The Places · Page 24
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01.Modern Bavarian Fine Dining with French and Nordic Influences
Alois - Dallmayr Fine Dining
Munich, Germany
Tucked above one of Munich's oldest delicatessens on Dienerstraße, Alois earns two Michelin stars under chef Rosina Ostler with creative cooking that draws on the building's deep provenance. La Liste scored it 88 points in 2026, placing it among Germany's most closely watched fine dining addresses. Lunch and dinner service runs Thursday through Saturday; the room is closed Sunday through Wednesday.
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02.Modern French Fine Dining
Le Pressoir d'Argent - Gordon Ramsay
Bordeaux, France
Holding two Michelin stars and a consistent presence on La Liste's top restaurant rankings, Le Pressoir d'Argent sits at the formal end of Bordeaux's dining spectrum. Under chef Gilad Peled, the restaurant operates from the Cours de l'Intendance and draws serious diners seeking a structured, wine-country tasting experience in one of France's most celebrated gastronomic cities.
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03.Modern French Fine Dining
Virtus
Paris, France
Holding a Michelin star since 2024 and ranked among Europe's top 400 restaurants by Opinionated About Dining, Virtus operates from the 12th arrondissement with a kitchen led by Japanese chef Chiho Kanzaki and Argentinian Marcelo Di Giacomo. The result is a modern French menu shaped by international producer relationships, with evening sittings Tuesday through Saturday and lunch on Fridays only.
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04.Japanese Kaiseki-Sushi Omakase
Hakuba
Paris, France
Hakuba Paris places Japanese multi-course discipline inside the Louvre-side dining circuit, with Takuya Watanabe’s name giving the room immediate seriousness among the city’s high-end Japanese addresses. Its recognition from Michelin, La Liste and Opinionated About Dining puts it in the narrow Paris tier where kaiseki structure, French luxury expectations and counter-level precision meet.
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05.Modern Nordic Fine Dining
Dragsholm Slot Gourmet
Hørve, Denmark
Dragsholm Slot Gourmet operates from a twelfth-century castle in rural Zealand, holding a Michelin star since at least 2024 and a La Liste score of 86.5 points in 2025. Chef Jeppe Foldager's creative menu draws directly from the surrounding landscape, with Michelin's own 'Expression of the Terroir' designation underscoring where the kitchen's priorities lie. At €€€€ pricing, it sits in Denmark's top tier of destination dining outside Copenhagen.
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06.Contemporary French-Asian Fine Dining
La Colombe
Cape Town, South Africa
La Colombe Cape Town elevates fine dining to theatrical art within its treehouse-like setting atop Silvermist Wine Estate, where Chef James Gaag's French-Asian fusion cuisine has earned recognition as Africa's Best Restaurant and 49th on The World's 50 Best Restaurants.
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07.Modern Hungarian Fine Dining
Platán Gourmet
Tata, Hungary
Two Michelin stars and 89 points in the 2025 La Liste ranking place Platán Gourmet among Hungary's most decorated restaurants outside Budapest. Chef István Pesti works from Kastély tér in the historic town of Tata, delivering a creative tasting menu that draws on the agricultural depth of the Transdanubian region. The €€€€ price tier reflects a kitchen operating at the upper bracket of Hungarian fine dining.
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08.Modern European Fine Dining with Six-Sense Concept
Ox & Klee
Cologne, Germany
Ox & Klee holds two Michelin stars and consistent La Liste recognition at Cologne's Zollhafen waterfront, where chef Daniel Gottschlich works within the modern European fine dining tradition. The kitchen bridges classical technique and contemporary sensibility at the top of Cologne's price tier, placing it alongside the city's other four-symbol addresses while drawing a distinct culinary line of its own.
