The Places · Page 36
Where the artisans work.
01.Modern Italian Pizza & Small Plates
Babette
Stockholm, Sweden
On Roslagsgatan in Stockholm's Vasastan, Babette runs a Roman-style pizza and small plates format that has earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand, consecutive Star Wine List number-one rankings, and a place in the top 100 of the Opinionated About Dining Casual Europe list for 2025. The wine program is the anchor, the pizzas are thin, crispy, and minimalist in topping, and the atmosphere reads more neighbourhood bar than destination restaurant.
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02.Modern British Fine Dining
Medlar
London, United Kingdom
A Chelsea neighbourhood fixture since the early 2010s, Medlar has spent more than a decade refining a Franco-European menu that trades in gutsy, full-flavoured cooking without the ceremony of its pricier King's Road neighbours. With a Michelin Plate, consistent Opinionated About Dining recognition, and a wine list that runs from household names to obscure finds, it occupies a distinct tier: serious food, relaxed room, neighbourhood prices.
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03.Modern Italian Wood-Fired Pizza
Pasquale Jones
New York City, United States
On Mulberry Street in Little Italy, Pasquale Jones has earned a permanent place in New York's serious pizza conversation, appearing on 50 Top Pizza USA every year since the award launched and holding a Pearl recommendation in 2025. The kitchen runs on wood fire, turning out Neo-NY style pizza alongside meats and fish from an open hearth. Google reviewers score it 4.4 across more than 800 ratings.
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04.Modern Scandinavian Fine Dining
SAVAGE
Oslo, Norway
SAVAGE holds a Michelin star in consecutive years (2024 and 2025) and sits at the sharper, more experimental edge of Oslo's fine dining scene. Chef Andrea Selvaggini leads a creative menu at Nedre Slottsgate 2, placing the restaurant in Oslo's highest price tier alongside Maaemo and Kontrast. Google reviewers score it 4.8 from 98 ratings, a strong signal for a restaurant operating at this level.
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05.Modern Middle Eastern
Bavel
Los Angeles, United States
Compared to LA's tasting-menu circuit, Bavel operates in a different register: a shareable, Levant-spanning menu at 500 Mateo St in the Arts District that has held a place on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants list and Opinionated About Dining's North America rankings every year since 2023. The kitchen draws on Israeli, Moroccan, Turkish, and Egyptian culinary traditions, producing dishes that reward groups over solo visits.
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06.Artisanal Neapolitan Pizza
Razza Pizza Artiganale
Jersey City, United States
Ranked first among Opinionated About Dining's Cheap Eats in North America in 2025, Razza Pizza Artiganale on Grove Street has placed Jersey City on the serious pizza map. Chef Dan Richer's wood-burning oven operation draws on Italian sourcing principles and seasonal ingredients, producing pizzas that hold up against the best of New York's competitive slice-and-pie scene.
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07.Modern Australian Indigenous Fine Dining
Attica
Melbourne, Australia
Attica sits in Ripponlea, south of Melbourne's CBD, where Ben Shewry's tasting menu draws on native Australian ingredients, from outback flora to local rivers and farms, in compositions that have placed the restaurant inside the World's 50 Best Restaurants list every year from 2013 to 2018. La Liste awarded 96 points in 2025 and 95 in 2026. The format is formal, the commitment to indigenous produce is foundational, and bookings require significant lead time.
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08.Contemporary American Tasting Menu
The Catbird Seat
Nashville, United States
Perched on the fifth floor of a building on 8th Avenue South, The Catbird Seat has anchored Nashville's serious dining scene since 2011. Under chef Rogelio Garcia, the intimate counter format delivers an ambitious tasting menu that earned a Michelin star in 2025 and consistent top-fifteen placement on Opinionated About Dining's North America rankings. For a city that built its fine-dining identity relatively recently, it remains the reference point.
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09.Provençal Fine Dining
La Table de Xavier Mathieu
Joucas, France
Holding a Michelin star since 2024 and set within a drystone bastide at Le Phébus in Joucas, La Table de Xavier Mathieu anchors its cooking in Provençal tradition while pushing each dish toward something more considered. Vegetables from the surrounding garrigue share the menu with Alpilles lamb and Marseille-rooted classics, all framed by olive oil, aromatics, and a kitchen that treats regional produce as the argument, not the decoration.
