The Places · Page 38
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Charles H.
Seoul, South Korea
Charles H. brings hotel-bar polish to Seoul’s craft-cocktail scene, with Keith Motsi attached and 2026 recognition from Opinionated About Dining’s Asia Recommended list. The appeal is less about speakeasy theatre than about a serious drinks program inside a major luxury hotel, useful for travellers who want Seoul cocktail culture with international-standard service cues.
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02.Nayarit-style Mexican Seafood
Coni'Seafood
Inglewood, United States
Coni'Seafood in Inglewood holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and a 2025 Michelin Plate, placing it among the most recognized casual Mexican seafood operations in Southern California. Chef Vicente Cossio's smoked marlin tacos have become a regional reference point, drawing eaters from across the LA basin to a storefront on West Imperial Highway that operates well outside the usual fine-dining circuits.
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03.Classic American Gastropub
Minetta Tavern
New York City, United States
Open since 1937, Minetta Tavern on MacDougal Street has operated at the intersection of French bistro technique and New York steakhouse tradition for nearly nine decades. Holding a Michelin Plate alongside consistent Opinionated About Dining recognition, it serves dry-aged beef and French-inflected classics in a room of red banquettes and caricature-lined walls that Greenwich Village has long considered its own.
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04.Modern Mediterranean Fine Dining
Zass Restaurant
Positano, Italy
Zass at Il San Pietro di Positano is open, with official restaurant and hotel pages linking to reservations.
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05.Modern Croatian Fine Dining
Nebo by Deni Srdoč
Rijeka, Croatia
Nebo by Deni Srdoč earned its first Michelin star in 2025, placing it among a small cohort of Croatian restaurants rethinking what regional cooking can achieve at this level. Set on the fifth floor of the Hilton Rijeka Costabella with open views across the Adriatic to the island of Cres, the tasting menu draws on traditional Croatian ingredients and Mediterranean influences through a modern, colour-forward lens.
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06.Italian-Japanese Fusion Fine Dining
La Stüa de Michil
Corvara in Badia, Italy
Inside the La Perla hotel in Corvara in Badia, La Stüa de Michil holds a Michelin star and a 2026 La Liste score of 87 points, placing it among the Dolomites' most credentialed dining rooms. Chef Simone Cantafio's menu moves between Calabrian roots, Japanese technique, and South Tyrolean produce within a wood-panelled stube that sets the scene before a dish arrives.
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07.Classic New York Steakhouse
Keens
New York City, United States
Operating since 1885, Keens is one of Midtown Manhattan's oldest chophouses and a James Beard America's Classic. The dry-aged USDA Prime cuts, broiled on a high-temperature grill, anchor a menu that also features the signature mutton chop and prime rib hash. Ranked #150 in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Casual North America list, it remains a reference point for old-school New York steakhouse tradition.
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08.Classic Burgundian Fine Dining
Table de Levernois
Levernois, France
A Michelin-starred restaurant in the Burgundian village of Levernois, Table de Levernois holds a 4.8/5 EP Club rating and successive Michelin stars in 2024 and 2025. Chef Philippe Augé anchors the cooking in Côtes de Beaune produce, with a wine list that matches the plate's regional discipline. The setting is bucolic, the atmosphere notably familial, and the room draws a high proportion of returning guests.
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09.Traditional Sukiyaki
Ishibashi
Tokyo, Japan
A traditional detached house in Sotokanda where unaju and sushi share equal billing, Ishibashi holds a Michelin Plate recognition and a Tabelog score of 4.04, placing it among Japan's recognised specialists in freshwater eel. Dinner runs to ¥20,000–¥29,999; lunch, where the unaju format comes into its own, sits at ¥10,000–¥14,999. Weekday evenings only, reservation required.
