The Places · Page 149
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01.Authentic Northern & Southern Chinese with Modern Techniques
Nan Bei
Bangkok, Thailand
Nan Bei occupies the 19th floor of the Rosewood Hotel on Phloen Chit Road, serving northern and southern Chinese cooking with ingredients flown in directly from the source regions. The kitchen holds a Michelin Plate (2025) and ranks among the top Chinese restaurants in Asia according to Opinionated About Dining. Peking duck roasted over lychee wood is the centrepiece, alongside braised abalone and a lunchtime dim sum programme.
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02.Modern Persian
Eyval
New York City, United States
Eyval brings a sharper, more restless energy to Persian cooking than Brooklyn has seen before. Chef Ali Saboor, formerly of Prospect Heights institution Sofreh, works with tamarind, saffron, sumac, and pomegranate in ways that create genuine tension on the plate, cool against warm, crunchy against creamy. A skin-contact wine list that punches well above the neighbourhood's expectations completes the picture. Recognized by Opinionated About Dining and New York Magazine's 2025 restaurant rankings.
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03.Modern Steakhouse
Bowery Meat Company
New York City, United States
Bowery Meat Company sits at the intersection of Manhattan's steakhouse tradition and downtown's more casual dining register, earning back-to-back Opinionated About Dining recognition in 2024 and 2025. The wine program, built around 1,550 bottles of inventory with particular depth in France and California, separates it from the midtown steak corridor. Dinner runs nightly from 5 pm at 9 E 1st Street in the East Village.
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04.Plant-Based American Farm-to-Table
Little Saint
Healdsburg, United States
Little Saint occupies a particular position in Healdsburg's dining scene: a plant-based restaurant serious enough to earn back-to-back rankings on Opinionated About Dining's Casual North America list (#476 in 2025, #510 in 2024), with a wine program of 4,400 bottles weighted toward France, California, and Burgundy. Open Thursday through Monday for lunch and dinner, it serves farm-to-table vegan food at accessible price points alongside a wine list that punches well above them.
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05.Modern French with Japanese Ingredients
Courage
Tokyo, Japan
A Michelin Plate holder in Azabujuban's quiet residential pocket, Courage is one of Tokyo's more considered addresses for light French cooking. Chef Seira Furuya's kitchen works with delicate sauces and edible-flower plating drawn from a background in flower arrangement. The room's red-accented interior signals an independent, owner-run sensibility that sits apart from Tokyo's larger French dining establishments.
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06.Fine Dining Filipino-European Fusion
Antonio's
Manilla, Philippines
Forty minutes south of Manila in the Tagaytay highlands, Antonio's holds a Michelin Plate (2026) and a sustained presence on Opinionated About Dining's Asia ranking, currently placed at #166, for French-inflected Western cooking served inside a colonial mansion with garden seating. Duck confit and escargot anchor a menu built around classical technique, and the setting draws equal numbers of serious diners and celebratory parties.
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07.Modern Venetian Fine Dining
Zanze XVI
Venice, Italy
On a quiet canal in Santa Croce, Zanze XVI sits at the point where the bàcaro tradition and creative contemporary cooking meet. Chef Giovanni Regoni draws ingredients from lagoon producers and the best local markets, producing dishes that hold Venetian culinary identity up to the light rather than simply reproducing it. A Michelin Plate holder in 2024 and 2025, and ranked #460 in the Opinionated About Dining Europe list for 2025.
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08.Modern Turkish Live Fire Cooking
Mürver
Istanbul, Turkey
On Kemankeş Caddesi in Beyoğlu, Mürver has earned consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025, alongside a ranking of #420 in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Europe. Chef Mevlüt Özkaya runs a grill-focused kitchen that positions the restaurant firmly within Istanbul's mid-to-upper tier, priced at ₺₺₺ against a neighbourhood where ₺₺₺₺ modern Turkish tasting menus dominate the conversation.
