range.
Steakhouse
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Lyon, France
Prairial
A Michelin-starred address on Lyon's Presqu'île, Prairial pairs chef Gaëtan Gentil's daily-changing creative menu with one of the city's most serious natural wine lists, spanning over 1,200 biodynamic references curated by sommelier Céline Boinon. The open kitchen places the brigade at the centre of the dining room, turning the act of cooking into part of the room's rhythm.
Creative
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Niigata, Japan
Restaurant UOZEN
Restaurant UOZEN brings French technique into Niigata’s agricultural frame, making Sanjo feel central rather than peripheral to Japan’s serious dining conversation. Recognition from Tabelog and Opinionated About Dining puts it in a national peer group, but the point here is regional provenance: the meal reads through land, season, and local supply rather than imported luxury signals.
French
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Turin, Italy
Unforgettable
A ten-seat counter behind Santuario della Consolata, memorable holds a Michelin star and a place in the Opinionated About Dining top European restaurants for 2024. The format is strict blind tasting menu, the cooking plays dessert technique against savoury logic, and the room is deliberately small enough that the kitchen team greets guests in a lounge before service begins.
Modern Italian, Innovative
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Chengdu, China
Young Art · Yong Ya He Xian (Tongzilin East Road)
Young Art · Yong Ya He Xian on Tongzilin East Road holds a Michelin star, a Black Pearl Diamond, and back-to-back La Liste placements for its riverine Sichuan cooking. The flagship location built its reputation around live specialty fish sourced from an owner-operated farm, cooked in a duo hot pot format that sets a spicy chilli-and-pickle base against a bright Xinjiangese tomato broth. Price range ¥¥¥ positions it as a serious mid-to-upper choice within Chengdu's competitive Sichuan dining scene.
Sichuan
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Avatara Restaurant
Avatara holds a Michelin star and a 2025 ranking on Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Asia for its 18-course 'Rasas' tasting menu, which is entirely plant-based and free of garlic and onion. Set in Dubai Hills Estate, it represents the serious end of modern Indian vegetarian fine dining in the UAE, with a format that rewards patience and attention.
Indian
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Brussels, Belgium
Barge
A Michelin-starred address on Boulevard d'Ypres, Barge places organic, producer-led cooking at the centre of a considered dining ritual. Chef Grégoire Gillard, formerly right hand to Sang Hoon Degeimbre at L'Air du Temps, composes menus around local seasonal vegetables, with sommelier partner Barbara shaping a cellar that matches the kitchen's discipline. Ranked 562nd in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 European list, it occupies a specific and serious tier within Brussels fine dining.
Organic
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New York City, United States
Carnitas Ramirez
A cazo of bubbling lard, fresh corn tortillas, and every cut of the pig from snout to brain: Carnitas Ramirez on East 3rd Street is the kind of taqueria that earns Opinionated About Dining recognition not through refinement but through conviction. Seating is overturned paint buckets. The pork is fat-laced and pressed hard into tortillas. Regulars keep returning because nothing about it changes.
Mexican
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Tolosa, Spain
Casa Nicolás
In Tolosa, where open-fire cooking has defined communal eating for generations, Casa Nicolás holds a clear position among the town's most serious asadores. The chuleta — dry-aged beef from European and Iberian cattle, cooked over a bespoke charcoal and wood grill — is the measure of everything here.
Asador - Steak
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Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Eichhalde
Among Freiburg's four Michelin-starred restaurants, Eichhalde occupies a distinct position: an Italian kitchen operating at formal fine-dining weight in a city more commonly associated with Black Forest and Alsatian traditions. Ranked 250th among Europe's top restaurants by Opinionated About Dining in 2025 and holding a Michelin star for consecutive years, it brings southern Italian precision to the upper end of a competitive local field.
Italian
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Deià, Spain
El Olivo
Inside a 17th-century oil mill within Belmond La Residencia, El Olivo serves two tasting menus that draw on Mediterranean cooking with Arabic inflections. Chef Pablo Aranda holds a 2025 Michelin Plate, and the restaurant's Deià terrace — open in summer when weather allows — offers views across the village to the Tramuntana mountains. At €€€€ pricing, this is among the more serious dining propositions on the island.
Mediterranean Cuisine
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Paris, France
FIEF
At FIEF on Rue de la Folie Méricourt, Victor Mercier's one-Michelin-star counter in the 11th arrondissement enforces a strict rule: every ingredient must originate in France. Sichuan pepper from Gers, yuzu from Montpellier, miso from Burgundy. The counter format puts diners close enough to the kitchen team to hear the reasoning behind each dish in real time, which changes the calculus of what a €€€€ meal here actually costs.