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10.Modern Italian Grill
Grill Americano
Melbourne, Australia
Grill Americano in Melbourne is a Northern Italian-inspired steakhouse that places premium Australian beef over a hand-built wood oven and Josper charcoal grill. Must-try offerings include the 1.2kg Bistecca alla Fiorentina, the 650g Rib-eye on the bone and the 200g Wagyu Eye Fillet MB 4+. Each cut arrives with finishing touches such as black truffle butter or a green peppercorn and Cognac sauce, and sides like Parmesan-crusted onion rings and truffle mac & cheese amplify the flavors. Owned by restaurateur Chris Lucas, Grill Americano pairs its wood-fired steaks with an extensive wine list of more than 2,000 bottles, creating a bold, tactile dining experience on Flinders Lane that suits celebrations and serious steak lovers alike.
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11.Modern Faroese Fermentation
Ræst
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
At 8 Gongin in central Tórshavn, Ræst takes its name from the Faroese word for fermented and builds its entire set menu around that tradition. A turf-roofed house with low-ceilinged shared dining rooms frames cooking that holds a Michelin Plate (2025), a NextGen Award for chef Sebastian Jiménez, and a La Liste ranking of 75 points (2026). Open Wednesday to Saturday only.
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12.Mediterranean Grill with Steak and Seafood
The Grill at The International
Sydney, Australia
Occupying a commanding space above Martin Place, The Grill at The International channels Sydney's appetite for produce-led, fire-driven dining into a format built around premium Australian beef, oak-fired technique, and a wine program of considered depth. Chef Joel Bickford structures the menu around dry-aged cuts and complementary small plates that together make a case for what Australian fine dining can look like when it commits to both precision and place.
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13.Refined French with Local Tochigi Ingredients
Otowa Restaurant
Utsunomiya, Japan
Otowa Restaurant places French technique in direct conversation with Tochigi agriculture, using local harvests such as yuba and kanpyo as part of a regional argument rather than decorative Japaneseness. In Utsunomiya, it occupies a serious dining tier: Tabelog Award 2026 Silver, Tabelog French EAST 100 selection in 2025, and OAD Japan recognition give it credibility beyond the city’s gyoza shorthand.
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14.Pannonian Regional Austrian Fine Dining
Gut Purbach
Purbach am Neusiedler See, Austria
Gut Purbach sits at the heart of Austria's Burgenland wine region, anchored by Chef Max Stiegl's commitment to local sourcing and regional tradition. Recognised by La Liste (77pts, 2026) and Michelin Plate (2025), and ranked #329 in Opinionated About Dining's Classical Europe list, it operates at a €€€ price point within easy reach of Vienna, a serious regional table in a village few visitors think to seek out.
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15.Modern European Small Plates
Erst
Manchester, United Kingdom
A natural wine bar and small-plates restaurant on Murray Street in Ancoats, Erst has held a Michelin Plate since 2024 and ranked in Opinionated About Dining's Casual Europe list three years running. Patrick Withington's kitchen produces sharply constructed dishes from prime seasonal materials, while the drinks list skews heavily toward natural wines. Open Tuesday through Saturday from 1pm.
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16.Japanese
Tominokoji Yamagishi
Kyoto, Japan
Yamagishi sits in Kyoto’s serious kaiseki tier: a small counter format, seasonal Japanese cuisine, and recognition including The Tabelog Award 2026 Silver and a 2025 Michelin Plate. The appeal is not spectacle but discipline, with the meal framed by Kyoto’s multi-course tradition rather than a loose tasting-menu format.
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17.Modern Cantabrian Fine Dining
El Serbal
Santander, Spain
Among Santander's Michelin-starred modern restaurants, El Serbal occupies a specific position: a first-floor dining room above Sardinero beach with a direct line to daily auction fish and a commitment to Cantabrian ingredients, including Tudanca beef. Ranked 560th in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 European list, it operates across three menus and an à la carte, with a separate bistro, Querida Mar, on the ground floor.