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09.Farm-to-Table Italian Agriturismo
Il Colmetto
Rodengo Saiano, Italy
A Michelin Plate-recognised agriturismo in Brescia's wine country, Il Colmetto operates on a near-weekly rotating menu that follows the agricultural calendar of its own land. Chef Riccardo Scalvinoni cooks with precision and restraint, drawing on peasant traditions to produce honest, produce-led dishes. Ranked #365 in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 European list, it occupies a different register from the region's fine-dining circuit.
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10.Seasonal British
Quo Vadis
London, United Kingdom
Quo Vadis sits in London’s Modern British dining conversation as a Soho room where pie, pastry and old restaurant rituals carry real weight. Jeremy Lee’s menu folds British classics into French bistro and Mediterranean references, with Opinionated About Dining Casual in Europe rankings in 2024 and 2025 supporting its place among the city’s enduring dining rooms.
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11.Classic Chicago American
Portillo's & Barnelli's Chicago
Chicago, United States
On Ontario Street in River North, Portillo's & Barnelli's occupies a specific tier in Chicago's casual dining order: a counter-service institution ranked among Opinionated About Dining's top cheap eats in North America two years running. With a Google rating of 4.4 across more than 23,000 reviews and late hours every night of the week, it functions as both a local fixture and a reliable post-event destination for the neighbourhood.
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12.Avant-Garde Tuscan Fine Dining
L'Imbuto
Lucca, Italy
Set in a hillside farmhouse just outside Lucca's medieval walls, L'Imbuto is Cristiano Tomei's creative Italian restaurant where the number of courses is chosen blind and the kitchen's generosity tends to make that number irrelevant. The format is built around bitter notes, Parmigiano Reggiano, and a cooking sensibility that resists easy categorisation. Recognised by Michelin and ranked among Europe's top restaurants by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it occupies a distinct tier in Lucca's dining scene.
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13.Modern Italian-Japanese Fusion Fine Dining
Al Persef
Livigno, Italy
Al Persef sits at Livigno's serious end of the dining spectrum, holding a Michelin Plate and a Google rating of 4.8 from 130 reviews. Chef Francesco Nunziata works modern, creative cuisine in a compact room that looks out over the Alpine surrounds, while a separate plant-based menu, Genesi, draws on wild foraging from the Valtellina mountain slopes. The wine list matches the kitchen's ambition.
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14.Italian and French Bistro
Raf's
New York City, United States
A converted NoHo bakery on Elizabeth Street, Raf's runs a wood-fired European menu spanning French and Italian traditions, from escargot enrobed in whipped lardo to hand-cut pastas and Sicilian cast iron pizza. Chefs Mary Attea and Camari Mick bring precision to the classics, while the bar offers a strong walk-in alternative to the reservation-only dining room. Google reviewers rate it 4.1 from 183 reviews.
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15.Restaurant
Baan
Bangkok, Thailand
Baan sits in Lumphini at the accessible end of Bangkok's serious Thai dining tier, holding a Michelin Plate and consecutive Opinionated About Dining Asia rankings through 2023 to 2025. Chef Ton Thitid shapes a menu that draws on deep culinary training without the ceremony or pricing of the city's tasting-menu circuit. Lunch and dinner service runs six days a week at a ฿฿ price point that undercuts most of its ranked peers by a considerable margin.
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16.Modern Anatolian Fine Dining
Seraf Vadi
Istanbul, Turkey
Seraf Vadi holds back-to-back Michelin Plates (2024 and 2025) under chef Sinem Özler, placing it among a small tier of Istanbul restaurants where contemporary Turkish cooking meets serious culinary credentials. Located in Sarıyer's Ayazağa district, it sits at a more accessible price point than the city's ₺₺₺₺ modern-Turkish names, making it a useful reference for the direction the cuisine is heading.