Modern Cuisine
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Fireside
On the fifth floor of H Code in Central, Fireside strips Hong Kong dining back to its most elemental register: open flame, dry-aged meat, and wood-fire technique. Chef Jaime Ortolá's fire-focused menu shifts with the seasons, anchored by long-aged Galician beef, whole carabinero prawns, and an Old World wine list that moves in step with the kitchen's rhythm.
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Arielli, Italy
Giangi
Trained under Renato Bosco, Di Vincenzo earned Gambero Rosso's Miglior Pizza recognition in 2019 for a menu where several pizzas double as deconstructed cocktails, arriving bite by bite with precision and wit.
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Castelbello, Italy
Kuppelrain
A Michelin-starred address in the Val Venosta valley, Kuppelrain draws its kitchen garden produce and regional sourcing into a farm-driven menu shaped by the Trafoier family. The wine program, overseen by 2022 Michelin Sommelier Award winner Sonya Trafoier, is among the more thoughtfully constructed in Alto Adige. La Liste placed it at 84.5 points in 2025, positioning it firmly within Italy's serious dining tier.
Farm to table
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Las Vegas, United States
L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon (USA)
A Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star counter in MGM Grand, L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon brings the late chef's Paris workshop format to Las Vegas: an open kitchen, bar-style seating, and French technique delivered without the formality of its sibling dining room. Ranked 79 points on La Liste 2026 and #141 on Opinionated About Dining North America 2025, it sits in a distinct tier among the Strip's French fine-dining options.
French
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Miami, United States
La Natural
La Natural in Miami's Little River holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for consecutive years and an Opinionated About Dining North America ranking, operating as a pizza and wine bar at the more affordable end of the city's dining spectrum. Chef Javier Ramirez runs a Mediterranean-leaning program with a strong vegetable focus. Open Tuesday through Sunday, with weekend lunch service added to the evening schedule.
Pizza - Wine Bar, Pizza, Pizzeria
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Austin, United States
Lenoir
A South Austin institution on South 1st Street, Lenoir pairs a rotating seasonal tasting menu built entirely around Texas ingredients with a wine list that consistently punches above its price point. Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025, alongside back-to-back Opinionated About Dining rankings, places it among the more closely watched tables in the city's contemporary dining scene.
New American, Contemporary
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Mora 摩
A Michelin-starred address on Sheung Wan's antique-lined Cat Street, Mora 摩 applies European technique to a menu built around the soybean in its many forms — tofu skin, bean sauce, soymilk, fermented beans. Chef Fai Choi's approach ranks among the more considered French-meets-Cantonese propositions in the city, recognised by both Michelin (one star, 2024) and Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Asia ranking at #246.
French, Innovative
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Nice, France
ONICE
ONICE holds a Michelin star and a 2025 ranking among Europe's top 700 restaurants on Opinionated About Dining, placing it firmly within Nice's compact tier of serious modern kitchens. Chefs Florencia Montes and Lorenzo Ragni run the room at 5 Rue Antoine Gautier, where the cooking sits at the sharper end of the Riviera's contemporary dining scene. At €€€€, it competes on ambition rather than occasion-dining convention.
Modern Cuisine
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Los Angeles, United States
Pasjoli
A Santa Monica French bistro operating at the intersection of destination dining and neighbourhood accessibility, Pasjoli has held consecutive Opinionated About Dining Top 100 placements since 2023 and earned an LA Times 101 Best ranking of #18 in 2024. Chef Dave Beran's prix fixe format anchors on a theatrical whole pressed duck service, with a bar program running casual à la carte for early diners and walk-ins.
French
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Osaka, Japan
Sushi Murakami Jiro
A Michelin-starred sushi counter in Osaka's Sonezaki Shinchi district, Sushi Murakami Jiro operates at the ¥¥¥¥ tier where technical precision and seasonal Japanese ingredients set the standard. Holding a 2024 Michelin star, it draws a clientele that expects serious craft at counter level.
Sushi
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Athens, Greece
Tudor Hall
On Syntagma Square, Hotel King George holds a position that few Athens addresses can match: directly facing the Greek Parliament, with the Acropolis as a backdrop. Carrying a 3-Star Accreditation from the World of Fine Wine & Lifestyle Awards, it occupies the upper tier of the city's historic luxury hotel set, where heritage architecture and a central location do most of the editorial work before a guest even checks in.