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18.french
Géosmine
Paris, France
A Michelin-starred address on Rue de la Folie Méricourt, Géosmine places Chef Maxime Bouttier's creative technique in direct conversation with French terroir. Ranked 409th in Europe by Opinionated About Dining (2025) and awarded a White Star by Star Wine List, it sits at the serious end of the 11th arrondissement's dining scene, where ingredient-led ambition meets neighbourhood-scale intimacy.
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19.Contemporary Tuscan Meat-Focused Fine Dining
Podere Belvedere Tuscany
Pontassieve, Italy
A self-taught chef working out of a 1700s tower house in Pontassieve's wine country, Podere Belvedere earns a Michelin Plate and repeated Opinionated About Dining recognition for Tuscan country cooking anchored in its own gardens and farms. The kitchen centres on grilled meats, high-quality vegetables, and the occasional creative departure, all within reach of Florence and bookable most evenings from 7:30 pm.
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20.Modern Italian Fine Dining
Zia
Rome, Italy
On a quiet street behind Trastevere's tourist corridor, Zia holds a Michelin star and a place in Opinionated About Dining's top 100 European restaurants for 2025. Chef Antonio Ziantoni's cooking is creative but measured, grounded in classical technique and built around full, rounded flavours. At a €€€ price point, it sits a tier below Rome's grand dining rooms while matching them in precision.
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21.Modern Punjabi Tandoor Grillhouse
New Punjab Club
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
New Punjab Club occupies a colonial-inflected room on Wyndham Street with a menu anchored in the tandoor traditions of Punjab and the broader northwest Indian subcontinent. Holder of a Michelin star since 2024 and ranked among Opinionated About Dining's top restaurants in Asia for three consecutive years, it represents a distinct counterpoint to Hong Kong's Cantonese and European fine-dining consensus. Chef Palash Mitra's menu reads as a serious argument for the depth of Mughal-lineage cooking.
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22.Traditional Basque Seafood
iBAi by Paulo Airaudo
San Sebastián, Spain
A San Sebastián address with more than four decades of local history, iBAi has been reborn under Paulo Airaudo with a Michelin star and a basement dining room built around six table-and-cupboard alcoves. The format is tasting menus rooted in Basque classics: grilled Carabinero prawns, five preparations of hake cheek kokotxas, and a pintxos bar at the entrance for those arriving without a reservation.
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23.Modern Taiwanese Fine Dining
Impromptu by Paul Lee
Taipei, Taiwan
Tucked below the Regent Hotel in Zhongshan, Impromptu by Paul Lee holds a Michelin star and a 2025 Opinionated About Dining Top 257 Asia ranking for its tasting menu that reframes Taiwanese street food through haute cuisine technique. Asian and European references converge in dishes built around quality local produce, with a non-alcoholic pairing program that draws serious attention on its own terms.
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24.Historic American Steakhouse & Chophouse
Gage & Tollner
New York City, United States
A Gilded Age chophouse reborn for the 21st century, Gage & Tollner has operated on Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn since 1879, with a restored dining room of mahogany mirrors and brass chandeliers that has earned consistent recognition on Opinionated About Dining's North American list. The menu draws from the Southern chophouse tradition shaped by Edna Lewis, running from oysters Rockefeller to dry-aged beef and fried chicken with cornmeal fritters.
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25.Modern European Fine Dining with Fire Grilling
ECK Restaurant
Bratislava, Slovakia
ECK Restaurant invites discerning diners into a world where culinary precision meets cultivated elegance. Within a sculpted, light-bathed dining room, the kitchen orchestrates a refined tasting journey that highlights pristine seasonal ingredients, modern technique, and a quietly confident creativity. Each course reveals layered textures and nuanced flavors, complemented by an expertly curated wine program, while attentive, intuitive service creates a sense of easy exclusivity. From the crystalline clarity of seafood to the warm whisper of wood-fired notes, ECK delivers an evening that lingers: understated luxury, perfectly paced, and deeply memorable.
