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    2023 OAD Top New Restaurants in Europe Ranked by Opinionated About Dining (2023)
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    2023 OAD Top New Restaurants in Europe: The Complete Rankings

    A prestigious OAD ranked selection highlighting Europe's finest new restaurants, recognized for creativity and exceptional dining.

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    Alchemist, Copenhagen, Denmark
    #1

    Alchemist

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    Restaurant

    Few restaurants in Europe ask as much of a guest as Alchemist. Set inside a former industrial space on Copenhagen's Refshaleøen peninsula, Rasmus Munk's project runs to 50 'impressions' across roughly seven hours, folding art installation, theatre, ingredient-driven cooking into a single sitting. Two Michelin stars, a #8 ranking on the World's 50 Best list in 2024, the #1 position on Opinionated About Dining's European ranking for two consecutive years place it in a tier with very few peers.

    Frantzén, Stockholm, Sweden
    #2

    Frantzén

    Stockholm, Sweden

    Restaurant

    Frantzén sits at the high-control end of Stockholm dining, where Nordic ingredients, French technique and Asian references are folded into a choreographed townhouse format. Björn Frantzén's training at Edsbacka Krog, Chez Nico and L'Arpège gives the restaurant its technical grammar, but the larger story is Stockholm's shift from spare New Nordic minimalism toward immersive, multi-room fine dining.

    Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo, Spain
    #3

    Asador Etxebarri

    Atxondo, Spain

    Restaurant

    In a mountain village between Bilbao and San Sebastián, Asador Etxebarri has ranked among the World's 50 Best Restaurants continuously since 2008 and holds the title of Best Restaurant in Europe 2025. Victor Arguinzoniz cooks everything over live fire using custom-built grills and a pulley system of his own design, producing a tasting menu that runs to 14 courses and books out months in advance.

    Bagá, Jaén, Spain
    #4

    Bagá

    Jaén, Spain

    Restaurant

    Bagá Jaén transforms a tiny 45-square-meter space into Spain's most innovative culinary theater, where Michelin-starred chef Pedro Sánchez creates fifteen-course tasting menus that celebrate Andalusian terroir through avant-garde techniques, earning recognition as one of the world's most unusual restaurants.

    Desde 1911, Madrid, Spain
    #5

    Desde 1911

    Madrid, Spain

    Restaurant

    Desde 1911 occupies a converted industrial workshop in Madrid's Moncloa district, bringing La Coruña's deep-sea fishing tradition to the capital with a Michelin star and a ranking of 16th in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025. Chef Diego Murciego structures the meal around four set menus, each anchored by a daily-changing main course and a selection of raw, marinated, soup-style starters, followed by cheese and dessert trolleys.

    Schloss Schauenstein, Fürstenau, Switzerland
    #6

    Schloss Schauenstein

    Fürstenau, Switzerland

    Restaurant

    Schloss Schauenstein occupies a medieval castle in the village of Fürstenau, deep in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The kitchen, guided by Andreas Caminada and Marcel Skibba, holds three Michelin stars and a sustained presence in the World's 50 Best since 2010. Vegetables sit at the centre of a creative European menu that draws on alpine produce and precision technique.

    Quique Dacosta, Dénia, Spain
    #7

    Quique Dacosta

    Dénia, Spain

    Restaurant

    Three Michelin stars and a decade-long presence in the World's 50 Best Restaurants, yet Quique Dacosta operates from the small coastal town of Dénia, on Spain's Mediterranean Costa Blanca. The annually reinvented tasting menu, named Octavo in deliberate provocation of the classical seven fine arts, frames each course as a form of sensory communication rather than conventional gastronomy. This is one of Spain's most decorated restaurants, positioned well outside the obvious fine-dining capitals.

    Geranium, Copenhagen, Denmark
    #8

    Geranium

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    Restaurant

    Denmark's only three-Michelin-star restaurant, Geranium occupies the eighth floor of Copenhagen's Parken stadium with a menu that runs approximately 80% plant-based across 20-plus courses. Chef Rasmus Kofoed, the sole chef to have won gold, silver, bronze at the Bocuse d'Or, leads a program recognised by the World's 50 Best (#1, 2022) and La Liste (98pts, 2026). The wine list, curated by co-owner Søren Ledet, spans 6,085 selections across 22,900 bottles.

    Lido 84, Fasano del Garda, Italy
    #9

    Lido 84

    Fasano del Garda, Italy

    Restaurant

    Lido 84 occupies a converted lido building on the western shore of Lake Garda, where Riccardo Camanini applies deep research into Italian ingredients and technique to a menu that rewrites familiar classics. Ranked No.12 on the World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2024 and holding one Michelin star, it operates Thursday through Monday for both lunch and dinner, closing Tuesday and Wednesday.

    De Librije, Zwolle, Netherlands
    #10

    De Librije

    Zwolle, Netherlands

    Restaurant

    De Librije has held three Michelin stars since 2004, making it the most consistently decorated restaurant in the Netherlands over the past quarter-century. Housed in a converted women's prison in Zwolle, it operates Thursday through Saturday evenings under chef and co-owner Nelson Tanate, with a programme built on regional produce, fermentation, a vegetable-led approach that shaped modern Dutch cooking.

    Victor's Fine Dining by christian bau, Perl, Germany
    #11

    Victor's Fine Dining by christian bau

    Perl, Germany

    Restaurant

    Three Michelin stars and a 99-point La Liste score place Victor's Fine Dining by Christian Bau at the top of Germany's fine dining hierarchy. Operating from Perl in the Saar-Moselle triangle, Bau's French-Japanese tasting menus bring kaiseki-influenced precision to a corner of Europe that rewards the deliberate journey. Thursday through Sunday evenings only; booking well in advance is essential.

    Uliassi, Senigallia, Italy
    #12

    Uliassi

    Senigallia, Italy

    Restaurant

    Uliassi holds three Michelin stars and ranked 12th on Opinionated About Dining's Europe list in 2025, placing it among Italy's most decorated seafood restaurants. Set in a white wooden structure on Senigallia's waterfront, the kitchen draws on Marche coastal tradition while pushing into creative territory through an annual research Lab. The pairing of land and sea ingredients is the defining thread across both the tasting and classic menus.

    Kadeau Bornholm, Åkirkeby, Denmark
    #13

    Kadeau Bornholm

    Åkirkeby, Denmark

    Restaurant

    On Bornholm's south coast, Kadeau operates from a converted beach pavilion surrounded by forest and sea, holding a Michelin star and ranked 11th in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025. Chef Nicolai Nørregaard's cooking is rooted entirely in the island's ingredients and seasons, making the remoteness of the location inseparable from what arrives on the plate. For serious diners, the journey to Åkirkeby is the point.

    Jordnær, Gentofte, Denmark
    #14

    Jordnær

    Gentofte, Denmark

    Restaurant

    Jordnær holds three Michelin stars and a place in the World's 50 Best at number 56, operating from a quiet address in Gentofte rather than central Copenhagen. Chef Eric Kragh Vildgaard, a Noma alumnus, works a Nordic-Japanese register that has drawn consistent recognition from La Liste, Michelin, the 50 Best across successive years. The restaurant ranks among Denmark's most decorated outside the capital's inner ring.

    DiverXO, Madrid, Spain
    #15

    DiverXO

    Madrid, Spain

    Restaurant

    Madrid's only three-Michelin-star restaurant, DiverXO sits in a tier of its own among Spain's creative kitchens. Chef Dabiz Muñoz's single 'Flying Pigs Cuisine' tasting menu draws on Asian technique, Spanish pantry, a hedonistic refusal to respect category boundaries, ranked No. 4 on The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025 list and 98 points from La Liste in 2026.

    Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy
    #17

    Osteria Francescana

    Modena, Italy

    Restaurant

    Osteria Francescana is Modena’s high-concept reading of Emilia-Romagna, where Parmigiano Reggiano, balsamic vinegar, pasta memory, contemporary Italian technique are treated as cultural material rather than comfort-food nostalgia. Massimo Bottura’s dining room carries rare external validation, including La Liste 97 points in 2026, Les Grandes Tables du Monde membership, sustained international ranking history.

    Disfrutar, Barcelona, Spain
    #18

    Disfrutar

    Barcelona, Spain

    Restaurant

    Disfrutar is Barcelona’s high-concept progressive dining reference point: a restaurant built around technique, surprise, the post-El Bulli evolution of Spanish avant-garde cooking. Its recognition, from Michelin to a World’s 50 Best Restaurants #1 ranking in 2024 and Guía Repsol 3 Soles in 2026, places it in the rare tier where the meal is judged against global creative counters, not local fine dining alone.

    Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy
    #19

    Le Calandre

    Rubano, Italy

    Restaurant

    Three Michelin stars since 2002, a 99-point La Liste ranking in 2026, a permanent position in the World's 50 Best since 2006: Le Calandre in Rubano operates at the upper tier of Italian fine dining. Chef Massimiliano Alajmo runs three tasting menus from a minimalist dining room where tables are carved from a single 300-year-old ash tree, forty minutes from Venice.

    Azurmendi, Larrabetzu, Spain
    #20

    Azurmendi

    Larrabetzu, Spain

    Restaurant

    Azurmendi Larrabetzu elevates sustainable fine dining to an art form, where Chef Eneko Atxa's three-Michelin-starred vision unfolds through an immersive greenhouse-to-table experience. This architectural marvel seamlessly integrates Basque tradition with cutting-edge gastronomy, offering the acclaimed Adarrak tasting menu in a bioclimatic structure that defines the future of responsible luxury dining.

    Arpège, Paris, France
    #21

    Arpège

    Paris, France

    Restaurant

    Arpège belongs to the Paris fine-dining tier where technical French cooking is judged against its ability to evolve, not merely preserve. Alain Passard’s long turn from slow-cooked meats toward garden-led cuisine gives the restaurant its critical importance: vegetables are treated as the main argument, backed by Michelin in 2025, La Liste Top Restaurants 2026 at 97 points, decades of international ranking history.

    Maaemo, Oslo, Norway
    #22

    Maaemo

    Oslo, Norway

    Restaurant

    Norway's first three-Michelin-star restaurant, Maaemo has held that distinction since 2016 and earned 95 points on La Liste's 2026 ranking. Chef Esben Holmboe Bang's 20-course format draws entirely on organic and natural Norwegian ingredients, tracing a seasonal arc from the Arctic waters of the north to the farmland around Oslo. Bookings open well in advance; Tuesday through Saturday, from 6 pm.

    Ernst, Berlin, Germany
    #23

    Ernst

    Berlin, Germany

    Restaurant

    Ernst Berlin elevated counter dining to art form, seating just eight guests for Dylan Watson-Brawn's rapid-fire progression of 30-40 Japanese-influenced courses. This Michelin-starred Wedding district sanctuary combined Tokyo precision with European terroir before its celebrated closure in 2024.

    La Marine, Noirmoutier-en-l'île, France
    #25

    La Marine

    Noirmoutier-en-l'île, France

    Restaurant

    Among France's Atlantic-coast restaurants, La Marine on the island of Noirmoutier holds three Michelin stars and a 98-point La Liste score, placing it firmly in the country's top tier of seafood-led fine dining. Chef Alexandre Couillon works with tides and local fishermen to produce a cuisine defined by marine provenance rather than kitchen theatrics. A Relais & Châteaux member with a seat on Netflix's Chef's Table, it draws serious diners from across Europe.

    L'Enclume, Cartmel, United Kingdom
    #26

    L'Enclume

    Cartmel, United Kingdom

    Restaurant

    L'Enclume is the Cartmel dining room that turned the Cumbrian village into a serious stop on Britain's modern restaurant map. Simon Rogan's farm-led cooking belongs to the post-gastropub revolution: local produce, long tasting-menu discipline, a rural setting treated with the ambition once reserved for city dining rooms.

    El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain
    #27

    El Celler de Can Roca

    Girona, Spain

    Restaurant

    El Celler de Can Roca sits at the high-theatre end of Girona dining, where Catalan hospitality, progressive Spanish technique and the Spanish habit of shared anticipation are stretched into a formal tasting-menu language. Its three Michelin stars, 99-point La Liste score for 2026 and long history on The World's 50 Best Restaurants make it a benchmark for travellers comparing Girona with Barcelona, Madrid and the wider Iberian creative circuit.

    Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy
    #28

    Piazza Duomo

    Alba, Italy

    Restaurant

    Piazza Duomo places Alba’s truffle-and-Barolo identity inside a progressive Italian frame, with Enrico Crippa’s plant-led menus pulling the Langhe into a far more technical register. The draw is not only Michelin three-star status, La Liste 96 points for 2026, or its long World’s 50 Best Restaurants run, but the way regional produce becomes the grammar of the meal rather than a decorative accent.

    Ca l'Enric, La Vall de Bianya, Spain
    #29

    Ca l'Enric

    La Vall de Bianya, Spain

    Restaurant

    Set in a converted 19th-century hostal in the forested Vall de Bianya, Ca l'Enric holds a Michelin star and ranked 30th among Europe's top restaurants by Opinionated About Dining in 2024. The Juncà siblings run the kitchen and floor around two tasting menus that trace seasonal Catalan ingredients through modern technique. Lunch service runs Wednesday through Sunday, making it a serious destination for anyone travelling the Garrotxa comarca.

    Els Casals, Sagàs, Spain
    #30

    Els Casals

    Sagàs, Spain

    Restaurant

    Els Casals transforms six centuries of Catalan farming into Michelin-starred perfection, where the Rovira family's zero-mile philosophy creates Spain's most authentic farm-to-table experience on their historic 200-acre Sagàs estate.

    Reale, Castel di Sangro, Italy
    #31

    Reale

    Castel di Sangro, Italy

    Restaurant

    Reale occupies a 16th-century monastery outside Castel di Sangro and holds three Michelin stars, a place in the World's 50 Best (ranked 19th in 2024), and a La Liste score of 97.5 points. Chef Niko Romito's tasting menus pursue radical minimalism, extracting maximum intensity from single ingredients, with a 14-course plant-based format that has drawn international attention to an otherwise overlooked corner of Abruzzo.

    Casa Marcial, Arriondas, Spain
    #32

    Casa Marcial

    Arriondas, Spain

    Restaurant

    Casa Marcial holds three Michelin stars and a La Liste score of 95 points, placing it among the most decorated restaurants in northern Spain. Nacho Manzano's tasting menus draw entirely from Asturian produce, Cantabrian seafood, zero-mile ingredients, mountain-to-coast cooking, served in a remote farmhouse setting outside Arriondas that has defined serious dining in the region for two decades.

    Kadeau, Copenhagen, Denmark
    #33

    Kadeau

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    Restaurant

    Kadeau places Copenhagen New Nordic cooking in direct conversation with Bornholm, using preservation, acidity and island produce as its grammar rather than decoration. Its recognition from Michelin, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List and The World’s 50 Best Restaurants puts it in the city’s serious tasting-menu tier, but the sharper point is its micro-local reading of season and place.

    The Fat Duck, Bray, United Kingdom
    #34

    The Fat Duck

    Bray, United Kingdom

    Restaurant

    Three Michelin stars, a number-one World's 50 Best ranking in 2005, approaching three decades of multi-sensory theatre: The Fat Duck in Bray occupies a singular position in British fine dining. Heston Blumenthal's High Street address operates at the ££££ tier, with tasting menus running from £275 to £350, alongside a reintroduced three-course à la carte at £255 per person.

    Hiša Franko, Kobarid, Slovenia
    #35

    Hiša Franko

    Kobarid, Slovenia

    Restaurant

    Three Michelin stars and a place in the World's 50 Best Restaurants confirm what visitors to this remote Soča Valley farmhouse already know: Hiša Franko operates at a level rarely found outside major capitals. Chef Ana Roš, self-taught and hyper-local in her sourcing, has built a menu anchored in the Julian Alps, drawing ingredients from foragers, shepherds, fishermen across the valley's tight community of producers.

    Alouette, Copenhagen, Denmark
    #36

    Alouette

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    Restaurant

    Alouette operates on Kronprinsessegade in central Copenhagen, structuring its tasting experience around twelve to fifteen servings divided into four farm-specific Plots. The menu reads as a document of Danish agricultural relationships rather than a conventional chef showcase. One Michelin star (2025) and a position inside the Opinionated About Dining Top 100 in Europe place it firmly within the city's serious tasting-menu tier.

    Table - Bruno Verjus, Paris, France
    #37

    Table - Bruno Verjus

    Paris, France

    Restaurant

    Table - Bruno Verjus elevates Paris fine dining through intimate counter seating where chef Bruno Verjus personally crafts his acclaimed "Couleur du Jour" tasting menu. This two-Michelin-starred gem, ranked No. 8 on The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025, transforms seasonal ingredients into 16-course poetry for just 24 guests nightly.

    L'air du temps, Liernu, Belgium
    #38

    L'air du temps

    Liernu, Belgium

    Restaurant

    L'Air du Temps holds two Michelin stars and an 88.5-point La Liste ranking, operating from a rural property in Liernu where a multi-acre kitchen garden supplies the bulk of what arrives on the plate. Chef Sang-Hoon Degeimbre works within a French-Asian creative register that treats vegetables as the structural core of the menu, with fish and meat serving as secondary elements. Dinner runs Tuesday through Saturday, evenings only.

