The Places · Page 80
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01.Edomae Omakase Sushi
Sushi Sugaya
Tokyo, Japan
An eight-seat omakase counter in Higashi-Azabu, Sushi Sugaya has held the Tabelog Bronze Award every year from 2021 through 2026 and appears in the Tabelog Sushi Tokyo 100 list for three consecutive cycles. Ranked as high as #214 in Japan by Opinionated About Dining, the counter operates on strict reservation-only terms at a base price of ¥53,800 and up, placing it firmly in Tokyo's upper-tier omakase bracket.
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02.Winery
Weingut Salwey
Oberrotweil, Germany
Weingut Salwey occupies a defining position in Kaiserstuhl viticulture, where volcanic basalt soils and an unusually warm microclimate press the region's Pinot Noir and Spätburgunder into a distinct register. The estate holds a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating for 2025, placing it among Germany's serious producer tier. Visitors arrive at Hauptstraße 2 in Vogtsburg im Kaiserstuhl to find a working estate rather than a polished hospitality venue.
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03.Modern Hungarian Fine Dining
Costes Downtown
Budapest, Hungary
The sister restaurant to Budapest's first Michelin-starred Costes sits on the ground floor of the Prestige Hotel in District V, running a vegetable-forward modern menu under the Costes Group umbrella. A Michelin Plate holder with a 4.8 Google rating across more than 2,500 reviews, it operates at the €€€€ tier and ranks #656 in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 European list, accessible fine dining by Budapest standards, with serious wine credentials to match.
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04.Extremaduran-Argentine Fusion
acebuche
Zafra, Spain
A Michelin Bib Gourmand holder in the heart of Zafra's tourist quarter, Acebuche blends the cooking traditions of Extremadura and Argentina through a single concise tasting menu. Carmen and Javo, who trained at one-Michelin-star El Invernadero in Madrid, have transformed this renovated space into one of the most discussed dining addresses in the province of Badajoz.
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05.Modern Regional Extremaduran
Nardi
Hervás, Spain
Nardi holds consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition (2024 and 2025) for a reason that matters to travellers visiting the Valle del Ambroz: it delivers contemporary cooking anchored in regional produce at a price point that remains accessible. On a pedestrianised street in central Hervás, the kitchen works a seasonal menu and two tasting formats, with crispy suckling pig and the fish of the day earning particular attention from regular visitors.
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06.Neapolitan Pizza
nNea
Amsterdam, Netherlands
At Bilderdijkstraat 92 in Amsterdam's Oud-West, nNea has built a focused reputation around Neapolitan pizza done with genuine conviction. Chef Vincenzo Onnembo keeps the menu to nine pizzas, the room intimate, and the wood-fired oven visible and central. Advance booking is a practical necessity, the room fills consistently, and the Partenope with octopus has become a reference point for the city's pizza conversation.
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07.Modern Fujian Minnan Seafood
Chic 1699
Xiamen, China
Chic 1699 sits on the third floor of the JFC Centre on Huandao East Road, pairing faux-industrial interiors and coastal views with a menu anchored in Minnan seafood and Hokkien tradition. Consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand recognitions in 2024 and 2025, alongside a Black Pearl 1 Diamond, mark it as the flagship of a local chain that has earned its place among Xiamen's recognised mid-range dining addresses.
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08.Premium Tonkatsu
Manger
Osaka, Japan
A Tabelog Award winner every year since 2017 and a consistent entry in the Tabelog Tonkatsu 100, Manger operates from a 12-seat counter in Yao, on the southeastern edge of Osaka's metropolitan sprawl. Chef Kunio Sakamoto has held this format since 1996, running lunch and dinner on a walk-in, same-day-reservation basis at a price point that sits well below most award-level tonkatsu in Japan.
