The Places · Page 119
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01.Hotel
Château Le Cagnard
Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
Perched above the medieval village of Haut-de-Cagnes, Château Le Cagnard occupies a 13th-century fortress that once defended the nearby Château Grimaldi. By the 19th century, the building had shifted from military outpost to artistic retreat, drawing painters whose influence remains visible throughout its stone-valled interiors. For travellers seeking the Côte d'Azur at a remove from its coastal noise, this is a considered address.
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02.Modern Caribbean-Latin Fusion
Matador Room
Miami, United States
Set inside The Miami Beach EDITION on Collins Avenue, Matador Room draws on the visual grammar of 1950s supper clubs, an oval dining room, a restored chandelier above a sunken seating space, while the menu leans into Florida's seasonal produce, local seafood, and Latin flavour signatures. Ranked #551 on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 North America list, it earns its reputation through a shareable format that regulars return to rather than a single marquee tasting experience.
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03.Traditional Portuguese Bairrada
Marquês de Marialva
Cantanhede, Portugal
Marquês de Marialva in Cantanhede serves Traditional Portuguese cuisine in a restored family home. Must-try dishes include lagareiro-style baked cod and Cabrito Assado à Padeiro (roast kid), plus a seasonal tasting menu that highlights local produce. The Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand recognizes its quality and value. Dine in intimate rooms, one with an open fire, or reserve the upstairs function room for celebrations. Expect warm, attentive service, a private-label wine selection, and honest, regional flavors that pair beautifully with the winery-rich region surrounding Cantanhede.
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04.Traditional Neapolitan Pizza
La Notizia
Naples, Italy
Opened in 1994 by third-generation pizzaiolo Enzo Coccia, La Notizia sits at the point where Neapolitan tradition and considered innovation meet. The menu moves between classical and gourmet registers, making it a reference address for understanding how Naples thinks about its defining dish. Located on Via Michelangelo da Caravaggio in the Fuorigrotta neighbourhood, it draws both serious pizza enthusiasts and the city's own residents.
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05.Elevated Regional Italian
Incanto
Tokyo, Japan
A Minamiazabu Italian that has climbed steadily through Opinionated About Dining's Japan rankings, from Recommended in 2023 to #417 in 2024 and #464 in 2025, Incanto represents the quieter, neighbourhood-rooted tier of Tokyo's Italian scene. Chef Noriyuki Koike runs an evening-only operation in one of Tokyo's most residential and diplomatically-tinged districts, Tuesday through Saturday, closing by midnight.
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06.Modern European
Remi
Berlin, Germany
Remi sits on Torstraße in Berlin's Mitte district, holding a Michelin Bib Gourmand and an Opinionated About Dining Casual recognition for 2025, a combination that places it squarely in the city's most compelling mid-price bracket. Under chef Remi Granger, the kitchen delivers modern cuisine with the kind of critical traction usually reserved for rooms charging considerably more.
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07.Modern British Brasserie
Bryn Williams at Porth Eirias
Colwyn Bay, United Kingdom
A Michelin Bib Gourmand holder for 2024 and 2025, Bryn Williams at Porth Eirias sits on the Colwyn Bay promenade where Welsh coastal cooking meets a brasserie format that has little interest in pretension. Local seafood anchors the menu, the price point sits at ££, and the industrial-tinged dining room faces the sea. This is the kind of Modern British cooking that earns recognition precisely because it stays honest about what it is.
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08.Authentic Neapolitan Pizza
Stile Napoletano
Chester, United Kingdom
On Watergate Street, one of Chester's most historically layered thoroughfares, Stile Napoletano has been making a quiet case for serious Neapolitan pizza since 2018. Chef Giacomo Guido leads an artisanal operation where dough craft and ingredient sourcing are the editorial argument, not the décor. In a city whose dining scene skews toward British and European fine dining, this is a different register entirely.