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10.Modern Italian Café
Cracco Café
Milan, Italy
Inside the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Cracco Café operates as the ground-floor counterpart to Carlo Cracco's first-floor restaurant, holding a Michelin Plate and consecutive Opinionated About Dining Cheap Eats in Europe rankings (2024 and 2025). The menu moves between reinterpreted Milanese classics and international dishes including pizza, with outdoor tables set directly beneath the Galleria's glass vaults. Walk-ins only, no reservations accepted.
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11.Cocktail Bat
Scotch Lodge
Portland, United States
A whisky-focused bar on SE 9th Avenue in Portland's Lower Buckman neighbourhood, Scotch Lodge holds a 2025 Pearl Recommended Bar designation and a 4.8 Google rating across more than 700 reviews. The room draws a loyal crowd that returns for depth of selection and a programme built around serious Scotch without the library-scale spectacle of larger Portland whisky venues.
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12.Modern Thai
Kin Khao
San Francisco, United States
Kin Khao holds a Michelin star and back-to-back Opinionated About Dining recognition for Thai cooking that draws on northern California produce without softening the spice or diluting the technique. Located inside the Parc 55 hotel in Union Square, it operates at a price point well below the city's top tasting-menu tier while delivering a level of culinary precision that places it in a different conversation from standard Thai dining in San Francisco.
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13.Modern French Gastronomic
Les Belles Perdrix de Troplong Mondot
Saint-Émilion, France
Set within the estate of one of Saint-Émilion's classified grand cru châteaux, Les Belles Perdrix de Troplong Mondot holds a Michelin star and a 4.9 Google rating across 229 reviews. Chef David Charrier's cooking is shaped by the seasons and anchored to the wines of the appellation, making it one of the clearest expressions of what château dining in Bordeaux can be when kitchen and cellar are genuinely aligned.
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14.Authentic Cantonese Fine Dining
One Harbour Road
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
On the eighth floor of the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, One Harbour Road has held its position among Wan Chai's most serious Cantonese tables for decades, earning a Michelin Plate and a rank of #330 on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Asia list. The room faces Victoria Harbour, the cooking follows traditional technique with considered seasonal updates, and the lunch dim sum program runs seven days a week.
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15.Modern Regional Texel Cuisine
Bij Jef
Den Hoorn, Netherlands
A Michelin-starred restaurant in a former rectory on Texel island, Bij Jef earns its four-euro-sign price point through hyperlocal sourcing, Texel lamb, island cheeses, crustaceans, refined into contemporary dishes by Dutch Cuisine ambassador Jef Schuur. Rated 4.7 on Google (302 reviews) and ranked #398 in Opinionated About Dining's Classical in Europe 2025 list, it operates Tuesday through Saturday evenings only, with eight design suites above the dining room.
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16.Premium Steakhouse
CUT Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, United States
CUT Beverly Hills pairs premium steakhouse cooking with formal, leisurely dinner service, an extensive wine list, and 2025–2026 Michelin Plate recognition.
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17.Modern Nordic-French Fine Dining
formel B
Copenhagen, Denmark
A Michelin-starred address on Vesterbrogade, formel B operates outside Copenhagen's tasting-menu orthodoxy with an à la carte format built around roughly 20 dishes and a fixed-price five-course selection. Ranked 544th in the Opinionated About Dining Europe list for 2025, it holds its star for the second consecutive year. Chef Kristian Arpe-Møller's kitchen leans heavily plant-forward without committing to a fully vegetarian structure.
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18.Modern Spanish Fine Dining
A’Barra
Madrid, Spain
A'Barra holds a Michelin star and an OAD Top 600 Europe ranking (2025) for its product-driven Modern Spanish cooking in Chamartín. The kitchen frames premium ingredients, Joselito Iberian pork, La Catedral de Navarra vegetables, Caspian Pearl caviar, through contemporary technique, with both à la carte and tasting menus available. Sommelier Valerio Carrera oversees the wine pairing programme from an extensive cellar.
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19.Refined Sichuan Fine Dining
Chef 1996
Beijing, China
Chef 1996 focuses on refined Sichuan fine dining for dinner, with formal, quiet service, an open kitchen, and private dining; Michelin Plate recognition spans 2024 and 2025.
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20.Winery
Gusbourne
Ashford, United Kingdom
Gusbourne is an English sparkling wine estate in the Romney Marsh fringe near Ashford, Kent, recognised with a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating in 2025. The estate sits within one of England's most closely watched cool-climate wine regions, where chalk and clay soils produce Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier with a character distinct from the South Downs benchmark. It belongs to a tier of English producers whose wines are assessed against Champagne peers, not domestic novelty.