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09.Modern Spanish Fine Dining
La Cartería
Cartes, Spain
A Michelin Bib Gourmand recipient in 2024 and 2025, La Cartería occupies a 17th-century former post office on the historic camino real in Cartes, Cantabria. Chef Enrique Pérez delivers updated traditional cuisine with careful attention to presentation and regional flavour. At a mid-range price point, it represents one of the more considered dining stops along this lesser-travelled stretch of northern Spain.
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10.Modern Galician
El de Alberto
A Coruña, Spain
Among A Coruña's mid-range modern dining options, El de Alberto earns its Michelin Bib Gourmand distinction (2024 and 2025) through an updated take on Galician tradition: marinated mackerel, Galician-style hake, and sirloin with foie gras, served as medias raciones near Playa del Orzán. A third-generation family operation with training from Culler de Pau behind the stove and attentive, informal service throughout.
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11.French Seafood Bistro
Äta
Tokyo, Japan
A Michelin Plate bistro in Shibuya's Daikanyama-adjacent Sarugakucho, Äta runs a French-inflected seafood program where the produce does the talking. The bouillabaisse is the anchor dish, built on layered seafood stock and served with enough leftover broth to finish as a makeshift risotto with rice. Opinionated About Dining has ranked it among Japan's top restaurants for three consecutive years, placing it in consistent company well above its price tier.
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12.Japanese Curry
Tomato
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo curry has a serious specialist tier, and Tomato belongs to the small-room, spice-led end of it rather than the quick-lunch circuit. In Ogikubo, Kyoji Omino’s 15-seat European curry shop carries Tabelog Award Bronze recognition for 2026, a 4.25 Tabelog score, and a 2026 Opinionated About Dining Casual in Japan ranking, making it a compact but heavily validated address for curry-focused travelers.
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13.Modern Thai
Maenam
Vancouver, Canada
On Kitsilano's W 4th Avenue, Maenam has been reframing what Thai cuisine looks like in a Canadian context since 2009. Chef Angus An's progressive approach draws on time spent at London's Michelin-starred Nahm and extensive travel through Thailand, producing food that is intensely flavoured and grounded in local ingredients. A consistent Michelin Plate holder and Opinionated About Dining fixture, it occupies a different tier from the neighbourhood's quieter bistros.
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14.Modern Cucina Creativa Italian
QUINTOCANTO
Osaka, Japan
Part of Osaka's Salone Group, QUINTOCANTO brings cucina creativa to Nakanoshima's business district, pairing Italian regional tradition with a contemporary sensibility. Chef Kazunari Natsukawa holds a Michelin Plate (2025) and has ranked on the Opinionated About Dining Japan list in three consecutive years. The kitchen maintains a menu of perennial signatures alongside rotating creative dishes, framed by the group's signature salon-style service.
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15.Modern Fusion Fine Dining with Krug Pairing
The Krug Room
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Among Hong Kong's small pool of chef's table formats, The Krug Room at Mandarin Oriental occupies a category of its own: a communal marble counter where ten to fourteen Modern Asian courses unspool against a backdrop of mirrored Krug-lined shelves and an open kitchen. Recognised by La Liste in both 2025 and 2026, it positions itself as one of Central's most deliberate fine-dining encounters, where champagne is structure, not garnish.
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16.Modern Italian
L’Ardente
Washington DC, United States
L'Ardente holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and back-to-back Opinionated About Dining recognition, positioning it among D.C.'s most critically noted Italian kitchens at a mid-range price point. Chef Daniel Deshaies runs a wood-fired program out of the Capitol Crossing development in the East End, where a signature 40-layer lasagna has become one of the most discussed dishes in the city.
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17.European Brasserie
The Belvedere
Los Angeles, United States
A Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star institution on South Santa Monica Boulevard, The Belvedere has anchored Beverly Hills fine dining for decades under the American Californian banner. Chef Antonio Favuzzi leads a menu that draws on the hotel's own garden, while the weekend champagne brunch and rotating cultural programming, from an Emerging Artist Series to whiskey collaborations, give regulars repeated reasons to return.