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09.Modern Portuguese Bistro
Inato Bistrô
Braga, Portugal
A Michelin Bib Gourmand-recognised bistro on Braga's central Praça do Município, Inato presents a menu structured in acts, blending Portuguese staples with international technique. Young chefs Miguel Rodrigues and Tiago Costa source high-quality domestic produce and apply creative layering, from oxtail-filled focaccias to scarlet prawn rice, at a price point that makes the format genuinely accessible.
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10.Hotel
Jiva Hill Resort
Crozet, France
Spread across 124 acres of green terrain on the French-Swiss border near Geneva, Jiva Hill Resort sits at the intersection of alpine sport and deliberate retreat. Rated 4.6 across nearly 900 Google reviews and awarded Gault & Millau Exceptional Hotel status in 2025, it draws golfers, families, and spa-focused travellers seeking scale without urban density. Rates start from US$312 per night.
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11.Neapolitan Pizzeria
Fratelli Figurato
Madrid, Spain
Fratelli Figurato arrived in Chamberí and redrew the reference point for Roman-influenced pizza in Madrid. The Figurato brothers run a neighbourhood format built around long-leavened contemporary dough, confident fried starters, and a Slow Food-minded menu that draws from southern Italy's regional pantry. Pricing sits in line with Madrid's mid-range average, making it one of the more argued-over tables in the district.
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12.Restaurant
The Black Swan at Oldstead
North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Great British Menu star Tommy Banks has helped turn this pub into a restaurant that’s worth the journey
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13.Upscale Greek Seafood
Avra
Los Angeles, United States
Avra brings the Greek seafood tradition to Beverly Hills in a format that has grown considerably since its New York origins, 775-label wine list, Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025, and a ranking inside Opinionated About Dining's North America Casual list. The room sits at the intersection of Mediterranean simplicity and Los Angeles scale, making it one of the more serious Greek tables on the West Coast.
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14.Contemporary Italian
Lucia
Dallas, United States
On North Bishop Avenue in Dallas's Oak Cliff neighbourhood, Lucia has earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand (2025) and a 4.6 Google rating across more than 650 reviews for its disciplined Italian cooking under chef David Uygur. The room is small, the reservations competitive, and the format sits comfortably in the city's mid-to-upper casual dining tier alongside peers like Nonna and Barsotti's.
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15.Saito-style Omakase Sushi
Sushi Tsubomi
Tokyo, Japan
Sushi Tsubomi operates from a compact room in Meguro's Higashiyama district, serving dinner-only omakase under chef Keiya Kawaguchi. Ranked #342 on Opinionated About Dining's Japan list in 2024 and holding a Tabelog Bronze Award with a score of 3.93, it sits in Tokyo's mid-tier omakase bracket where craft outpaces ceremony. Bookings are competitive; the counter draws a loyal local following rather than a tourist circuit.
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16.Neapolitan Pizza
Veridiana Pizzaria - Jardins
São Paulo, Brazil
Veridiana brings Brazilian-style pizza to a grand Jardins address, occupying a multi-level space on Rua José Maria Lisboa with high ceilings and a central bar counter that anchors the room. Chef Roberto Loscalzo oversees a format built around shareable, generously topped pies with a light, bread-forward dough, priced slightly below the neighbourhood average, making it an accessible entry point into Jardins dining.
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17.Modern Peruvian-Ecuadorian Fine Dining
Zazu
Quito, Ecuador
Zazu sits at the top of Quito's contemporary Ecuadorean dining tier, ranked #48 and #51 in Opinionated About Dining's South America rankings for consecutive years. The menu architecture moves through local ingredients with clear structural intent, supported by a full vegetarian option and one of the city's most serious wine collections housed in an 8-metre-high cellar.