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09.Chinese
Xin Rong Ji
Shanghai, China
Xin Rong Ji brings Taizhou cuisine to Chengdu at its highest tier, holding two Michelin stars, a Black Pearl Diamond, and a place at number 56 on Asia's 50 Best list in 2025. Under chef Ma Lin, the kitchen works within a seafood-forward tradition that sits in deliberate contrast to the city's dominant Sichuan register. The address is Pei Mansion Hotel on Nanyang Road in Jing'an, Shanghai.
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10.Modern British Fine Dining
hide and fox
Saltwood, United Kingdom
Two Michelin stars and an 83-point La Liste rating place Hide and Fox in a narrow tier of village restaurants operating at serious fine-dining level. Set in a former village shop on Saltwood's green, the kitchen draws from Kent's seasonal larder across five- and eight-course tasting menus, while the wine list reaches into emerging regions including Georgia, Croatia, and Macedonia.
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11.Modern Tuscan Fine Dining
Campo del Drago
Montalcino, Italy
A two-Michelin-star restaurant within the Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco estate in Montalcino, Campo del Drago reaches the table via a dirt track through Val d'Orcia and a medieval hilltop village. Chef Matteo Temperini builds his contemporary menus around produce from the estate's own kitchen garden, backed by a wine list of over 700 labels weighted toward Brunello di Montalcino.
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12.Kyoto Kaiseki
Kyokaiseki Kichisen
Kyoto, Japan
Kyokaiseki Kichisen belongs to Kyoto’s formal kaiseki tier, where seasonality, dashi, tableware and room protocol matter as much as luxury signals. Its recognition includes Michelin two-star status in 2024 and 2025, La Liste 81.5 points in 2025, and a 2026 Tabelog Award Bronze, placing it among the city’s serious Japanese dining rooms rather than casual temple-district stops.
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13.Hotel
The Pinch Charleston
Charleston, United States
Three joined historic structures on George Street form one of Charleston's most considered boutique hotels. The Pinch holds a Michelin 2 Keys rating and a 91-point La Liste Top Hotels 2026 score across 25 rooms that go well beyond the boutique baseline, with full kitchens, in-room laundry, and a grocery service. Its restaurant, Lowland, operates from a freestanding 19th-century neoclassical house on the grounds.
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14.Hotel
Château Neercanne
Maastricht, Netherlands
The Netherlands' only terraced castle, Château Neercanne rises above Maastricht's Jeker Valley with listed Baroque gardens, a Michelin-starred restaurant, and a labyrinth of 17th-century limestone cave cellars beneath its foundations. Seven restored suites occupy the original lodgment building. Rates from $533 per night; EP Club member rating 4.7/5 from verified stays.
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15.Modern French Aubrac Terroir
Cyril Attrazic
Aumont-Aubrac, France
A two-Michelin-star address in the volcanic highlands of the Aubrac, Cyril Attrazic places creative French cooking firmly in the register of its austere, wind-scoured terroir. Scoring 77.5 points on La Liste 2025, it belongs to a small cohort of destination restaurants that have made rural France's most uncompromising landscapes the engine of their identity. The dining room at Peyre en Aubrac rewards the detour with serious intent.
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16.Neo-Classical French Fine Dining
L'Observatoire du Gabriel
Bordeaux, France
Seated above Bordeaux's Place de la Bourse with the water mirror below, L'Observatoire du Gabriel earned its second Michelin star in 2025 under chef Alexandre Baumard. Backed by the owners of Château Angélus, the wine program carries that pedigree into the dining room. La Liste placed it at 76 points in its 2026 ranking, positioning it firmly at the upper tier of Bordeaux fine dining.
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17.Modern French Molecular Gastronomy
FG - François Geurds
Rotterdam, Netherlands
A two-Michelin-star address in Rotterdam's Katshoek district, FG operates in the upper tier of Dutch fine dining with a vegetable-forward creative menu that La Liste has rated 89 points across consecutive years. The price-to-experience ratio at this level is notably sharp, particularly on the Vega tasting menu, which delivers multi-course precision without the pricing ceiling typical of comparable starred kitchens.
