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Seoul, South Korea
Alla prima holds two Michelin stars and a place in Asia's 50 Best at #61 (2025), positioning it among Seoul's most closely watched innovative kitchens. Chef Kim Jin-hyuk operates from a Gangnam address where the cooking draws on Korean foundations without treating them as a fixed constraint. For the price tier, the award density is significant.
Hampton in Arden, United Kingdom
Set inside a purpose-built dining room within the Hampton Manor estate, Grace & Savour holds a Michelin star and a place in Opinionated About Dining's top European restaurants list. Chef David Taylor's fourteen-course tasting menu draws on Nordic minimalism and Warwickshire produce, with fire cooking and walled-garden ingredients defining the style. Service runs Thursday through Saturday evenings, with Saturday lunch offering an eight-course alternative.
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo’s French dining scene has long rewarded precision over theatricality, and Ryuzu sits in that disciplined Roppongi tier where the prix fixe format carries the argument. Ryuta Iizuka’s kitchen is supported by Michelin two-star recognition in 2024 and 2025, La Liste scores, Star Wine List inclusion, and repeated Tabelog Bronze awards, making it a serious choice for diners comparing modern French rooms in the city.
Lima, Peru
Central occupies a converted house in Barranco, Lima's bohemian coastal district, and has held the number-one position on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list (2023). The tasting menu moves through Peruvian ecosystems by altitude — ocean floor to high Andes — using ingredients sourced by the research collective Mater Iniciativa. For serious diners visiting Lima, it represents the clearest single-table argument for Peru's biodiversity as a culinary framework.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lasai holds two Michelin stars, a place on The World's 50 Best Restaurants list, and the title of Best Restaurant in Brazil 2024. Chef Rafa Costa e Silva's 15-course tasting menu, fed by two private gardens, runs just 10 guests around a single L-shaped counter in Humaitá. This is Rio's most decorated modern restaurant, and among the more precisely considered dining formats in South America.
Seasalter, United Kingdom
A Michelin-starred pub two miles west of Whitstable, The Sportsman has spent more than 24 years proving that serious cooking and a sea-battered Kent pub are not contradictions. Under chef Dan Flavell, a five-course tasting menu built on estuary fish, local game, and marsh-grown produce delivers a level of technical assurance that draws diners from across the country — at prices that make London's comparable tier look unreasonable.
London, United Kingdom
A two-Michelin-starred Modern French table inside the grand Hotel Café Royal on Regent Street, Alex Dilling operates in London's upper bracket of formal French dining. Provenance-led sourcing — Cornish sardines, Scottish girolles, Kaluga caviar — anchors a kitchen that ranked 80th on La Liste's global list in 2026. Dinner service runs Tuesday through Saturday, with Saturday lunch the only midday option.
Lech am Arlberg, Austria
At 1,700 metres in Oberlech, Griggeler Stuba holds two Michelin stars and a wine cellar of 50,000 bottles spanning Austria, Burgundy, and Bordeaux. Dinner here belongs to the category of occasions that justify the altitude: regional cuisine framed with precision, a list ranked four consecutive years by Star Wine List, and a dining room that earns its place among Austria's serious mountain restaurants.
Le Castellet, France
Ranked inside OAD's top fifty Classical European restaurants for three consecutive years, Christophe Bacquié occupies the formal end of Var fine dining, where Provençal garrigue and Mediterranean seafood underpin technically rigorous, classically structured cooking. Now under Chef Fabien Ferré, the restaurant operates from Le Castellet's refined limestone ridge, with dinner service Thursday through Sunday and weekend lunch available year-round.
Basel, Switzerland
Among Basel's two-Michelin-star addresses, Stucki stands apart through Tanja Grandits's vegetable-forward creative cooking, a fully vegetarian menu running alongside the main tasting format, and front-of-house choreography that matches the kitchen's precision. Holding 94 points on La Liste 2025 and recognised by Les Grandes Tables du Monde, it occupies a tier of its own within the city's fine-dining set.
