Restaurants

Plomodiern, France

L'Auberge des Glazicks

A two-Michelin-star address in rural Finistère, L'Auberge des Glazicks places Breton land and sea at the centre of a creative menu shaped by chef Florian Favario. Recognised by La Liste (94 points, 2026) and Les Grandes Tables du Monde, it operates as a family-run Relais & Châteaux property in the village of Plomodiern, roughly halfway between Quimper and the Crozon Peninsula.

Brazilian - International, Creative

Plomodiern, France

São Paulo, Brazil

Maní

Maní holds a Michelin star and a 95-point La Liste score while occupying a distinct position in São Paulo's creative dining scene: technically precise Brazilian cooking that draws on Amazonian ingredients without losing sight of European technique. Chef Helena Rizzo's menu places vegetables and native produce at its structural centre, earning the restaurant a decade of international recognition including a 2014 peak of #36 on the World's 50 Best list.

São Paulo, Brazil

Lima, Peru

Mayta

Ranked #41 on The World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2024, Mayta has been among Lima's most consistent modern Peruvian addresses since relocating and relaunching in 2018. Chef Jaime Pesaque structures the menu around Peru's regional biodiversity, from Amazonian fish to Andean algae, across a nine-course tasting format and a parallel plant-based programme that earned a fifth radish in the We're Smart Green Guide.

Peruvian Modern

Lima, Peru

Paris, France

Septime

Septime is a Paris neo-bistro shaped by the modern bistro shift: seasonal cooking, natural-wine gravity, and a dining room that feels casual without lowering the technical bar. Bertrand Grébaut’s restaurant carries Michelin one-star recognition for 2025 and a long run on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, with a four- or seven-course seasonal format that places it in the city’s serious reservation tier.

Neo-bistro, Modern Cuisine

Paris, France

Copenhagen, Denmark

Koan

Koan holds two Michelin stars and a place in the World's 50 Best at number 91 (2025), making it one of Copenhagen's most credentialed new arrivals. Chef Kristian Baumann works at the intersection of New Nordic and kaiseki traditions, producing a format that sits outside the city's established fine-dining categories. At Langeliniekaj, the harbour address signals its own kind of intent.

New Nordic, Kaiseki, Creative

Copenhagen, Denmark

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Midsummer House

Set inside a Victorian villa overlooking Midsummer Common, Midsummer House holds two Michelin stars and a 92-point La Liste ranking, placing it firmly among Britain's most decorated destination restaurants. Chef Daniel Clifford's tasting menus draw on European haute cuisine technique while keeping one foot in native British produce. Lunch service runs at roughly half the dinner price, making it the more considered entry point for first visits.

Contemporary British, Creative

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Tate Dining Room and Bar

At Tate Dining Room and Bar, Chef Vicky Lau crafts an elegant symphony of French technique and Asian sensibility, translating seasonal ingredients into refined, artful courses. Set along Hollywood Road, the intimate salon-like space glows with hushed elegance—soft blush tones, sculptural lighting, and porcelain-like plating that frames each dish as a contemplative work. Expect a disciplined tasting journey that balances precision with poetry: umami-laced broths met by delicate crustaceans, lacquered vegetables revealing hidden sweetness, and desserts that echo the menu’s narrative finesse. A thoughtful wine program, with Old World benchmarks and rare boutique finds, invites bespoke pairings that sharpen every course. This is culinary storytelling for those who savor nuance, discretion, and the quiet thrill of discovery.

Chinese French

Modern British, Modern Cuisine

Sagàs, Spain

Els Casals

Els Casals transforms six centuries of Catalan farming into Michelin-starred perfection, where the Rovira family's zero-mile philosophy creates Spain's most authentic farm-to-table experience on their historic 200-acre Sagàs estate.

Modern Catalan, Catalan

Sagàs, Spain

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

House of Tides

House of Tides occupies a 16th-century merchant's house on Newcastle's Quayside, where flagstone floors and carved beams frame a Michelin-starred tasting menu rooted in Modern British technique. Kenny Atkinson's flagship has held its star since 2014 and ranks among the more consistently reviewed fine-dining rooms in the north of England, with La Liste placing it at 82 points in 2026.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Málaga, Spain

José Carlos García

At Muelle Uno in Málaga's port district, José Carlos García serves two evolving tasting menus built around roughly 70% locally sourced ingredients and the deep flavours of malagueño cooking. The format is tasting-menu-only, the setting frames luxury yachts through floor-to-ceiling glass, and the recognition includes La Liste placement and Opinionated About Dining's European rankings. Open Tuesday through Saturday for lunch and dinner.