    Steirereck im Stadtpark, Vienna, Austria
    #39

    Steirereck im Stadtpark

    Vienna, Austria

    Restaurant

    Inside a 1904 pavilion in Vienna's Stadtpark, Steirereck im Stadtpark operates at the intersection of architectural drama and Austrian culinary research. Three Michelin stars and consistent placement inside the World's 50 Best Restaurants top 25 position it as the reference point for serious dining in the city. The menu is built around rare breeds, near-extinct produce varieties, ingredients grown on the building's own rooftop.

    Martin Berasategui, Lasarte - Oria, Spain
    #40

    Martin Berasategui

    Lasarte - Oria, Spain

    Restaurant

    Martin Berasategui places Lasarte-Oria inside the Basque Country's high-precision dining circuit rather than the casual pintxos route. The restaurant's progressive Spanish cooking, €€€€ positioning, 2026 Guía Repsol 3 Soles, La Liste 99-point score and long history on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list make it a serious destination meal with a formal creative format.

    Mirazur, Menton, France
    #41

    Mirazur

    Menton, France

    Restaurant

    Mirazur is Menton’s defining high-form restaurant, a three-Michelin-star and Michelin Green Star address shaped by Mauro Colagreco’s borderland cooking between France and Italy. Its appeal is not only luxury dining but a tighter reading of place: gardens, coastal proximity, mountain produce and a Modern French, creative format that treats provenance as structure rather than decoration.

    Noor, Córdoba, Spain
    #42

    Noor

    Córdoba, Spain

    Restaurant

    Three Michelin stars and a La Liste score of 87 points place Noor at the top of Córdoba's dining hierarchy and among Spain's most consequential modern restaurants. Chef Paco Morales structures the experience around a rotating historical period, currently the 18th century, explored through three named menus that draw on Andalucian culinary heritage and Moorish tradition. The result is one of the most intellectually coherent tasting formats in southern Spain.

    Cocina Hermanos Torres, Barcelona, Spain
    #43

    Cocina Hermanos Torres

    Barcelona, Spain

    Restaurant

    Cocina Hermanos Torres holds three Michelin stars and ranks #78 on the World's 50 Best list (2025), placing it among Barcelona's most decorated creative restaurants. The Torres twins operate from three open cooking stations at the centre of the dining room, with five sommeliers overseeing a wine programme that earned three Star Wine List distinctions in 2026. Lunch and dinner service runs Tuesday through Saturday in Les Corts.

    Alkimia, Barcelona, Spain
    #44

    Alkimia

    Barcelona, Spain

    Restaurant

    Alkimia holds a Michelin star and ranks #60 in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 European list, operating from an unlikely address inside Barcelona's Moritz beer factory. Chef Jordi Vilà serves a single tasting menu rooted in Catalan tradition with a pronounced focus on fish and vegetables. The restaurant opens Tuesday to Wednesday for lunch and dinner only, entry requires ringing a bell on arrival.

    Konstantin Filippou, Vienna, Austria
    #45

    Konstantin Filippou

    Vienna, Austria

    Restaurant

    Vienna's two-Michelin-star address on Dominikanerbastei 17 sits at the sharper end of the city's modern European table. Ranked 52nd in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025 and scoring 91 points in La Liste's 2026 ranking, Konstantin Filippou operates in the same critical tier as the city's most scrutinised kitchens, distinguished by ingredient-led cooking that draws on Mediterranean and Central European references in equal measure.

    Vendôme, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
    #46

    Vendôme

    Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

    Restaurant

    Vendôme at Althoff Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg has held a place in the World's 50 Best Restaurants for over a decade and carries two Michelin stars under chef Joachim Wissler. The restaurant's Modern European tasting format runs Wednesday through Sunday evenings in a grand hotel setting outside Cologne, ranking 54th in Europe on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 list. For serious diners in the region, it represents the apex of the local fine dining tier.

    Iván Cerdeño, Toledo, Spain
    #47

    Iván Cerdeño

    Toledo, Spain

    Restaurant

    Two-Michelin-starred Iván Cerdeño Toledo transforms forgotten regional recipes into contemporary masterpieces at the historic Cigarral del Ángel, where chef Iván Cerdeño's "Toledo Olvidado" tasting menu celebrates La Mancha's culinary heritage with panoramic views over Spain's ancient imperial city.

    Essigbrätlein, Nuremberg, Germany
    #49

    Essigbrätlein

    Nuremberg, Germany

    Restaurant

    Essigbrätlein holds two Michelin stars and a place in Opinionated About Dining's top 60 European restaurants, making it the most decorated table in Nuremberg. Yves Ollech and Andree Köthe run a tightly focused modern German menu from a medieval address on the Weinmarkt. Wednesday through Saturday, lunch and dinner services operate on strict hours, with no walk-in culture at this level.

    Memories, Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
    #50

    Memories

    Bad Ragaz, Switzerland

    Restaurant

    Memories holds three Michelin stars and a 97-point La Liste rating in Bad Ragaz, a small Swiss spa town that has quietly become one of the country's most concentrated fine-dining addresses. Chef Sven Wassmer leads the kitchen with a modern Swiss approach, while sommelier Amanda Wassmer-Bulgin ranks among Switzerland's foremost wine professionals. The restaurant operates four evenings a week, signalling the calibre of commitment required to secure a table.

    CORE by Clare Smyth, London, United Kingdom
    #51

    CORE by Clare Smyth

    London, United Kingdom

    Restaurant

    CORE by Clare Smyth sits at the formal end of London's Modern British movement, where the old promise of local produce has been pushed from pub comfort into tasting-menu precision. Clare Smyth's Notting Hill restaurant has La Liste 2026 recognition at 98 points, National Restaurant Awards Top 100 placement, Star Wine List accreditation, a cooking style that gives British vegetables the same status usually reserved for luxury seafood and game.

    Henne Kirkeby Kro, Henne, Denmark
    #52

    Henne Kirkeby Kro

    Henne, Denmark

    Restaurant

    A two-Michelin-star inn on Denmark's remote Jutland coast, Henne Kirkeby Kro operates where New Nordic discipline meets the quieter tradition of the regional kro. Ranked #77 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025 and a consistent Star Wine List presence, it makes a compelling case for destination dining outside Copenhagen, on terms that favour the landscape over the spectacle.

    Enigma, Barcelona, Spain
    #53

    Enigma

    Barcelona, Spain

    Restaurant

    Ranked 51st in Europe by Opinionated About Dining (2025) and holding a Michelin star, Enigma is the most structurally ambitious of Albert Adrià's Barcelona projects. A roughly 25-course seasonal tasting menu moves through named chapters, from Almonds to Gamba, in an interior that reads more like a design installation than a dining room. Advance booking is essential; this is an evening-only format with no lunch service.

    Alliance, Paris, France
    #54

    Alliance

    Paris, France

    Restaurant

    Alliance showcases the extraordinary partnership between Japanese Chef Toshitaka Omiya and maître d' Shawn Joyeux at their Michelin-starred Latin Quarter restaurant, where French culinary tradition meets Japanese precision through seasonal tasting menus and impeccable wine pairings in an intimate 30-seat setting.

    Atelier, Munich, Germany
    #55

    Atelier

    Munich, Germany

    Restaurant

    Atelier occupies a quietly commanding position in Munich's top-tier fine dining scene, holding two Michelin stars and 87 points on the 2026 La Liste rankings from its address inside the storied Bayerischer Hof hotel. Chef Jan Hartwig's creative French menu balances technical precision with intense, layered flavour combinations. Tuesday through Saturday evenings only, with a format built for extended, course-driven dining.

    The Jane, Antwerp, Belgium
    #56

    The Jane

    Antwerp, Belgium

    Restaurant

    The Jane relocated in October 2025 from its celebrated chapel home to the Montevideo Residence on Het Eilandje, Antwerp's regenerating harbour district. Ranked #36 in the World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2024 and holding 96 points on La Liste, Nick Bril's Modern Flemish kitchen remains one of Belgium's most closely watched tables. The new chapter preserves the restaurant's identity while expanding its ambitions inside a monumental waterfront address.

    Aponiente, El Puerto de Santa María, Spain
    #57

    Aponiente

    El Puerto de Santa María, Spain

    Restaurant

    Aponiente is El Puerto de Santa María's defining progressive seafood table, built around Ángel León's research-led view of the sea as pantry, laboratory, ecological argument. Its Michelin 3 Stars, 3 Repsol Soles for 2026, La Liste scores, World's 50 Best Restaurants placements put it in Spain's rare tier of destination restaurants where marine sourcing is the thesis, not a garnish.