New York City, United States
Aquavit has served Scandinavian cooking in Midtown since 1987. Today Emma Bengtsson leads the two-Michelin-star kitchen, with lunch and two tasting-menu formats that bring seafood, preserved flavors and seasonal produce into a contemporary Nordic dining room.
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.
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
On Leith's regenerated waterfront since 2001, Martin Wishart holds a Michelin star and La Liste recognition for its disciplined pairing of Scottish seasonal produce with classical French technique. The dining room on Shore Street is composed and unhurried, the wine list one of Edinburgh's most considered, and the cooking — grouse, Orkney scallops, halibut from Scottish waters — delivers on every promise it makes.
Zürich, Switzerland
Zurich's most decorated creative kitchen, The Restaurant at the Dolder Grand holds two Michelin stars and consecutive La Liste scores in the low-to-mid 90s under chef Heiko Nieder. The multi-course format moves through precisely constructed sequences that draw on classical European foundations while resisting easy categorisation. For the city's highest tier of occasion dining, it occupies the reference position.
Macau, Macau
Wing Lei at Wynn Macau holds two Michelin stars and consecutive La Liste Top Restaurant scores above 91 points, placing it among Macau's most decorated Cantonese addresses. The dining room announces itself with a flying dragon rendered in 90,000 Swarovski crystals, but the cooking — classical Cantonese technique, premium seasonal ingredients, and considered dim sum — is the real reason the room fills. Under Chef Ming Yu, it earns its place in any serious reckoning of the city's Chinese fine dining tier.
Macau, Macau
Imperial Court at MGM Macau holds a 3-Star Accreditation from the World of Fine Wine & Leaders Awards, placing it among Macau's most formally recognised Chinese dining rooms. The restaurant operates from the second level of the MGM Macau on Avenida Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, within a property that has shaped the city's integrated-resort dining tier since opening.
Singapore, Singapore
Thevar on Mohamed Sultan Road holds two Michelin stars and a place in Asia's 50 Best at number 70 for 2025, with La Liste scoring it 91 points. Chef Mano Thevar applies a modern framework to South Indian and Malaysian flavour traditions, producing a tasting menu that sits at the sharper end of Singapore's innovative dining tier. Bookings are competitive; plan well ahead.
Penarth, United Kingdom
A Michelin-starred family operation in Penarth where James Sommerin and his daughter Georgia run the open kitchen together, producing an eight-course surprise menu rooted in Welsh and British produce. La Liste ranked it 80 points in 2025, and the intimate seven-table room — described as having a 1960s recording studio atmosphere — makes it among the more personal dining formats in Wales.
Seoul, South Korea
Solbam occupies a second-floor address in Gangnam-gu, running a French-Korean tasting format that earned a Michelin star in 2024 and a spot at #55 on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants in 2025. Chef-Owner Eom Tae-jun structures the evening across two distinct spaces, from an atmospherically lit drawing room to a bright open-kitchen dining hall, with customized menus and tableside service punctuating the progression.
Copenhagen, Denmark
A 17th-century thatched inn on the edge of a pond in Holte, Søllerød Kro holds one Michelin star and ranks among Europe's top classical restaurants on both Opinionated About Dining and La Liste. Chef Brian Mark Hansen leads a kitchen where classical technique is the foundation rather than the conceit, paired with a wine list that has earned consecutive Star Wine List recognition — twice ranked number one.
Vico Equense, Italy
Occupying a medieval watchtower a few metres from the Tyrrhenian at Marina di Equa, Torre del Saracino holds two Michelin stars under chef Gennaro Esposito, one of Campania's most recognised figures in modern Italian cooking. The aperitivo ritual in the tower itself, paired with an inventive antipasti selection, sets the tone before guests move to dining rooms framing Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples. Rated 92 points by La Liste in both 2025 and 2026 and ranked #146 in Opinionated About Dining's European list for 2025.