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17.French Bistro with Caviar & Champagne
Apéro
Washington DC, United States
A Michelin Plate-recognised French address on Georgetown's P Street, Apéro centres its menu on Champagne and caviar while a 730-selection wine list anchored in Burgundy and Bordeaux handles the rest. Owner and wine director Elli Benchimol steers an intimate room of midnight-blue walls and gold accents toward the kind of Parisian boîte that Washington rarely does this convincingly. Two-course meals fall under $40, making the caviar-and-Champagne premise more accessible than the room's atmosphere suggests.
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18.Hong Kong-style Dim Sum
Tim Ho Wan
Seoul, South Korea
Tim Ho Wan brings Hong Kong's Michelin-recognised dim sum tradition to Gangnam, operating at a price point that makes it one of Seoul's most accessible entries in the OAD Asia Casual top 100. The Seoul outpost holds a Michelin Plate and has ranked consistently in the Opinionated About Dining Asia Casual list since 2023, sitting at #74 in 2025.
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19.Chinese
Yiwanshui
Osaka, Japan
Yiwanshui in Osaka's Nishi Ward serves Chinese home cooking through a prix fixe format that has earned consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025. The menu draws on imperial court traditions while keeping oil and seasoning light, letting the natural character of each ingredient carry the dish. Chef Gabriele Ravasio runs a room designed for repeat visits, not one-off occasions.
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20.Authentic Korean
Mandu
Washington DC, United States
At 453 K Street NW in Mount Vernon Triangle, Mandu makes the case that Korean cuisine in Washington extends well beyond its most familiar dishes. Yesoon Lee and Danny Lee, who launched the original Dupont Circle location in 2006, cook fiery broths, plump dumplings, and layered banchan in a spacious room with soaring ceilings and a long bar. A Pearl Recommended Restaurant for 2025, it earns its place at the mid-range $$ tier with consistent, authoritative cooking.
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21.Classic French Bistro
L'Assiette
Paris, France
On Rue du Château in the 14th arrondissement, L'Assiette sits inside a tradition of serious Parisian bistro cooking that has grown harder to find as the city's dining scene bifurcates between tourist-facing brasseries and haute cuisine temples. Chef David Rathgeber holds a Michelin Plate (2025) and ranked 63rd on Opinionated About Dining's Casual Europe list in 2024, with a Google rating of 4.6 across more than a thousand reviews.
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22.Award-winning Cantonese Fine Dining
Jiang-Nan Chun
Singapore, Singapore
At the Four Seasons Singapore on Orchard Boulevard, Jiang-Nan Chun holds a consistent position in the Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Asia list and a Michelin Plate, placing it among the city's more credentialed Cantonese addresses. Under Chef Albert Au, the kitchen works within a tradition where classical Guangdong technique meets the ingredient sourcing expectations of an international hotel dining room.
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23.Traditional French Bistro
Le Villaret
Paris, France
In the 11th arrondissement, Le Villaret represents the kind of French bistro that Michelin continues to recognise for substance over spectacle. Chef Olivier Gaslain leads a kitchen grounded in traditional French technique, earning consecutive Michelin Plates in 2024 and 2025. The address on Rue Ternaux sits within one of Paris's most active dining neighbourhoods, where serious cooking and neighbourhood conviviality remain the benchmark.
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24.Modern Seafood Tasting Menu
Eero
Oslo, Norway
Occupying the top floor of Oslo's former American Embassy, Eero takes its name from architect Eero Saarinen and frames its wood-fired, fin-to-gill seafood tasting menu against wrap-around views of the Oslofjord and the Royal Palace gardens. The kitchen, led by Chef Charles Taylor, received a White Star recognition from Star Wine List in September 2025. Price range sits at €€€, a tier below Oslo's Michelin-starred heavyweights.
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25.Modern Asian-Influenced Fusion
L.E.S.S.
Bruges, Belgium
A Michelin Plate-recognised address on 't Zand, L.E.S.S. sits in the accessible tier of Bruges dining where Flemish cooking is taken seriously without the formality of a starred room. Chef Ruige Vermeire's kitchen has earned consistent recognition from both Michelin and Opinionated About Dining, making it a reliable reference point for ingredient-led Flemish food in the city centre.
