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Nuremberg, Germany

Waidwerk

Waidwerk earned its first Michelin star in 2025 as the fine dining centrepiece of Romantik Hotel Gasthaus Rottner, where head chef Valentin continues a family culinary tradition with five- and seven-course menus built around select, super-fresh ingredients and modern technique. A hunting-themed interior with minimalist lines and rustic accents sets the tone, while sommelier Thomas Wachter leads a service team that balances professionalism with warmth.

Modern Cuisine

Nuremberg, Germany

Tokyo, Japan

Waketokuyama

Waketokuyama in Minami-Azabu holds a Michelin star and a place in Japan's most competitive kaiseki tier, where the menu rotates every ten days against the 72 micro-seasons of the traditional Japanese calendar. Chef Hiromitsu Nozaki's kitchen operates six evenings a week, producing a sequence of dishes built around what the season demands rather than what a fixed menu allows.

Japanese

Tokyo, Japan

Grieskirchen, Austria

Waldschänke

Waldschänke in Grieskirchen pairs forest tranquility with family-led finesse, offering modern-classic tasting menus, a refined à la carte, and a coveted terrace with poised, sommelier-led service.

Contemporary

Grieskirchen, Austria

Bern, Switzerland

Wein & Sein

The vaulted stone setting, old town terrace, and courses ranging from four to six make it among the more considered dining propositions in the Swiss capital.

Modern Cuisine

Bern, Switzerland

Trittenheim, Germany

Wein- und Tafelhaus

A Michelin-starred farm-to-table restaurant on the Moselle promenade in Trittenheim, Wein- und Tafelhaus under chef Alexander Oos holds a one-star rating for both 2024 and 2025. The kitchen works within the produce-driven tradition of the Moselle Valley, and the setting positions it as one formally recognised table in this small riverside wine village.

Farm to table

Trittenheim, Germany

Volkach, Germany

Weinstock

Weinstock holds a Michelin star (retained in both 2024 and 2025) and occupies a high-end position at €€€€ in Volkach, Franconia's compact wine-country town. The kitchen works in a creative register, placing it alongside Germany's broader fine-dining conversation rather than within local rustic tradition. For serious diners passing through the Main wine loop, it is the area's most decorated address.

Creative

Volkach, Germany

Fuzhou, China

Wenru No.9

A 2024 Michelin-starred address in Fuzhou's historic Wenrufang quarter, Wenru No.9 occupies a building that retains original Song Dynasty-era architectural details while delivering a menu centred on the fermented, brined, and slow-cooked traditions of Fujian cuisine. The kitchen's treatment of local seafood, including its signature sliced conch in red vinasse sauce, positions this as a serious entry point into Min cuisine for visitors and a reference point for locals.

Fujian

Fuzhou, China

Munich, Germany

Werneckhof Sigi Schelling

Werneckhof Sigi Schelling holds a Michelin star and a place on the 2026 La Liste ranking in Munich's Schwabing district, serving French contemporary cuisine at Werneckstraße 11. The restaurant has appeared consecutively on Opinionated About Dining's European Classical list since 2023, signalling consistent peer recognition across multiple independent ranking systems. For Munich's fine-dining circuit, it occupies a specific bracket: classically grounded French cooking with the credentials to match.

French Contemporary

Munich, Germany

Gernsbach, Germany

Werners Restaurant

Set within Schloss Eberstein above the Murg Valley, Werners Restaurant holds a Michelin star for the second consecutive year under chef Johnny Courtney, whose Classic French kitchen draws on the Black Forest's surrounding larder. The castle setting is not incidental decoration — it shapes the pace and register of a meal that positions itself firmly in Germany's upper tier of formal dining.

Classic French

Gernsbach, Germany

Singapore, Singapore

Whitegrass

Whitegrass holds a Michelin star for its French-technique tasting menus built almost entirely on Japanese ingredients — Hokkaido scallops, Miyazaki Wagyu — served inside a beautifully converted colonial convent at CHIJMES. Chef Takuya Yamashita's kitchen-view dining room makes the cooking itself part of the occasion. Open Tuesday through Saturday for lunch and dinner; closed Sunday and Monday.

French Contemporary

Singapore, Singapore

Stuttgart, Germany

Wielandshöhe

Wielandshöhe has held a Michelin star continuously through 2024 and 2025 under chef Vincent Klink, positioning it among Stuttgart's most enduring addresses for classic French cuisine. Situated on Alte Weinsteige in the city's southern hills, the restaurant draws a loyal, returning clientele and holds a 4..