New York City, United States
Housed in the landmark Puck Building on Mulberry Street, Torrisi is Major Food Group's Michelin-starred reimagining of New York's Italian-American dining tradition. Ranked #69 in North America by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it draws on the city's deli culture, Chinatown, and immigrant communities to produce food that reads as deeply local. The wine program runs to 850 selections and 4,700 bottles, with particular depth in Italy and Burgundy.
Milan, Italy
Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia occupies a quieter residential corner of western Milan, far from the city's fashion-week circuit, where the dining room's sober, contemporary interior signals immediately that the food and wine are the entire point. Decades of operation have placed it among Italy's most consistently regarded fine-dining addresses, where the meal is paced as a deliberate, unhurried ritual rather than an event.
Istanbul, Turkey
Neolokal elevates traditional Anatolian cuisine to Michelin-starred heights within Istanbul's historic SALT Galata, where Chef Maksut Aşkar transforms forgotten Ottoman recipes into contemporary masterpieces. This sustainability-focused restaurant offers far-reaching Golden Horn views alongside innovative tasting menus that preserve Turkey's culinary heritage through modern techniques.
Kyoto, Japan
Among Kyoto's kaiseki houses, Sojiki Nakahigashi occupies a distinct position: a two-Michelin-star counter in Sakyo Ward where the menu is built around wild plants foraged daily from the surrounding hills. Tabelog Silver-rated with a 4.31 score, it holds consistent placement on Opinionated About Dining's Japan rankings and La Liste's global list. Dinner runs ¥30,000–¥39,999; lunch offers the same kitchen at ¥10,000–¥14,999.
Washington DC, United States
A Michelin-starred live-fire destination in Washington D.C.'s Navy Yard, Albi channels Palestinian culinary tradition through a wood-burning hearth and peak-season Mid-Atlantic produce. Chef Michael Rafidi's five-course tasting menu earned the 2024 James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef, placing the restaurant among the more decorated in the American capital.
Manchester, United Kingdom
In a reborn textile warehouse, Skof in Manchester pairs Tom Barnes’s precision cooking with a relaxed, music-led vibe—think tasting menus that bridge local produce and global nuance, closing with the heartfelt “Barney’s Tiramisu.”
Albufeira, Portugal
Vila Joya crowns Albufeira's dramatic cliffs as Portugal's premier two-Michelin-starred destination, where Chef Dieter Koschina's innovative tasting menus blend Austrian precision with Portuguese coastal flavors. This intimate 30-seat sanctuary offers daily-changing culinary artistry against far-reaching Atlantic panoramas, establishing itself as the Algarve's most celebrated fine dining experience.
Gargnano, Italy
Set inside a nineteenth-century Liberty villa on Lake Garda's western shore, Villa Feltrinelli holds two Michelin stars and a 2025 Les Grandes Tables du Monde listing. Chef Stefano Baiocco serves a single surprise tasting menu where vegetables and aromatic herbs, many grown in the estate garden, anchor dishes of considered restraint. Booking well in advance is advisable for one of the lake region's most formally celebrated dining rooms.
Berlin, Germany
A two-Michelin-star restaurant on the Kreuzberg canal, Horváth places Austrian culinary tradition in dialogue with seasonal German produce under chef Sebastian Frank, named Best Chef in Europe in 2018. The kitchen gives vegetables a structural rather than decorative role, and the wine program has earned consecutive Star Wine List recognition. Open Thursday through Sunday evenings only, from 6:30 pm.
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Chef Juanlu Fernández's "rearguard avant-garde" philosophy defines LÚ Cocina y Alma in Jerez de la Frontera, where this Michelin two-starred restaurant transforms humble Andalusian recipes into theatrical fine dining experiences through classical French technique, wood-fire cooking, and an immersive open-kitchen setting designed by Jean Porsche.