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21.Modern Argentine Fine Dining
Trescha
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Trescha holds a Michelin star for 2024 and 2025 and appears on Latin America's 50 Best list, operating from Villa Crespo with a tasting-format menu built around Argentine ingredients and research-led technique. Chef Tomás Treschanski works within a contemporary idiom that sits outside the city's steakhouse and traditional asado tradition, placing Trescha in a small comparable set alongside Aramburu at the top of Buenos Aires' modern fine-dining tier.
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22.Contemporary Fine Dining
Muoki
Seoul, South Korea
Muoki occupies a considered corner of Gangnam's contemporary dining scene, earning a Michelin star in 2024 and consistent La Liste recognition. Chef James Park's set menu pairs disciplined technique with unexpected flavour combinations, presented from a raised open kitchen. At the ₩₩₩ price tier, it sits a bracket below Gangnam's tasting-menu flagships while matching them on formal ambition.
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23.Edomae Omakase
Mori Nozomi
Los Angeles, United States
Opened in March 2024, Mori Nozomi earned a Michelin star in its first full year and landed on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants list, ranked 53rd. Chef-owner Nozomi Mori runs an eight-seat counter in Sawtelle, leading an all-female team through a kaiseki-inflected omakase that folds farmers market pickles, fresh wagashi, and seasonal Japanese seafood into a format that reads as distinctly its own.
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24.Michelin-Starred Seasonal Kaiseki Omakase
Masuda
Osaka, Japan
A Shinsaibashi kaiseki counter where the physical space is as deliberate as the cooking. Chef Yoshichika Masuda, holder of a Michelin star and ranked in Opinionated About Dining's top 200 restaurants in Japan, works an intimate room in Osaka's Chuo Ward. The hassun course, with its balance of land and sea ingredients, draws particular attention from regulars and critics alike.
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25.Winery
Bodega Lagarde
Luján de Cuyo, Argentina
Bodega Lagarde belongs to the old Luján de Cuyo wine belt, where irrigation, altitude, and alluvial soils shaped Mendoza’s reputation for structured Malbec long before the Uco Valley became the region’s louder export story. The appeal here is measured rather than theatrical: a historic estate context, a terroir-led lens, and a useful stop for understanding why Mayor Drummond remains central to Argentina’s premium wine identity.
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26.Modern French Brasserie
Phénix
Shanghai, China
Phénix holds a Michelin star and Black Pearl Diamond on the Bund, where chef Ugo Rinaldo runs a French kitchen built around Chinese produce. The six-course Découverte and twelve-course Expérience menus chart the range from accessible introduction to full technical expression. Ranked among Asia's top restaurants by both Opinionated About Dining and La Liste, it occupies a defined tier within Shanghai's competitive fine-dining French scene.
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27.Winery
Maison Benjamin Leroux
Beaune, France
Maison Benjamin Leroux in Beaune pairs vineyard views with cave tasting, organic and biodynamic sourcing, and 2026 recognition from Michelin 1 Grape and Falstaff Winery.
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28.Traditional Spanish Beachside with Rice Specialties
Casa Manolo
Daimús, Spain
A former chiringuito on the Passeig Marítim in Daimús, Casa Manolo has spent decades refining its approach to the Valencia coast's seafood traditions without abandoning them. Manuel Alonso's Michelin Plate-recognised kitchen draws consistent praise from Opinionated About Dining's Casual Europe list, ranking #98 in 2025. The à la carte and structured set menus sit at the €€ price point, making it one of the coast's more accessible addresses with serious culinary credentials.
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29.Hotel
La Bonne Étape
Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, France
A fourth-generation Relais & Châteaux property in Haute-Provence, La Bonne Étape occupies an 18th-century coaching inn surrounded by lavender fields and mountain peaks. Its Michelin-starred restaurant and 2.5-acre organic garden set the terms for a stay built around the unhurried pleasures of the South of France. Rates start from US$264 per night across 18 rooms and suites.
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30.Modern Québecois Locavore
Légende
Quebec City, Canada
Légende sits in Québec City's Old Port with a forest-inflected interior and a creative menu rooted in northern Canadian ingredients. Part of the La Tanière Group and awarded a Michelin star in 2025, it pairs regional produce with modern technique under Chef Elliot Beaudoin. A wine list of 2,900 references, led by Wine Director Caroline Beaulieu, anchors a room that earns its top-tier pricing.