    Materia, Cernobbio, Italy
    #58

    Materia

    Cernobbio, Italy

    Restaurant

    Ristorante Materia Cernobbio holds a Michelin star and a La Liste score of 82 points (2026), placing chef Davide Caranchini among Italy's more closely watched progressive voices. The kitchen bridges Italian structure with Asian spicing, heavy on vegetables, aromatic herbs, deliberately bitter or acidic finishes. Ranked 101st in Opinionated About Dining's European list for 2025, it operates Wednesday through Sunday for both lunch and dinner.

    KOL, London, United Kingdom
    #59

    KOL

    London, United Kingdom

    Restaurant

    KOL arrived in Marylebone in late 2020 and rapidly became one of London's most closely watched restaurant openings, earning a Michelin star and a World's 50 Best ranking of #17 by 2024. The premise is structurally unusual: a ten-course tasting menu built entirely on British-sourced ingredients, reinterpreted through 9,000 years of Mexican culinary tradition. The downstairs Mezcaleria offers one of the UK's most serious agave spirit collections as a standalone destination.

    D'O, Cornaredo, Italy
    #60

    D'O

    Cornaredo, Italy

    Restaurant

    Chef Davide Oldani's revolutionary "pop cuisine" defines D'O Cornaredo, where two Michelin stars and a Green Star celebrate innovative Italian gastronomy in an intimate 30-seat village setting. This acclaimed restaurant transforms fine dining through accessible elegance and sustainable practices.

    Da terra, Nara, Japan
    #61

    Da terra

    Nara, Japan

    Restaurant

    Set among the ancient fields of Asuka in Nara Prefecture, Da terra holds a Michelin star and back-to-back recognition in the Opinionated About Dining European rankings, an unusual credential for a restaurant rooted in southern Japan. The kitchen works from its own garden, crossing Italian technique with the finest local produce in a format that reads more like a philosophical argument than a tasting menu.

    Estimar Madrid, Madrid, Spain
    #62

    Estimar Madrid

    Madrid, Spain

    Restaurant

    Estimar Madrid brings a Catalan approach to fish and shellfish to the Centro district, a street from the Spanish Parliament. Opinionated About Dining ranked the Madrid outpost among the top 54 restaurants in Europe in 2024, placing it in a comparable set that includes some of Spain's most serious seafood programs. Open Tuesday through Saturday for lunch and dinner, with Monday and Sunday closed.

    Moor Hall, Aughton, United Kingdom
    #63

    Moor Hall

    Aughton, United Kingdom

    Restaurant

    Moor Hall puts Aughton at the serious end of modern British dining, where the country-house restaurant has absorbed lessons from the gastropub era and pushed them into tasting-menu territory. Mark Birchall’s cooking is backed by estate-grown produce, in-house production, La Liste recognition and Star Wine List status, making the Lancashire address a northern counterweight to London-centric fine dining.

    The Clove Club, London, United Kingdom
    #64

    The Clove Club

    London, United Kingdom

    Restaurant

    The Clove Club sits in London’s expensive creative-dining tier, where tasting-menu discipline, wine depth and international rankings have to justify the bill. Its Shoreditch room keeps the mood less ceremonial than Mayfair fine dining, while Isaac McHale’s kitchen uses British produce, smoke, offcuts and sharp contrasts to make the format feel contemporary rather than deferential.

    Contraste, Paris, France
    #65

    Contraste

    Paris, France

    Restaurant

    Contraste brings a South American-trained perspective to the 8th arrondissement's modern French table, holding a Michelin star and ranking 90th in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 European rankings. Chef Antoine Perchoc applies a technically rigorous approach that sits comfortably inside Paris's one-star tier without imitating it. The address on Rue d'Anjou places it firmly within the city's established fine-dining corridor.

    Ikoyi, London, United Kingdom
    #66

    Ikoyi

    London, United Kingdom

    Restaurant

    Ikoyi is London's serious argument for spice as structure rather than garnish. Jeremy Chan's cooking uses West African ingredients and British produce inside a tasting-menu format that has earned two Michelin stars and a No. 15 place on The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025, placing it in the city's high-price, high-scrutiny creative dining tier.

    Amador, Vienna, Austria
    #67

    Amador

    Vienna, Austria

    Restaurant

    Amador holds three Michelin stars and a consistent place in La Liste's top tier, operating from a winery setting in Vienna's 19th district. Chef Juan Amador's kitchen works across the creative register, drawing on local Austrian produce alongside Spanish and German culinary references. The wine program has ranked number one on Star Wine List for two consecutive years, making it one of the most decorated tables in the Austrian capital.

    Willem Hiele Lunch & Gastentafel, Koksijde, Belgium
    #68

    Willem Hiele Lunch & Gastentafel

    Koksijde, Belgium

    Restaurant

    Willem Hiele Lunch & Gastentafel operates from Oudenburg, in the coastal agricultural belt south of Koksijde, serving Modern Flemish cuisine across lunch and dinner sittings Thursday through Saturday. Ranked #44 on Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Europe in 2024, it draws serious diners to an address most sat-nav systems have to think twice about. The format, intimate, seasonal, rooted in West Flemish land and sea, makes advance planning essential.

    Restaurant David Toutain, Paris, France
    #69

    Restaurant David Toutain

    Paris, France

    Restaurant

    On a quiet Invalides street in the 7th arrondissement, Restaurant David Toutain holds two Michelin stars and a Green Star for a cuisine d'auteur built around vegetables, fruit, nature-led technique. Surprise menus run from four to ten courses, with no fixed script and a loft-style room that trades formality for pace and energy. La Liste ranked it 89.5 points in 2025, Opinionated About Dining placed it 78th in Europe the same year.

    Bruut, Bruges, Belgium
    #70

    Bruut

    Bruges, Belgium

    Restaurant

    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, the format, concise service windows, five days a week, rewards forward planners.

    Arzak, San Sebastián, Spain
    #71

    Arzak

    San Sebastián, Spain

    Restaurant

    Arzak belongs to San Sebastián’s serious dining circuit: modern Basque cooking in a family mansion at Alto de Miracruz, led by Juan Mari Arzak & Elena Arzak and backed by 2026 Guía Repsol 3 Soles and La Liste’s 99-point score. Its relevance is not nostalgia alone; it is how a city built on pintxos, sharing, appetite for experimentation translates that social grammar into a formal tasting-menu room.

    Taubenkobel, Schützen am Gebirge, Austria
    #72

    Taubenkobel

    Schützen am Gebirge, Austria

    Restaurant

    A two-Michelin-star restaurant set in a converted farmhouse in the Burgenland wine country, Taubenkobel places Modern Austrian and French Contemporary cooking inside a family-run format that reads less like a destination restaurant and more like a serious country house that happens to cook at this level. Ranked 73rd in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it operates Thursday through Sunday and closes entirely from November through February.

    Enrico Bartolini, Milan, Italy
    #73

    Enrico Bartolini

    Milan, Italy

    Restaurant

    Enrico Bartolini al Mudec occupies the third floor of Milan's Museum of Cultures in Tortona, holding three Michelin stars and a 96.5-point La Liste score. The kitchen, run alongside resident chef Davide Boglioli, offers two tasting formats plus à la carte selection, with cooking that prizes flavor intensity over intellectual abstraction. Ranked 85th on the World's 50 Best list in 2023, it sits at the top of Milan's fine-dining tier.

    Kitchen Table, London, United Kingdom
    #74

    Kitchen Table

    London, United Kingdom

    Restaurant

    A 19-seat counter restaurant on Charlotte Street, Kitchen Table holds two Michelin stars and ranked 68th in Opinionated About Dining's Europe list for 2024. Chef James Knappett runs a surprise tasting menu built around foraged and sourced British produce, priced at £195 per person, with wine pairings curated by Sandia Chang including a £250 Champagne option.

    BonAmb, Xàbia, Spain
    #75

    BonAmb

    Xàbia, Spain

    Restaurant

    BonAmb holds two Michelin stars and a 95-point La Liste ranking, placing it among Spain's most decorated regional restaurants. Set in a restored country house outside Xàbia, Alberto Ferruz builds his seasonal tasting menus around Mediterranean fish, seafood, produce from the Marina Alta. The kitchen operates Wednesday through Sunday, with both lunch and dinner service available.