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18.Dutch Farm-to-Table with French Influences
Boompjes Restaurant
Overloon, Netherlands
Boompjes Restaurant in Overloon holds consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand awards for 2024 and 2025, delivering vegetable-forward country cooking at a €€ price point. Chef Jaap Volman, trained at Amsterdam's Bolenius, channels French technique through Dutch organic produce, with three- and five-course menus that treat beet, pointed cabbage, and seasonal herbs as seriously as any protein. The rear dining room opens onto a working kitchen garden.
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19.Regional Chinese Homestyle
Sunnys Chinese
Toronto, Canada
Sunnys Chinese on Kensington Avenue has earned back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025, placing it among Toronto's most consistent Chinese kitchens operating outside the downtown core. Chef David Schwartz brings a cross-cultural sensibility to the format, landing the restaurant in a small but growing cohort of non-Chinese-diaspora chefs reinterpreting the cuisine with serious technical depth at accessible price points.
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20.Authentic Neapolitan Pizza
La Piola Pizza
Brussels, Belgium
In Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, one of Brussels' most underexamined neighbourhoods, La Piola Pizza operates at the intersection of Neapolitan tradition and deliberate technical evolution. Chef Francesco Paolo Martini's approach centres on dough as a craft subject, with techniques and formulations updated regularly rather than fixed. For a city more associated with Belgian brasserie culture, this is a serious pizza address.
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21.Bar
Eve Bar
London, United Kingdom
Beneath Southampton Street in Covent Garden, Eve Bar operates as the subterranean drinks program attached to Adam Handling's restaurant group, channelling zero-waste principles from a dedicated cocktail lab into a seasonally rotating menu. The underground setting and theatreland address make it a natural draw for pre- and post-show drinkers who want something more considered than the West End's default wine-bar circuit.
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22.Classic Steakhouse
The Steakhouse at Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage
Rancho Mirage, United States
The Steakhouse at Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage serves classic American steakhouse fare at dinner, with formal service, leisurely pacing, and an extensive wine list.
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23.Modern Edomae Omakase
Ebisu Endo
Tokyo, Japan
A sushi counter in Ebisu's residential backstreets, Ebisu Endo has climbed steadily through Opinionated About Dining's Japan rankings, from Recommended in 2023 to #316 in 2024 and #362 in 2025, signalling a venue that the specialist critic community takes seriously. Chef Norihito Endo operates across a full midday-to-midnight window, an unusually extended schedule for a counter at this recognition level.
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24.Modern French Fine Dining
Maison Sota Atsumi
Paris, France
In the 11th arrondissement, Maison Sota Atsumi occupies a rare position in Paris's contemporary French scene: a tightly constrained format built around a surprise tasting menu that shifts with the seasons and the market. Ranked 61st in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 European list, it draws on local ingredients shaped by technique that crosses French classicism with Japanese precision. Booking ahead is non-negotiable.
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25.Traditional Japanese Omakase
Sushi Zo
Los Angeles, United States
Sushi Zo has held a place among North America's most closely watched omakase counters since chef Keizo Seki established his reputation in Los Angeles's competitive Japanese dining tier. Ranked #149 and #163 consecutively on Opinionated About Dining's North America list and carrying a 2025 Pearl recommendation, it operates Tuesday through Saturday evenings on National Boulevard in Culver City.
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26.Farm-to-Table Fine Dining
Twin Farms Restaurant
Barnard, United States
Set on a country estate in Vermont's Upper Connecticut River Valley, Twin Farms Restaurant operates inside a fully all-inclusive property where American farmhouse cooking is inseparable from the land surrounding it. Chef Nathan Rich anchors the kitchen to regional sourcing and seasonal rhythm, placing Twin Farms in the same peer conversation as Blue Hill at Stone Barns and Blackberry Farm. Rated 4.9/5 by EP Club members and 4.4 across more than 3,000 Google reviews.