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31.Modern French with Asian Influences
Jing
Beijing, China
Jing sits inside the Peninsula Beijing on Jinyu Hutong, bringing Michelin-starred French Contemporary cooking with a Basque accent to one of the capital's most storied hotel addresses. Chef William Mahi's tasting menu moves through langoustine, spider crab, and squid before landing on the now-familiar Basque cheesecake, all backed by a 405-label wine list weighted toward France and California. A Black Pearl Diamond and OAD Asia ranking confirm its standing among Beijing's serious Western dining addresses.
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32.Winery
Maison Joseph Drouhin
Beaune, France
Maison Joseph Drouhin pairs cave tastings, a barrel room, and a historic building with vineyard views; organic and biodynamic sourcing shapes the experience.
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33.Hotel
1 Hotel San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
Sitting directly on the Embarcadero waterfront at 8 Mission Street, 1 Hotel San Francisco earned a Michelin Key in 2024 and occupies a specific tier in the city's hotel market: sustainable luxury, seriously executed. With 153 rooms dressed in reclaimed wood, native greenery, and terracotta, the property makes the case that environmental commitment and genuine comfort are not in tension. Rates from $412 per night.
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34.Caviar-Focused Fine Dining
Huso
New York City, United States
Tucked behind a caviar boutique on Greenwich Street in TriBeCa, Huso is the more ambitious second act of chef Buddha Lo's New York presence. The tasting menu deploys French technique around cured fish eggs and seasonal produce, with a wine list of 1,500 selections and sommelier Michael O'Callaghan steering it. Opinionated About Dining ranked it #244 in North America for 2025.
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35.Hotel
Castello di Vicarello
Cinigiano, Italy
Castello di Vicarello transforms a 13th-century Sienese fortress into Cinigiano's most exclusive luxury retreat, where the Baccheschi-Berti family's meticulous restoration preserves medieval grandeur while their working vineyards and authentic Tuscan cuisine create an intimate castle experience unlike any other in Italy.
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36.Modern American Tasting Menu
Friday Saturday Sunday
Philadelphia, United States
Friday Saturday Sunday sits in Philadelphia’s modern New American conversation with a sharper diasporic edge than the category usually implies. Chad Williams’s tasting-menu dining room and the first-floor Lovers Bar give the townhouse format two distinct registers, backed by a 2023 James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant and a 2026 OAD North America ranking.
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37.Italian-American Red Sauce
Carbone
New York City, United States
Carbone in Greenwich Village is New York's defining address for mid-century Italian-American dining, where tuxedoed captains, plush banquettes, and a menu of red-sauce classics command prices and reservation scarcity that place it well above the neighbourhood's casual trattoria tier. Ranked #307 on Opinionated About Dining's North America list in 2024 and holding a Star Wine List White Star, it operates at a consistent remove from fashion.
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38.Contemporary French Fine Dining
O' by Claude Le Tohic
San Francisco, United States
A Michelin-starred French restaurant on the fifth floor of a Union Square hotel, O' by Claude Le Tohic operates in a register that San Francisco's fine dining scene rarely sustains: classically grounded French technique at the top of the city's price tier, backed by a wine program of 1,265 selections and consistent recognition from Opinionated About Dining's North America rankings since 2023.
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39.Modern American Fine Dining
Rose’s Luxury
Washington DC, United States
On Capitol Hill's 8th Street SE, Rose's Luxury occupies a tier of New American dining where a Michelin star and consecutive Opinionated About Dining rankings sit alongside exposed-bulb lighting and family-style prix fixe. The cooking moves between approachable and technically precise, spiced pork with lychee and coconut cream, Korean rice cakes in gochujang alla vodka, in a room that reads more like a convivial dinner party than a formal tasting counter.
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40.Hotel
Sunset Tower Hotel
Los Angeles, United States
Designed in 1929 by Leland A. Bryant, the Sunset Tower Hotel is an Art Deco landmark on the Sunset Strip awarded a Michelin Key in 2024. Its 81 rooms and suites carry floor-to-ceiling views of the Hollywood Hills, while the Tower Bar, administered by maître d' Gabe Doppelt, remains one of West Hollywood's most deliberate dining rooms. Rates from $425 per night.
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41.Hotel
Wynn Palace
Macau, Macau
Wynn Palace anchors the Cotai Strip with 1,706 rooms rated Forbes Five-Star (2025) and 98.5 points on the La Liste Top Hotels 2026 ranking. Steve Wynn's signature approach to theatrical scale and attentive service places it among Macau's most formally recognised large-format luxury hotels, drawing both leisure and high-end business travellers to its Avenida da Nave Desportiva address.