    Mugaritz, Errenteria, Spain
    #76

    Mugaritz

    Errenteria, Spain

    Restaurant

    Mugaritz sits in Errenteria’s Basque dining orbit as a research-led restaurant shaped by Andoni Luis Aduriz’s long move from regional craft into conceptual cuisine. Its recognition, including Michelin two-star status in 2025, Guía Repsol 3 Soles in 2026, a long history on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, signals a table built for diners who want provocation rather than comfort.

    Estimar, Barcelona, Spain
    #77

    Estimar

    Barcelona, Spain

    Restaurant

    In Barcelona's El Born quarter, Estimar has built a case for product-first seafood at the highest tier of Spanish dining. Chef Rafa Zafra and the Gotanegra family have earned a Michelin Plate and an Opinionated About Dining Top 100 Europe ranking through a grilled-fish format that treats sourcing as the central discipline. Closed on Sundays and Mondays, it operates on a short weekly window that sharpens demand considerably.

    Studio, Maastricht, Netherlands
    #78

    Studio

    Maastricht, Netherlands

    Restaurant

    Studio holds a Michelin star and a 2024 Opinionated About Dining ranking of #81 in Europe, placing chef Gilbert von Berg among the Netherlands' most closely watched contemporary cooks. Working from an open kitchen in Wycker Grachtstraat, he rotates between French and Asian registers depending on the season, anchoring the menu in local produce while reaching for global technique when the flavour argument demands it.

    Amelia by Paulo Airaudo, San Sebastián, Spain
    #79

    Amelia by Paulo Airaudo

    San Sebastián, Spain

    Restaurant

    Amelia by Paulo Airaudo holds two Michelin stars and a La Liste score of 82 points (2026), operating from Hotel Villa Favorita on La Concha bay. The restaurant runs a single creative tasting menu Thursday through Saturday, with Saturday lunch as its only daytime service. Wine Director Mariana Tapia oversees a 2,900-bottle cellar rated number one by Star Wine List in both 2025 and 2026.

    Lasarte, Barcelona, Spain
    #80

    Lasarte

    Barcelona, Spain

    Restaurant

    Three Michelin stars and a 95-point La Liste score place Lasarte among Barcelona's most decorated tables. Under Paolo Casagrande, a protégé of Martín Berasategui, the Eixample address translates Basque-rooted fine dining into a more avant-garde register, with a private dining format called Il Milione available for those who want to take the experience further.

    Hertog Jan at Botanic, Antwerp, Belgium
    #82

    Hertog Jan at Botanic

    Antwerp, Belgium

    Restaurant

    Hertog Jan at Botanic holds two Michelin stars and ranked 21st in Europe on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 list, placing it among Belgium's most credentialed fine-dining addresses. Chef Gert De Mangeleer's Modern Flemish menu operates from Leopoldstraat 26 in Antwerp's city centre, with Tuesday evening the sole weekly service window, a format that signals intent as clearly as any award.

    Koan, Copenhagen, Denmark
    #83

    Koan

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    Restaurant

    Koan holds two Michelin stars and a place in the World's 50 Best at number 91 (2025), making it one of Copenhagen's most credentialed new arrivals. Chef Kristian Baumann works at the intersection of New Nordic and kaiseki traditions, producing a format that sits outside the city's established fine-dining categories. At Langeliniekaj, the harbour address signals its own kind of intent.

    Restaurant Tim Raue, Berlin, Germany
    #84

    Restaurant Tim Raue

    Berlin, Germany

    Restaurant

    Berlin's most decorated Asian-inspired restaurant, Restaurant Tim Raue has held two Michelin stars since 2010 and ranked in the World's 50 Best every year from 2016 through 2025, reaching as high as #26. Drawing on Japanese, Thai, Chinese traditions while eliminating white sugar, gluten, lactose, the kitchen produces food that reads as rigorous European fine dining through an Asian lens.

    AM par Alexandre Mazzia, Marseille, France
    #85

    AM par Alexandre Mazzia

    Marseille, France

    Restaurant

    AM par Alexandre Mazzia holds three Michelin stars and scores 96 points on La Liste 2026, placing it among France's most decorated restaurants outside Paris. Operating Wednesday through Saturday from Marseille's 8th arrondissement, the restaurant represents a distinct strand of French creative cooking rooted in Mediterranean instinct rather than classical Parisian convention. Ranked 80th in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it draws serious diners from across the continent.

    Mraz & Sohn, Vienna, Austria
    #86

    Mraz & Sohn

    Vienna, Austria

    Restaurant

    A two-Michelin-star address in Vienna's 20th district, Mraz & Sohn operates as a father-son collaboration built on Modern Austrian cooking with a demonstrably irreverent streak. Ranked 75th in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025 and scoring 91 points on La Liste's 2026 ranking, it sits among Vienna's most-booked fine-dining rooms without trading in the formality that defines most of its comparable set.

    Dos Pebrots, Barcelona, Spain
    #88

    Dos Pebrots

    Barcelona, Spain

    Restaurant

    Dos Pebrots sits in El Raval's cultural corridor, drawing a loyal crowd that returns not for spectacle but for the rigour behind a Mediterranean à la carte built on historical context. Ranked #104 in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Europe (2025) and awarded a Michelin Plate, it occupies a distinct tier in Barcelona's dining scene: technically serious, architecturally modest, consistently surprising.

    daGorini, San Piero In Bagno, Italy
    #89

    daGorini

    San Piero In Bagno, Italy

    Restaurant

    In the hill-town of San Piero in Bagno, daGorini operates at a tier rarely expected this far from Italy's major dining circuits. Chef Gianluca Gorini works a menu rooted in Apennine ingredients, game, freshwater fish, Mora Romagnolo pig, foraged mushrooms, with techniques that place the restaurant among Europe's top 120 on the Opinionated About Dining index and a La Liste score of 88.5 points in 2025.

    Smoked Room, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    #90

    Smoked Room

    Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Restaurant

    Smoked Room at The Palm Jumeirah holds a Michelin star and a top-45 ranking in the World's 50 Best MENA list for 2024, placing it among Dubai's most critically recognised contemporary tables. Chef Massimiliano Delle Vedove's kitchen works a fire-and-smoke format that earns its weight in a city where theatrical dining concepts are common but rarely this disciplineds of 4.9 confirm the reception.

    Neige d’Eté, Paris, France
    #91

    Neige d’Eté

    Paris, France

    Restaurant

    Among Paris's Japanese-French crossover counters, Neige d'Eté operates in the 15th arrondissement with a level of critical recognition, one Michelin star and a top-100 ranking in Opinionated About Dining's European list, that puts it well above its neighbourhood profile. Chef Hideki Nishi runs an evening-only format, five nights a week, at a price point that demands advance planning but rewards it with cooking rooted in classical French rigour and Japanese precision.

    Krèsios, Telese, Italy
    #92

    Krèsios

    Telese, Italy

    Restaurant

    Housed in an ancient farmhouse in Campania's Sannio territory, Krèsios holds two Michelin stars and a La Liste score of 91 points (2026). Chef Giuseppe Iannotti presents a single blind tasting menu that draws on fermentation, maceration, extraction to reframe regional ingredients through a global lens. The wine programme leans toward small, natural producers, in keeping with the restaurant's name, an epithet of Bacchus.

    Neolokal, Istanbul, Turkey
    #93

    Neolokal

    Istanbul, Turkey

    Restaurant

    Neolokal elevates traditional Anatolian cuisine to Michelin-starred heights within Istanbul's historic SALT Galata, where Chef Maksut Aşkar transforms forgotten Ottoman recipes into contemporary masterpieces. This sustainability-focused restaurant offers breathtaking Golden Horn views alongside innovative tasting menus that preserve Turkey's culinary heritage through modern techniques.

    Meliefste, Wolphaartsdijk, Netherlands
    #94

    Meliefste

    Wolphaartsdijk, Netherlands

    Restaurant

    Meliefste in Wolphaartsdijk is permanently closed. This profile is retained as a historical record of the former restaurant at Wolphaartsdijkseveer 1.

    Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottingham, United Kingdom
    #96

    Restaurant Sat Bains

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Restaurant

    Two Michelin stars and a La Liste score of 91 points place Restaurant Sat Bains at the sharper end of British fine dining, operated from a converted motel on the industrial fringe of Nottingham. The 'Prelude' and 'Overture' tasting menus run at £199 and £249 per person respectively, with rooms available for those who want to extend the experience overnight.

    Souvenir, Gent, Belgium
    #97

    Souvenir

    Gent, Belgium

    Restaurant

    Souvenir sits among Gent's most serious creative tables, holding a Michelin star and a top-110 ranking in Opinionated About Dining's European list for 2025. The kitchen operates without meat, drawing on North Sea fish and organic vegetables sourced directly from dedicated farmers. For a city increasingly confident in vegetable-forward fine dining, it represents the approach at its most committed.