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18.Hotel
Rosewood Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The first Rosewood property in the UAE, Rosewood Abu Dhabi occupies a knife-edge tower on man-made Al Maryah Island, surrounded by the waters of the Gulf and the Abu Dhabi Global Market financial district. Its 189 rooms and suites combine dark natural materials with floor-to-ceiling Gulf views, four distinct restaurants, and a full-service spa. La Liste awarded the hotel 92.5 points in its 2026 Top Hotels ranking.
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19.Seafood
Xian Xiong Qi
Xiamen, China
Xian Xiong Qi focuses on seafood at 24 Hubin S Rd, Si Ming Qu, Xia Men Shi, China, with Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024, 2025, and 2026 plus Black Pearl 1 Diamond in 2025 and 2026.
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20.Modern Italian with Japanese Seasonal Ingredients
La Brianza
Tokyo, Japan
Open since the early years of Tokyo's Italian dining scene, La Brianza in Roppongi applies the Lombard principle of restraint to a kitchen that works with Japanese seasonal ingredients. Kelp-cured fish carpaccio and yuzu pepper focaccia sit alongside risotto made with Japanese rice. The restaurant holds a Michelin Plate (2025) and has been ranked among Opinionated About Dining's top restaurants in Japan for three consecutive years.
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21.Nordic Wood-Fire Cuisine
Ekstedt at The Yard
London, United Kingdom
Niklas Ekstedt's first London outpost brings Scandinavian fire-cooking to the Great Scotland Yard Hotel in Westminster, with a menu built entirely around wood, embers, and smoke. The five- and seven-course tasting menus hold a Michelin Plate and a 4.8 Google rating from nearly 700 reviews. For the cooking technique alone, this is among the more distinctive tasting-menu formats in central London.
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22.Japanese Fusion Fine Dining
Kioku by Endo
London, United Kingdom
Kioku by Endo occupies the sixth floor of the Old War Office on Whitehall, where Endo Kazutoshi's contemporary Japanese menu, nigiri, sashimi, and robata-grilled meats and fish, is framed by rooftop views of the Houses of Parliament. A Michelin Plate holder for 2024 and 2025, and ranked 514th in the Opinionated About Dining Europe list, the restaurant offers a three-course lunch for £55 and a 'Taste of Kioku' tasting option at £150 per person.
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23.Traditional Cantabrian
Cañadío
Santander, Spain
Cañadío serves Traditional Cantabrian and Asturian cooking in Santander, with an extensive wine list, an open kitchen, and a lively, upscale-casual room.
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24.Traditional Edomae Sushi Omakase
Sushi Taichi
Tokyo, Japan
Sushi Taichi occupies a second-floor counter in Ginza 6-chome, where Chef Taichi Ishikawa runs an old-school edomae operation that earns Michelin Plate recognition and consecutive Opinionated About Dining rankings. The format here resists the dual-seating omakase template that has become standard across Ginza, favouring a more flexible, personal rhythm that the restaurant's growing list of regulars clearly prefer.
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25.Classic Burgundy French
LE BOURGUIGNON
Tokyo, Japan
A Michelin Plate-recognised French restaurant in Nishiazabu, Le Bourguignon brings Burgundian training and technique to one of Tokyo's quieter residential pockets. Chef Masumi Kikuchi's menu leans into offal, wild game, and produce-driven French cooking, anchored by a wine list weighted toward Burgundy. Opinionated About Dining has ranked it among Japan's top restaurants in each of the past three consecutive years.
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26.Modern Extremaduran with Oak-Smoked Flavors
Alberca
Trujillo, Spain
Inside a stone mansion in Trujillo's old town, Alberca holds two consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand awards (2024 and 2025) for Extremaduran cooking built around oak embers. Chef Mario Clemente's training at Etxebarri shapes a menu of three tasting formats, Brasas, Humo, and Ceniza, served on a covered internal patio that turns the building's medieval bones into one of the region's more considered dining rooms.