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42.Winery
Tokaj Hétszőlő
Tokaj, Hungary
Founded in 1502 and once a supplier to King Louis XIV, Tokaj Hétszőlő is among the most historically grounded estates in the Tokaj wine region. Now owned by Michel Reybier, who also holds Cos d'Estournel and Jeeper Champagne, the property carries an EP Club Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating for 2025. The estate combines wine production with trails, a bistro, wine shop, events space, and courtyard facilities.
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43.Winery
Domaine Henri Boillot
Meursault, France
Domaine Henri Boillot operates from the village of Meursault at the heart of the Côte de Beaune, producing wines that sit within Burgundy's most scrutinised tier of white wine production. Awarded a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating in 2025, the domaine represents the concentrated, allocation-driven end of Meursault's producer spectrum, drawing collectors and trade buyers who track the appellation's finest addresses.
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44.Creative Contemporary Fine Dining
Voltaire
Leersum, Netherlands
Voltaire elevates Leersum fine dining to Michelin-starred heights within the historic Parc Broekhuizen manor house, where bold, creative cuisine contrasts beautifully with serene Utrechtse Heuvelrug surroundings and dishes like medium-rare pigeon with beetroot cream showcase the kitchen's sophisticated approach to local ingredients.
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45.French Farm-to-Table Fine Dining
Auberge Saint-Antoine
Quebec City, Canada
Auberge Saint-Antoine occupies a converted 18th-century warehouse on the banks of the St. Lawrence, combining a Relais & Châteaux museum-hotel with farm-to-table Canadian cuisine under Chef Sam Mason. With a Google rating of 4.8 from nearly 950 reviews, it sits at the intersection of Old Québec's heritage architecture and a produce-led dining program that draws from the region's agricultural calendar.
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46.Winery
Domaine Cecile Tremblay
Vosne-Romanée, France
Domaine Cecile Tremblay is an independent Vosne-Romanée winery at 8 Rue de Très Girard in Morey-Saint-Denis, with vineyard tours and cave tastings.
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47.Hotel
COMO Castello del Nero
Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, Italy
A twelfth-century Chianti castle spanning 740 acres, COMO Castello del Nero holds a Michelin One Key (2024) and a Michelin-starred restaurant, La Torre, under Executive Chef Giovanni Luca Di Pirro. Fifty rooms and suites occupy historic frescoed walls and vaulted ceilings, while the COMO Shambhala Retreat and Villa San Luigi add two distinct layers of seclusion. Rates start from $760 per night.
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48.Modern British Fine Dining
sō–lō
Aughton, United Kingdom
A Michelin-starred Modern British restaurant occupying a converted pub on the edge of a Lancashire village, sō–lō sits in Aughton's quietly serious dining cluster and offers a six-course tasting format grounded in seasonal, largely local ingredients. Priced below its Michelin-starred neighbour Moor Hall, it delivers technical cooking, think aerated dashi, Cornish brill, Aynhoe Park venison, in a room that reads more warmly than formally. Closed for refurbishment until November 2025, with a new chef's table and revised menu format planned on reopening.
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49.Winery
La Motte Wine Estate
Franschhoek, South Africa
La Motte Wine Estate sits on Franschhoek's R45 corridor, holding a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating (2025) and operating as one of the valley's more complete estate experiences. Beyond the cellar, a working artisan bakery and lavender-based fragrance range produced from estate-grown botanicals signal a deliberate, unhurried approach to hospitality that sets it apart from pure wine-tasting stops.
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50.Hotel
Brindos Lac & Château
Anglet, France
A 1930s lakeside château five minutes from Biarritz, Brindos Lac & Château splits its 39 rooms between a glamorous period mansion and ten floating water lodges reached by electric boat. Rated Exceptional by Gault & Millau 2025, the estate earns its position among the Basque Country's most architecturally distinctive luxury properties, with rates from $264 per night.
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51.Modern Plant-Based Latin American
Mita
Washington DC, United States
Mita brings a tasting-menu format to plant-based Latin American cooking in Washington D.C.'s Shaw neighborhood, earning a Michelin star in 2024 and a ranking of #118 on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 global list. Chefs Miguel Guerra and Tatiana Mora work across Brazilian, Bolivian, and Colombian reference points, with fermentation, umami layering, and bold acid at the center of their approach. The wine list runs 300 bottles deep, with particular strength in France and Champagne.