    L'Escaleta, Cocentaina, Spain
    #98

    L'Escaleta

    Cocentaina, Spain

    Restaurant

    Two Michelin stars and forty-plus years of family operation make L'Escaleta one of the most coherent arguments for inland Valencian cooking at the serious end. Chef Kiko Moya works from local and seasonal produce, anchored by the region's rice tradition, with two tasting menus and an à la carte that holds its own against Spain's most decorated tables. La Liste scores it 94 points in both 2025 and 2026.

    Deessa, Madrid, Spain
    #99

    Deessa

    Madrid, Spain

    Restaurant

    Deessa holds two Michelin stars inside the Alfonso XIII salon of Madrid's Mandarin Oriental Ritz, operating under the creative direction of Quique Dacosta with resident head chef Quique Dacosta. Two tasting menus connect Mediterranean and Extremadura flavours to Dacosta's three-star Dénia kitchen. Ranked 83rd in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it is among the most formally ambitious tables in Madrid's fine-dining tier.

    Pages, Paris, France
    #100

    Pages

    Paris, France

    Restaurant

    Pages, on Rue Auguste Vacquerie in the 16th arrondissement, is a modern French restaurant where chef Ryuji Teshima works a surprise tasting menu built around Normandy shellfish, Brittany fish, Perche poultry. Ranked #95 in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Europe for 2025, it operates on a narrow window service across five weekday sittings. Booking requires planning; the reward is precision cooking with a distinctly Japanese sensibility applied to Gallic produce.

    bianc, Hamburg, Germany
    #101

    bianc

    Hamburg, Germany

    Restaurant

    A two-Michelin-starred address on Hamburg's HafenCity waterfront, bianc applies a Mediterranean restraint that reads as unusual in northern Germany's fine-dining scene. Chef Matteo Ferrantino's open-flame approach strips the format back to fire and produce, earning a La Liste score of 90 points and a place among Europe's top 100 restaurants according to Opinionated About Dining's 2024 rankings.

    La Tasquita de Enfrente, Madrid, Spain
    #102

    La Tasquita de Enfrente

    Madrid, Spain

    Restaurant

    La Tasquita de Enfrente occupies a quiet street behind Gran Vía and represents a particular strand of Madrid dining: market-led, season-driven, indifferent to spectacle. Ranked #108 in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 European list and holding a Michelin Plate, it offers both à la carte and tasting menus built around local provenance. Its steak tartare was named best in Spain at the 2025 Madrid Fusión show.

    Jin, Paris, France
    #105

    Jin

    Paris, France

    Restaurant

    Jin brings the discipline of Tokyo's omakase tradition to Paris's 1st arrondissement, where Chef Taicho Sato operates in a format that rewards patience and precision over spectacle. Ranked among Europe's top restaurants by Opinionated About Dining three consecutive years (2023 to 2025), it occupies a specific tier of the city's Japanese dining scene: serious, counter-led, priced accordingly at €€€€.

    La Grenouillère, La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil, France
    #107

    La Grenouillère

    La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil, France

    Restaurant

    La Grenouillère places modern French cooking in direct contact with the countryside around La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil. Alexandre Gauthier's kitchen has Michelin 2-star recognition, a Michelin Green Star, La Liste scoring, international list placements, but the stronger reason to care is its terroir-led point of view: product, place, technique are treated as one argument rather than separate luxuries.

    Gymkhana, London, United Kingdom
    #108

    Gymkhana

    London, United Kingdom

    Restaurant

    Two Michelin stars and a La Liste ranking in the top 100 European restaurants signal exactly where Gymkhana sits in London's Indian dining hierarchy. The colonial-club setting on Albemarle Street frames cooking that draws on Northern Indian tradition while reaching for tandoor-grilled complexity and nashta-style small plates that read as genuinely contemporary. For the price point, the ambition is matched by the execution.

    Casa Maria Luigia, Modena, Italy
    #109

    Casa Maria Luigia

    Modena, Italy

    Restaurant

    Casa Maria Luigia is a progressive Italian restaurant and countryside estate outside Modena, ranked #42 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025 and scoring 77 points on La Liste. Under chef Jessica Rosval, the kitchen connects Emilian pasta traditions to a contemporary, ingredient-led approach, making it one of the region's most closely followed dining destinations.

    Jatak, Copenhagen, Denmark
    #110

    Jatak

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    Restaurant

    Jatak Copenhagen brings Chinese high-heat logic into the city’s modern tasting-menu register, with Jonathan Tam using Danish produce, Asian recipes and a counter-led format to tighten the distance between kitchen and diner. Its Solar menu follows 24 micro-seasons, while Opinionated About Dining rankings in 2023, 2024 and 2025 place it in a serious European conversation rather than a local novelty slot.

    focus ATELIER, Vitznau, Switzerland
    #111

    focus ATELIER

    Vitznau, Switzerland

    Restaurant

    Two Michelin stars and a ranking among Europe's top 150 restaurants by Opinionated About Dining place focus ATELIER firmly within Switzerland's elite creative dining tier. Chef Patrick Mahler leads a seasonal European kitchen in Vitznau, backed by a wine program of 40,950 bottles and a sommelier team of four. Dinner runs Tuesday through Saturday, with the Lake Lucerne setting adding a particular weight to the experience.

    Bardal, Ronda, Spain
    #112

    Bardal

    Ronda, Spain

    Restaurant

    Bardal gives Ronda’s dining scene a formal counterpoint to tapas-bar grazing: Modern Spanish cooking from Benito Gómez, built around tasting-menu structure, local reference points, wine pairings and a cheese trolley before dessert. Its recognition includes Guía Repsol 2 Soles in 2026, La Liste scoring and Opinionated About Dining European rankings, placing it in Spain’s serious creative-dining tier rather than the casual Andalusian circuit.

    Tantris, Munich, Germany
    #113

    Tantris

    Munich, Germany

    Restaurant

    Munich's most decorated fine dining address, Tantris holds two Michelin stars and a 2025 World's 50 Best ranking of #73, placing it among Germany's small tier of globally recognised French contemporary restaurants. Under Chef Benjamin Chmura, the kitchen operates Wednesday through Saturday with a wine program ranked #1 by Star Wine List across multiple years. The setting alone, a 1970s brutalist interior that has become an architectural reference point, signals this is not a conventional luxury dining room.

    ABaC, Barcelona, Spain
    #114

    ABaC

    Barcelona, Spain

    Restaurant

    ABaC sits in the upper tier of Barcelona's three-Michelin-star dining, where Jordi Cruz runs a single tasting menu rooted in Mediterranean technique and seasonal produce. Awarded 95 points by La Liste in both 2025 and 2026, the restaurant occupies a garden-facing room in the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi neighbourhood, with the experience beginning in the kitchen itself. It is one of five multi-star addresses in a city that has become one of Europe's most competitive fine-dining markets.

    El Pescadors - Llanca, Llançà, Spain
    #115

    El Pescadors - Llanca

    Llançà, Spain

    Restaurant

    El Pescadors in Llançà has climbed from a notable newcomer to a consistent presence inside the Opinionated About Dining Top 139 European restaurants, a ranking it has held for three consecutive years. Under chef Lluís Fernández Punset, the kitchen works the Costa Brava's port-side catch with precision and restraint. For Spanish seafood cooked at a serious level in an understated fishing-town setting, few rooms on this stretch of coast come close.

    Del Cambio, Turin, Italy
    #116

    Del Cambio

    Turin, Italy

    Restaurant

    Operating from Piazza Carignano since the 18th century, Del Cambio holds a singular position in Turin's fine dining circuit: a room where Cavour once dined, now earning a Michelin star and 91 points from La Liste 2026 under chef Francesco Rovai and Diego Giglio's progressive Piedmontese kitchen. The wine list runs to 3,200 selections and 15,000 bottles in inventory, with particular depth in regional Italian and German Riesling verticals.

    Iluka, Copenhagen, Denmark
    #117

    Iluka

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    Restaurant

    A Nordic seafood restaurant on Peder Skrams Gade in Copenhagen's harbour-adjacent Indre By, Iluka has climbed Opinionated About Dining's European rankings three consecutive years, reaching #123 in 2025. Chef Beau Clugston's cooking draws its logic from crustaceans and molluscs, positioned firmly outside the grand-tasting-menu bracket that defines the city's most decorated rooms.

    Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    #119

    Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

    Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Restaurant

    On the second floor of the Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Atlantis The Royal, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal reconstructs centuries of British culinary history through dishes drawn from medieval manuscripts, Tudor kitchens, Georgian banquet tables. The wine program runs to 1,560 selections across 7,310 bottles, with Burgundy and Bordeaux as the headline strengths. Ranked #33 in the World's 50 Best Restaurants MENA 2024 and #76 on La Liste's 2026 global list.