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27.Creative Seafood & Sushi
Clandestino Susci Bar
Portonovo, Italy
Perched on stilts above the Adriatic at Portonovo's bay, Clandestino Susci Bar translates Japanese precision through a distinctly Italian-coastal lens. Moreno Cedroni's concept of 'susci', reinterpreting sushi with Adriatic seafood and Mediterranean technique, has earned consistent Michelin Plate recognition and a place on the Opinionated About Dining European rankings since 2023. The wooden chalet setting, inside Monte Conero Regional Park, gives the cooking a specific geographic logic that few Italian seafood restaurants can match.
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28.Modern Tuscan Osteria
Osteria le Logge
Sienna, Italy
A former grocer's shop on Via del Porrione, Osteria le Logge holds its original shop counter and glass-fronted cabinets as the setting for contemporary Sienese cooking under Chef Maicol Izzo. Michelin Plate recognised in both 2024 and 2025, it sits in the mid-range of Siena's dining scene and draws serious attention for its wine access, including visits to a nearby cellar carved from an Etruscan tunnel.
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29.Modern Italian Pizza
Mentone
Aptos, United States
Mentone brings a mid-priced Italian sensibility to Aptos Village, earning consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025 and a place on Opinionated About Dining's Casual North America list. Chef Matt Bowden runs a kitchen that sits comfortably in the regional-Italian tradition without chasing the tasting-menu format dominating California's higher price points. For Santa Cruz County, the wine program alone warrants attention, recognized by Star Wine List in 2024.
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30.Italian Cuisine with Japanese Ingredients
ALTER EGO
Tokyo, Japan
In Tokyo's Jimbocho book district, Alter Ego occupies a former sake merchant's premises, its cedar ball still hanging from the eaves. The kitchen operates under a framework established by Milan-based chef Yoji Tokuyoshi: Italian technique applied to Japanese seasonal ingredients, served à la carte rather than omakase. A Michelin Plate holder since 2024 and ranked 144th in Opinionated About Dining's Japan list that same year.
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31.Modern Korean
Anju
Washington DC, United States
Anju on 18th Street NW puts Korean drinking food at the center of a convivial Dupont Circle dining room, with banchan, mandu, braised chicken, and dolsot bibimbap running alongside soju, beer, and makgeolli. Ranked #206 on Opinionated About Dining's Casual North America list in 2025 and holding a Michelin Plate, it occupies a distinct tier in D.C.'s Korean dining conversation.
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32.Modern French Bistro
bistro simba
Tokyo, Japan
In Ginza's ¥¥¥¥-dominated dining corridor, Bistro Simba operates at a different register: casual French bistro cooking sharpened by gastronomic technique, anchored in the Paris bistronomy movement of the early 2000s. Ranked #47 on Opinionated About Dining's Casual Japan list in 2025 and holding a Michelin Plate, it draws a loyal crowd Thursday through Sunday for organic wine and deeply considered bistro fare.
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33.Modern Slovak
Gašperov Mlyn
Batizovce, Slovakia
Gašperov Mlyn in Batizovce delivers modern Slovak fine dining inside a restored 19th-century water mill. The tasting menu highlights hyper-local ingredients and seasonality; notable dishes include game with foraged mushrooms, smoked freshwater trout with buckwheat, and artisanal sheep’s cheese with honey and herbs. Chef Jozef Breza leads a small, skilled kitchen and a sommelier curates pairings of Slovak and Central European wines. With only three tables and a maximum of seven guests, Gašperov Mlyn offers an intimate, adults-only experience framed by original stone walls, a garden terrace, and quietly confident service. Reservations are required at least 24 hours in advance.