Classic French

Stuttgart, Germany

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Wiesen

Wiesen gives Eindhoven a precise French fine-dining address with a clear sense of provenance: Dutch coastal shellfish, seasonal produce, and classic technique shaped into a more contemporary register. The room is discreet rather than theatrical, and Michelin 1 Star recognition in 2024 places it in the city’s serious dining tier without turning the experience into ceremony for ceremony’s sake.

€€€ · French

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Funchal, Portugal

William

Positioned at the summit of Funchal's fine-dining tier, William operates from within Belmond Reid's Palace on the cliffside above the Atlantic. Chef José Diogo Costa runs two tasting menus built around Madeiran ingredients and modern technique, and the room's position over Funchal's coastline makes the setting as much a part of the experience as the food itself.

Contemporary

Funchal, Portugal

Singapore, Singapore

Willow

Willow earned its Michelin star in 2024 with a pan-Asian tasting menu that draws on French technique and predominantly Japanese ingredients. Operating from a quiet address on Hongkong Street, the counter seats overlooking the open kitchen sit at the sharper end of the $$$-tier experience. For Singapore's tasting menu circuit, it represents considered value at a price point well below the city's four-star ceiling.

Asian Contemporary

Singapore, Singapore

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Wils

Wils occupies the third floor of architect Jan Wils's Stadionplein building, directly opposite the Olympic Stadium it helped inspire. With a Michelin star, a chef roster that spans Joris Bijdendijk and Thomas Val, and a menu built around fire, plant-forward thinking, and the flavours of Amsterdam's broader cultural mix, it sits at the more accessible end of the city's serious dining tier without sacrificing ambition.

€€€ · World Cuisine

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Zürich, Switzerland

Wirtschaft im FRANZ

A Michelin-starred address in Zurich's Aussersihl district, Wirtschaft im FRANZ operates out of a cultural centre in Bremgartnerstrasse, serving surprise menus of four, five, or six courses built around seasonal produce and vegetable-forward cooking. The open kitchen, bistro atmosphere, and inner courtyard terrace make it one of the more grounded Michelin-starred rooms in the city, with ingredient provenance listed directly on the menu.

Modern Cuisine

Zürich, Switzerland

Nördlingen, Germany

Wirtshaus Meyers Keller

A Michelin-starred Wirtshaus in the medieval crater town of Nördlingen, Meyers Keller sits in the smaller cohort of farm-to-table fine dining houses in rural Bavaria. Chef Jockl Kaiser has held a Michelin star in both 2024 and 2025, placing the kitchen among Germany's regionally rooted addresses worth a deliberate detour.

Farm to table

Nördlingen, Germany

Flüh, Switzerland

Wirtshaus Zur Säge

A Michelin-starred inn in the Swiss-French borderland village of Flüh, Wirtshaus Zur Säge serves classic French cuisine with a pronounced seasonal sensibility inside a room of wooden panelling and old ceiling beams. Chef Patrick Zimmermann's sauces are widely cited as a benchmark of his technique. At the €€€€ tier, the Sägi earns its place among Switzerland's most purposeful regional fine-dining addresses.

Classic French

Flüh, Switzerland

Guangzhou, China

Wisca (Haizhu)

Wisca (Haizhu) holds consecutive Michelin stars (2024 and 2025) alongside a Black Pearl Diamond, placing it among Guangzhou's recognised practitioners of reinterpreted Cantonese cooking. The ¥¥ pricing tier makes it one of the more accessible entries in the city's awarded Cantonese tier. For anyone tracking where classic technique meets contemporary expression, this address in Tianhe deserves serious attention.

Cantonese

Guangzhou, China

Venice, Italy

Wistèria

A Michelin-starred contemporary restaurant in San Polo, Wistèria sits beside a quiet lateral canal and serves six- or eight-course tasting menus built around seasonal Veneto ingredients. With a 4., it occupies a considered niche in Venice's growing fine-dining scene, pairing place with precision on the plate.