    Septime, Paris, France
    #120

    Septime

    Paris, France

    Restaurant

    Septime is a Paris neo-bistro shaped by the modern bistro shift: seasonal cooking, natural-wine gravity, a dining room that feels casual without lowering the technical bar. Bertrand Grébaut’s restaurant carries Michelin one-star recognition for 2025 and a long run on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, with a four- or seven-course seasonal format that places it in the city’s serious reservation tier.

    Yam'Tcha, Paris, France
    #121

    Yam'Tcha

    Paris, France

    Restaurant

    Yam'Tcha restaurant in Paris is permanently closed. This profile is retained for the former restaurant at 121 Rue Saint-Honore; Boutique Yam'Tcha and Bistro Yam'Tcha are separate current concepts.

    Ekstedt, Stockholm, Sweden
    #122

    Ekstedt

    Stockholm, Sweden

    Restaurant

    Ekstedt holds a Michelin star and ranks among Europe's top 120 restaurants (Opinionated About Dining, 2025) for its commitment to open-fire cooking, no electricity, no gas. Operating Wednesday through Saturday in Stockholm's Östermalm district, the restaurant opens at 5pm (3:30pm on Saturdays) and runs to 1am. At the €€€€ price point, it occupies the same tier as Frantzén and AIRA but with a distinct technical premise.

    Barr, Copenhagen, Denmark
    #123

    Barr

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    Restaurant

    Occupying the former Noma building on Strandgade, Barr trades the avant-garde for something more grounded: classic Northern European cooking rooted in the childhood dishes of chef Thorsten Schmidt. Ranked #67 in Opinionated About Dining's Casual Europe list for 2025 and holding a Michelin Plate, it sits at the accessible end of Copenhagen's serious dining tier, open Tuesday through Saturday from midday or early evening.

    Moments, Barcelona, Spain
    #124

    Moments

    Barcelona, Spain

    Restaurant

    Moments at the Mandarin Oriental Barcelona occupies a precise position in the city's fine-dining tier: a Michelin-starred restaurant on Passeig de Gràcia where Raül Balam's seasonal tasting menus work through Catalan tradition with genuine technical rigour. Ranked 118th in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025 and scoring 78 points on La Liste that same year, it belongs to a small cohort of Barcelona restaurants where the cooking and the room are equally considered.

    El Campero, Barbate, Spain
    #125

    El Campero

    Barbate, Spain

    Restaurant

    El Campero in Barbate is the reference address for almadraba bluefin tuna on Spain's Costa de la Luz, earning consecutive Opinionated About Dining recognition across 2023, 2024, 2025. Chef Julio Vázquez runs both a serious tapas bar and a full dining room where the tasting menu El Susurro de los Atunes moves through distinct tuna cuts with uncommon precision. The €€€ pricing sits well below the Michelin three-star tier while delivering comparable sourcing rigour.

    Esmé, Chicago, United States
    #126

    Esmé

    Chicago, United States

    Restaurant

    On Lincoln Park's Clark Street, Esmé holds a Michelin star and back-to-back Opinionated About Dining top-200 finishes in North America for its multicourse Nordic-American tasting menu. Chef Jenner Tomaska and co-owner Katrina Bravo run the program inside a gallery-like space where each course arrives on ceramics made by local artists, the cooking leans toward unexpected savory-sweet combinations at a serious price point.

    L'Argine a Vencò, Dolegna del Collio, Italy
    #127

    L'Argine a Vencò

    Dolegna del Collio, Italy

    Restaurant

    In the hills above Dolegna del Collio, where Friuli meets Slovenia, L'Argine a Vencò operates from a restored mill surrounded by its own kitchen garden. Chef Antonia Klugmann holds a Michelin star and ranks #113 in Opinionated About Dining's Europe list for 2025. The cooking draws directly from the borderland terroir, with aromatic herbs from the garden appearing across a menu that sits at the intersection of precision and place.

    Spectrum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    #128

    Spectrum

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Restaurant

    Spectrum holds two Michelin stars and a La Liste score of 92 points, operating from the Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam on Herengracht four evenings a week. Chef Sidney Schutte's kitchen places vegetables at the structural centre of its tasting menus, drawing on training lineages that run through De Librije and the late Roger Souvereyns's Scholteshof. The wine list, directed by Cas Kratz, spans 945 selections with particular depth in Burgundy and Bordeaux.

    Condividere, Arona, Italy
    #129

    Condividere

    Arona, Italy

    Restaurant

    A Michelin Plate recipient ranked #206 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining (2024), Condividere is a compact bistro in Arona's historic centre where seasonal, locally sourced cooking defines the menu. The signature sharing appetisers, built around lake fish, regional produce, Italian antipasto tradition, place it firmly in the mid-range bracket, priced at €€ against a dining scene that reaches far higher.

    Kaleja, Málaga, Spain
    #130

    Kaleja

    Málaga, Spain

    Restaurant

    In Málaga's historic Jewish quarter, Kaleja holds a Michelin star and a top-150 ranking in Opinionated About Dining's European list for 2025. Chef Dani Carnero works a wood-fired grill to revive Andalusian recipes through a technique he calls 'candle cooking', serving two menus inside a centuries-old alley setting steps from the Picasso Museum.

    JAN, Munich, Germany
    #133

    JAN

    Munich, Germany

    Restaurant

    JAN holds three Michelin stars and ranks third in Europe on Opinionated About Dining (2025), placing it firmly in Germany's uppermost tier of creative fine dining. Chef Jan Hartwig's open-kitchen format on Luisenstraße 27 draws on classical French training and regional Bavarian ingredients, producing tasting menus that earn 97.5 points on La Liste and a place at number 84 on the World's 50 Best list (2024).

    Ynyshir Hall, Machynlleth, United Kingdom
    #134

    Ynyshir Hall

    Machynlleth, United Kingdom

    Restaurant

    Ynyshir Hall is Machynlleth's destination dining outlier: a Welsh country-house setting recast as a high-intensity modern restaurant with Gareth Ward's Japanese-inflected, fat-led cooking at its centre. Michelin two-star recognition in 2024 and 2025, La Liste 96-point scores in 2025 and 2026, National Restaurant Awards recognition in 2025 place it in a narrow UK tier where rural dining is built as theatre, not nostalgia.

    La Madernassa, Guarene, Italy
    #135

    La Madernassa

    Guarene, Italy

    Restaurant

    At La Madernassa in Guarene, chef Giuseppe D'Errico leads a garden-rooted creative kitchen across three distinct menus, from a vegetable-forward tasting format to an open-ended surprise menu. Ranked #127 in Opinionated About Dining's Classical Europe list for 2024 and holding a Michelin Plate, the restaurant sits at the serious end of Langhe dining, where the estate's own garden sets the seasonal agenda.

    Meta, Singapore, Singapore
    #136

    Meta

    Singapore, Singapore

    Restaurant

    At 9 Mohamed Sultan Road, Meta holds two Michelin stars and a place in the World's 50 Best at #39 in Asia (2025), positioning it among Singapore's most decorated tasting-menu addresses. Chef Sun Kim's evolving menus draw on Korean culinary sensibility filtered through modern technique, with seafood and vegetables as recurring anchors. The setting, glassy, concrete, counter-forward, signals where the room stands before the first course arrives.

    Couvert Couvert, Heverlee, Belgium
    #137

    Couvert Couvert

    Heverlee, Belgium

    Restaurant

    Couvert Couvert holds a Michelin star and an Opinionated About Dining top-300 Europe ranking, placing it firmly within Belgium's serious dining tier. Led by brothers Laurent and Vincent Follmer, both trained pastry chefs, the kitchen pairs North Sea seafood with precise vegetable work in a modern French-creative register. Lunch and dinner service runs Tuesday through Saturday at Sint-Jansbergsesteenweg 171 in Heverlee, at a €€€€ price point.

    Lyle's, London, United Kingdom
    #138

    Lyle's

    London, United Kingdom

    Restaurant

    Lyle's London elevates modern British cuisine to Michelin-starred heights within Shoreditch's converted Tea Building, where James Lowe's ingredient-driven philosophy transforms daily-changing seasonal menus into refined culinary statements. This minimalist industrial space champions technical precision over theatrical presentation, delivering exceptional fine dining through radical simplicity.

    Endo at The Rotunda, London, United Kingdom
    #139

    Endo at The Rotunda

    London, United Kingdom

    Restaurant

    Endo at The Rotunda remains temporarily closed at White City; the official site directs diners to the Annabel’s pop-up waitlist for June/July and is not taking reservations beyond that for now.