Mallorcan, Creative

Málaga, Spain

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Man Wah

Man Wah Hong Kong elevates Cantonese cuisine to artistic heights on the Mandarin Oriental's 25th floor, where Michelin-starred Chef Wong Wing-Keung presents refined traditional dishes against Victoria Harbour's most spectacular panorama in Joyce Wang Studio's ornate azure-toned dining room.

Cantonese

Montréal, Canada

Mon Lapin

Mon Lapin delivers a luxury modern cuisine experience where playful creativity meets refined technique. In an intimate, design-forward setting, the chef crafts a seasonal, market-driven menu that celebrates peak ingredients and artful plating. Expect a thoughtfully paced tasting menu, an eclectic wine program with rare finds, and warm, detail-obsessed service. Well-suited for romantic dinners and special occasions, Mon Lapin turns every course into a polished, memorable moment.

Montréal, Canada

Paris, France

Tour d'Argent

Holding a Michelin star under Chef Yannick Franques and ranked among the Opinionated About Dining classical European leaders, it pairs one of the world's largest wine inventories — 300,000 bottles across 14,000 selections — with a formal French kitchen rooted in centuries of tradition.

French, Modern Cuisine

Paris, France

Denver, United States

Alma Fonda Fina

Alma Fonda Fina earned a Michelin star and an Esquire Best New Restaurants listing (No. 9, 2024) within its first year, signaling that Denver's contemporary Mexican conversation now runs through this snug LoHi room. An eight-seat chef's counter anchors the experience; a four-section menu built around masa, crudos, and sharing plates rewards guests who order across all categories. Priced at $$, it sits below Denver's $$$$ Michelin tier without compromising ambition.

Mexican

Denver, United States

Corçà, Spain

Bo.TiC

A two-Michelin-star address in the quiet Baix Empordà village of Corçà, Bo. TiC operates from a converted carriage factory where modern Catalan technique meets a rare commitment to hyper-local sourcing. Chef Albert Sastregener offers two set menus alongside a concise à la carte, with an extensive wine list weighted toward small producers. La Liste scored it 80 points in 2025.

Modern Catalan, Creative

Corçà, Spain

Poio, Spain

Casa Solla

Casa Solla in Poio holds a Michelin star and a place in the Opinionated About Dining European top 600, built on four decades of Galician family cooking reinterpreted for the modern table. Chef Pepe Solla runs two tasting menus named after traditional fishing techniques, leaning hard into the seafood-rich waters of the Rías Baixas. At €€€€ pricing, it sits in the upper tier of northwest Spain's serious restaurant circuit.

Modern Galician

Poio, Spain

Venice, Italy

Glam Restaurant by Enrico Bartolini

Inside Palazzo Venart on the Grand Canal, Glam holds two Michelin stars under resident chef Donato Ascani, working within a framework established by multi-starred Enrico Bartolini. Two tasting menus divide between Venetian-rooted dishes and Bartolini's signature canon. La Liste awarded 90 points in both 2025 and 2026. Arrival by private water taxi is possible, which fits the setting precisely.

Progressive Italian, Creative

Venice, Italy

Tokyo, Japan

Kutan

Kutan Tokyo belongs to the small-counter end of the city’s modern kaiseki scene, where live preparation matters as much as formal sequence. Chef Kotaro Nakajima’s Shintomi dining room has 13 seats, Tabelog Bronze recognition in 2025 and 2026, Michelin two-star recognition in 2024 and 2025, and a price tier that places it among Tokyo’s serious Japanese counters.

Kaiseki, Japanese

Tokyo, Japan

Seoul, South Korea

Kwonsooksoo

Kwonsooksoo holds two Michelin stars and a ranking of #42 among Asia's top restaurants in 2025, placing it firmly in Seoul's upper tier of contemporary Korean dining. Chef Kwon Woo-joong works within Gangnam's Apgujeong neighbourhood, where the kitchen's approach to banchan and seasonal Korean technique draws consistent recognition from both Michelin and Opinionated About Dining across three consecutive years.