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18.Modern Plant-Based Fine Dining
I Tenerumi
Isola Vulcano, Italy
On the volcanic island of Vulcano, I Tenerumi holds a Michelin star and a perfect five-radish rating from the We're Smart Green Guide for a plant-based tasting menu that treats vegetables as the main event, not a substitution. Chef Davide Guidara works from an open kitchen, drawing on fermentation, maceration, and garden produce to build a single surprise menu paired with kombucha and herbal cordials, with the Aeolian Islands as backdrop.
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19.Modern French Gastronomy
Duende
Nîmes, France
Duende holds two Michelin stars in Nîmes, placing it at the upper tier of serious dining in a city with a growing fine-dining scene. Chef Giovanni Porretto leads the kitchen at this €€€€ address on Rue Gaston Boissier, with La Liste recognition across both 2025 and 2026 confirming its standing among France's acknowledged restaurants. Google reviewers rate it 4.8 across 166 responses.
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20.Modern Italian Fine Dining
Verso Capitaneo
Milan, Italy
On the second floor of a building facing Piazza del Duomo, Verso Capitaneo holds two Michelin stars and an 87-point La Liste score for creative cooking with Pugliese roots and a Milanese sensibility. Three long communal tables face an open kitchen, giving the room an unusual transparency. Chef Omar Barsacchi and the Capitaneo brothers operate one of the city's more deliberate fine-dining formats, closed Tuesday and Wednesday, with lunch and dinner service the rest of the week.
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21.Contemporary French Fine Dining
La Table du Lausanne Palace
Lausanne, Switzerland
La Table du Lausanne Palace holds two Michelin stars and an 85-point La Liste ranking for 2026, placing it among the most decorated Modern French tables in the Lake Geneva region. Chef Franck Pelux leads a kitchen that works within the classical French tradition while sitting inside one of Lausanne's historic grand hotels. Service runs Wednesday through Saturday only, making forward planning essential.
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22.Modern French Fine Dining
L'Atelier Robuchon
Geneva, Switzerland
Among Geneva's small tier of double-Michelin-starred addresses, L'Atelier Robuchon on Quai Wilson brings the globally recognised Robuchon counter format to the Swiss market. Holding two Michelin stars in both 2024 and 2025 and scoring 85 points in La Liste's 2026 Top Restaurants ranking, it occupies the upper bracket of French contemporary dining in a city where that category commands serious competition.
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23.Modern French Fine Dining
Maison Nouvelle
Bordeaux, France
Maison Nouvelle brought two-Michelin-star cooking to Bordeaux's Chartrons district when it opened in December 2021 under chef and television personality Philippe Etchebest. Earning its first star in 2024 and a second in 2025, it occupies the top tier of the city's fine-dining scene and scores 87 points on La Liste 2026's Prestige ranking. Bookings require significant lead time.
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24.Winery
Château Lafleur
Pomerol, France
Château Lafleur sits at the upper tier of Pomerol's tightly held estates, where a two-hectare footprint and an annual production measured in thousands rather than tens of thousands of bottles defines the competitive set. Under winemakers Omri Ram and Baptiste Guinaudeau, the estate holds a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating (2025), placing it among the appellation's most closely watched addresses for collectors and en primeur buyers alike.
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25.Modern Flemish Seafood Fine Dining
De Jonkman
Sint-Kruis, Belgium
A two-Michelin-star address in the Sint-Kruis countryside outside Bruges, De Jonkman holds 92.5 points from La Liste (2025) and a ranking of #219 in Opinionated About Dining's European list. Chef Filip Claeys, widely regarded as Flanders' leading fish cook, builds a creative Modern Flemish menu in which vegetables and marine produce carry equal weight across Wednesday to Saturday service.