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26.Modern Italian Neapolitan Pizza
Ronan
Los Angeles, United States
On Melrose Avenue, Ronan occupies a specific tier in Los Angeles Italian dining: casual enough for a Tuesday, serious enough to earn back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025 and consecutive Opinionated About Dining rankings in North America's casual category. Chef Daniel Cutler's kitchen runs a dinner-focused format that suits the neighbourhood's pre-theatre and aperitivo rhythms well.
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27.Tempura Bar
Tatsumi
Tokyo, Japan
An Italian restaurant in Meguro that has climbed steadily through Opinionated About Dining's Japan rankings, from Highly Recommended in 2023 to #231 in 2024, Tatsumi sits in the tier of serious European-cuisine destinations that Tokyo has quietly assembled outside its central wards. Chef Tatsumi Watanabe runs service seven days a week across two sittings, with a 4.6 Google rating across 112 reviews pointing to consistent execution rather than occasional brilliance.
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28.Modern Japanese Tempura Omakase
Secchu Yokota
New York City, United States
Secchu Yokota on East 3rd Street sits in a narrow tier of New York tempura counters where sourcing discipline and omakase format carry more weight than room size or recognition. Ranked #74 in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 North America list and holding a Michelin Plate, it offers a high-craft Japanese dining experience at a price point that, relative to its comparable set, represents considered value.
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29.Modern Wood-Fired American
Campfire
Carlsbad, United States
Campfire holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition and an Opinionated About Dining top-400 ranking for its fire-driven, seasonally oriented New American cooking on Carlsbad's State Street. Chef Eric Bost brings fine-dining credentials to a format that reads as casual but executes with precision. For coastal North County San Diego, it occupies a tier above the typical beachside grill and sits alongside Jeune et Jolie and Lilo as part of a small cluster of genuinely ambitious kitchens.
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30.Modern Italian Fusion
Bardea Food & Drink
Wilmington, United States
Bardea Food & Drink occupies a particular position in Wilmington's dining scene: an Italian small-plates kitchen that earned consecutive Opinionated About Dining rankings in 2024 and 2025 while maintaining a mid-range price point. Wine Director Eric Gallen oversees a 1,100-bottle list strong in Italian selections, with pricing that keeps the program accessible. Dinner runs Tuesday through Saturday from 5pm.
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31.Modern Italian Small Plates
Lago by Julian Serrano
Las Vegas, United States
Lago by Julian Serrano sits inside the Bellagio overlooking the famous fountains, serving Italian food that tracks closer to a neighborhood trattoria than a resort showpiece. The wine program runs to 3,500 bottles with Italy, France, and California as the primary strengths, overseen by Wine Director Douglas Kim. Ranked #610 on Opinionated About Dining's North America list in 2025, it holds a position in the mid-tier of Las Vegas Italian dining, honest, consistent, and easier to book than the city's tighter omakase-style formats.
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32.Peruvian-Asian Fusion
Tripea
Madrid, Spain
Tripea operates from a counter inside Mercado de Vallehermoso, one of Chamberí's most characterful covered markets, serving a fusion menu under chef Roberto Martinez Foronda. Ranked #555 on the 2025 Opinionated About Dining Casual Europe list and holding a 4.5 Google rating across more than 900 reviews, it represents a distinct strand of Madrid's casual-creative dining scene, technically considered, informally delivered.
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33.Classic French Bistro
La Mercerie
New York City, United States
Among SoHo's French bistros, La Mercerie occupies a specific register: Roman and Williams-designed dining rooms, a Michelin Plate recognition, and a menu rooted in classical technique. Chef Marie-Aude Rose's kitchen runs from consommé to crème brûlée with the seriousness of a Paris address, while the room itself draws a crowd that returns as much for the atmosphere as the food.