Stockholm, Sweden
Operakällaren occupies one of Stockholm's most architecturally significant dining rooms, inside the Royal Opera House on Karl XII:s torg. Holding a Michelin star since at least 2024 and a sustained presence on the Star Wine List rankings, it represents the older, more formal strand of Swedish fine dining — one that predates the New Nordic wave and has survived it with its identity largely intact.
Santiago, Chile
Boragó has held a place in the World's 50 Best Restaurants every year since 2015, and its tasting menu, Endémica, remains one of South America's most rigorous expressions of native-ingredient cooking. Chef Rodolfo Guzmán works with over 200 foragers and small producers across Chile, drawing from coastlines, high-altitude terrain, and a biodynamic orchard to build a menu rooted in Mapuche food culture.
Madrid, Spain
Deessa holds two Michelin stars inside the Alfonso XIII salon of Madrid's Mandarin Oriental Ritz, operating under the creative direction of Quique Dacosta with resident head chef Guillermo Chávez. Two tasting menus connect Mediterranean and Extremadura flavours to Dacosta's three-star Dénia kitchen. Ranked 83rd in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it is among the more formally ambitious tables in Madrid's fine-dining tier.
Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
Two Michelin stars earned within a year of opening, a Les Grandes Tables du Monde listing, and a 94-point La Liste score make Milka one of the fastest-recognised fine dining addresses in Slovenia. Chef David Žefran runs a creative tasting menu in Kranjska Gora, positioning the restaurant firmly within the country's small but accelerating group of destination-level kitchens.
Seoul, South Korea
Soigné operates at the sharper end of Seoul's fine-dining scene, holding two Michelin stars and a place at No. 57 on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2025. Chef Jun Lee's innovative tasting menu occupies the second floor of Sinsa Square in Gangnam's Sinsa-dong, where contemporary Korean technique meets a format that competes directly with the city's most awarded tables. La Liste placed it at 88 points in 2026.
Askham, United Kingdom
A Michelin-starred restaurant with rooms inside a Grade I listed pele tower on the Lowther Estate, Allium at Askham Hall serves a six-course tasting menu driven almost entirely by produce from its own kitchen gardens, farms, and upland game areas. At £140 per person, it sits at the serious end of rural British dining, with a leather-bound wine list drawn from private collectors that commands as much attention as the food.
La Plaine-sur-Mer, France
Anne de Bretagne holds two Michelin stars and a place on La Liste's top restaurant rankings, operating from La Plaine-sur-Mer on the Atlantic Jade Coast of Loire-Atlantique. Chef Mathieu Guibert's menu draws directly from the surrounding coastline and regional producers, making it one of France's more geographically grounded expressions of creative French cuisine at the prestige tier.
Singapore, Singapore
CUT by Wolfgang Puck reimagines the modern steakhouse with exacting precision, internationally prominent sourcing, and cinematic flair. In a sleek, artful setting, guests embark on a progression of meticulously selected beef—Japanese Wagyu, American ribeye, and rare cuts—each kissed by fire, perfumed with woodsmoke, and finished with a jeweler’s attention to detail. Polished sides and lively, globally inflected sauces add nuance, while an encyclopedic cellar offers vintages as bold or restrained as your evening requires. Service is poised yet warmly intuitive, ensuring every moment feels both exclusive and effortless. For the traveler who collects experiences, not just reservations, CUT delivers a singular expression of luxury: elemental, sensual, and unmistakably modern.
Le Cannet, France
A two-Michelin-star address in Le Cannet, La Villa Archange sits ten minutes from the Cannes Croisette yet operates in a quieter register than its coastal neighbours. Chef Bruno Oger anchors the menu in classical French technique with a pronounced emphasis on fish and seafood from the surrounding Mediterranean. Recognised by La Liste, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, and Opinionated About Dining, it ranks among the Côte d'Azur's most consistent prestige tables.