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26.Modern Mediterranean Fine Dining
La Sucursal
València, Spain
On the third floor of the Veles y Vents building above València's harbour, La Sucursal frames its tasting menus against an uninterrupted view of the marina. Chef Fran Espí works with local Valencian produce inside a format that has earned consecutive rankings in the Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Europe list, reaching 489th place in 2024. A plant-forward menu is available on request, and advance booking is strongly advised given the venue's dual role as an event space.
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27.Modern European
Arcane
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Shane Osborn's Michelin-starred Arcane Hong Kong elevates modern European cuisine through seasonal ingredients and sustainable practices in Central's most discreet fine dining sanctuary. The restaurant's lush terrace garden supplies thirty varieties of herbs and vegetables directly to the kitchen, while signature dishes like yuzu lemon posset showcase the refined, ingredient-driven philosophy that earned Australia's most decorated chef his Hong Kong recognition.
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28.Modern Southwest French
Club Gascon
London, United Kingdom
A Michelin-starred outpost of South West French cooking in the shadow of Smithfield Market, Club Gascon has held its place in London's serious French dining tier since Pascal Aussignac arrived from Gascony in 1998. The seasonally changing small-plates format centres on the fat-rich, foie gras-forward produce of the region, balanced by a wine and tea pairing program that rewards informed ordering.
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29.Modern French Bistro with International Influences
Pavyllon
Paris, France
Pavyllon sits within the Pavillon Ledoyen complex on the edge of the Champs-Élysées gardens, operating under Yannick Alléno as a more accessible expression of his cooking than the three-starred flagship above. A 32-seat counter defines its format, earning one Michelin star and 80 points from La Liste 2026. Classic French foundations meet international detail across lunch and dinner, seven days a week.
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30.Alpine Fine Dining
Hubertusstube
Neustift im Stubaital, Austria
Hubertusstube at Hotel Jagdhof holds a Michelin star for 2025, serving five-to-seven-course menus of classic and regional cuisine in an elegantly rustic dining room with pale wood panelling. Chef Christian Jeske leads a kitchen that draws on local Alpine ingredients, including venison from the hotel's own hunting grounds, alongside a wine list spanning around 20,000 bottles and 1,250 labels.
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31.Modern Vietnamese Fusion Fine Dining
CieL
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
CieL holds a 2025 Michelin star under chef Viet Hong, operating at the top price tier of Ho Chi Minh City's innovative dining scene from its Thảo Điền address in Thu Duc. The restaurant draws milestone diners seeking a formal creative menu in a neighbourhood better known for riverside cafes and expat brunch spots. With a 4.9 Google rating across 91 reviews, it sits among the city's most critically consistent addresses.
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32.Contemporary Taiwanese Haute Cuisine
Mountain and Sea House
Taipei, Taiwan
Mountain and Sea House occupies a restored mansion on Ren'ai Road, framing Taiwanese banquet traditions through a lens of seasonal produce, multi-layered cultural influence, and architectural grandeur. Holding a Michelin star since 2024 and ranked among Opinionated About Dining's top 200 restaurants in Asia for 2025, it represents Taipei's most considered argument for the formal preservation of indigenous and Hokkien-inflected cooking.
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33.Modern Austrian & German Fine Dining
Sparkling Bistro
Munich, Germany
Sparkling Bistro holds a Michelin star and an Opinionated About Dining ranking among Europe's top 550 restaurants, operating out of Munich's Amalienpassage with a short weekly schedule that concentrates the kitchen's output into three evenings and two lunch sittings. Chef Jürgen Wolfsgruber's cooking sits at the sharpest edge of Modern German cuisine, and the recent addition of ex-Tantris sommelier Nico Spanier to the cellar has sharpened the wine program to match.