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34.Modern Vietnamese Fusion Tasting Menu
T.U.N.G dining
Hanoi, Vietnam
T.U.N.G dining holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition (2024 and 2025) and sits at the top of Hanoi's innovative dining tier, where chef Hoang Tung applies a contemporary framework to Vietnamese ingredients. Located in the Hoàn Kiếm district, the restaurant draws comparisons with progressive Vietnamese tables in Ho Chi Minh City and across Southeast Asia, making it a reference point for the capital's modern food scene.
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35.Modern Japanese Kaiseki Omakase
Meizan Kimiya
Kagoshima, Japan
A ten-seat counter in Kagoshima's Meizancho district, Meizan Kimiya holds a Tabelog Bronze Award (2026) and a score of 4.24, placing it among the Tabelog Sushi WEST Top 100 for 2025. Dinner runs JPY 30,000 to 39,999 and the room is reservation-only, with a 100% cancellation fee applying from the day before. Opened in April 2015, this is Kagoshima's most credentialed sushi counter.
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36.Modern Seafood
OCYÁ Leblon
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
OCYÁ Leblon is a Michelin Plate-recognised seafood restaurant on Rua Aristides Espínola in Rio's Leblon neighbourhood, led by Chef Gerônimo Athuel. Holding the Michelin Plate designation in both 2024 and 2025, it sits in the mid-price tier of Rio's serious seafood scene, accessible by the standards of the city's top dining, but precise in its execution and ambition.
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37.Californian-Mediterranean
Foreign Cinema
San Francisco, United States
A Mission District fixture since 1999, Foreign Cinema projects films onto a courtyard wall while serving Californian cooking under an open sky. Ranked in Opinionated About Dining's North America casual list in both 2024 and 2025, it occupies a rare position: a restaurant where the setting is structural to the meal, not decorative. Weekend brunch and weeknight dinner draw a loyal local following alongside out-of-towners who discovered it through word of mouth.
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38.American Steakhouse
St. Anselm
Washington DC, United States
A fire-driven American steakhouse on Washington D.C.'s Northeast corridor, St. Anselm sits in the Opinionated About Dining Casual North America rankings and pairs a charcoal-and-wood-focused kitchen with a 1,100-selection wine list built across California, Italy, France, and Madeira. Under the Stephen Starr and Joe Carroll partnership, the room operates with a front-of-house and sommelier program that regularly outperforms its mid-range price point.
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39.Rustic Spanish Tapas
Pizarro
London, United Kingdom
On Bermondsey Street since the early 2010s, Pizarro sits a few doors from José Pizarro's original tapas bar and operates at a larger scale without abandoning the Spanish regional focus. Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025, alongside consecutive Opinionated About Dining Casual Europe rankings, signals consistent delivery across croquetas, presa Ibérica, and an all-Spanish wine list priced at the accessible end of London's Spanish dining tier.
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40.Cambodian Noodles & Rice
Lunette
San Francisco, United States
Lunette brings Cambodian cooking to the Ferry Building, occupying the space left by the 2022 closure of Nyum Bai in Oakland. The counter-and-dining-room format, anchored by artist Nak Bou's mural of Phnom Penh's Central Market, makes it the Bay Area's foremost Cambodian restaurant. It is among the more purposeful additions to a marketplace already defined by its commitment to regional producers.
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41.Modern French Fine Dining
Le Chat Botté
Geneva, Switzerland
Le Chat Botté is a classical French restaurant in Geneva's Rue Voltaire district, holding 83 points on La Liste 2026 and ranked among Europe's top classical tables by Opinionated About Dining. Chef Dominique Gauthier leads the kitchen through a focused weekly schedule, with dinner service running Tuesday through Saturday and lunch available midweek. Reservations are advised well in advance for this consistently recognised address.
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42.Modern Indian
Rooh
San Francisco, United States
Rooh holds a Michelin Plate and a 2025 Opinionated About Dining ranking among North America's casual tier, positioning it as the most-decorated modern Indian address in San Francisco's SoMa neighbourhood. The kitchen, led by Chef Sujan Sarkar, applies serious technique to Indian flavour traditions, pairing them with Californian produce in a small-plates format that moves faster and more confidently than the city's broader Indian dining wave.