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52.Spanish Tapas Bar
Bar Raval
Toronto, Canada
Bar Raval on College Street is Toronto's most-awarded casual Spanish bar, holding a Michelin Bib Gourmand and back-to-back Opinionated About Dining recognition through 2023 to 2025. The pintxos-and-vermouth format, anchored by Grant van Gameren's kitchen instincts, draws a tight, loyal crowd to one of the city's most consistently cited mid-price rooms. With over 3,000 Google reviews averaging 4.4, the reputation is earned rather than curated.
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53.Spanish
Zaranda
Palma, Spain
Within the storied walls of Es Princep, Zaranda channels Mallorca’s soul through a cosmopolitan lens, led by chef Fernando Pérez Arellano, an unofficial ambassador of the island’s cuisine. Three tasting journeys, Hipodermis, Dermis, and Epidermis, unfold with couture precision: Arab-accented pickles and canapés echo the site’s ancient tannery, glimpsed beneath a glass floor, while dishes such as chermoula-grilled monkfish in silky pil-pil and the sculptural “Mármol vitello tonnato” harmonize texture, heritage, and modern elegance. Expect lighting and pacing that whisper rather than shout, service that anticipates rather than announces, and pairings that illuminate the island’s finest ingredients with international savoir-faire.
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54.Pizza
Seu Pizza Illuminati
Rome, Italy
Between Porta Portese and Trastevere, Seu Pizza Illuminati has become one of the sharpest addresses in Rome's contemporary pizza conversation. Ranked #29 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2023 before climbing to #65 in 2025 with a wider field, Pier Daniele Seu and Valeria Zuppardo run an operation that treats dough, dessert, and wine list with equal seriousness. Open every evening from 7pm to midnight.
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55.Modern Mediterranean Sharing Plates
The Ninth
London, United Kingdom
On Charlotte Street, The Ninth operates as a neighbourhood bistro with a Michelin star behind it, Jun Tanaka's French-Mediterranean kitchen draws from the coastlines of Provence, Sicily, and beyond, producing a sharing menu that moves between Italian and Provençal registers with quiet assurance. Recommended by Opinionated About Dining in 2023, it holds a 4.6 Google rating across more than 1,200 reviews.
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56.Modern Japanese with Thai & Global Influences
Resonance
Bangkok, Thailand
A one Michelin star tasting counter on Sukhumvit Soi 65, Resonance occupies a quiet residential house where Japanese chef Shunsuke Shimomura builds seasonal menus from his international cooking background. The wine list leans toward Burgundy, though the drinks pairing, which can extend to beer and sake, is the more considered choice. Book a tea pairing at least a day in advance.
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57.Modern Scandinavian Zero-Waste
Nolla
Helsinki, Finland
Nolla occupies a particular position in Helsinki's dining scene: a zero-waste kitchen running on local sourcing, a handwritten wine list rated first in Finland by Star Wine List three times, and a Michelin Bib Gourmand that confirms the value proposition. The menu moves through minimalist, produce-led dishes with Southern European inflections, served from Tuesday through Saturday in a room that keeps the focus firmly on the plate.
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58.Modern British Fine Dining
Adam Reid at the French
Manchester, United Kingdom
Occupying the Belle Époque dining room of Manchester's grade II-listed Midland Hotel, Adam Reid at The French translates northern English culinary tradition into a focused multi-course set menu. Reid's cooking draws on regional provenance, Sladesdown Farm duck, day-boat cod, Stichelton blue cheese, within a darkly romantic, mirrored interior that frames the meal as occasion. Holders of a 2025 Michelin Plate and ranked 604th in the Opinionated About Dining Europe list.
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59.Modern British Fine Dining
The Woodspeen
Newbury, United Kingdom
A restored 19th-century farmhouse on the edge of Newbury, The Woodspeen holds a Michelin Plate and a consistent presence in the Opinionated About Dining Casual Europe rankings, reaching #400 in 2024 and #415 in 2025. Seasonal menus draw from a working kitchen garden and the wider Berkshire countryside, with a wine list of 540 selections overseen by Wine Director Edoardo Amadi.
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60.Michelin-Starred Cantonese & Shunde Cuisine
The Legacy House
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Inside Rosewood Hong Kong's fifth floor, The Legacy House brings Shun Tak regional cuisine into a setting shaped by harbour views and modern Chinese design. A Michelin star (2024) and Black Pearl Diamond recognition (2025) place it among the city's more formally credentialed Cantonese rooms, while a sourcing program linking directly to local fishermen, artisans, and farms gives the menu a regional grounding that separates it from broader Cantonese fine dining.
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