Contemporary
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Admiralgade 26
A vegetable-forward Nordic-Japanese tasting menu in a Copenhagen townhouse dating to 1796, Admiralgade 26 has earned consistent recognition from Opinionated About Dining and multiple Star Wine List top rankings since 2020. The beverage programme, built alongside sister wine bar Ved Stranden 10, is among the more decorated in the city at this price point. The €€ format makes it an accessible entry point into Copenhagen's serious dining scene.
Nordic-Japanese, Modern Cuisine
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Tongeren, Belgium
Alter
Alter holds a Michelin star and an Opinionated About Dining ranking at Bilzersteenweg 366, on the rural edge between Tongeren and Borgloon. Chef Jo Grootaers — Gault & Millau's Best Young Chef of Flanders 2018 — runs tight sittings across four days a week, building four- and five-course menus around vegetables, fish, and meat in proportion. The wine list carries a Star Wine List White Star recognition.
French, Progressive American, Creative
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València, Spain
Apicius
Apicius in the El Pla del Real district places Valencian seasonal produce at the centre of its modern cuisine, with a format that spans set menus and ingredient-led themed days. Ranked #174 among classical European restaurants by Opinionated About Dining in 2025 and holding a Michelin Plate, it occupies the mid-premium tier in a city whose serious dining scene has been gaining wider attention. A dedicated plant menu, EM Green, is available on request.
Modern Cuisine
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Brixen, Italy
Apostelstube
Apostelstube holds a Michelin star inside Hotel Elephant, one of Bressanone's oldest buildings, dating to the 15th century and family-managed since 1773. Just four tables occupy the dining room, where Chef Mathias Bachmann serves an extended tasting menu that draws on global techniques with a pronounced lean toward Japanese influence. Open Thursday through Sunday evenings only, this is Brixen's most intimate fine-dining format.
Creative
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Santa Cruz de Campezo, Spain
ARREA!
In the mountain village of Santa Cruz de Campezo, ARREA! operates at a remove from Spain's urban fine-dining circuit, anchoring its menu in the wild ingredients and subsistence traditions of the Montaña Alavesa. Ranked #210 in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Europe for 2025, the restaurant structures its service across three distinct spaces, from a casual taberna to a gastronomic dining room built around seasonal passes of game, trout, and foraged mountain lichen.
Basque, Regional Cuisine
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Geneva, Switzerland
Bayview by Michel Roth
Bayview by Michel Roth operates from within Hotel President Wilson on Quai Wilson, pairing Lake Geneva views with creative French cooking shaped by Meilleur Ouvrier de France credentials. Chef Danny Khezzar's menu reworks classical French technique with modern plating, served in a room anchored by a suspended Saint-Louis Amadeus crystal table. La Liste scored the restaurant 85 points in 2025 and 83 in 2026, placing it among Geneva's most formally recognised dining addresses.
Creative
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Seoul, South Korea
Bicena
Bicena occupies the 81st floor of Lotte World Tower in Seoul's Songpa District, where Chef Jun Kwangsik applies Gyeongsang-do regional tradition to a seasonal Korean tasting menu. A Michelin one-star holder ranked 429th in the 2025 Opinionated About Dining Asia list, it places meat cookery, particularly dry-aged Hanwoo beef and pork belly, at the centre of its approach, framed by panoramic city views across the Han River basin.
Korean
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Los Angeles, United States
Capo
Capo on Ocean Avenue has been a Santa Monica institution for Italian-American dining since the 1990s, anchored by owner-chef Bruce Marder and a wine program of serious depth — 2,725 selections across 13,500 bottles of inventory, with particular strength in California, Burgundy, and Italy. Ranked #317 in North America by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it remains a reliable reference point for the city's Italian dining conversation.
Italian
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London, United Kingdom
Cycene
A Michelin-starred counter in Shoreditch's Chance Street, Cycene operates a structured multi-room format that moves diners from bar to kitchen to intimate dining room across a single evening. Chef Theo Clench's Modern European tasting menu draws on foraged and traceable British produce, ranked #323 in Opinionated About Dining's European list in 2024 and rising to #335 in 2025.