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34.Modern Icelandic
Matur og Drykkur
Reykjavík, Iceland
Matur og Drykkur operates from the old harbour district of Reykjavík, applying historical Icelandic recipes and preserved ingredients to a modern dinner format. Recognised by La Liste and the Michelin Guide with a Plate designation, it sits in the city's serious dining tier without the omakase rigidity of peers like ÓX. The kitchen works Thursday through Sunday, evenings only, drawing a crowd that wants tradition with substance rather than spectacle.
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35.Modern French Wine Bar
Maison Bar à Vins
Washington DC, United States
Maison Bar à Vins is Adams Morgan's French wine bar and small-plates restaurant, landing on Resy's Best of the Hit List in 2025. The format pairs a French-leaning wine list with refined bistro cooking in one of Washington, D.C.'s most neighbourhood-driven dining corridors. It occupies a quiet but increasingly competitive niche in a city that has grown serious about European wine culture.
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36.Hotel
Four Seasons Hotel Singapore
Singapore, Singapore
Set just off Orchard Road in a quietly residential pocket of the city, Four Seasons Hotel Singapore earns its La Liste Top Hotels (2026) recognition through a combination of 255 well-appointed rooms, two distinct dining destinations including Nobu Singapore and the Cantonese institution Jiang-Nan Chun, and a service model that consistently positions it among Singapore's most reliable luxury addresses.
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37.Heritage Thai
Aksorn
Bangkok, Thailand
Aksorn occupies the fifth floor of Charoen Krung's Central: building, drawing on archival Thai cookbooks to reconstruct dishes from the country's past kitchen traditions. Holding one Michelin star and recognised by La Liste in both 2025 and 2026, it offers an open kitchen counter and an outdoor terrace with street-level views across Bang Rak, one of Bangkok's most considered takes on historical Thai cooking.
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38.Modern French Fine Dining
Blackswan
Beijing, China
Blackswan brings French Contemporary cooking to Chaoyang with a room built around white-on-white theatricality, swan motifs, and a pond-side setting. Chef Vianney Massot’s kitchen sits in Beijing’s higher French tier, with La Liste scores in 2025 and 2026 plus Black Pearl recognition giving it firmer credentials than the city’s casual brasserie field.
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39.Modern Peranakan
Candlenut
Singapore, Singapore
The only Michelin-starred Peranakan restaurant in the world, Candlenut holds one star (2024) and ranks #69 in Opinionated About Dining's Asia list (2025). Set inside a colonial-era building on Dempsey Road, it serves traditional Straits Chinese cooking with Indonesian inflections across both an à la carte communal format and a 10-plus course tasting menu that rotates every two months.
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40.Bar
Employees Only Singapore
Singapore, Singapore
A New York cocktail institution transplanted to Singapore's Amoy Street conservation district, Employees Only has accumulated consistent Asia's 50 Best Bars recognition since 2017 — peaking at #17 — while maintaining the after-hours energy that defined the original. The bar occupies a shophouse format that channels the same low-lit, high-craft atmosphere the brand built its reputation on, placing it squarely in Singapore's upper tier of serious cocktail programs.
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41.Classic American Steakhouse
Musso & Frank Grill
Los Angeles, United States
Hollywood's oldest restaurant, Musso & Frank Grill has operated at 6667 Hollywood Blvd since 1919, serving classic American fare from a menu that has changed little in a century. Ranked #752 in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Casual North America list and recognized by Esquire for its martinis, it occupies a category of its own: a working institution rather than a nostalgia act.
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42.Modern French with Japanese Influences
La Dame de Pic
Paris, France
La Dame de Pic holds a Michelin star and a consistent presence in Opinionated About Dining's Classical in Europe rankings, operating from the 1st arrondissement near the Louvre. The kitchen under Evens López works in a register of precise, season-driven contemporary French cooking where vegetables and fruits carry genuine structural weight. Star Wine List recognised the cellar four consecutive times in 2024.