Los Angeles, United States
A two-Michelin-star kaiseki counter in Culver City, n/naka translates a centuries-old Japanese dining tradition through California's seasonal produce and a kitchen garden grown by the chefs themselves. Niki Nakayama and Carole Iida-Nakayama have held their stars since 2011, ranking ninth on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants 2024 list and drawing a reservation queue that rivals any tasting-menu address in the country.
São Paulo, Brazil
A Casa do Porco sits at the intersection of democratic pricing and serious culinary ambition in downtown São Paulo. Chef Jefferson Rueda's whole-animal pork programme has earned a World's 50 Best ranking (#83 in 2025, previously as high as #7 in 2022) and a Michelin Bib Gourmand, placing this República address in a different competitive tier from the tasting-menu circuit that surrounds it.
Singapore, Singapore
Occupying the third floor of The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore, Summer Pavilion has held a Michelin star since 2024 and ranked among Asia's 50 best restaurants in 2025. Chef Cheung Siu Kong leads a broad Cantonese menu where seasonal seafood takes precedence, supported by a wine list of 370 selections across 1,780 bottles. A garden-enclosed dining room and attentive service set the tone for formal Cantonese dining in the Marina Bay corridor.
Milan, Italy
A two-Michelin-star address on Corso Venezia, Andrea Aprea sits on the top floor of the Luigi Rovati Foundation and offers three tasting menus ranging from a four-course creative format to an eight-course signature experience. Scored 90 points by La Liste in 2026 and recognised by Les Grandes Tables du Monde, it holds a place among Milan's most decorated contemporary Italian kitchens. Dinner runs Tuesday through Saturday; Saturday lunch is also available.
Barcelona, Spain
Angle occupies the first floor of Hotel Cram on Carrer d'Aragó, operating as a standalone dining room under the creative direction associated with Jordi Cruz and three-starred ABaC. The tasting menu draws on market ingredients and shares DNA with ABaC while developing its own identity, making it one of the Eixample's most considered entries in the €€€€ tier. A Michelin star (2024) and La Liste recognition confirm its place in Barcelona's serious modern cuisine conversation.
Tokyo, Japan
A Kyobashi institution for classic French cuisine, Chez Inno holds a Tabelog 4.43 score and has earned consecutive Tabelog Awards since 2017, peaking with Gold in 2025. Across 68 seats in a stained-glass dining room, the kitchen under chef Noboru Inoue pursues sauce-driven French technique with a noted focus on fish and quality sourcing. Dinner runs JPY 30,000–39,999; lunch offers comparable cooking from JPY 15,000.
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Holding two Michelin stars and the number-one position in the We're Smart Green Guide TOP100 — an honour awarded to only three restaurants globally — De Nieuwe Winkel has made Nijmegen a reference point for serious plant-based cooking in Europe. Chef Emile Van Der Staak leads a menu built entirely on botanical ingredients, with a wine programme that earned Star Wine List's top Dutch ranking in 2025. Dinner runs Tuesday through Saturday, evenings only.
Lima, Peru
In Barranco, Lima's most creatively charged neighbourhood, Mérito has built a serious reputation by threading Venezuelan culinary memory through Peruvian ingredients and technique. Ranked #55 on the World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2024 and #6 in South America by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, the two-floor restaurant on Jr. 28 de Julio draws both local regulars and informed international visitors. The chef's counter remains especially coveted seat in the house.
Vancouver, Canada
Among Vancouver's Michelin-starred contemporary restaurants, Published on Main occupies a particular position: a foraging-forward tasting counter on Main Street that draws as much from the Pacific Northwest forest floor as from Chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson's German-Manitoban upbringing. Ranked #21 on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 North America Casual list and awarded Star Wine List's top spot in 2025, it functions equally well as a neighbourhood bar seat or a full 11-course destination dinner.
Osaka, Japan
Osaka sushi has a quieter register than Tokyo’s trophy-counter circuit, and Sushi Sanshin belongs to that smaller, disciplined school: eight counter seats, a reservation-only format, and Yoshitaka Ishibuchi’s shokunin-led sushi. Recognition from Tabelog Gold, La Liste, Michelin, and OAD places it in the city’s serious sushi conversation rather than the casual nigiri lane.