Modern European, Modern Cuisine
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Adeje, Spain
Donaire
Donaire holds a Michelin star inside the Hotel GF Victoria on the Costa Adeje coastline, where a glass-fronted semi-circular room frames Atlantic views across the dinner service. Chef Jesús Camacho blends Canary Island ingredients with French technique across an à la carte and two tasting menus, with pastry-trained precision shaping how each plate is constructed and presented.
Contemporary
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Lisbon, Portugal
EPUR
EPUR holds a Michelin star and an Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Europe ranking (#456, 2025) in Chiado, one of Lisbon's most architecturally layered neighbourhoods. Chef Vincent Farges runs two tasting menus, an 8-course and a 10-course, built around vegetable-forward creative cooking with strong French technique applied to Portuguese ingredients. Open Tuesday through Saturday from 7:30 PM.
Modern Portugese, Creative
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Fook Lam Moon
Fook Lam Moon has anchored classic Cantonese dining in Wan Chai for over 70 years, earning a Michelin star and a place on the Opinionated About Dining Asia rankings. The menu reads as a structured argument for traditional technique: live seafood, deep-fried crispy chicken, and pre-order dishes like gourmet soup in whole winter melon sit alongside dim sum that rewards repeat visits.
Cantonese
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Godenya
A Michelin-starred sake pairing counter in Central, Godenya operates a single omakase kappo menu matched course by course with sake served at precisely calibrated temperatures. Ranked #25 in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Asia (2025), the tiny venue books months ahead. Chef Goshima Shinya doubles as sake master, and the programme pulls from rare small-production Japanese labels.
Japanese
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Taipei, Taiwan
Golden Formosa
A Michelin-starred institution in Taipei's Tianmu neighbourhood, Golden Formosa has carried the same family recipes across three generations since the 1960s. Ranked among Opinionated About Dining's top restaurants in Asia in both 2024 and 2025, it earns its place through sharply seasoned Taiwanese cooking — twice-fried pork ribs, wok-fired bottarga rice — at a price point well below most starred addresses in the city.
Taiwanese
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Kyoto, Japan
Hirosawa
Hirosawa places Kyoto’s compact Chinese dining scene in a more rarefied register: counter-led, reservation-only, and priced in the ¥30,000–¥39,999 range for lunch and dinner. Its Tabelog Award Silver recognition in 2025 and 2026, 2024 Bronze award, 2026 Tabelog Chinese WEST 100 selection, OAD Japan Recommended listing, and 2025 Michelin Plate put it firmly in the city’s serious Chinese conversation.
Chinese
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Castel Maggiore, Italy
Iacobucci
Housed in the historic Villa Zarri in Castel Maggiore, Iacobucci holds a Michelin star and an OAD Top 500 Europe ranking. Chef Agostino Iacobucci draws on his Campanian roots to produce dishes that bridge southern Italian tradition with the produce of Emilia-Romagna. The wine list runs to multiple verticals of Sassicaia and Tignanello, making it a serious destination for bottle-led dining near Bologna.
Italian Contemporary
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Ainhoa, France
Ithurria
A Michelin-starred family inn on Ainhoa's Place du Fronton, Ithurria holds one of the Basque Country's most consistent records in traditional French-Basque cooking. Brothers Martin and Louis Isabal run the kitchen from an inherited framework of terracotta floors, copper pots, and a working kitchen garden, with the menu drawing exclusively from local producers and the Saint-Jean-de-Luz fishing coast.
Basque - French, Modern Cuisine
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Taipei, Taiwan
Kitcho Sushi
A Michelin-starred sushi counter in Da'an District, Kitcho ranks among Taiwan's most carefully sourced Japanese restaurants. Niigata rice seasoned with three vinegars, a rotating sake list tied to seasonal ingredients, and OAD Top Asia recognition across three consecutive years place it inside Taipei's premium omakase tier. Cooked dishes are available on request, making it one of the more flexible counters in the city.
Sushi
59
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
La Dame de Pic Dubai
La Dame de Pic Dubai holds consecutive Michelin stars for 2024 and 2025, placing it among a small group of French fine dining addresses in the UAE that have earned sustained critical endorsement. Situated on the 25th floor of One&Only One Za'abeel, with a Star Wine List ranking in the top five for 2025, it operates at the upper tier of Dubai's formal dining scene.
Modern French
60
Loja, Spain
La Finca
A Michelin-starred restaurant on the outskirts of Loja, La Finca earns a 90-point score from La Liste 2026 by grounding contemporary technique in Alicante culinary tradition. Chef Susi Díaz draws on kitchen-garden herbs, organic flowers, and locally sourced fish and seafood to drive a menu that shifts between à la carte, custom, and the Origen tasting format in two lengths.