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27.Modern Portuguese Small Plates
Canalha
Lisbon, Portugal
A Michelin Bib Gourmand holder in Lisbon's Junqueira district, Canalha operates in the tradition of the neighbourhood bistro: produce displayed at the entrance, daily specials on a blackboard, and sharing plates prepared without unnecessary elaboration. Chef João Rodrigues's concept keeps prices accessible while the counter seating and open kitchen create an atmosphere that most tasting-menu restaurants in the city cannot replicate.
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28.Cafe
Proud Mary Coffee
Melbourne, Australia
Proud Mary Café in Melbourne is a pioneer in the Australian coffee scene and a must-visit for coffee lovers and food enthusiasts. Known for its exceptional coffee program, the café takes pride in sourcing high quality coffees through longstanding producer relationships, delivering magic in every cup. The menu features a delicious mix of seasonal fare, from indulgent breakfasts to lighter bites, house-made pastries to fresh juices and an extensive tea program. The décor is stylish and inviting, w
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29.Regional Italian Trattoria
Felix Trattoria
Los Angeles, United States
On Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, Felix Trattoria has become one of Los Angeles's most-cited Italian restaurants, ranked as high as #3 in Opinionated About Dining's North American casual list. The kitchen's commitment to handmade pasta, shaped by Emilia-Romagna technique and executed with rigorous consistency, sets it apart in a city where Italian cooking often drifts toward fusion compromise. Reservations are competitive and the room runs loud with intention.
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30.Premium Yakitori Omakase
Torisawa
Tokyo, Japan
Torisawa is a yakitori counter in Kameido, Koto City, where Chef Akira Nakazawa has built a following serious enough to earn consecutive Opinionated About Dining rankings, #236 in 2024, #255 in 2025, alongside a Tabelog Bronze Award. The format is classic izakaya-adjacent: skewers, smoke, and a rhythm that rewards slow evenings rather than quick meals.
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31.Modern French Bistro
Gare au Gorille
Paris, France
A Michelin Plate-recognised neo-bistro on Rue des Dames in the 17th arrondissement, Gare au Gorille sits in the mid-tier of Paris's serious cooking scene at a price point well below its technical peers. Chef Marc Cordonnier's Ferrandi and Alain Passard training translates into produce-led plates where vegetables hold the same weight as protein. Ranked #268 in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Casual Europe list, it competes on quality, not ceremony.
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32.Southern Italian Coastal
Cucina Morini
Washington DC, United States
Cucina Morini brings a Sicilian-leaning lens to Washington D.C.'s Italian dining scene, with house-made pastas, a bar that stays packed through service, and a 2024 Michelin Plate distinction. Chef Matt Adler's menu at the NoMa-area address leans into comfort food executed with craft: sfincione, crudos, and thick gramigna with pork sausage are among the reasons guests return.
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33.Hainanese Chicken Rice
Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice
Singapore, Singapore
Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice has held a Michelin Bib Gourmand every year since the guide entered Singapore, and a consistent top-40 ranking on Opinionated About Dining's Casual Asia list confirms its position at the sharper end of hawker recognition. Chef Foo Kui Lian operates from a single stall at Maxwell Food Centre, where the price-to-pedigree ratio is as stark as anywhere in the city.
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34.Aged Pork Tonkatsu
Jukuseibuta Kawamura
Kyoto, Japan
A Michelin Bib Gourmand recipient in consecutive years (2024 and 2025), Jukuseibuta Kawamura sits in Kyoto's Yamashina Ward and builds its menu around aged, carefully sourced pork. The kitchen's signature approach rests on twice-frying at low temperature and a selection of named pork breeds and grades, with the aged 'jukusei-buta' cut at the centre of it all. For the price bracket, the depth of sourcing and technique is difficult to match in Kyoto's tonkatsu scene.
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35.Authentic Cantonese with Kyoto Ingredients
Canton Shunsai Ikki
Kyoto, Japan
A Michelin Bib Gourmand-recognised Chinese restaurant in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward, Canton Shunsai Ikki draws on Guangdong culinary technique and cooks with rice bran oil to coax clean, fragrant flavour from seasonal ingredients. The mid-range price point (¥¥) and tight booking window make early planning essential. Rated 4.4 on Google across 107 reviews.