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34.Continental Haute Cuisine with German & Central European Heritage
Horcher
Madrid, Spain
One of Madrid's longest-running European classical restaurants, Horcher on Calle Alfonso XII has held its Retiro address since the mid-twentieth century, operating a Spanish-German kitchen under Chef Miguel Hermann. Ranked #212 in Opinionated About Dining's Classical Europe list for 2025, it occupies a narrow but significant niche: formal European dining with Central European roots in a city whose fine-dining conversation is dominated by avant-garde Spanish technique.
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35.Traditional Bolognese
Al Cambio
Bologna, Italy
Al Cambio pairs Traditional Bolognese cooking with Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition and an extensive wine list, fitting lunch or dinner in Bologna.
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36.Korean
Yoon Haeundae Galbi
New York City, United States
At Yoon Haeundae Galbi, a grooved, domed grill surface at each table is the defining detail, engineered to produce the cragged, fatty edges that separate serious Korean BBQ from the merely competent. The Haeundae-cut short rib, slashed along the sides to break sinew and release tender slivers, is the anchor of the menu. Ranked #338 on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 North America list and Pearl-recommended, this Koreatown address earns its recognition.
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37.Authentic Indian Canteen
ADDA
New York City, United States
Unapologetic Foods' ADDA brings its Queens-born Indian kitchen to the East Village, where fierce seasoning, ornate presentations, and Le Creuset Dutch ovens of slow-cooked curries have earned a spot on Resy's Hit List and a ranking in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 North America casual list. The room runs loud and full most nights, and the food rewards those who order ambitiously.
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38.Modern Coastal Mexican
Casa Playa
Las Vegas, United States
Casa Playa brings ingredient-driven Mexican cooking to the Las Vegas Strip, earning a spot on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Top Restaurants in North America list. Under chef Sarah Thompson, the kitchen works within a tradition where daily sourcing determines what reaches the table. Rated 4.3 from nearly 400 Google reviews, it occupies a distinct position among Strip restaurants that take Mexican cuisine seriously.
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39.Bar
Bar Termini
London, United Kingdom
Bar Termini on Old Compton Street operates at the point where Italian bar culture and London's cocktail scene meet. Ranked as high as #6 in the World's 50 Best Bars, it trades in precision espresso and aperitivo-format drinks across a compact Soho address. Opening hours stretch from morning coffee to late-night cocktails, making it one of the few London bars that earns its space across the full day.
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40.Florentine Steakhouse
Bistecca
Sydney, Australia
On a quiet stretch of Dalley Street in Sydney's CBD, Bistecca has built its reputation around a single cut: the bistecca alla Fiorentina, grilled over ironbark, charcoal, and olive branches on an open hearth. The focused menu, Tuscan-inflected room, and a phone-free policy place it in a narrow tier of Sydney restaurants where format discipline drives the experience. Chef Pip Pratt leads the kitchen, and the restaurant holds a White Star from Star Wine List.
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41.Edomae Sushi Omakase
Mizukami
Tokyo, Japan
Opened in March 2018 in Chiyoda's Ichibancho district, Sushi Mizukami holds a Tabelog score of 4.27 and has earned consecutive Tabelog Bronze Awards from 2023 through 2026, placing it among Tokyo's most consistently recognised omakase counters. The eight-seat counter runs two evening seatings and a weekend lunch service, with dinner averaging JPY 40,000 to 49,999. Reservations are accepted but competitive at this tier.
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42.Traditional Kaiseki
Oryori Hayashi
Kyoto, Japan
In Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward, Oryori Hayashi represents the quieter register of kaiseki, a tradition-rooted counter anchored by chef Wataru Hayashi and tracked by both La Liste and Opinionated About Dining since 2023. The service windows are tight (two sittings daily, Wednesday closed), and the 4.1 Google score across 127 reviews reflects a room that rewards preparation over spontaneity.