Paso Robles, United States
Set among the working vineyards of JUSTIN Winery on Chimney Rock Road, this Michelin-starred restaurant operates at the serious end of Paso Robles dining. Chef Rachel Haggstrom draws nearly 70 percent of her ingredients from the property's gardens, producing a four-course dinner menu that shifts with the harvest. La Liste ranked it among the leading restaurants in the world in both 2025 and 2026.
New York City, United States
At ten-table Aska in Williamsburg, chef Fredrik Berselius builds a Nordic tasting menu from New York and Northeastern ingredients. The restaurant began in 2012, then reopened in a restored warehouse in 2016; the new location earned two Michelin stars within months.
Cape Town, South Africa
Fyn Cape Town pioneers a revolutionary cuisine that weaves South African fynbos ingredients through Japanese kaiseki techniques, earning five consecutive years on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list. Chef Peter Tempelhoff's twelve-course tasting menu unfolds on the fifth floor overlooking Table Mountain, where dishes like Mozambican crab with indigenous seaweed and tableside-finished prawns over binchotan coals represent Africa's most internationally acclaimed restaurant.
New York City, United States
At Lincoln Center, Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi plants Afro-Caribbean cooking inside one of New York's most storied cultural addresses. Oxtail marinated for over a day, egusi dumplings filled with crab and sea bass, and suya-dusted pastrami map a diaspora that runs from West Africa through the Bronx. La Liste awarded it 92 points in both 2025 and 2026; the Michelin Plate followed in 2024.
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo kaiseki has a formal Ginza register, and Ginza Shinohara sits in the serious counter tier rather than the decorative luxury tier. The draw is a Shiga-informed reading of Japanese cuisine, backed by Tabelog Gold recognition in 2026, a 4.61 Tabelog score, La Liste 93 points, and a 13-seat counter format that keeps the meal tightly focused.
Lima, Peru
Kjolle sits in Barranco's Casa Tupac, where Pía León — named World's Best Female Chef and the chef behind Central's rise — runs a tasting menu built entirely from Peru's ingredient treasury. Ranked #16 on the World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2024 and #5 in South America by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, the restaurant applies months of research to each ingredient without obscuring what it is. Open Tuesday through Saturday for lunch and dinner.
Joigny, France
Holding two Michelin stars in 2025 and ranked 38th among classical restaurants in Europe by Opinionated About Dining, La Côte Saint-Jacques represents a strain of French regional dining that resists metropolitan drift. Chef Jean-Michel Lorain operates from Joigny, a quiet Burgundy town on the Yonne, where the Lorain family has built one of provincial France's most decorated tables over multiple generations.
Hondarribia, Spain
A Michelin Plate asador on the slopes of Mount Jaizkibel, Laia Erretegia occupies a converted country-house stable outside Hondarribia and runs one of the Basque Country's more serious dry-aging programmes. Beef is aged a minimum of 30 days for the premium rib and at least 60 days for the dry-aged côte de boeuf. Ranked #168 in Opinionated About Dining's Casual Europe list for 2025, it draws a committed lunch crowd and operates a tight weekly schedule.
Barcelona, Spain
Among Barcelona's €€€€ dining tier, Via Veneto occupies a position no creative-modernist newcomer can replicate: more than half a century of unbroken service under the same family, a Belle Époque room that predates the city's avant-garde boom, and a Michelin-starred kitchen where classical technique remains the organising principle. Its pressed duck, on the menu since 1967, has outlasted every trend around it.