Contemporary

Venice, Italy

Taipei, Taiwan

Wok by O'BOND

A Michelin-starred sister to Tei by O'Bond, Wok by O'BOND operates at the sharper end of Taipei's creative tasting menu circuit. The kitchen applies modern French technique to Taiwanese and broader Asian flavour architecture, rotating its themed seasonal menus through forms that rarely resemble their source ingredients. Taiwanese teas and herb-infused cocktails anchor the drinks program with the same conceptual discipline.

Creative

Taipei, Taiwan

Nuremberg, Germany

Wonka

Wonka holds a Michelin star earned consecutively in 2024 and 2025, placing it among Nuremberg's most decorated creative kitchens. The restaurant occupies an address on Johannisstraße in the city's northern quarters, where a compact, design-considered space frames a menu that positions itself outside the region's heavier German culinary tradition. For creative fine dining in a city still better known for bratwurst than tasting menus, Wonka is the clearest reference point.

Creative

Nuremberg, Germany

Breuil-Cervinia, Italy

Wood

A Michelin-starred restaurant operating at 2,000 metres in the centre of Breuil-Cervinia, Wood brings together Swedish and Italian culinary traditions under chef Amanda Eriksson. Dishes such as elk tartare in beetroot ravioli signal a menu that treats the Alps as a meeting point for Nordic and Aosta Valley sensibilities. The wine programme, curated by Cristian Scalco, includes rare vintages alongside a considered selection by the glass.

Creative

Breuil-Cervinia, Italy

Ligist, Austria

Wörgötter - Fine Dining

A Michelin-starred address in the small Styrian market town of Ligist, Wörgötter Fine Dining sits within a family operation that also runs an adjacent traditional inn. The creative surprise menu draws on international influences while keeping prices accessible by Austrian fine dining standards, with dishes such as yellowfin tuna with jalapeño and shiso sitting alongside gyoza and brown butter combinations.

Creative

Ligist, Austria

Zürich, Switzerland

Wöschi

Wöschi sits directly on Wollishofen harbour, its terrace facing Lake Zurich with the kind of unobstructed water view that most city restaurants can only approximate. The kitchen, led by chef David Klocksin, runs a three- to five-course surprise menu built around restrained, vegetable-forward cooking — baked cauliflower with curry and peanut alongside Valais pike-perch and Zurich beef. Open Tuesday through Saturday evenings, it represents Zurich's quieter, neighbourhood-rooted side of modern dining.

Modern Cuisine

Zürich, Switzerland

Shanghai, China

Wu You Xian

Shanghai's xiaolongbao counters are contested territory, but Wu You Xian has carved a specific niche: crab, in over 20 configurations, from pure crabmeat to roe-heavy, tomalley-rich, and premium seafood combinations featuring abalone and sea cucumber. A Michelin star since 2024, the shop relocated to larger city-centre premises yet still draws queues. The assorted steamer is the standard entry point for first-timers.

Dim Sum

Shanghai, China

Lübeck, Germany

Wullenwever

Among Lübeck's fine dining options, Wullenwever holds the city's most visible Michelin accolade, operating from a 1585 patrician house in Beckergrube. Roy Petermann's classic cuisine with Mediterranean accents rotates on a three-week cycle, offered across three-to-five course set menus or a pre-bookable seven-course surprise format. The wine list skews European, with German labels at its core.

Classic Cuisine

Lübeck, Germany

Guangzhou, China

Xin Ji

Xin Ji holds a Michelin one-star rating for 2024 and 2025, placing it among Guangzhou's recognised addresses for Cantonese cooking at mid-range prices. Located in Baiyun district, it represents a tier of the city's dining scene where Michelin recognition and accessible pricing coexist — a combination that remains less common than the award count alone might suggest.

Cantonese

Guangzhou, China

Beijing, China

Xin Rong Ji (Jianguomenwai Street)

Among Beijing's premium regional Chinese restaurants, Xin Rong Ji's Jianguomenwai branch positions Taizhou seafood cuisine inside the capital's most internationally connected business corridor. Daily air-freight from the Zhejiang coast brings wild-caught yellow croaker and hairtail to a neighbourhood that houses embassies, five-star hotels, and expense-account dining. Pre-ordering is advised; the set menu is one efficient entry point for first visits.

¥¥¥ · Taizhou

Beijing, China

Taizhou, China

Xin Rong Ji (Linhai)

Xin Rong Ji (Linhai) belongs to Taizhou’s ingredient-led dining culture, where Zhejiang coastal produce and precise sourcing matter more than theatrical presentation. The Linhai address also sits inside a broader national brand, giving it a different frame from smaller local seafood rooms and soup houses across the city.