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43.Modern Cantonese Fine Dining
Mott 32
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Mott 32 Dubai brings Hong Kong-rooted Cantonese cooking to Dubai Marina with the kind of design theatrics and culinary precision that have earned the brand consecutive Michelin Plate recognition and a place in Opinionated About Dining's top 100 restaurants in Asia. Under Chef Lee Man-Sing, the kitchen applies classical Cantonese technique to high-grade ingredients in a room built to impress. Book ahead: this is one of Dubai Marina's more consistent options at the top of its price tier.
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44.Alsatian Haute French Fine Dining
Buerehiesel
Strasbourg, France
Set inside a half-timbered pavilion in Strasbourg's Parc de l'Orangerie, Buerehiesel has held its place in Alsatian haute cuisine for decades under chef Éric Westermann. The kitchen maintains Alsatian foundations while working in the register of modern French technique, earning consistent recognition from Michelin and a 2025 ranking of #201 in Opinionated About Dining's Classical Europe list. Tuesday through Saturday service only; book well ahead.
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45.Modern French Fine Dining
Bruut
Bruges, Belgium
Bruut sits in Bruges's serious dining tier alongside peers like Mémoire and Sans Cravate, with Opinionated About Dining rankings in Europe's top 70 across three consecutive years. Chef Bruno Timperman runs a monthly-changing menu built around vegetables as structural ingredients rather than garnish, and the format, concise service windows, five days a week, rewards forward planners.
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46.American Fine Dining with Latin Flair
Havana
Bar Harbor, United States
Havana at 318 Main St brings farm-forward American cooking to the heart of Bar Harbor, Maine, with a wine program recognized by Star Wine List's White Star award in 2022 and a Pearl Recommended Restaurant designation for 2025. Chef Eric Brenner works within a tradition of seasonal, regionally sourced menus that reflects Maine's coastal and agricultural calendar. With a 4.6 Google rating across nearly 1,300 reviews, it holds steady as one of downtown Bar Harbor's more consistent dinner options.
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47.Modern Middle Eastern
Honey & Co
London, United Kingdom
Honey & Co on Lamb's Conduit Street holds a Michelin Plate and a 2024 Opinionated About Dining ranking among Europe's top casual restaurants, placing it firmly in London's most-recognised tier of Middle Eastern cooking. Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich serve sharing plates, meze, and all-day desserts in a room softened by foliage and paper tablecloths, where the wine list is curated by the team behind Noble Rot opposite.
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48.Classic French Bistro
Allard
Paris, France
A Saint-Germain institution on Rue Saint-André des Arts, Allard has been serving classical French bistro cooking since 1931. Now under Alain Ducasse's ownership with Chef Pascal Feraud in the kitchen, it holds a Michelin Plate and carries one of the Left Bank's more serious wine lists: 760 selections across 4,240 bottles, weighted toward Burgundy and Bordeaux.
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49.Traditional Galician
O Balado
Boqueixón, Spain
A Michelin Bib Gourmand address in rural Galicia, O Balado sits in the village of Boqueixón and runs two tasting menus built around hyper-local produce and a working lareira fireplace used for both cooking and smoking. Chef Roberto Filgueira Alonso and Marta operate the dining room with a precision that belies the modest setting. Rated 4.9 from 800 Google reviews, it earns its reputation through discipline, not spectacle.
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50.New Styrian Austrian
Restaurant Krainer
Langenwang, Austria
Restaurant Krainer occupies a dual role in Langenwang as both dining destination and hotel, holding consecutive Michelin Plates in 2024 and 2025 alongside a White Star recognition from Star Wine List. The kitchen works within the regional cuisine tradition of Styria, drawing on the agricultural rhythms of the Mürz valley. At the €€€€ price point, it represents the upper tier of destination dining in this part of Austria.
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51.Contemporary Turkish-Mediterranean
Şans Restaurant
Istanbul, Turkey
Şans Restaurant in Levent brings Mediterranean and Turkish cooking to a ₺₺₺ price point that sits a tier below Istanbul's dominant modern-Turkish fine-dining names, yet holds a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025 and an Opinionated About Dining ranking among Europe's top 500 restaurants. The wine program, 1,100 bottles, 200 selections, with particular depth in Turkish, Greek, French, and Italian labels, is one of the more serious in the city at this price level.