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26.Modern Italian Regional Fine Dining
Terra The Magic Place
Sarentino, Italy
At 1,622 metres in the South Tyrolean Alps above Sarentino, Terra The Magic Place holds two Michelin Stars and a Green Star under chef Heinrich Schneider, operating from a mountain site the Schneider family has held since 1940. A single tasting menu draws on alpine ingredients and local beef, served within a Relais & Châteaux resort that makes an overnight stay the most practical approach to the altitude involved.
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27.Winery
Tua Rita Winery
Suvereto, Italy
Tua Rita occupies a specific position in the Suvereto story: a winery that helped put the Tuscan coastal hills on the international fine wine map when its first vintage appeared in 1992. Under winemaker Stefano Frascolla, the estate earned a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating in 2025, placing it among a select tier of Italian producers where terroir expression and Bordeaux-influenced viticulture converge on this mineral-rich stretch of the Maremma.
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28.Modern French Gastronomic
Arbane
Reims, France
Arbane Reims brings a sharper contemporary register to a Champagne dining scene often defined by grand houses, formal cellars, and classical French luxury. Julien Caligo’s background at Le Parc Les Crayères gives the cooking local credibility, while La Liste recognition and We’re Smart Green Guide attention place the restaurant in the city’s newer vegetable-led conversation.
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29.Modern French Fine Dining
Castor
Beveren, Belgium
Castor holds two Michelin stars and a consistent presence in the Opinionated About Dining Classical in Europe rankings, placing chef Maarten Bouckaert's cooking firmly among Belgium's serious fine-dining addresses. Located in Waregem in the West Flemish interior, the restaurant applies a precise, produce-led approach to Modern French technique, where vegetables structure the plate rather than occupy its margins.
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30.Hotel
Capella Lodge
Lord Howe Island, Australia
On an island where commercial flights are replaced by small propeller aircraft and cars give way to bicycles, Capella Lodge sits at the northern end of Lord Howe's lagoon as one of Australia's most deliberately remote retreats. Recognised by Star Wine List in 2026, the property pairs serious beverage programming with a setting that most travellers will never reach, and that scarcity is precisely the point.
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31.Haute Cantonese Fine Dining
Bao Li Xuan
Shanghai, China
Bao Li Xuan holds two Michelin stars and a Black Pearl Diamond at the Bvlgari Hotel's Chinese restaurant on Beijing Road East, Huangpu. Chef Bill Fu leads a Cantonese kitchen where hand-crafted dim sum and precision roasting define the format. La Liste places it among the top tier of mainland Chinese restaurants in 2025, with a 350-label wine list weighted toward Piedmont, Tuscany, and Champagne.
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32.Modern French Fine Dining
La Durée
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
La Durée holds two Michelin stars in Izegem, a West Flemish industrial town that punches well above its weight in serious dining. Chef Angelo Rosseel works a French-Belgian creative register recognised by both La Liste (92.5 points, 2025) and Opinionated About Dining's Classical Europe ranking. Tuesday through Saturday sittings keep covers tightly controlled, making advance planning essential.
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33.Modern Breton Fine Dining
Maison Ronan Kervarrec
Saint-Grégoire, France
A two-Michelin-starred address in the quiet residential suburb of Saint-Grégoire, just north of Rennes, Maison Ronan Kervarrec holds an 82.5-point score in La Liste 2025 and a 4.7 Google rating across nearly 500 reviews. The kitchen operates in the modern French register, with precision and restraint that position it clearly above the regional average and within reach of France's most decorated provincial tables.
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34.Modern European Fine Dining
Mühle
Schluchsee, Germany
A Michelin-starred Modern French restaurant in the Black Forest village of Schluchsee, Mühle holds one Michelin star in 2025 and ranks 275th on the Opinionated About Dining Classical Europe list. Chef Niclas Nussbaumer anchors French technique in the produce and landscape of the surrounding region, making it one of the more compelling arguments for fine dining outside Germany's major urban centres.