Korean

Seoul, South Korea

Marzocca, Italy

Madonnina del Pescatore

Forty years on the Adriatic coast and Moreno Cedroni's two-Michelin-star restaurant in Marzocca still operates at the frontier of Italian seafood cooking. Two tasting menus frame the kitchen's range — one tracking Cedroni's classic archive, the other pulling east toward Asian and Middle Eastern reference points. A 95-point La Liste score in 2026 and membership of Les Grandes Tables du Monde place it among Italy's most decorated coastal tables.

Marzocca, Italy

Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid, France

Régis et Jacques Marcon

Three-Michelin-starred Restaurant Marcon transforms wild alpine ingredients into extraordinary cuisine in Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid, where the Marcon family's mastery of terroir-driven gastronomy creates France's most celebrated destination for seasonal, foraged fine dining.

Contemporary French

Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid, France

Helsinki, Finland

Grön

Grön operates from Albertinkatu in Helsinki's Punavuori district, running two tasting menus built entirely on seasonal, organic, and wild ingredients. Chef Toni Kostian holds a Michelin star and consistent Opinionated About Dining recognition, placing the restaurant among Helsinki's most serious creative kitchens. The wine program carries a Star Wine List White Star designation, reinforcing a dining format where the cellar matches the kitchen's ambition.

New Nordic, Creative

Helsinki, Finland

Brampton, United Kingdom

Cedar Tree by Hrishikesh Desai

Inside Farlam Hall Hotel, a Lakeland stone country house with roots in the 15th century, Cedar Tree holds a Michelin star for Hrishikesh Desai's tasting menu work: Indian spicing and technique woven through British seasonal produce, much of it drawn from the kitchen garden. It occupies a serious position in northern England's fine dining circuit, with La Liste recognition (81 pts, 2026) confirming its place beyond regional curiosity.

Brampton, United Kingdom

Singapore, Singapore

Fura

Operating from a conservation shophouse on Amoy Street, Fura has carved a specific position in Singapore's bar scene: progressive cocktails built around sustainability principles, without treating ecological constraint as an excuse for lesser drinking. Named in Tatler's Best Bars Asia-Pacific 2025 with the Innovation award, and ranked #42 in Asia's 50 Best Bars 2024, it addresses the growing overlap between environmental thinking and serious craft.

Modern European

Singapore, Singapore

Naples, Italy

George Restaurant

Two Michelin stars and a 90-point La Liste score place George Restaurant among the more decorated tables in Naples. Chef Domenico Candela works Campanian produce through French-trained technique from an open kitchen on the rooftop terrace of Grand Hotel Parker's, with Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples filling the view behind every plate.

Contemporary

Naples, Italy

Sydney, Australia

Saint Peter

The only Australian restaurant to appear on the World's 50 Best list in 2024 and 2025, Saint Peter occupies a modest corner of Paddington with an outsized reputation for whole-fish cookery. Josh Niland's approach to seafood has reshaped how Australian restaurants treat fish, and the room in Underwood Street is where that reputation is tested nightly against a plate.

Australian Seafood

Sydney, Australia

Vienna, Austria

Silvio Nickol Gourmet Restaurant

Inside Palais Coburg, one of Vienna's most architecturally commanding addresses, Silvio Nickol Gourmet Restaurant holds two Michelin stars and a La Liste score of 96 points (2026). Chef Silvio Nickol runs a dinner-only operation Tuesday through Saturday, with seven- and nine-course menus built around seasonal produce and a wine list that draws serious attention in its own right.

Vienna, Austria

Napa, United States

The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil

Perched on a 33-acre olive grove above Rutherford, The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil has held a Michelin star since 2024 and a place in Napa's fine-dining conversation since 1981. Chef Robert Curry's California-rooted menu leans into local sourcing and Provençal sensibility, with a wine list that reads as a survey of the valley below. Ranked #560 on the 2024 Opinionated About Dining North America list.

Californian

Napa, United States

San Sebastián, Spain

Amelia by Paulo Airaudo

Amelia by Paulo Airaudo holds two Michelin stars and a La Liste score of 82 points (2026), operating from Hotel Villa Favorita on La Concha bay. The restaurant runs a single creative tasting menu Thursday through Saturday, with Saturday lunch as its only daytime service. Wine Director Mariana Tapia oversees a 2,900-bottle cellar rated number one by Star Wine List in both 2025 and 2026.