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43.Modern Andalusian
Sobretablas
Seville, Spain
Sobretablas holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and back-to-back Star Wine List awards in Seville's El Porvenir neighbourhood, a short walk from the Plaza de España. Chef Camila Ferraro, trained at El Celler de Can Roca, applies a considered Andalusian approach across a sharing format and the Sobretablas Deluxe tasting menu. The wine program, led by her partner and sommelier, earned the Star Wine List number one ranking in both 2025 and 2026.
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44.Winery
Château Mercian Mariko Winery
Nagano, Japan
Château Mercian's Mariko Winery sits in the refined wine country of Nagano Prefecture, where continental conditions and volcanic soils shape wines that have earned a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating in 2025. The property, visible from the cherry tree of Ippongi Park, represents the serious end of Japan's domestic wine production, a working winery where terroir is the primary argument, not tourism theatre.
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45.Modern Maltese Mediterranean
Noni
Valletta, Malta
Noni holds the only Michelin star on Republic Street, operating from a converted Valletta bakery with a tasting-menu format that draws heavily on Maltese seasonal produce. Tables across two floors, a quieter ground level and a stone-walled cellar, are scarce, and evening sittings run Tuesday through Saturday only. Among Valletta's €€€€ tier, it is the city's most decorated address for modern Mediterranean cooking.
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Yoshino
New York City, United States
On the Bowery in Lower Manhattan, Yoshino holds the #1 ranking on Opinionated About Dining's North America list for 2025 and a Michelin star, placing it at the top tier of New York's omakase scene. Chef Tadashi "Edowan" Yoshida brings a precision-driven approach to sushi and yakiniku, anchored by a hinoki counter sourced from a 300-year-old tree and service that turns each course into a deliberate, theatrical moment.
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47.Neapolitan Pizza
Palazzo Petrucci Pizzeria
Naples, Italy
Positioned on one of Naples' most architecturally charged piazzas, Palazzo Petrucci Pizzeria holds a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025, a distinction that places it among the city's most closely watched pizza addresses. Davide Ruotolo's menu moves between a precise Margherita and gastronomic versions that carry the influence of fine-dining kitchen discipline, all at a price point that remains accessible within the Neapolitan pizza tier.
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48.Modern Ligurian Seafood
Cracco Portofino
Portofino, Italy
Cracco Portofino occupies the harbour-front space once held by the historic Il Pitosforo, with executive chef Mattia Pecis running two tasting menus, seven or eleven courses, that draw on Ligurian ingredients, including produce from a mountain farm above the village. A fish-ageing cold room sets it apart from the region's more conventional seafood kitchens, and the terrace above the water is among the most sought-after tables on the Italian Riviera.
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49.Mediterranean
Baieta
Paris, France
A Michelin-starred address in the Latin Quarter where Chef Julia Sedefdjian transplants the Mediterranean coast to Paris, ranked 363rd in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2024. The menu reads like a provençal lexicon, bouillabaieta, pissaladière, socca, executed with the precision her training demands. For those seeking southern French cooking at serious depth, Baieta makes a clear case.
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50.Modern Swedish Fine Dining
Petri
Stockholm, Sweden
Petri pairs modern Swedish fine dining with a quiet, leisurely dinner format, local sourcing, and repeated guide recognition in Stockholm.
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51.Modern Meats and Grills
The Butcher's son
Antwerp, Belgium
A Michelin-starred address on Boomgaardstraat, The Butcher's son positions French classical technique within Antwerp's increasingly confident fine-dining scene. Chef Bert Jan Michielsen and owner-wine director Luc Dickens run a tight operation: 410 wine selections, a cellar of 2,500 bottles weighted toward France, Italy, and Spain, and a prix-fixe format that earned consecutive Michelin stars in 2024 and 2025.
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52.Nordic
Zeik
Hamburg, Germany
A Michelin-starred address on Sierichstraße in Hamburg's Winterhude district, Zeik places vegetables at the centre of a modern European kitchen shaped by Nordic inflections. Chef Maurizio Oster holds a JRE membership and a position in the Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Europe ranking, with the kitchen's produce-led philosophy earning particular recognition from the We're Smart Green Guide.