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35.Classic Norwegian-French Fine Dining
Statholdergaarden
Oslo, Norway
Inside a 17th-century building on Rådhusgata, Statholdergaarden holds a Michelin star and consistent placement in La Liste's top-tier rankings, making it Oslo's most recognised address for classical European cooking. Chef Bent Stiansen's seasonal menu works within familiar combinations, deploying precision in seasoning where others reach for novelty. The three ornate dining rooms, with stucco ceilings and chandeliers, set a tone that most of Oslo's New Nordic wave has deliberately walked away from.
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36.Winery
Pierre Gimonnet & Fils
Cuis, France
Pierre Gimonnet & Fils has farmed the Côte des Blancs since 1947, producing Champagne from some of the appellation's most respected Chardonnay plots. Olivier and Didier Gimonnet continue to oversee production from the family's base in Cuis, with the house earning a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating from EP Club in 2025. The address is 1 Rue de la République, 51530 Cuis.
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37.Cocktail Bar
Penicillin
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hong Kong's first closed-loop sustainable bar, Penicillin on Hollywood Road has held a place on Asia's 50 Best Bars list every year since 2021, reaching #22 in 2022 and #27 in 2025. The bar operates on a zero-waste philosophy that shapes every element of the program, from fermentation to foraging, earning it a place on Tatler's Best 20 Bars Hong Kong 2025 alongside a global ranking of #59 on Top 500 Bars.
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38.Modern Seasonal Tasting Menu
Restaurant 20 Victoria
Toronto, Canada
A Michelin-starred contemporary restaurant in Toronto's Financial District, Restaurant 20 Victoria operates a 24-seat dining room and front lounge under chef Julie Hyde, whose European training underpins precise sauce work and seafood-led tasting menus. Ranked in both La Liste's top restaurants (81 points, 2026) and Opinionated About Dining's North America list, it occupies a small but credentialed tier within the city's fine dining scene.
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39.Modern Norwegian Fine Dining
Lysverket
Bergen, Norway
Lysverket pairs modern Norwegian fine dining with a waterfront setting in a historic building, backed by a sommelier-led, extensive wine list and a leisurely dinner pace.
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40.Southern Thai
Kalaya
Philadelphia, United States
Kalaya brings Southern Thai cooking to Fishtown with a conviction that the cuisine deserves the same quality ingredients and serious kitchen attention as any fine-dining address. Chef-owner Chutatip 'Nok' Suntaranon draws on the coastal province of Trang, producing fragrant curries, house-made pastes, and dishes built around authentic heat levels that Philadelphia's Thai restaurant scene had rarely attempted before.
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41.Italian Vegetable Omakase
Villa Aida
Iwade, Japan
An auberge-format Italian restaurant set among its own working fields in Wakayama's Iwade, Villa Aida holds a Tabelog score of 4.26 and consecutive annual awards from 2020 through 2026. Chef Kanji Kobayashi grows more than 100 vegetable varieties on the surrounding land and sources seafood from within 12 kilometres, positioning the restaurant among Japan's most seriously produce-rooted Italian tables.
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42.Modern Dalmatian Fine Dining
Pelegrini
Sibenik, Croatia
Pelegrini holds a Michelin star in Šibenik's medieval core, placing it among Croatia's most credentialed fine-dining addresses outside Dubrovnik and Zagreb. Chef Rudolf Štefan's menu draws on Dalmatian produce and the olive-oil-forward cooking traditions of the Adriatic interior, backed by consistent recognition from La Liste and Opinionated About Dining across multiple consecutive years.
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43.Modern Filipino Fine Dining
Gallery By Chele
Manilla, Philippines
Gallery By Chele holds a Michelin star (2026) and ranks 72nd on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants (2025), placing it among the Philippines' most recognised modern dining addresses. Operating from BGC's Clipp Center in Taguig, the kitchen applies European technique to Philippine-sourced ingredients, producing dishes such as tomato mochi and pearls and clams alongside inventive cocktails in a setting that reads as gallery rather than formal dining room.