Fusion, French Contemporary

San Sebastián, Spain

Lyon, France

La Mere Brazier

Lyon's most historically weighted two-Michelin-star address, La Mère Brazier at 12 Rue Royale carries a lineage that shaped modern French restaurant culture. Under chef Mathieu Viannay, the kitchen operates within a classical French framework tied to seasonal sourcing and Lyonnais market tradition. Consecutive OAD Classical Europe rankings and Les Grandes Tables du Monde membership place it firmly in France's upper tier of traditional fine dining.

French

Lyon, France

Bangkok, Thailand

Mezzaluna

On the 65th floor of State Tower, Mezzaluna holds two Michelin stars and a La Liste score of 88 points for 2026. Chef Ryuki Kawasaki's seven-course tasting menu applies French classical technique through a Japanese sensibility, producing a format that sits among Bangkok's most decorated fine-dining counters. Open Tuesday through Saturday from 6 pm.

Bangkok, Thailand

Sacramento, United States

The Kitchen

Sacramento's most decorated dinner destination, The Kitchen holds a Michelin star, AAA 5 Diamond recognition, and an 87-point La Liste score. Chef Kelly McCown leads a format-forward evening service at the Broadway address, drawing on California's agricultural abundance and a wine program of 2,500 selections weighted toward Burgundy and California producers. Book well ahead.

Contemporary

Sacramento, United States

Houston, United States

March

March holds a Michelin star and an Opinionated About Dining North America ranking, positioning it at the summit tier of Houston fine dining. Chef Felipe Riccio and wine director June Rodil bring a Venetian-inflected Mediterranean menu to Westheimer Road, backed by a 10,000-bottle cellar with particular depth in Burgundy, Champagne, and Piedmont. Dinner runs Tuesday through Saturday from 5:30 PM.

Venetian

Houston, United States

Istanbul, Turkey

Mikla

On the 18th floor of the Marmara Pera, Mikla has spent two decades refining what New Anatolian Cuisine means in practice: producers from across Turkey, technique shaped by Nordic discipline, and a Michelin star earned in 2024. The 360-degree rooftop view over Beyoğlu and the Bosphorus is the backdrop, but it is the cooking that keeps the reservation list full.

Modern Turkish, Mediterranean Cuisine

Istanbul, Turkey

Minato, Japan

Shokudo aca

A 12-seat Spanish kaiseki counter in Nihonbashi that has held Tabelog Gold every year since 2022, scoring 4.67 in 2026 and ranking among Japan's top 26 restaurants on Opinionated About Dining. The format fuses Spanish culinary technique with Japanese seasonal discipline in a reservation-only room that prices dinner between JPY 60,000 and JPY 79,999.

Spanish

Minato, Japan

Tokyo, Japan

Tempura Kondo

Among Ginza's tempura counters, Tempura Kondo occupies a tier defined by two Michelin stars, consistent Tabelog Bronze recognition since 2018, and a La Liste score of 85 points in 2026. Chef Fumio Kondo's 50 years at the fryer have reframed tempura around vegetable primacy, treating batter as a vessel for steam rather than a coating. Twenty seats, lunch and dinner service Monday through Saturday, with dinner averaging ¥20,000–¥29,999.

Tempura

Tokyo, Japan

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

On the second floor of the Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Atlantis The Royal, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal reconstructs centuries of British culinary history through dishes drawn from medieval manuscripts, Tudor kitchens, and Georgian banquet tables. The wine program runs to 1,560 selections across 7,310 bottles, with Burgundy and Bordeaux as the headline strengths. Ranked #33 in the World's 50 Best Restaurants MENA 2024 and #76 on La Liste's 2026 global list.

Traditional British

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

London, United Kingdom

Gymkhana

Two Michelin stars and a La Liste ranking in the top 100 European restaurants signal exactly where Gymkhana sits in London's Indian dining hierarchy. The colonial-club setting on Albemarle Street frames cooking that draws on Northern Indian tradition while reaching for tandoor-grilled complexity and nashta-style small plates that read as genuinely contemporary. For the price point, the ambition is matched by the execution.

Modern Indian, Indian

Mountain

Mountain brings the asador tradition of northern Spain and the Balearic Islands to Soho's Beak Street, with an open kitchen firing wood and flame across a two-level room. The team behind Brat in Shoreditch earned a Michelin star here in 2024 and a World's 50 Best ranking of #74 in 2025. Sharing plates, seasonal sourcing, and a wine list available entirely by the glass define the format.