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43.Contemporary Spanish
Casa Antonio
Jaén, Spain
Casa Antonio brings contemporary edge to traditional Jaén cooking, with a menu rooted in regional ingredients and updated through modern technique. Holding a Michelin Plate and ranked in the Opinionated About Dining Casual Europe list in consecutive years, it sits within Jaén's growing fine-casual dining tier. The set menu La Comanda del Chef and the à la carte both reward diners who want to understand what Andalusian cooking looks like when it is taken seriously.
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44.Modern American Fine Dining
Urban Hill
Salt Lake City, United States
Urban Hill occupies a considered position in Salt Lake City's evolving fine-dining tier, drawing a loyal return clientele to its West Side address at 510 S 300 W. The restaurant has built a reputation through consistency and format discipline rather than spectacle, placing it in a comparable set that rewards repeat visits over first impressions. For anyone tracing the city's most serious dining options, it belongs on the shortlist.
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45.Modern Vietnamese
Pig & the Lady
Honolulu, United States
Pig & the Lady has ranked among Opinionated About Dining's top casual restaurants in North America for three consecutive years, placing Vietnamese cooking from Honolulu's Kaimuki neighbourhood on a national critical map. Chef Andrew Le's approach draws a loyal local following that returns for the kitchen's Vietnamese framework executed with precision and range. For the Honolulu dining scene, this address on Waialae Avenue carries genuine weight.
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46.Contemporary Croatian Fine Dining
ManO2
Zagreb, Croatia
ManO2 holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025, placing it among a small tier of Croatian-cuisine restaurants in Zagreb operating at the €€€ price point. Located on Radnička cesta, the restaurant sits within a city where serious fine-dining ambition and local culinary tradition are beginning to converge in ways that reward advance planning.
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47.Bar
Rob Roy
Seattle, United States
Rob Roy on 2nd Avenue has anchored Belltown's after-dark drinking culture for years, earning a Pearl Recommended Bar recognition in 2025 and a 4.4 Google rating across more than 760 reviews. The bar opens at 4pm and runs well past midnight, making it one of the neighbourhood's more reliable late-night addresses for serious cocktails in an unpretentious setting.
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48.Modern Spanish Tapas
El Baret de Miquel
Dénia, Spain
El Baret de Miquel sits on Carrer Historiador Palau in the heart of Dénia's old town, serving the kind of tapas that justify the format's reputation across the Valencian coast. Chef Miquel Ruiz runs a room that draws 1,735 Google reviews averaging 4.7 stars and an Opinionated About Dining Casual Europe ranking, placing it firmly in the upper tier of the city's informal dining scene.
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49.Modern British Steakhouse
BLOK
South Wales, United Kingdom
Set within Lanelay Hall Hotel & Spa in Pontyclun, BLOK is South Wales's fire-cooking destination, built around open-flame charcoal grilling and Welsh-sourced beef. Head Chef James Milward's menu centres on wet and dry-aged cuts, sirloin, rib-eye, tomahawk on the bone, finished with sauces that range from Café de Paris butter to green mojo. For the region, it occupies a distinct tier: hotel fine dining with a focused, technique-led concept.
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50.Traditional Asturian
Viavélez
Madrid, Spain
Viavélez brings modern Asturian cooking to Madrid's Tetuán district, under chef Paco Ron, with a format that sits closer to serious neighbourhood restaurant than destination dining. Ranked #602 on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Casual Europe list and holding a 4.3 Google score across nearly a thousand reviews, it occupies a mid-tier niche where regional Spanish cooking and casual accessibility converge.
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51.Modern French Gastronomic
Céna
Montpellier, France
At Place Pétrarque, Céna makes vegetables the structural centre of its set menu, with Clément Briand-Seurat drawing almost entirely from hyper-local Languedoc producers. The format accommodates vegan and vegetarian guests without compromise, and the sommelier pairs regional wines with authority. Rated Remarkable by EP Club and recognised with a 2025 Michelin Plate.