Bangkok, Thailand
Chef's Table holds two Michelin stars and a Les Grandes Tables du Monde designation, occupying the 61st floor of State Tower in Bangkok's Si Lom district. Chef Vincent Thierry leads a French contemporary tasting menu with an open kitchen at the centre of the room, while sommelier Kristell Milla oversees a 1,800-bottle list weighted toward Burgundy and Bordeaux. Dinner service runs Tuesday through Sunday from 6 pm.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Twelve seats, twice nightly, in a converted Al Satwa address that holds a Michelin star and a top-ten MENA ranking from the World's 50 Best. Chef Solemann Haddad's 12-course creative menu is plated at the counter in full view of every diner. The format is closer to a private kitchen than a conventional restaurant, and the reservation list reflects that scarcity.
Seoul, South Korea
7th Door reads Seoul’s contemporary Korean dining through fermentation, aging, and the grammar of the banchan table rather than through spectacle. Chef Kim Dae-chun’s Gangnam restaurant carries Michelin recognition, Asia’s 50 Best placement, La Liste scoring, and OAD ranking, making it a serious reference point for how modern Korean cooking is being codified for tasting-menu dining.
New York City, United States
Opened in July 2024 in a former Hudson Street printing house, César earned two Michelin stars and a spot on North America's 50 Best Restaurants within months of its debut. Chef César Ramirez's 13-course tasting menu draws on Mexican, French, and Japanese influences to place rare seafood and luxury ingredients at the centre of one of New York's most closely watched new openings.
Barcelona, Spain
Enoteca Paco Pérez holds two Michelin stars inside Hotel Arts on Barcelona's waterfront, where a Mediterranean kitchen built around hyper-local sourcing meets a composed, white-toned dining room that signals intent before a single plate arrives. The cooking draws from coastal Catalan traditions, seasonal produce from gardens bordering the Mar d'Amunt, and the occasional East-West inflection that keeps the menu from feeling formulaic.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Lai Ching Heen at Regent Hong Kong belongs to the polished end of Hong Kong Cantonese dining, where seafood sourcing, dried goods, and banquet-level technique carry more weight than theatrics. Its Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2026 two-diamond recognition places it in a serious regional conversation, especially for diners reading Cantonese cuisine through ingredient quality rather than novelty.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
On the fifth floor of a Central address, Mono has built one of Hong Kong's most discussed tasting counter experiences by doing something the city rarely rewards: committing fully to Latin American cuisine at fine-dining scale. Chef Ricardo Chaneton's 30-seat format earned a Michelin star and a top-25 ranking on Asia's 50 Best in 2025, with a menu that moves between Venezuelan roots, Italian technique, and ingredients sourced across three continents.
Schützen am Gebirge, Austria
A two-Michelin-star restaurant set in a converted farmhouse in the Burgenland wine country, Taubenkobel places Modern Austrian and French Contemporary cooking inside a family-run format that reads less like a destination restaurant and more like a serious country house that happens to cook at this level. Ranked 73rd in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it operates Thursday through Sunday and closes entirely from November through February.
Lower Beeding, United Kingdom
Set within the 240-acre grounds of Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens in West Sussex, Interlude holds a Michelin star and a place on La Liste's 2026 ranking for its 17-course Estate Experience tasting menu. Chef Jean Delport draws on both the estate's foraged larder and his South African culinary heritage, producing a meal that moves between Sussex woodland and the Cape with unusual authority. Rooms in the Italianate mansion make an overnight stay the natural way to do it properly.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Housed in Hotel de L'Europe on the Amstel, Flore holds two Michelin stars and a top ranking in the We're Smart Green Guide for its 'Botanic Menu' built from 80 different plants. Chef Bas van Kranen works with biodynamic growers and seasonal Dutch produce, shifting between North Sea ingredients in summer and game in autumn. The wine list runs to 1,400 selections across 9,000 bottles in inventory.
Boulder, United States
The kitchen draws exclusively from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, a mountainous northeast Italian region where Slavic, Austrian, and Mediterranean influences converge, matched by a 910-selection wine list with deep Italian and French depth.