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52.Italian
Baldoria
Madrid, Spain
Baldoria on Calle José Ortega y Gasset brings a Neapolitan-influenced pizza counter to Madrid's Salamanca district, where Italian product sourcing meets occasional Spanish ingredient crossovers. Chef Ciro Cristiano's kitchen has built a reputation for consistent improvement rather than reinvention, with a cocktail program and service standard that place it well above the neighbourhood's average casual-dining options.
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53.Traditional Cantonese Seafood
Jade Palace Seafood Restaurant
Singapore, Singapore
Among Singapore's mid-tier Cantonese restaurants, Jade Palace Seafood Restaurant on Orchard Road punches above its price point, holding a Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025) and consecutive OAD Top Restaurants in Asia rankings alongside a Michelin Plate. Under Chef Ho Kin Yan, it delivers classic Cantonese seafood technique at a price bracket that makes the awards credentials easy to justify.
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54.Modern Taiwanese
Pine & Crane
Los Angeles, United States
Pine & Crane brings Taiwanese fast-casual to downtown Los Angeles's South Park neighborhood, earning a Michelin Bib Gourmand in both 2024 and 2025 and a spot on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants list. The menu spans cold appetizers, dumplings, noodles, and rice dishes, with the DTLA location adding Taipei-style breakfast service and a beverage program anchored in Taiwanese whiskies.
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55.Modern Catalan
al kostat
Barcelona, Spain
Al kostat occupies a tucked-away corner of the Moritz brewery complex in Eixample, sharing its kitchen with the Michelin-starred Alkimia. Chef Jordi Vilà's à la carte format runs lighter in cost and formality than its neighbour but draws on the same Catalan-rooted sourcing rigour. Ranked 94th in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it sits at the serious end of Barcelona's mid-tier dining.
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56.Modern Canarian
Silbo Gomero
San Cristóbal de la Laguna, Spain
Named after the whistling language of La Gomera, Silbo Gomero holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for two consecutive years and delivers contemporary Canarian cooking at a mid-range price point in San Cristóbal de la Laguna. Chef Braulio Simancas grounds the menu in island tradition, from mojo-dressed proteins to escaldón and frangollo, with technique that reads modern without abandoning its roots.
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57.Modern Australian Fine Dining
Oncore by Clare Smyth
Barangaroo, Australia
Oncore by Clare Smyth sits on Level 26 of Crown Sydney, positioning Modern British fine dining within one of Australia's most consequential new restaurant precincts. Scoring 97 points at La Liste in both 2025 and 2026, it holds a clear place among the country's most formally ambitious tables. The room's elevation above Barangaroo's waterfront adds a specific kind of pressure to the experience, one the kitchen, under Chef Alan Stuart, appears comfortable meeting.
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58.Modern German Fine Dining
Restaurant Schote
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
A Michelin-starred address in Bergisch Gladbach, Restaurant Schote earns its 2025 MICHELIN Star recognition through a commitment to Cooking Classics, a format that prizes technical discipline over novelty. With a Google rating of 4.5 across 384 reviews and a price range sitting at the €€€ tier, it occupies a serious but accessible position within the city's fine-dining scene.
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59.Winery
Domaine Pierre Morey
Meursault, France
Domaine Pierre Morey runs a quiet, independent Meursault estate with cave tastings, vineyard views, and biodynamic, organic sourcing.
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60.Seasonal California Fine Dining
Napa Rose
Los Angeles, United States
Napa Rose, inside Disney's Grand Californian Hotel in Anaheim, operates at a different register than most theme-park dining. A 14,000-bottle wine inventory, a six-course Chef's Counter, and a seasonally driven California menu position it against Orange County's serious dining tier. Note: the restaurant is closed through early 2026 for renovations.
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