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36.Contemporary French Farm-to-Table
Ephernité
Taipei, Taiwan
Ephernité brings Chef Vanessa Huang's Parisian training to a quietly elegant room in Da'an District, where a daily-changing menu builds around farm-sourced produce from Taipei's outskirts. Ranked #439 in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Asia (2025) and recognised with a Michelin Plate, it operates Wednesday through Sunday, evenings only, at a mid-to-upper price point for contemporary French cooking in Taiwan.
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37.Authentic Italian Pizza and Gnocchi
48h Pizza e Gnocchi Bar
Melbourne, Australia
48h Pizza e Gnocchi Bar brings long-fermentation Neapolitan-style pizza to South Yarra and Elsternwick, with a 48-hour dough process that produces a light, digestible base with a soft, slightly crisped crust. Chefs Michele Circhirillo and Fabio Biscaldi also run a location in Italy, and the Melbourne menus span classic and creative pizzas, house-made gnocchi, and a focused selection of imported Italian ingredients.
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38.Nashville Hot Chicken
Howlin’ Ray’s
Los Angeles, United States
Howlin' Ray's in Los Angeles's Chinatown brings Nashville hot chicken to the West Coast with enough precision and heat control to earn back-to-back recognition on Opinionated About Dining's Cheap Eats list (#15 in 2023, #20 in 2024) and a 2025 Pearl recommendation. The lines at the Broadway food hall counter have become a marker of how seriously Los Angeles takes borrowed regional traditions. Open Wednesday through Sunday.
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39.Modern Basque Fine Dining
Marques de Riscal Restaurant
Logroño, Spain
Set within Frank Gehry's titanium-wrapped hotel-winery in Elciego, recognised as Europe's leading vineyard estate in 2021, Marques de Riscal Restaurant positions modern Spanish cooking against one of La Rioja's most architecturally charged backdrops. Chef Francis Paniego oversees two tasting menus drawing on Basque technique and Álava's seasonal larder, with Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025.
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40.Natural Wine Bar with Seasonal Small Plates
Snail Bar
San Francisco, United States
Snail Bar on Shattuck Avenue in Oakland operates at the intersection of neighborhood accessibility and serious cooking, holding consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025. Chef Andres Giraldo Florez runs a contemporary program that punches well above its price point, drawing a cross-bay crowd that treats the room as a regular rather than an occasion destination.
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41.Traditional Kaiseki
Shofukuro Honten
Higashiomi, Japan
Shofukuro Honten brings kaiseki to a quieter register in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, ranked #228 on Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Japan list for 2025 and holding a Tabelog Bronze Award with a score of 3.88. Chef Hidetaro Nakamura's kitchen operates within the multi-course seasonal tradition that defines Japan's most serious dining, placing this address in a comparable set that extends well beyond its provincial setting.
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42.Modern Vegetarian & Vegan Sharing Plates
Brota
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Brota is a vegetarian restaurant in Botafogo that has earned back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025, under the cooking of Chef Raphaël Fumio Kudaka. The menu is built around sharing plates, local produce, and combinations that treat vegetables as the structural backbone of each dish rather than a dietary concession. At the $$ price tier, it represents one of Rio's more serious plant-focused kitchens.
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43.Authentic Neapolitan Pizza & Craft Cocktails
ANTO
Singapore, Singapore
Where Singapore's appetite for Italian runs deepest, ANTO on Jiak Chuan Road offers something the city's Neapolitan pizza scene rarely combines: three distinct dough traditions under one roof, from classic Neapolitan rounds to Roman al taglio and Pinsa Romana, served in a lounge-lit room built for lingering. Co-founded by master pizza maker Antonio Brancato, it positions itself as a serious aperitivi destination as much as a pizzeria.