Urdániz, Spain
A two-Michelin-star restaurant set in a centuries-old stone mansion on the Way of St. James, 20 kilometres north of Pamplona, Molino de Urdániz earns La Liste recognition (77pts, 2026) for David Yárnoz's commitment to Navarran ingredients and a single surprise menu that pairs regional classics with progressive technique. The upstairs gourmet dining room holds just three tables, watched over by an open kitchen.
Los Angeles, United States
Pizzeria Sei on Pico Boulevard has built among the more discussed pizza programs in Los Angeles by fusing Neapolitan technique with Japanese precision. The almond wood-fired oven produces a crust that is simultaneously airy, chewy, and leopard-spotted, landing the restaurant at #2 on 50 Top Pizza USA 2025 and a Michelin Plate. The monthly omakase format sells out almost immediately after dates are announced.
Peñafiel, Spain
Set within the Pago de Carraovejas wine estate in Ribera del Duero, Ambivium holds a Michelin star and ranks #446 on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 European list. Chef Cristóbal Muñoz's tasting menu, Cellarium: Roots and Future, frames preservation and curing as its central theme, backed by a cellar of approximately 4,000 labels and direct vineyard views from the dining room.
George Town, Malaysia
Inside a former bus depot on Jalan Timah, Au Jardin operates at a tier George Town rarely sees: a monthly-changing European contemporary menu with La Liste Top Restaurants recognition (89 points, 2026) and a #100 ranking on Asia's 50 Best 2025. The corrugated metal exterior gives little away. The dining room, and the cooking, make a case that is difficult to argue with.
Toronto, Canada
A Michelin-starred tasting menu house on Niagara Street, Edulis operates four evenings a week plus Sunday lunch, drawing on the great bistro traditions of Spain and France to produce seafood-forward, seasonally driven menus that have earned consistent placement on Opinionated About Dining's North America list and 94 points from La Liste in 2026. The table is yours for the evening, the phone policy is firm, and the Sunday lunch has a devoted following of its own.
Tokyo, Japan
Open since June 2011, Seizan holds two Michelin stars and a Tabelog score of 4.42, placing Chef Haruhiko Yamamoto's kaiseki counter among Tokyo's most consistently decorated Japanese restaurants. Tabelog Gold Award winner in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and ranked in the Opinionated About Dining top 100 in Japan across three consecutive years, the 26-seat Mita basement operates on a reservation-only basis at JPY 40,000–49,999 per head.
Mumbai, India
Ranked #68 on the World's 50 Best Restaurants (2025) and scoring 94 points on La Liste's 2026 list, Masque occupies a converted textile mill in Mahalakshmi and operates at the leading edge of contemporary Indian cooking. Chef Varun Totlani's ten-course tasting menu draws on seasonal, locally sourced ingredients to reframe familiar Indian flavours through a rigorous modern lens.
Macau, Macau
Pearl Dragon holds a Michelin star and a La Liste score of 91 points (2025) at Studio City Macau, placing it among the territory's more decorated Cantonese addresses. Chef Otto Wong Wai Ho works within a format that pairs refined Cantonese cooking with a wine list of 6,000 bottles and a tea programme spanning over 50 premium selections, including aged pu'er. Lunch dim sum and à la carte dinners run seven days a week.
Ghent, Belgium
Two-Michelin-starred Vrijmoed Gent elevates vegetable-forward cuisine to extraordinary heights, where Chef Michaël Vrijmoed's innovative fermentation techniques and seasonal Belgian ingredients create memorable tasting experiences within an intimate Art Nouveau townhouse setting.
Macau, Macau
On the 21st-floor sky bridge of Morpheus hotel, Yí serves a seasonal Chinese tasting menu structured around the 24 solar terms of the Chinese calendar. The 60-seat dining room, designed by Zaha Hadid, frames a contemporary approach to regional Chinese cuisine — drawing from Cantonese, Sichuan, Chaozhou, Hunan, and Shandong traditions — with daily market sourcing and a tea pairing program curated by certified sommeliers.
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