Asador-Spanish, Spanish

Port Isaac, United Kingdom

Cervere, Italy

Antica Corona Reale

Founded in 1815 and held by the Vivalda family across five generations, Antica Corona Reale in Cervere carries two Michelin stars and a 94-point La Liste score into 2026. Chef Gian Piero Vivalda draws on two centuries of Piedmontese tradition while threading contemporary technique through the menu. The result is one of northern Italy's most credentialed rural dining rooms.

Piedmontese

Cervere, Italy

Port Isaac, United Kingdom

Outlaw's New Road

Outlaw's New Road sits above Port Isaac's harbour with Atlantic views and an eleven-course seafood tasting menu built around the daily catch. La Liste ranked it 87.5 points in 2025. The restaurant closes permanently after 28 March 2026, making the remaining services a fixed endpoint for anyone who has been meaning to go.

Seafood

San Francisco, United States

The Progress

The Progress on Fillmore Street earns its Michelin star through a whole-animal, whole-vegetable approach rooted in California's seasonal abundance, with smoke, fire, curing, and fermentation doing the heavy lifting. Sister restaurant to State Bird Provisions, it occupies a tier of San Francisco dining where the cooking is genuinely regional rather than globally referential. A 4.,162 reviews confirms sustained execution night after night.

New American, Californian

San Francisco, United States

Prendes, Spain

Casa Gerardo

Operating from the same Asturian roadhouse since 1882, Casa Gerardo holds a Michelin star and ranks #327 in the Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Europe (2025). Five generations of the Morán family have shaped its kitchen, with Pedro and Marcos Morán now running a menu that holds traditional Asturian dishes alongside a technically ambitious tasting program. The fabada de Prendes alone justifies the drive out from Oviedo or Gijón.

Modern Asturian, Modern Cuisine

Prendes, Spain

Stockholm, Sweden

Ekstedt

Ekstedt holds a Michelin star and ranks among Europe's top 120 restaurants (Opinionated About Dining, 2025) for its commitment to open-fire cooking — no electricity, no gas. Operating Wednesday through Saturday in Stockholm's Östermalm district, the restaurant opens at 5pm (3:30pm on Saturdays) and runs to 1am. At the €€€€ price point, it occupies the same tier as Frantzén and AIRA but with a distinct technical premise.

Progressive Asador, Grills

Stockholm, Sweden

Madrid, Spain

Smoked Room

Inside the Hyatt Regency Hesperia on Paseo de la Castellana, Smoked Room operates as a deliberately sealed-off world: a two-Michelin-star counter with just two tables and a Japanese-style bar, where the kitchen builds every course around smoke and charcoal. Chef Dani García's omakase format and La Liste recognition (84.5 points in 2025) place it among Madrid's most demanding fine-dining addresses, pitched firmly at the upper tier of the city's €€€€ bracket.

Progressive Asador, Contemporary

Madrid, Spain

Chiclana de la Frontera, Spain

Alevante Ángel León

The two-Michelin-starred offshoot of Ángel León's celebrated Aponiente, Alevante operates from inside the Gran Meliá Sancti Petri on the Cádiz coast, bringing the same ocean-sourcing philosophy to a hotel dining format. The Gran Menú Alevante draws on the Bay of Cádiz seafood tradition — sea urchin, mackerel, dogfish, tuna — in a minimalist room where hemp-rope curtains and fish-silhouette walls do the atmospheric work. Ranked 468th in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, this is one of Andalusia's most credentialed tables.

Progressive Seafood

Chiclana de la Frontera, Spain

Veyrier-du-Lac, France

La Table de Yoann Conte

Two Michelin stars and a Michelin Green Star place La Table de Yoann Conte among the more credentialed creative tables on the shores of Lake Annecy. The kitchen draws on alpine and lacustrine ingredients within a chalet-style setting that positions it firmly in France's broader tradition of destination dining outside Paris. La Liste scored it 94 points in both 2025 and 2026, placing it in a narrow tier of regional French kitchens with sustained international recognition.

San Francisco, United States

Veyrier-du-Lac, France

San Francisco, United States

Niku Steakhouse

Niku Steakhouse brings Japanese dry-aging discipline and wood-fired technique to San Francisco's Design District, operating under a Michelin star and an Opinionated About Dining ranking among North America's top restaurants. The 18-seat chef's counter frames an open binchotan charcoal grill, and the wine list runs 730 selections with particular depth in Burgundy and California. Dinner runs $66 and above per person before wine.