Contemporary
61
Las Vegas, United States
Le Cirque Las Vegas
Inside the Bellagio on the Las Vegas Strip, Le Cirque operates at the formal end of French dining in the city, pairing a circus-themed interior with a menu that leans on classical French technique. Chef Jonathan Doukhan leads the kitchen, and the wine program carries over 3,200 selections weighted toward Burgundy, Bordeaux, and California. La Liste placed it at 80 points in its 2026 rankings.
French Italian
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Liu Yuan Pavilion
A Michelin-starred Shanghainese address on Lockhart Road, Liu Yuan Pavilion holds a rare position in Hong Kong's Chinese dining scene: a room where the clientele speaks Shanghainese, the cooking tracks mainland tradition, and the technique behind dishes like drunken squab and braised lion head meatballs is taken seriously enough to earn recognition from both Michelin and Opinionated About Dining's Asia rankings.
Shanghainese
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Scharding, Austria
Lukas Restaurant
A Michelin-starred table in Schärding's historic old town, Lukas Restaurant earns its recognition through a six-course set menu that draws on classic French technique, Japanese precision, and the agricultural traditions of the Inntal valley. Awarded one Michelin Star in 2024 and a Michelin Plate in 2025, with a 4., it operates Wednesday through Saturday evenings only — plan well ahead.
Creative
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Rome, Italy
Marco Martini Chef
A one-Michelin-star restaurant on Viale Aventino, Marco Martini Chef occupies the first floor of a period palazzo that reads like a winter garden, with greenery, natural light, and decorative floor tiles framing creative cuisine rooted in Roman flavour intensity. Ranked #441 in Opinionated About Dining's Top European Restaurants for 2025, it sits in a mid-tier creative bracket well below Rome's €€€€ flagships, making it one of the more accessible starred options in the capital.
Creative
65
Tienen, Belgium
Melchior
Melchior holds a Michelin star in Tienen, Belgium, with chef Gilles Melchior applying classical French technique to regional produce. The kitchen sits within the Jong Keukengeweld generation of Belgian fine dining, with dishes ranging from Zeeland clams and Merus crab to sweetbreads with Comté. Priced at the €€€€ tier and recognised by Star Wine List, it represents one ambitious table in this mid-Brabant market town.
Modern French
66
Sintra, Portugal
Midori
Operating from within the Penha Longa hotel since 1992, Midori is among Portugal's longest-running Japanese restaurants, holding a Michelin star and ranked #361 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining (2025). Two tasting menus — Kiri (7 courses) and Yama (9 courses) — apply Japanese technique to Portuguese produce, set against a backdrop of Sintra-Cascais Natural Park forest viewed through floor-to-ceiling windows.
Japanese
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Paris, France
Nakatani
Opened in the 7th arrondissement after Chef Shinsuke Nakatani's decade alongside Hélène Darroze, this 16-seat restaurant earned a Michelin star in 2024 and an Opinionated About Dining top-300 Europe ranking in 2025. A set menu of four courses at lunch and six in the evening changes every two months, calibrated to season. For a milestone meal in Paris, few rooms offer this level of quiet precision at this scale.
Contemporary French, Modern Cuisine
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Paris, France
NESO
Opened in the 9th arrondissement with a Michelin star earned in 2024, NESO places chef Guillaume Sanchez's fire-driven, fermentation-led cooking inside one of Paris's more charged creative dining rooms. Exclusively Gallic produce, cold-steamed extractions, and a counter seat that puts the kitchen's full technical range in direct view make this a serious address inside Paris's modern creative tier.
Modern French, Creative
69
Los Angeles, United States
Nozawa Bar
Nozawa Bar holds a Michelin star and a consistent position inside Opinionated About Dining's North America rankings, operating from a discreet address on Canon Drive in Beverly Hills. Chef Osamu Fujita runs an omakase format that sits at the upper end of the Los Angeles sushi tier, priced against peer counters rather than entry-level options. Service runs Tuesday through Saturday evenings, with Sunday and Monday closed.
Sushi, Japanese
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Rubiera, Italy
Osteria del Viandante
Osteria del Viandante occupies the first floor of a 13th-century military fort in Rubiera, where chef Jacopo Malpeli holds a Michelin star for cooking rooted in the Parma-Reggio culinary tradition. Five frescoed dining rooms, a wine list of 2,500 selections, and a menu that honours the region's foundational cooking make this among the more serious addresses in Emilia-Romagna.