Taizhou, China

Guadalajara, Mexico

Xokol

Xokol frames Guadalajara cooking through maize, nixtamal, and the market logic of western Mexico rather than through imported fine-dining theatrics. Chefs and owners Xrysw Díaz and Óscar Segundo give the restaurant a clear authorial line, but the larger story is the city’s renewed attention to origin, grain, and regional technique.

Guadalajara, Mexico

Chengdu, China

Xu's Cuisine

Xu's Cuisine holds a Michelin star (2024) and a Black Pearl Diamond (2025) for its fish-forward, novel Sichuan cooking near Wangjianglou Park in Chengdu's Wuhou District. The 24-flavour-profile set menu offers a structured survey of Sichuan's taste range, while house-preserved meats and loach seared with green Sichuan pepper anchor the à la carte. Priced at ¥¥¥, it sits a tier below the city's ¥¥¥¥ fine-dining outposts.

Sichuan

Chengdu, China

Osaka, Japan

Yakitori Ichimatsu

Yakitori Ichimatsu belongs to Osaka’s serious counter-yakitori tier, where charcoal control, pacing, and reservation planning matter as much as the chicken itself. Recognition from The Tabelog Award and repeated Tabelog Yakitori WEST 100 selections place it in a competitive Kansai set, with a compact room that rewards diners who plan rather than drift in.

Yakitori

Osaka, Japan

Tokyo, Japan

Yakitori Takahashi

In Nihonbashi, Yakitori Takahashi operates at the precise, disciplined end of Tokyo's yakitori spectrum. The chef works with game fowl, valued for its texture and depth, seasoning skewers with salt and modulating them with chicken fat or vinegar before finishing over charcoal. Interspersed snacks such as cold chicken breast and mincemeat potato salad add breadth to a menu that Michelin inspectors have described as showing lively originality.

¥¥¥ · Yakitori

Tokyo, Japan

Osaka, Japan

Yakitori Torisen

Yakitori Torisen holds a Michelin star in Osaka's Kita Ward, operating around a single, disciplined concept: the whole bird, Japanese jidori breeds only, no dipping sauces. Reservations require groups of two or more, with rare cuts shared between diners. At the ¥¥¥ price point, it occupies the serious end of Osaka's yakitori tier.

Yakitori

Osaka, Japan

Tokyo, Japan

Yakumo Uezu

A Michelin-starred kaiseki counter in the residential quiet of Meguro, Yakumo Uezu operates at the intersection of classical Japanese technique and restless experimentation. The kitchen draws on an Okinawan culinary heritage — evident in Miyako miso and brown sugar preparations — while integrating Western ingredients including caviar and truffles.

Japanese

Tokyo, Japan

Yama

Ranked #156 in Japan by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, the restaurant treats sweetness as a serious creative discipline, with citrus, mango, peach, fig, and chestnut appearing as temperature, texture, and fragrance shift across the menu.

Creative

Tokyo, Japan

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Yamazato

Yamazato at the Okura Hotel holds a singular place in European fine dining: it became the first traditional kaiseki restaurant outside Japan to receive a Michelin star.

€€€€ · Japanese

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Yè Shanghai (Tsim Sha Tsui)

A Michelin one-starred institution in Shanghainese cooking, Yè Shanghai at K11 Musea has held the attention of Hong Kong gastronomes for over two decades. Spread across two floors in Tsim Sha Tsui with a modern interpretation of 1930s Shanghai interiors, it delivers the cold appetisers, drunken chicken, and stir-fried river shrimps that define the tradition at a mid-range price point.

Shanghainese

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

New York City, United States

YingTao

A Michelin-starred Chinese-French fusion restaurant on 9th Avenue in Hell's Kitchen, YingTao reinterprets Chinese tradition through French fine dining technique. Soy milk custard, doubanjiang, and crab noodles with smoked tobiko illustrate an approach that tilts toward textural precision and restrained flavor. The room reads stylish and considered, matching a menu that earns its $$$$ pricing with genuine ambition.

Contemporary

New York City, United States

Kyoto, Japan

YOKOI

A Michelin Plate-recognised Japanese restaurant in Shimogyo Ward, YOKOI brings a deeply personal but structurally rigorous approach to seasonal cooking. The chef's Shizuoka origins shape the welcome ritual — a cup of Kakegawa tea greets every diner — while the menu pairs fruit with fish and builds around flexible, guest-responsive omakase logic.