Japanese, Steakhouse

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Number One

Occupying the basement of the Balmoral Hotel on Princes Street, Number One is Edinburgh's most formally appointed fine dining room, where red lacquered walls, well-spaced banquettes, and a menu anchored in Scottish produce sit alongside a 3,000-bottle wine list curated by Wine Director Callum McCann. Chef Matthew Sherry holds a Michelin Plate and a 2026 La Liste ranking of 77 points, placing the restaurant firmly in the city's top tier of classical dining.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Yong Fu

Yong Fu brings Ningbo cooking into Hong Kong’s high-spend Chinese dining conversation with unusual clarity: East China Sea fish, wine-marinated crab and complex recipes carried over from its Shanghai parent branch. Recognition from Michelin, Black Pearl, La Liste and Opinionated About Dining signals a serious table rather than a decorative regional import.

Ningbo

Modern British - Nordic, Modern British

Reykjavík, Iceland

DILL

Iceland's only Michelin-starred restaurant, DILL on Laugavegur 59 holds a single star (2024–2025) and a La Liste score of 77 points for 2026. Chef Gunnar Karl Gíslasson builds tasting menus around foraged and farmed Icelandic ingredients, with décor — dried plants gathered by the kitchen team — that extends that foraging logic into the room itself. No standard menu is available; vegetarians should notify on booking.

New Nordic, Creative

Reykjavík, Iceland

Ripon, United Kingdom

Shaun Rankin at Grantley Hall

Shaun Rankin at Grantley Hall holds a Michelin star and an 82-point La Liste ranking (2026), operating Thursday to Sunday evenings in a 17th-century Palladian house outside Ripon. The kitchen draws on estate-grown produce and Yorkshire suppliers to deliver multi-course modern British cooking of considerable technical depth. Booking at ££££ pricing warrants planning well in advance.

Modern British

Ripon, United Kingdom

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Timberyard

A Michelin-starred warehouse conversion on Lady Lawson Street, Timberyard pitches local and foraged produce against Nordic-inflected technique across five and seven-course evening menus. The Radford family's venue holds a 2024 Michelin star, an OAD European Top 300 ranking, and a wine list weighted toward natural and low-intervention producers. Wednesday to Sunday service; book well ahead for weekend evenings.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Rantum, Germany

Söl'ring Hof

A two-Michelin-star restaurant and five-star hotel set in the dunes of Sylt's Rantum village, Söl'ring Hof anchors its Modern European kitchen firmly in the island's coastal landscape. Chef Jan-Philipp Berner holds a 2025 Les Grandes Tables du Monde award alongside sustained La Liste recognition at 89 points.

Modern European, Modern Cuisine

Rantum, Germany

London, United Kingdom

The Devonshire

A three-storey Soho pub restored to working-pub form, The Devonshire at 17 Denman Street pairs a ground-floor Guinness counter with an upstairs Grill Room built around a wood ember open-fire grill and Scottish dry-aged beef butchered on-site. Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025 confirms its place in London's tighter tier of serious gastropubs. Booking well ahead is advisable.

Traditional British

Singapore, Singapore

Labyrinth

Labyrinth holds a Michelin star and a place on the World's 50 Best list (#97, 2025) for its precise reinterpretation of Singapore's hawker canon. Chef LG Han works from homegrown produce to rebuild dishes like chicken rice and bak chor mee into set-menu courses that preserve heritage flavour while shifting every texture and technique. It occupies a distinct tier among Singapore's fine-dining restaurants: locally anchored, internationally recognised, and priced at the $$$ range rather than the city's top bracket.

Innovative

Singapore, Singapore

Lausanne, Switzerland

Pic Beau-Rivage Palace

Two-Michelin-starred Pic Beau-Rivage Palace showcases Anne-Sophie Pic's ethereal "floral mastery" cuisine in a dramatic Lake Geneva setting, where Swiss terroir meets French technique through innovative tasting menus that have redefined Lausanne fine dining since 2009.

Lausanne, Switzerland

Mumbai, India

The Bombay Canteen

Occupying a converted industrial space in Lower Parel's Kamala Mills compound, The Bombay Canteen holds a place in Mumbai's contemporary Indian dining scene that few restaurants have managed to sustain. Under chef Hussain Shahzad, the kitchen runs a rotating menu that repositions regional Indian cooking through a modern lens, backed by La Liste recognition and a spot on Asia's 50 Best list in 2025.