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44.Neapolitan Pizza
Franko’s Pizza & Bar
Zagreb, Croatia
Franko's Pizza & Bar on Ul. kneza Branimira brings a structured, format-driven approach to pizza that is rare in Zagreb: Neapolitan, Roman, Old School, and calzone each occupy a defined lane on the menu, with sourcing drawn from Italian producers. The bar program pairs wines, beers, and cocktails with both the pizza and a supporting cast of appetizers and cooked dishes.
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45.New England Oyster Bar & Seafood
Eventide Oyster Co.
Portland, United States
Eventide Oyster Co. on Portland's Middle Street has ranked among North America's top casual dining destinations two years running on Opinionated About Dining, rising from #25 in 2024 to #12 in 2023. The raw bar format centers on Maine's oyster harvest, drawing a 4.5-star consensus across nearly 5,000 Google reviews. Open seven days a week from 11am to 11pm with no listed reservation requirement.
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46.Traditional British Fine Dining
Rules
London, United Kingdom
London's oldest restaurant, operating continuously since 1798, Rules occupies a set of rooms in Covent Garden that have changed less than the city around them. The menu anchors itself in British tradition: game from the restaurant's own estate, steak and kidney suet pudding, and nursery-end desserts. A Michelin Plate holder with a Google rating of 4.6 from over 3,200 reviews, it earns its place as a reference point for traditional British dining.
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47.Modern Polish Fine Dining
Ritz
Gdańsk, Poland
Ritz on Gdańsk's Szafarnia street has held a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025 while climbing to #30 on Opinionated About Dining's Classical Europe ranking. Under chef John Williams, the kitchen operates in the €€€ tier, placing it among the city's most formally serious modern cuisine addresses. A 4.5 Google rating across nearly 700 reviews confirms a level of consistency rare at this price point in northern Poland.
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48.Swedish-Ethiopian Seafood Fusion
Hav & Mar
New York City, United States
Hav & Mar, at 245 11th Ave in Chelsea, earns its 2024 Michelin Plate by threading Ethiopian and Swedish culinary traditions into a coherent, unsentimental menu. Dishes like the Swediopian, berbere-cured salmon with mustard seed caviar and injera chips, demonstrate how two distinct food cultures can occupy the same plate without collapsing into each other. A White Star from Star Wine List (December 2024) signals the wine program is taken as seriously as the kitchen.
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49.Modern Japanese Izakaya
Kushi-Ya
Nottingham, United Kingdom
A Michelin Bib Gourmand holder tucked behind Enfield Chambers on Low Pavement, Kushi-Ya runs a charcoal-grill izakaya format that sits well outside Nottingham's tasting-menu tier. Skewers, small plates, and a concise Japanese drinks list at mid-market prices make it the city's clearest reference point for ingredient-led Japanese cooking done without ceremony.
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50.Modern Edomae Omakase
Ken
San Francisco, United States
Ken occupies a quiet stretch of Divisadero Street and delivers sushi omakase at a register that draws Michelin Plate recognition and a place on Opinionated About Dining's North America list two years running. Chef Ken Ngai runs an intimate counter format in the Haight-Ashbury corridor, where the four-night-a-week schedule and focused evening service create the kind of scarcity that keeps serious sushi diners returning.
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51.Modern British Nose-to-Tail
St. John Bread & Wine
London, United Kingdom
Almost two decades after opening opposite Old Spitalfields Market, St. John Bread & Wine holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and a daily-changing menu that reads as a direct line to Britain's historic foodways. The nose-to-tail philosophy of the original St. John translates here into a more casual, well-priced format: bone marrow alongside Eccles cake, an all-French wine list, and baked-to-order madeleines as a closing argument.