Emilian
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Ryota Kappou Modern
A Michelin-starred kappo counter on the 21st floor of a Central tower, Ryota Kappou Modern ranks #341 among Asia's top restaurants (OAD 2025) and holds steady on the Michelin Hong Kong list. Chef Ryota Kanesawa's fixed kappo menu pivots on seasonal Japanese produce, with a house sake programme distributed by the restaurant itself. Open for lunch and dinner Tuesday through Saturday.
Japanese
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Bangkok, Thailand
Saneh Jaan
A Michelin-starred address on Witthayu Road, Saneh Jaan serves refined Thai classics drawn from royal and regional archives in a softly lit, art-hung dining room built for occasion dinners and serious lunches alike. Chef Pilaipon 'Toy' Kamnag grounds the menu in heritage recipes while placing it squarely in Bangkok's upper tier of fine Thai dining. Ranked #377 in Asia by Opinionated About Dining in 2024, it earns its place through discipline and specificity rather than novelty.
Thai
73
Gamlitz, Austria
Sattlerhof
A Michelin-starred restaurant in Gamlitz, Austria, Sattlerhof sits amid the Styrian wine country and has been family-run for over three decades. A creative six-course seasonal menu draws on locally sourced ingredients, including herbs and flowers from the property's own garden, while a 650-label wine list led by the estate's own Südsteiermark wines makes the table one of the stronger all-round dining propositions in southern Austria.
Creative
74
Stockholm, Sweden
Seafood Gastro
Holding a Michelin star in both 2024 and 2025, Seafood Gastro occupies a precise position in Stockholm's fine dining tier: a seafood-focused counter on Södra Blasieholmshamnen where the cooking is measured against Nordic waters rather than international fashion. The address alone places it in conversation with the city's most serious harbour-facing tables, and consistent Michelin recognition confirms it belongs there.
Seafood
75
Gothenburg, Sweden
SK Mat & Människor
SK Mat & Människor holds a Michelin star (retained through 2025) and sits in Gothenburg's Johanneberg district, where chef Stefan Karlsson runs a Swedish-rooted menu available à la carte or as a tasting format.The room reads warm rather than formal, making it a credible choice for milestone meals that need both kitchen ambition and genuine comfort.
Modern Cuisine
76
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Somm
A modern French bistro on the 7th floor of The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Somm pairs a Champagne, Burgundy, and Bordeaux-anchored list of 1,800 selections with French cuisine at lunch and dinner. Wine Director Dirk Chen and Chef Richard Ekkebus anchor the program. Note: Somm is closed through 2025 for renovations and is expected to reopen thereafter.
77
Shanghai, China
Stonesal
A La Liste-recognised steakhouse in Shanghai's Xuhui district, Stonesal occupies a considered space on Donghu Road where the design language speaks as clearly as the menu. Holding a Michelin Plate and Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025), it sits in the upper tier of the city's premium Western dining circuit, drawing comparison with the broader movement toward architecturally coherent, single-format restaurants in China's upper-end market.
Steakhouse
78
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Sushi Wadatsumi
A Michelin-starred omakase counter in Tsim Sha Tsui, Sushi Wadatsumi has carried its Sheung Wan reputation into a larger mall-based format since 2021. Wild-caught fish from Japan, Yamagata rice dressed in red vinegar, and a single set menu position it among Hong Kong's serious sushi addresses, recognised by both the Michelin Guide and Opinionated About Dining's Asia rankings.
Sushi
79
Taipei, Taiwan
The Guest House
Formerly a members-only dining club on the 17th floor of a Zhongzheng tower, The Guest House now opens its Huaiyang and Sichuan cooking to a wider audience without softening its standards. Chef Lin Ju-Wei has held a Michelin star since 2024 and consistently ranks among Asia's most recognised Chinese kitchens. The main room runs quiet and spacious; the private dining rooms are purpose-built for banquet-format meals.
Chinese, Huaiyang
80
Paris, France
Tomy & Co
Tomy & Co Paris redefines Michelin-starred dining through chef Tomy Gousset's Brooklyn-meets-seventh-arrondissement concept, where organic vegetables and French-Cambodian technique create sophisticated yet relaxed cuisine. This one-starred gem near Rue Saint-Dominique proves fine dining can be both technically masterful and refreshingly unpretentious.
Modern French, Modern Cuisine