Japanese

Kyoto, Japan

Guangzhou, China

Yong

A Michelin-starred Sichuan concept in Guangzhou's Yuexiu District, Yong operates from a heritage building on Yanjiang Middle Road under the supervision of celebrity chef Lan Guijun. Fixed-price menus blend classical Sichuan technique with deliberate Cantonese inflections — house-made pickles, five-colour noodles, lobster pairings — producing a cross-regional dialogue that earns its place among Guangzhou's serious dining options.

Sichuan

Guangzhou, China

Shanghai, China

Yong Fu (Hongkou)

On the 56th floor of Raffles City The Bund, Yong Fu (Hongkou) frames the Pudong skyline and Huangpu River through floor-to-ceiling glass while serving a menu split between Ningbo classics and ingredient-forward novelty dishes. Live seafood arrives daily from Zhejiang Province, grounding the kitchen's ambition in genuine coastal sourcing discipline. It is one of Shanghai's more considered addresses for regional Chinese cuisine at altitude.

Shanghai, China

YongFoo Elite

A 1930s former British Consulate in Xuhui District, YongFoo Elite occupies one of Shanghai's most architecturally charged addresses and pairs it with a menu of traditional Shanghainese cooking — ancient recipes rarely found on contemporary restaurant lists. Ranked #399 in Opinionated About Dining's Asia Top Restaurants in 2024 and listed on La Liste 2025, it draws a crowd that comes for the hairy crab roe, braised pork belly, and a wine list that takes the room seriously.

Shanghainese

Shanghai, China

Monte Carlo, Monaco

Yoshi

Yoshi at the Hotel Métropole brings Japanese technique to Monaco's grand-hotel dining circuit, where premium ingredients and fusion-inflected cooking have earned a Michelin Plate in 2025. Chef Takeo Yamazaki adapts the menu for an international clientele without abandoning precision: black cod marinated in sake, kombu-shrimp preparations, and sushi sit alongside each other in a sleek, sophisticated room at 4 Avenue de la Madone.

Japanese

Monte Carlo, Monaco

Düsseldorf, Germany

Yoshi by Nagaya

Yoshi by Nagaya holds a Michelin star and an Opinionated About Dining ranking among Europe's top 600 restaurants, placing it in the upper tier of Düsseldorf's Japanese dining scene. Sitting at Kreuzstraße 17, it operates in a city that hosts one of the largest Japanese communities in continental Europe, giving its kitchen an unusually direct connection to ingredient sourcing and cultural context. The gap between a lunch visit and an evening meal here is worth understanding before you book.

Japanese

Düsseldorf, Germany

Osaka, Japan

Yoshiko

In Osaka's Sonezaki Shinchi district, Yoshiko occupies a counter space inherited from a former sushi shop, now dedicated to wild-caught tora fugu sourced from Shimonoseki. The second-generation chef trained at both a wholesaler and a ryotei before committing to pufferfish as a singular focus. Botan-zukuri sashimi on celadon, chirinabe hotpot, and house-aged ponzu define a menu built on classical technique and whole-fish discipline.

Fugu / Pufferfish

Osaka, Japan

Paris, France

Yoshinori

A Michelin-starred address on Rue Grégoire de Tours where Japanese-trained precision meets French seasonal produce, Yoshinori Paris sits at a compelling intersection in the Left Bank's dining scene.

Modern Cuisine

Paris, France

Lisbon, Portugal

YŌSO

YŌSO holds a Michelin star (2024) for its omakase kaiseki counter in Alcântara, where a ten-seat sushi bar and a single tasting menu built around Portuguese coastal fish define the format. The €€€ pricing sits below Lisbon's four-bracket Michelin tier, and José Balau's wine and sake programme gives the room a cellar depth rare at this counter scale.

Japanese

Lisbon, Portugal

Tokyo, Japan

Yotsuya Minemura

A Michelin-starred counter kappo in Shinjuku's Arakicho neighbourhood, Yotsuya Minemura serves an omakase sequence that moves through sashimi, steamed seafood sushi, and handmade 100% buckwheat soba before closing with a rolled omelette prepared in the style of a sushi artisan. The format is deliberately cross-disciplinary, drawing from kappo, sushi, and soba traditions within a single meal.