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52.Modern Fusion Wine Bar
Farra
New York City, United States
Farra occupies a sleek space at 71 Worth Street in Tribeca, sharing a wine cellar and culinary DNA with the tasting-menu institution next door, Atera. Ranked #3 in Opinionated About Dining's Casual North America list in 2024, it delivers precise, inventive cooking, lobster-stuffed corona ripiena in dashi broth, salmon tartare with potato chips, without a charcuterie board in sight. This is a wine bar that operates at full restaurant register.
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53.Modern Thai Charcoal Grill
Bangkok Supper Club
New York City, United States
Bangkok Supper Club on Hudson Street brings contemporary Thai cooking to the West Village with the precision of a fine-dining kitchen and the energy of a neighbourhood restaurant. Chef Max Wittawat draws on family recipes reframed through careful technique, producing dishes that balance heat, texture, and contrast. Recognised by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it sits among the most serious Thai tables in New York City.
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54.Grass-Fed Wagyu Steak Omakase
matū
Los Angeles, United States
matū occupies a specific position in Beverly Hills dining: a Japanese steakhouse format that takes the cut seriously, with Opinionated About Dining recognition in both 2024 and 2025 and a Michelin Plate in both years. Chef Scott Linder runs a program that draws on Japanese beef traditions without framing itself as a tasting-menu exercise. Lunch and dinner service run seven days a week on South Beverly Drive.
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55.Modern Wood-Fired Mediterranean Small Plates
Burnt Orange
Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
A Michelin Bib Gourmand holder for 2024 and 2025, Burnt Orange occupies a remodelled 16th-century coaching inn in Brighton's Lanes, serving wood-fired small plates with Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and North African influences. Part of the Black Rock Group, it draws a loyal crowd for sharing plates, late-night cocktails, and a consistently warm room that works as well for a weeknight dinner as a weekend occasion.
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56.Local Seafood Raw Bar with Korean Influences
Gift Horse
Providence, United States
Gift Horse on Westminster Street brings New England seafood into conversation with Korean technique, under chef Sky Haneul Kim, who won the 2025 James Beard Award for Best Chef: Northeast. A Google rating of 4.8 from 126 reviews and an Esquire Best New Restaurants listing from 2023 signal a kitchen that earned its reputation quickly. Providence's most talked-about table is at 272 Westminster St.
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57.Modern British Small Plates
Skua
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
A candlelit basement on St Stephen Street in Stockbridge, Skua has earned back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmands (2024 and 2025) for its pared-back small plates built around seasonal British ingredients. Chef Alejandro Aguirre's menu is tightly edited and flavour-focused, paired with a natural wine list curated by Heron's bar manager. Prices sit at the ££ tier, making it one of Edinburgh's more compelling value propositions at this cooking level.
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58.Modern Panamanian Fusion
Maito
Panama City, Panama
Panama's most internationally recognised restaurant, Maito occupies a firm position on the Latin America's 50 Best list and ranked #9 on Opinionated About Dining's Casual North America list in 2025. Chef Mario Castrellón builds a menu around Panamanian ingredients sourced from indigenous communities, framing traditional cuisine through a contemporary land-and-sea structure. Open Monday through Saturday in Obarrio's Kenex Plaza.
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59.Hawaiian-Californian Fusion
Spago Maui
Wailea, United States
Wolfgang Puck's Spago at the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea brings the California-rooted American-Asian cooking that made his name to a setting where the Pacific feels immediately present. Wine Director Katie Schwend oversees a 5,000-bottle inventory with particular depth in Burgundy, France, Italy, and California. Dinner pricing runs at the $$$ tier, placing it firmly among Wailea's most serious dining options.
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60.Japanese-Texas BBQ Izakaya
Kemuri Tatsu-ya
Austin, United States
A Texas-izakaya hybrid on Austin's East Side, Kemuri Tatsu-ya holds Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition for 2024 and 2025 and has ranked on the Opinionated About Dining casual North America list three consecutive years. The format is shared plates at an accessible price point, with a beverage program built around sake, shochu, and the pairing logic that defines the izakaya tradition.
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