    Zia, Rome, Italy
    #140

    Zia

    Rome, Italy

    Restaurant

    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.

    Sushi Tetsu, London, United Kingdom
    #141

    Sushi Tetsu

    London, United Kingdom

    Restaurant

    A seven-seat omakase counter in a Clerkenwell alley, Sushi Tetsu has operated for nearly fifteen years without a website or social media presence, relying entirely on word of mouth and an email booking system. Chef Toru Takahashi delivers a multi-course sushi experience that Opinionated About Dining ranked 164th among all European restaurants in 2025. Meals run three to four hours and cost upwards of £200 per head including drinks.

    Adam / Albin, Stockholm, Sweden
    #142

    Adam / Albin

    Stockholm, Sweden

    Restaurant

    Adam / Albin holds a Michelin star and a Star Wine List number-one ranking on Rådmansgatan in Stockholm's Vasastan neighbourhood, operating within the upper tier of the city's New Nordic scene. The kitchen, led by Adam Dahlberg and Albin Wessman, runs six evenings a week and pairs its food with a Burgundy-anchored wine list that moves from village appellations to Grand Cru. La Liste has scored the restaurant at 83.5 points, placing it in recognisable European company.

    Maison Sota Atsumi, Paris, France
    #143

    Maison Sota Atsumi

    Paris, France

    Restaurant

    In the 11th arrondissement, Maison Sota Atsumi occupies a rare position in Paris's contemporary French scene: a tightly constrained format built around a surprise tasting menu that shifts with the seasons and the market. Ranked 61st in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 European list, it draws on local ingredients shaped by technique that crosses French classicism with Japanese precision. Booking ahead is non-negotiable.

    Skina, Marbella, Spain
    #144

    Skina

    Marbella, Spain

    Restaurant

    A two-Michelin-star address on Marbella's Golden Mile, Skina operates from a converted farmhouse opposite the Parque de los Enamorados. Chef Mario Cachinero applies creativity to the foundations of Andalusian cooking, with menus ranging from a five-course à la carte to the wine-forward Grand Crú format. Sommelier-owner Mario Cachinero's two cellars give the drinks program unusual depth for a restaurant of this scale.

    Pedro Lemos, Porto, Portugal
    #145

    Pedro Lemos

    Porto, Portugal

    Restaurant

    Set in a former Douro-side warehouse with deep ties to Porto's naval past, Pedro Lemos serves contemporary European cuisine with classical foundations across a format that moves from bar appetisers through a formal dining room to an eight-seat kitchen counter called Único. Ranked #220 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025 and awarded a Star Wine List White Star, it sits at the sharper end of Porto's fine-dining tier.

    Nerua Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
    #146

    Nerua Guggenheim Bilbao

    Bilbao, Spain

    Restaurant

    Nerua holds a Michelin star inside the Guggenheim Bilbao, ranked #153 in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 European list and a former World's 50 Best entry at #32. Chef Josean Alija's progressive Basque menu offers both à la carte and the Muina tasting format, with service running two tight sittings daily. Booking ahead is essential; the restaurant operates within one of Europe's most visited cultural institutions.

    Can Jubany, Calldetenes, Spain
    #147

    Can Jubany

    Calldetenes, Spain

    Restaurant

    Opened in 1995 in a restored farmhouse outside Vic, Can Jubany holds a Michelin star and scores 92 points on La Liste 2026, placing it among Catalonia's most recognised destination restaurants. Chef Nando Jubany builds menus around the estate's own vegetable garden, with two tasting formats and an à la carte rooted in Catalan tradition. The setting, an hour from Barcelona, is as much part of the proposition as the cooking.

    The Sportsman, Seasalter, United Kingdom
    #148

    The Sportsman

    Seasalter, United Kingdom

    Restaurant

    A Michelin-starred pub two miles west of Whitstable, The Sportsman has spent more than 24 years proving that serious cooking and a sea-battered Kent pub are not contradictions. Under chef Dan Flavell, a five-course tasting menu built on estuary fish, local game, marsh-grown produce delivers a level of technical assurance that draws diners from across the country, at prices that make London's comparable tier look unreasonable.

    Oba-, Casas-Ibáñez, Spain
    #149

    Oba-

    Casas-Ibáñez, Spain

    Restaurant

    A Michelin-starred creative restaurant in Casas-Ibáñez, Albacete, Oba- ranked 111th in Europe on the Opinionated About Dining list in 2025. Chefs Javier Sanz and Juan Sahuquillo work across three tasting menu formats, drawing ingredients from the Cabriel valley and La Manchuela region, with fermentation techniques and small-scale local producers at the centre of the cooking. Price range is €€€€.

    LYST, Vejle, Denmark
    #150

    LYST

    Vejle, Denmark

    Restaurant

    LYST holds a Michelin star and ranks among Europe's top 150 restaurants on Opinionated About Dining, operating from a striking harbour building on Vejle's waterfront. Chef Daniel McBurnie builds menus around local and seasonal produce, with the sea and foraged vegetables as recurring structural elements. Open Thursday through Saturday evenings, plus Saturday lunch, at the €€€€ price tier.

    Overview

    The 2023 OAD Top New Restaurants in Europe list ranks 140 dining destinations across 19 countries and 89 cities. This edition represents a complete reset from the previous year, with all 140 entries appearing on the list for the first time. Copenhagen's Alchemist leads the rankings, followed by Frantzén in Stockholm and Asador Etxebarri in Spain's Basque Country.

    This 2023 edition marks a significant shift in OAD's Europe rankings, with 140 new entrants replacing the previous year's 209 venues entirely. The geographic spread reaches 89 cities across 19 countries, though concentration remains strong in established food cities. Spain dominates the top 10 with four restaurants—Bagá in Jaén at #4, Desde 1911 in Madrid at #5, and Quique Dacosta in Dénia at #7, alongside Asador Etxebarri at #3. The Nordic region claims two spots in the top tier with Alchemist (#1) and Geranium (#8), both in Copenhagen, plus Frantzén (#2) in Stockholm. The methodology shift appears complete: previous leader OZ doesn't appear, nor do any venues from the prior edition.

    The 2023 OAD Europe rankings introduce 140 restaurants across 19 countries, replacing every venue from the previous edition. Alchemist in Copenhagen claims first place, leading a top 10 that skews heavily Spanish—four of the top spots go to restaurants in Spain, from the Basque Country to Andalusia. The previous year's number one, OZ, dropped off entirely alongside all 209 restaurants from that edition. This complete turnover signals either a major methodology change or a focus on newly opened venues, making this list fundamentally different from typical annual updates where most restaurants carry over.

    Quick Facts

    Total Restaurants
    140
    Countries
    19
    Cities
    89
    Top Country (Top 10)
    Spain (4 restaurants)
    #1 Restaurant
    Alchemist (Copenhagen)
    Retained from 2022
    0
    New Entrants
    140

    About This Edition

    This edition spans 89 cities, from major capitals to small towns like Fürstenau, Switzerland (population under 2,000), home to #6 Schloss Schauenstein. Geographic diversity appears in the numbers—19 countries represented—but concentration persists at the top. The Nordic countries secure three of the top eight positions, while Spain's four top-10 placements reinforce its position in European fine dining conversations.

    The complete replacement of all previous venues raises questions about what "new" means in this context. None of the top restaurants are recent openings: Frantzén has operated for years, Asador Etxebarri has been a fixture since the 1990s, and De Librije (#10) dates back decades. The zero retention rate from the previous year's 209 restaurants suggests OAD restructured how it organizes European rankings rather than tracking newly opened establishments.

    Italy places one restaurant in the top 10—Lido 84 at #9 in Fasano del Garda—while the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Spain beyond the top tier remain represented throughout the full 140. Without pricing or accessibility data in the rankings themselves, the list functions primarily as a recognition tool rather than a planning resource.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What restaurant ranked #1 in the 2023 OAD Europe list?
    Alchemist in Copenhagen, Denmark holds the top position in the 2023 OAD Top New Restaurants in Europe rankings.
    How many restaurants from the previous year's list returned?
    Zero restaurants carried over from the previous edition. All 140 entries in 2023 are new to the list, while the previous year's 209 restaurants—including former #1 OZ—dropped off completely.
    Which country has the most restaurants in the 2023 top 10?
    Spain claims four of the top 10 spots: Asador Etxebarri (#3), Bagá (#4), Desde 1911 (#5), and Quique Dacosta (#7).
    How many countries are represented in the 2023 OAD Europe list?
    The 2023 edition includes restaurants from 19 countries across 89 different cities throughout Europe.
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