Japanese

Tokyo, Japan

Metz, France

Yozora

Yozora sits inside Centre Pompidou-Metz, one of France's most architecturally charged museum buildings, and earned its first Michelin star in 2025 after a Michelin Plate recognition the year prior. The creative menu operates at the €€€€ tier, placing it at the summit of Metz's fine dining bracket. With a 4., it is the city's most credentialed restaurant by current award standing.

Creative

Metz, France

Shanghai, China

Yu Garden

A Michelin-starred Fujian table operating on the fringes of Guangzhou's dining scene, Yu Garden takes a deliberate step away from the city's Cantonese mainstream. Chef May's art-filled space brings ingredients shipped directly from Fujian province, with dishes like sea worm jelly and Xiamen ginger duck stew anchoring a menu where provenance is the point. Private rooms are available for more considered occasions.

Fujian

Shanghai, China

Taipei, Taiwan

Yu Kapo

Yu Kapo places Japanese multi-course dining inside Taipei’s serious high-price restaurant tier, with a Michelin 1 Star (2024) giving it clear external validation. The appeal is less about spectacle than about the discipline of kaiseki thinking: sequence, seasonality, restraint, and the city’s growing appetite for Japanese formats that read as formal rather than casual.

Japanese

Taipei, Taiwan

Guangzhou, China

Yu Yue Heen

Yu Yue Heen holds a Michelin star in both 2024 and 2025, placing it among Guangzhou's most decorated Cantonese dining rooms. Located in Pearl River New City's Tianhe District, it operates at the ¥¥¥¥ tier where classical technique and serious wine selection define the experience. Chef Yongsheng Li leads the kitchen, and the room draws a clientele accustomed to the finer registers of Cantonese cuisine.

Cantonese

Guangzhou, China

Hangzhou, China

Yu Zhi Lan

Yu Zhi Lan brings Lan Guijun's Sichuan cooking to Hangzhou's Shangcheng District, earning a Michelin star in 2025. The restaurant sits at the upper end of the city's fine dining tier, positioning Sichuan cuisine not as a regional import but as a fully considered formal tradition. For a city defined by Zhejiang restraint, that distinction matters.

Sichuan

Hangzhou, China

Hacienda Heights, United States

Yue Hai Tang

A Michelin-starred Cantonese address in Shanghai, Yue Hai Tang earns its place in the city's competitive Chinese fine-dining tier through a focused barbecue program and a kitchen committed to seasonal craft. The wine list runs to over 500 labels, and regulars arrive knowing to pre-order. Booking ahead is strongly advised.

Cantonese

Hacienda Heights, United States

Madrid, Spain

Yugo The Bunker

A Michelin-starred izakaya in Madrid's Centro district, Yugo The Bunker operates across two distinct spaces: an upstairs dining room styled after Japan's traditional pubs, and a basement 'Bunker' reserved for members, designed around a Second World War bunker aesthetic. Chef Julián Mármol bridges Japanese technique with Mediterranean ingredients, offering two set menus downstairs that position this among Madrid's more considered Japanese addresses.

Japanese

Madrid, Spain

Seoul, South Korea

YUN

YUN occupies a precise position in Seoul's Korean fine-dining tier: a counter-format restaurant in Gangnam where chef-owner Kim Do-yun applies aging, fermenting, and drying techniques to fish, meats, and housemade wheat noodles across a multi-course set menu.

Korean

Seoul, South Korea

Osaka, Japan

Yunagibashi Takoyasu

Yunagibashi Takoyasu holds a Michelin star (2024) and an Opinionated About Dining recommendation, operating from Minato Ward — a quieter district that sits outside Osaka's central dining corridor. Chef Hirokazu Igarashi runs a sushi counter open daily across a full 12–10 pm window, positioning the restaurant within the mid-to-upper tier of Osaka's growing omakase scene.

Sushi

Osaka, Japan

Bonn, Germany

Yunico

Bonn's sole Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant, Yunico occupies the upper tier of the city's fine dining scene with a €€€€ format and a 4.. Recognised by both Michelin and Opinionated About Dining's 2025 European rankings, it brings a counter-side, performance-driven approach to Japanese cooking that sits well apart from the rest of the Rhine's restaurant offer.