Indian

Mumbai, India

Shanghai, China

Ling Long Shanghai

Ling Long Shanghai brings neo-Chinese cooking to Xujiahui's Raffles City, where Chef Jason Liu frames a season-driven menu in acts, each course merging classical Chinese technique with European finesse. A Michelin star (2024), Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025), and La Liste recognition underline its position among Shanghai's contemporary Chinese tier. The format rewards patient, attentive dining rather than quick meals.

Contemporary Chinese

Shanghai, China

Werfen, Austria

Obauer

Obauer has held two Michelin stars and a place among Austria's leading restaurants since the early 1980s, making Werfen a destination in its own right. Operating from a market-square address in a small Alpine town, the kitchen works within a classical tradition that has earned 98 points on La Liste 2026 and a Les Grandes Tables du Monde listing. At €€€€ pricing, this is destination dining at serious altitude — figuratively and literally.

Classic Cuisine

Werfen, Austria

Toronto, Canada

Quetzal

On College Street, Quetzal anchors Toronto's serious Mexican dining with an eight-metre indoor fire pit and tortillas pressed from nixtamalised heirloom corn. Chef Steven Molnar's open-fire technique draws on regional Mexican tradition while sourcing Canadian produce, earning consistent recognition from La Liste and Opinionated About Dining. The bar programme — built around mezcal, tequila, and reimagined Mexican classics — runs parallel to the kitchen in ambition.

Mexican

Toronto, Canada

London, United Kingdom

Cornus

Cornus holds a Michelin star and a place in La Liste's top restaurants (82pts, 2026), operating from the Eccleston Yards development on the edge of Belgravia. Chef Gary Foulkes, formerly of Angler, leads a kitchen focused on south-west British seafood and game, handled with technical restraint. The set lunch with £20 corkage is among the more considered value propositions in London's upper dining tier.

Modern British

Progressive Italian, Country cooking

Paris, France

La Scène

La Scène holds two Michelin stars on Avenue Matignon in Paris's 8th arrondissement, where chef Stéphanie Le Quellec runs one of the few high-prestige kitchens in the city led by a woman. The dining room operates on tight lunch and dinner windows across five weekdays, with a service style that La Liste and OAD reviewers have recognised for attentiveness alongside culinary ambition. It ranks 86 points on La Liste 2026 and carries a Les Grandes Tables du Monde designation.

French, Modern Cuisine

Paris, France

Magescq, France

Relais de la Poste

A two-Michelin-star institution in the Landes pine forests, Relais de la Poste has been in the Coussau family for five generations. Jean and Clémentine Coussau cook from a close network of local suppliers — foie gras, Adour salmon, Chalosse beef, Capbreton fish — producing classic French cuisine that earned 88 points from La Liste in 2026 and a place in Les Grandes Tables du Monde.

Classic Cuisine

Magescq, France

Tokyo, Japan

AO

AO Tokyo elevates ingredient-driven fine dining through Chef Koji Minemura's French-Japanese fusion, where daily-changing omakase menus showcase personally-sourced seasonal ingredients from across Japan. This intimate Nishiazabu destination combines rooftop garden freshness with zero-waste philosophy, creating Tokyo's most authentic producer-to-plate experience since 2020.

Innovative

Tokyo, Japan

Gabicce Monte, Italy

Dalla Gioconda

At the highest point of Gabicce Monte, Dalla Gioconda occupies the shell of a storied local dance hall and has rebuilt itself as one of the Adriatic coast's most carefully considered progressive Italian restaurants. Chef Davide Di Fabio, formed at Osteria Francescana under Massimo Bottura, anchors the menu in Marche territory produce and the restaurant's own garden, backed by a cellar of 9,000 bottles and consistent recognition from La Liste and Opinionated About Dining.

Gabicce Monte, Italy

Aarhus, Denmark

Frederikshøj

Chef Wassim Hallal leads a creative kitchen that has earned Star Wine List recognition five consecutive times, signalling a front-of-house and cellar program that matches the food's ambition. The full-service tasting format makes this the reference point for fine dining in Jutland.

New Nordic, Classic Cuisine

Aarhus, Denmark

Henne, Denmark

Henne Kirkeby Kro

A two-Michelin-star inn on Denmark's remote Jutland coast, Henne Kirkeby Kro operates where New Nordic discipline meets the quieter tradition of the regional kro. Ranked #77 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025 and a consistent Star Wine List presence, it makes a compelling case for destination dining outside Copenhagen, on terms that favour the landscape over the spectacle.