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53.Modern Italian Fine Dining
Glass Hostaria
Rome, Italy
A Michelin-starred creative restaurant in Rome's Trastevere neighbourhood, Glass Hostaria operates Wednesday through Sunday evenings (plus weekend lunches) from a converted carriage workshop on Vicolo del Cinque. Chef Fabio Cappiello leads tasting menus, including a vegetarian option, that reference Lazio tradition while moving firmly in a contemporary direction. La Liste scored it 84 points in 2025 and 82 in 2026.
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54.French Omakase with Suruga Bay Seafood
Chiso Nishikenichi
Yaizu, Japan
Chiso Nishikenichi is a small counter-format French restaurant in Yaizu, shaped by Shizuoka’s coastal pantry rather than metropolitan grand dining conventions. Its recognition includes The Tabelog Award 2026 Gold, a 4.56 Tabelog score, and placement in the 2026 Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Japan list, making it a serious regional address for French cooking built around Suruga Bay fish and local produce.
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55.LA-Style Queso Tacos
Villa's Tacos
Los Angeles, United States
Villa's Tacos has held a Michelin Bib Gourmand for two consecutive years and appeared on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants list, yet the Highland Park taqueria operates on a single-dollar price tier. The draw is a taco philosophy Victor Villa calls 'estilo Los Angeles': blue corn tortillas, lacy cheese crusts, mesquite-smoked chicken, and a salsa roster that includes a Michoacán family recipe built on smoked chiles.
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56.Modern Nordic Fine Dining
Substans
Aarhus, Denmark
Substans holds a Michelin star in both 2024 and 2025 and has recently relocated to Aarhus harbour, operating from the 13th floor with a sea-facing panorama. Chef-owner René Mammen builds menus around seasonal vegetables and coastal produce, earning recognition from We're Smart for the kitchen's plant-forward commitment. It sits at the premium end of the Aarhus dining tier, alongside Frederikshøj and Gastromé.
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57.French Bistro Classique
Le Bistroman Atelier
Madrid, Spain
Among Madrid's French bistros, Le Bistroman Atelier occupies a particular niche: a Michelin Plate-recognised address on Calle de la Amnistía where the open-view kitchen signals intent before a single dish arrives. Chef Stéphane del Rio runs both an à la carte and a gastronomic tasting menu, positioning the restaurant against the city's growing tier of mid-to-premium European imports rather than the Spanish creative fine dining circuit.
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58.Winery
Antinori nel Chianti Classico
Tuscany, Italy
Antinori nel Chianti Classico sits in the hills above Bargino, where six centuries of winemaking history meet architecture designed to vanish into the Tuscan hillside. The estate earned a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating in 2025, placing it among the upper tier of Italian wine destinations. Under winemaker Renzo Cotarella, the Antinori portfolio reads as a sustained argument for Sangiovese's range across elevation and soil.
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59.Modern French-Belgian with Asian Influences
Nathan
Antwerp, Belgium
A Michelin-starred Modern French table on Lange Koepoortstraat, Nathan brings classical French technique to Antwerp's fine dining tier. Chef Jean-François Rouquette holds one Michelin star (2024 and 2025) and an Opinionated About Dining Classical in Europe ranking of #283 for 2025. Dinner runs Wednesday and Saturday evenings; Thursday and Friday offer both lunch and dinner sittings.
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60.Modern French-Belgian Fine Dining
Hofke van Bazel
Bazel, Belgium
A Michelin-starred address in rural Flanders, Hofke van Bazel earns its place among Belgium's serious seasonal tables through a kitchen that sources the majority of its vegetables, herbs, and fruit from its own garden beside the Schelde. Chef Kris De Roy's menu moves between modern Flemish cooking and dedicated plant preparations, with the vegetable-forward 'Gina's Choice' strand recognising the restaurant's 2017 distinction as Belgium's Best Vegetable Restaurant.
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