Japanese

Bonn, Germany

Osaka, Japan

YUNiCO

A Michelin-starred Italian restaurant in Osaka's Sonezaki Shinchi district, YUNiCO earns its star through a disciplined focus on ingredient purity and Japanese-Italian synthesis. Fritters fried to order, pasta shaped around domestic produce, and sea bream baked in pastry crust signal a kitchen that treats creative latitude as a precise tool rather than decoration.

Italian

Osaka, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

Yuyu

Yuyu holds a Michelin Star (2024) and Michelin Plate (2025) in Shimogyo Ward, where its à la carte evening format sets it apart from Kyoto's fixed-course kaiseki tradition. Sashimi arrives with Daitokuji natto instead of soy sauce, and the meal closes with a guest-chosen finish from rice, noodles, or curry. The name draws from the phrase 'yuyu-jiteki': a life of leisure, free of worldly cares.

Japanese

Kyoto, Japan

Vienna, Austria

Z'SOM

A Michelin-starred counter in Vienna's 4th district, Z'SOM runs Wednesday and Thursday evenings only, pairing a set menu that draws on Chilean technique and Central European produce with host-guided wine pairings. With a 4., it sits firmly in Vienna's small-room fine dining tier — book well ahead or miss your window entirely.

Modern Cuisine

Vienna, Austria

New York City, United States

Zaab Zaab

Zaab Zaab in Elmhurst, Queens has built a reputation as one of New York's most serious Isan-style Thai kitchens, earning a Michelin Bib Gourmand in 2024 and back-to-back rankings in Opinionated About Dining's North America Casual list. The menu leans hard into fermented fish sauces, dried shrimp, and fiery chiles, with the duck larb and whole fried fish drawing greater attention. Come with a group.

Thai

New York City, United States

Archi, Italy

Zash

Set inside a restored 19th-century palmento on Sicily's eastern coast, Zash holds a Michelin star for Chef Giuseppe Raciti's creative reinterpretation of Sicilian ingredients. Tasting menus built around the island's produce drive the kitchen, with à la carte flexibility available alongside.

Creative

Archi, Italy

New Orleans, United States

Zasu

Zasu earned a Michelin star in 2025, placing it among a small cohort of contemporary American restaurants operating at the higher end of New Orleans dining. Located on North Carrollton Avenue in Mid-City, it brings a focused, ingredient-led approach to a neighbourhood historically underrepresented in the city's fine-dining circuit. Priced at the $$$ tier, it sits between the accessible and the formal.

American Contemporary

New Orleans, United States

Taipei, Taiwan

ZEA

Among Taipei's Michelin-starred tasting menus, ZEA occupies a position no other counter holds: an Argentinian chef using Taiwanese produce and technique to work through Latin American culinary tradition. The result earned a Michelin star in 2024 and runs Wednesday through Sunday evenings on Ren'ai Road in Da'an District, with a format that sits squarely at the summit of the city's $$$$ tier.

Latin American

Taipei, Taiwan

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Zeezout

A Michelin-starred seafood address on Rotterdam's Westerkade waterfront, Zeezout holds a distinct position among the city's fine dining tier: technically grounded in classical tradition, yet openly global in its flavour references.

€€€ · Seafood

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Sankt Kathrein am Offenegg, Austria

ZeitRAUM

ZeitRAUM earns its Michelin star in an unlikely setting: a wellness hotel in the Styrian hills southeast of Graz, where the kitchen builds a seven-course creative menu around seasonal ingredients and the surrounding landscape. Story cards accompany each dish, the chef presents plates personally, and a cellar of more than 450 wines underpins the room's quiet seriousness. At €€€€, this is destination dining that rewards the detour.

Creative

Sankt Kathrein am Offenegg, Austria

Wernigerode, Germany

Zeitwerk

Zeitwerk holds a Michelin star (retained in both 2024 and 2025) and sits at the summit of Wernigerode's fine-dining tier, operating from Breite Strasse in the historic centre of this Harz mountain town. The creative menu format places it in Germany's broader wave of technically ambitious regional cooking, where a €€€€ price point signals a tasting-menu structure and a small, committed room.

Creative

Wernigerode, Germany

Apeldoorn, Netherlands

Zenith

Zenith holds a Michelin star (2024) and occupies a street-corner address on Koninginnelaan in Apeldoorn. The kitchen operates under a modern European framework with a pronounced lean toward organic ingredients and spice-led technique, offering both à la carte and a more adventurous surprise menu. Dinner runs Thursday through Saturday, with Sunday service covering both lunch and dinner.