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44.Modern Vegetable-Focused Tasting Menu
Oyster Oyster
Washington DC, United States
Oyster Oyster sits at the sharper end of Washington D.C.'s tasting menu scene, where Chef Rob Rubba's vegetable-focused progression earned a Michelin star in 2024, a 2023 James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef, and a place in the Opinionated About Dining North America top 250. The format is a multi-course plant-led menu in Shaw, with a 165-label wine list weighted toward France and Maryland.
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45.Modern Fusion Tasting Menu
Euskalduna Studio
Porto, Portugal
Euskalduna Studio occupies a counter-format room on a narrow Santo Ildefonso street, where Chef Vasco Coelho Santos runs a tasting menu that draws on Azorean fish, charcoal technique, and spice-forward condiments within a single open kitchen. Holder of one Michelin star and ranked in Opinionated About Dining's Top 369 European restaurants for 2025, it is among Porto's most reservation-intensive tables.
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46.Modern Vegetable-Forward French
Feuille
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Feuille sits within Hong Kong's tier of French Contemporary restaurants that have earned Michelin recognition and Asia's 50 Best placement, but it arrives with a plant-forward tasting menu, an eco-conscious sourcing philosophy, and David Toutain's Parisian credentials behind it. Ranked 93rd on Asia's 50 Best (2025) and holding one Michelin star, it occupies a distinct position in Central's fine-dining circuit.
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47.Modern Mediterranean Fine Dining
Andreu Genestra
Llucmajor, Spain
Set within the 14th-century Sa Torre estate at Hotel Zoëtry Mallorca in Llucmajor, Andreu Genestra holds a Michelin star and ranked 558th in Opinionated About Dining's Casual Europe list for 2025. The kitchen runs on Catalan-rooted creativity expressed through three tasting menus, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Extrem, and Mediterranean Verde, each built around locally grounded ingredients and precise, restrained technique.
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48.Modern Japanese Omakase
Endo at The Rotunda
London, United Kingdom
Endo at The Rotunda remains temporarily closed at White City; the official site directs diners to the Annabel’s pop-up waitlist for June/July and is not taking reservations beyond that for now.
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49.Michelin-Starred Franco-Belgian Fine Dining
Menssa
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Belgium
Menssa occupies the address where Christophe Hardiquest ran Bon Bon, reframed around a counter format, Belgian terroir, and a serious plant-based programme. The Michelin-starred kitchen draws heavily on woodland ingredients and local culinary assets, with a deliberately limited number of covers that keeps the experience close and precise. Ranked 230th in Opinionated About Dining's Classical in Europe list for 2025 and recognised by Les Grandes Tables du Monde, it is one of the more considered creative addresses in the Brussels arc.
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50.Edomae-Style Omakase
Sushi Masaki Saito
Toronto, Canada
One Michelin star and a consistent presence on Opinionated About Dining's North America rankings place Sushi Masaki Saito in a separate tier from Toronto's broader Japanese dining scene. Hokkaido-born, Tokyo-trained Chef Masaki Saito runs a strictly omakase counter at 88 Avenue Road, sourcing fish exclusively from Japan, a supply chain with no close rival in Canada. Reservations are essential and seats are limited.
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51.Modern Peruvian Fine Dining
Astrid & Gastón
Lima, Peru
Set inside the 17th-century Casa Moreyra hacienda in San Isidro, Astrid & Gastón has held a place in the World's 50 Best Restaurants every year from 2011 to 2018, peaking at #14 in 2013 and 2015. Under chef Jorge Muñoz Castro, the restaurant runs a tasting format built around Peruvian biodiversity, with vegetables as a recurring editorial thread. Ranked #9 in South America by Opinionated About Dining in 2025.