Henne, Denmark

Rydöbruk, Sweden

Knystaforsen

A Michelin-starred former sawmill on the banks of a Swedish forest river, Knystaforsen serves a terroir-driven tasting menu built around fire, embers, and wild local ingredients. Chef Nicolai Tram's outdoor cooking format earned a place on the Opinionated About Dining European Top 200 (ranked #136 in 2025), and overnight stays deepen the experience considerably. At €€€€ pricing, it occupies a narrow tier of destination dining that rewards the journey.

Rydöbruk, Sweden

Garons, France

Michel Kayser - Restaurant Alexandre

A two-Michelin-star address in Garons, south of Nîmes, Restaurant Alexandre has held its position among France's serious fine-dining houses for decades. Chef Stavriani Zervakakou leads a kitchen rooted in Camargue produce and southern French technique, served in grounds shaded by ancient cedars. La Liste awarded it 93 points in 2026; Opinionated About Dining placed it among Europe's top classical restaurants.

Modern Austrian, Creative

Garons, France

Vienna, Austria

Mraz & Sohn

A two-Michelin-star address in Vienna's 20th district, Mraz & Sohn operates as a father-son collaboration built on Modern Austrian cooking with a demonstrably irreverent streak.

Vienna, Austria

Atlanta, United States

Atlas

Atlas Atlanta merges Michelin-starred seasonal American cuisine with a rotating contemporary art program inside the St. Regis Buckhead, where Chef Freddy Money's daily-changing tasting menus unfold among works by Alexi Torres, Hunt Slonem and Hijack, curated with Carousel Fine Art Galleries. This intimate 60-seat sanctuary represents Atlanta's pinnacle of fine dining sophistication. Atlas is a restaurant with a full bar, not a wine bar.

Modern European, New American, American

Atlanta, United States

Stockholm, Sweden

Tjoget

On Södermalm's Hornsbruksgatan, Tjoget operates at the intersection of serious Mediterranean cooking and neighbourhood bar culture — the kind of place that earns an Opinionated About Dining Casual in Europe recognition (2025) without trying to be a destination restaurant. Under chef Hedda Bruce, the kitchen draws from the Mediterranean with enough restraint to feel at home in Stockholm's increasingly confident casual dining tier.

Mediterranean

Stockholm, Sweden

Istanbul, Turkey

Turk Fatih Tutak

Istanbul's most decorated modern Turkish restaurant, Turk Fatih Tutak holds two Michelin stars and ranked 66th on the World's 50 Best list in 2023. Operating from a Şişli address with dinner service running Tuesday through Saturday, the restaurant represents a specific strand of contemporary Turkish cooking — technically rigorous, referentially deep, and positioned within a small peer group of fine-dining addresses redefining what the cuisine can do on a global stage.

Modern Turkish

Istanbul, Turkey

Nottingham, United Kingdom

alchemilla

Occupying the vaulted brick arches of a Victorian carriage house just off Derby Road, Alchemilla holds a Michelin star and ranks among Nottingham's most serious fine-dining addresses. Chef Alex Bond runs either a three-course menu at £85 or a seven-course tasting menu at £140, with a wine list weighted towards natural producers. Ranked 398th in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Europe for 2025.

Modern European, Modern British

Nottingham, United Kingdom

València, Spain

El Poblet

Holding two Michelin stars and ranked 81st in Europe by Opinionated About Dining (2025), El Poblet represents the serious end of València's modern Spanish scene. Chef Luis Valls works within the Quique Dacosta group framework, applying creative technique to Valencian ingredients — above all the produce of the Albufera wetlands — across several tasting formats, including a vegetarian menu available without prior notice.

Modern Spanish, Creative

València, Spain

Sheffield, United Kingdom

JÖRO

Housed in a 300-year-old paper mill on the edge of Sheffield's Oughtibridge Valley, JÖRO has carried the Nordic-inflected, fermentation-forward cooking that made its Kelham Island shipping-container incarnation a talking point to a setting with more room to breathe. Michelin Plate recognition and a 2025 ranking of #296 in Opinionated About Dining's Europe list confirm it as the city's most internationally visible fine-dining address. Three tasting menus, seven apartment rooms, and wine pairings from £32 make the full experience accessible without softening the ambition.