€€€ · Modern Cuisine

Apeldoorn, Netherlands

Bruges, Belgium

Zet'Joe by Geert Van Hecke

Zet'Joe by Geert Van Hecke holds a Michelin star and an Opinionated About Dining ranking among Europe's top restaurants, placing it firmly in Bruges's serious fine-dining tier. The kitchen applies French classical technique to Belgian and regional Flemish produce, operating a tight Tuesday-to-Saturday service from a Langestraat address that keeps the room focused and the pacing deliberate.

Modern European, Creative French

Bruges, Belgium

Beijing, China

Zhiguan Courtyard

Zhiguan Courtyard occupies a hutong address in Dongcheng, attached to an art gallery and overlooking a historical garden through floor-to-ceiling windows. The kitchen draws from the Dongbei tradition, specifically Liaoning fisherman-style cooking, sourcing from Changbai Mountains and the Bohai Sea. A Michelin star in 2024 confirmed its position as one of Beijing's more considered regional Chinese restaurants at the ¥¥¥ price point.

Dongbei

Beijing, China

Shanghai, China

Zhou She (Minhang)

A Michelin one-star Shanghainese restaurant positioned at Hongqiao's transport hub, Zhou She draws a steady stream of travellers who know to look past the mall address. The Shanghai-native head chef anchors the menu in local tradition while pulling selectively from Cantonese and Huaiyang registers. Marinated pigeon with green Sichuan peppercorns and sautéed shredded fish with chive sprouts are the dishes to order.

Shanghainese

Shanghai, China

Beijing, China

Zijin Mansion

A Michelin-starred Cantonese address in Chaoyang, Zijin Mansion is dressed in hand-embroidered orange fabric rather than the expected lacquer-and-gilt formula. The Hakkanese chef works within Cantonese tradition while folding in regional touches — most notably a braised pork belly rib dish built around rose myrtle fruit wine from his home county. At ¥¥¥ pricing, it sits at a more approachable tier than Beijing's top Cantonese competitors.

Cantonese

Beijing, China

Waidhofen an der Thaya, Austria

Zimmerl

Four tables, 23 courses, and a menu that pulls Waldviertel produce through a French-Japanese lens: Zimmerl is the kind of format you'd expect in Vienna's first district, not a small town near the Czech border. The intimate room, low lighting, and four-hour set menu make for an experience that rewards those willing to seek it out in Lower Austria's quieter northwest corner.

Waidhofen an der Thaya, Austria

Bern, Switzerland

ZOE

ZOE holds a Michelin star and a We're Smart Green Guide listing for its 100% plant-based menu at Münstergasse 39 in Bern's old town. Chef Fabian Raffeiner's seven-course format pairs pickled vegetables, fermented grains, and foraged aromatics with natural wines, at €€€ pricing that places it among Bern's serious fine-dining addresses.

Vegetarian

Bern, Switzerland

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Zoldering

A Michelin-starred bistro on Utrechtsestraat, Zoldering pairs revamped French cooking with one of Amsterdam's most serious wine programs. Open since 2019, the room occupies a converted canal-era building with high ceilings and the unhurried tempo of an old Amsterdam café. Three sommeliers, two wine lists, and a vegetable-forward menu built around produce from the Dutch seasons make it a consistent reference point for the city's mid-to-upper dining tier.

€€€ · Modern French

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Mendoza, Argentina

Zonda Cocina de Paisaje

Zonda Cocina de Paisaje holds back-to-back Michelin stars (2024 and 2025) under chef Augusto García, placing it in a small tier of destination restaurants that have reshaped Mendoza's dining reputation. Located in Mayor Drummond, just outside the city centre, the restaurant works with the agricultural character of its surroundings, translating Cuyo landscape and produce into a focused, traditional menu.

Traditional Cuisine

Mendoza, Argentina

Stuttgart, Germany

ZUR WEINSTEIGE

Zur Weinsteige holds a Michelin star in both 2024 and 2025, placing it among Stuttgart's mid-tier fine dining options at a price point well below the city's €€€€ houses. Chef Jörg Scherle works a seasonal menu on Hohenheimer Strasse, drawing a local clientele that books ahead for the combination of serious cooking and accessible pricing.

Seasonal Cuisine

Stuttgart, Germany