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52.Modern French Fine Dining
FK
Toronto, Canada
FK on St Clair West has earned back-to-back Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025, placing it firmly in Toronto's contemporary dining tier. Under chef Zino Jacobs, the kitchen works within a modern framework that rewards attention, a neighbourhood address that punches well above its postal code, with a 4.7 Google rating across more than 400 reviews.
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53.Classic Tuscan Steakhouse
Regina Bistecca
Florence, Italy
On Via Ricasoli, steps from the Duomo, Regina Bistecca anchors itself to the single most defining dish in Florentine cooking: bistecca alla Fiorentina from Chianina IGP cattle, grilled over a wood-fired hearth and seasoned with nothing but salt, pepper, and Tuscan olive oil. The setting, a former anatomy theatre with exposed brickwork and antique chandeliers, matches the seriousness of the kitchen's commitment to tradition.
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54.Contemporary American Fine Dining
Sanford
Milwaukee, United States
Ranked #276 in North America by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, Sanford has held a place in Milwaukee's serious dining conversation for years. Chef Justin Aprahamian runs a seasonal New American kitchen on North Jackson Street, with a wine list of 1,245 selections weighted toward France, Italy, and California. Dinner runs Tuesday through Saturday.
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55.Farm-to-Table Lamb Specialty
Cordero
Caracas, Venezuela
Ranked No. 29 on Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants 2025, Cordero is a Caracas tasting-menu restaurant built around a single protein: lamb sourced exclusively from partner farm Proyecto Ubre. Chef Isaam Koteich's multi-course format moves through lamb in forms most kitchens would never attempt, from cured jerky to cheese, placing it among the most focused and credentialed tables in Venezuela.
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56.Gourmet Italian Pizza with Champagne Pairings
Meunier
Corciano, Italy
Meunier in Corciano has built a following across Umbria and beyond on a format that sounds simple on paper: high-quality gourmet pizzas paired with a serious champagne list. Under chef Pietro Marchi, the dough is worked for lightness and digestibility, the ingredients are carefully selected, and the effervescent pairings are drawn from both established houses and small grower producers.
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57.Coastal Fine Dining
Orchids
Honolulu, United States
At the Halekulani on Waikiki Beach, Orchids has tracked a steady arc from hotel dining room to a ranked entry on Opinionated About Dining's North America list, reaching #477 in 2024 and climbing to #477 in 2025. The kitchen runs Italian and Mediterranean cooking under Chef Christian Testa, backed by a 115-selection wine program with 750 bottles in inventory and a sommelier team that tilts toward California producers.
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58.Modern Argentine Steakhouse
Anahi
Paris, France
Inside a former Marais butcher shop on Rue Volta, Anahi marries Argentine fire cookery with French precision under the direction of Mauro Colagreco and Riccardo Giraudi. The room, with its original mosaic tiles and mirrored ceilings, frames a menu built around rare-breed beef, South American flavour signatures, and a wine list that ranges from boutique Malbec to classic Bordeaux.
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59.Modern Edomae Sushi Omakase
Zai
Tokyo, Japan
Sushi Zai occupies the fifth floor of a quiet Hiroo building and operates within a tier of Tokyo sushi counters that treat comprehensiveness as a design principle rather than an afterthought. Ranked #412 in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Japan list and holding a Tabelog Bronze Award with a score of 3.92, it draws a returning clientele drawn by the format's ambition and the neighbourhood's relative remove from the Ginza circuit.
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60.Modern Seafood with Polish Influences
Farina
Kraków, Poland
Kraków's most focused seafood address sits on św. Marka street with a Michelin Plate recognition earned in both 2024 and 2025. Chef Monika Turasiewicz works within a city better known for pierogi and bigos than ocean-sourced produce, which makes Farina's sustained commitment to fish and shellfish all the more deliberate. The wine list, spanning around 700 selections, tilts toward Italy and California at mid-range pricing.
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