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52.Winery
Bodega Bouza
Montevideo, Uruguay
Bodega Bouza is a working winery on the outskirts of Montevideo where dining and production share space with an extraordinary collection of vintage cars and motorcycles. Founded in 2000 by the Bouza family, the estate holds a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating (2025) and positions itself within Uruguay's small tier of city-adjacent wineries that pair serious viticulture with a full restaurant experience.
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53.French-Edo Fusion Fine Dining
Nabeno-Ism
Tokyo, Japan
Nabeno-Ism elevates Tokyo fine dining through Chef Yuichiro Watanabe's Michelin-starred fusion of French haute cuisine and Edo-period traditions. This 30-seat Asakusa sanctuary showcases signature sobagaki with caviar and seasonal French-Japanese pairings, reflecting the former Robuchon executive chef's distinctive "Watanabe-ism" philosophy.
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54.Winery
Château Héritage
Bekaa Valley, Lebanon
Château Héritage holds a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating (2025) and operates from Qob Elias in the Bekaa Valley, one of the world's most historically charged wine regions. Set against a backdrop where Roman temples dedicated to Bacchus once stood, the winery positions itself within Lebanon's small tier of prestige producers. Visitors approaching the region encounter a winemaking tradition that predates most European appellations by several millennia.
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55.Modern Regional Austrian Fine Dining
Bootshaus
Traunkirchen, Austria
Bootshaus holds a Michelin star and 94 points on La Liste at both its 2025 and 2026 editions, placing it among Austria's most consistently recognised creative tables. Set inside Das Traunsee hotel on the Traunkirchen peninsula, the restaurant's five- to seven-course set menu draws entirely on Salzkammergut producers, with lake fish, fermented flavours, and Japanese technique at its centre.
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56.Winery
Ceretto
Alba, Italy
One of Piedmont's most established wine estates, the Ceretto family has shaped Langhe viticulture since the 1930s. Holding a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating in 2025, the estate at Località San Cassiano in Alba offers visitors direct access to wines grown across some of the region's most carefully mapped vineyard sites. The combination of multi-generational continuity and documented terroir work puts Ceretto in a distinct tier among Alba's winery visits.
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57.Italian
Yolan
Nashville, United States
Yolan brings a rigorous Italian-American tradition to downtown Nashville's hotel dining tier, with a 1,000-bottle cellar weighted toward Italy and France, a glass-enclosed cheese cave, and regional wine series that shift monthly. Ranked #215 on Opinionated About Dining's North America list in 2025, it occupies the serious end of Nashville's fine dining scene and earns reservations well in advance.
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58.Modern Seafood Tasting Menu
Behind Restaurant
London, United Kingdom
Behind Restaurant in Hackney brings a seafood-focused tasting menu to an 18-seat horseshoe counter in London Fields, where chefs serve and explain each course themselves. The surprise menu runs to around ten courses, with lunch priced at £54 and dinner at £98, value that sits well below comparable tasting-format venues in central London. Ranked #435 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2024 and #472 in 2025, it occupies a distinct position in London's counter-dining scene.
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59.Chinese
ShinoiS
Tokyo, Japan
Opened in November 2019 in Shirokanedai, ShinoiS applies Japanese ingredient discipline to a Chinese prix fixe format, earning a Michelin star, consecutive Tabelog Bronze Awards through 2026, and a position in Tabelog's Chinese Tokyo Top 100. Chef Hiroyuki Saito's 11-seat counter runs a regional Chinese repertoire refined through time in Hong Kong and Shanghai, with dinner averaging JPY 60,000 to 79,999 per person.
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60.Modern French with Asian Accents
Belon
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Belon is a French restaurant in Hong Kong's Soho district, ranked among Asia's 50 Best and placed at #45 on the Opinionated About Dining Asia list in 2025. Chef Kirkley's seven-course Sélection du Chef menu draws on French technique applied to local Asian produce, with a wine program that has held Star Wine List's top position multiple times since 2020.
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