2023 OAD Top New Restaurants in Europe: The Complete Rankings — Page 2

Gymkhana is a restaurant on Albemarle Street in London.

Ranked #42 in OAD's Top Restaurants in Europe (2025) and set on the outskirts of Modena, Casa Maria Luigia pairs a sourcing-led progressive Italian kitchen with an inn format that makes it the most practical high-end option in the region for overnight guests. Easier to book than Osteria Francescana, and a stronger choice for solo diners or special-occasion stays.

Jonathan Tam's one-Michelin-star counter in Nørrebro serves a vegetable-forward 'Solar' tasting menu that follows 24 micro-seasons, layering Danish organic produce with Asian fermentation and technique. Dinner only, closed Monday–Wednesday, and booked weeks ahead. Worth the suburb trip if you want something beyond the New Nordic seafood template.

focus ATELIER is a restaurant at Park Hotel Vitznau on Lake Lucerne.

Bardal is Benito Gómez's restaurant in Ronda, Spain.

Tantris is a restaurant within Tantris Maison Culinaire in Munich.

ABaC is Jordi Cruz's restaurant in Barcelona, combining creative cooking with culinary tradition.

Ranked #129 in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Europe (2024), El Pescadors is Llançà's most credentialed seafood address and one of the easier serious bookings on the Costa Brava. Led by chef Lluís Fernández Punset, it operates lunch and dinner daily except Sunday evenings. A few days' notice is enough outside summer peak.

Del Cambio is a restaurant on Piazza Carignano in Turin.

Iluka is a Nordic seafood restaurant in Copenhagen led by Chef Beau Clugston, ranked on the Opinionated About Dining Europe list three years running (2023–2025). It's the right booking for a date or small celebration where you want precise, seafood-focused cooking in a quiet, intimate room; without the booking difficulty or ceremony of Geranium or Alchemist.

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal is a restaurant at Atlantis The Royal in Dubai.

Septime is a restaurant on Rue de Charonne in Paris.

Ekstedt is a restaurant on Humlegårdsgatan in Stockholm.

Barr delivers well-executed Northern European comfort cooking in the Noma building on Christianshavn's waterfront, at a €€ price point that makes it one of Copenhagen's better value propositions. Ranked #67 on OAD Casual Europe 2025 and holding a Michelin Plate, it rewards food-focused travellers who want serious cooking without tasting-menu ceremony. Book it if you want warmth, quality, and accessibility; skip it if you're after vegetable-forward New Nordic experimentation.

Moments is a restaurant at Mandarin Oriental Barcelona on Passeig de Gràcia.

El Campero is the strongest case for a special meal in Barbate: a Michelin Plate restaurant ranked #173 in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Europe (2025), built entirely around almadraba bluefin tuna. At €€€, the tasting menu delivers product-driven cooking at below the cost of comparable Spanish fine dining. Easy to book, closed Mondays and November 1 to December 19.

Esmé holds a Michelin star and a top-200 OAD North America ranking for its Nordic-American tasting format in Lincoln Park; a gallery-quiet room with custom artist-made tableware and cooking that balances technical ambition with real flavor. Dinner only, Wednesday through Sunday. Book four to six weeks out minimum; Friday and Saturday seats go fast.

L'Argine a Vencò is a Michelin-starred destination restaurant in the Collio hills, ranked among Europe's top 120 by Opinionated About Dining in 2025. Chef Antonia Klugmann builds her menu directly from a kitchen garden near the Slovenian border, with a wine list anchored in two of Italy's finest white wine appellations. Book six to eight weeks out; seats are genuinely limited and demand is consistent.

Spectrum is a restaurant at Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam.

Condividere is Arona's most credentialed bistro at the €€ price point: a Michelin Bib Gourmand, a consistent Opinionated About Dining European ranking, and a kitchen driven by seasonal, local ingredients. The sharing antipasto selection; burrata, lake fish bottarga, Russian salad tartlet; is the reason to book. Easy to reserve, personal in service, and worth returning to as the menu shifts with the season.

Kaleja is a restaurant in central Málaga.

Restaurant JAN is Jan Hartwig's restaurant on Luisenstraße in Munich.

Ynyshir is Gareth Ward's restaurant with rooms near Machynlleth in Wales.

La Madernassa in Guarene is a garden-led creative Italian restaurant operating at the €€€€ tier, now under chef Giuseppe D'Errico. Ranked #127 in OAD Classical Europe (2024) and holding a Michelin Plate, it offers three tasting menu formats across Wednesday-Sunday lunch and Tuesday-Sunday dinner. Book for a special occasion or a considered Langhe itinerary stop; easier to secure than comparable Piazza Duomo in Alba.

Meta is a restaurant on Mohamed Sultan Road in Singapore.

A Michelin-starred creative French restaurant in Heverlee run by two pastry-trained brothers, Couvert Couvert earns its €€€€ price point with precise, produce-led cooking and consistent OAD Top 300 Europe recognition. Book three to four weeks out minimum; tables are hard to secure. Best for two to four diners on a special occasion; not suited to walk-ins or large groups.

Shoreditch's most consistent counter-service restaurant since 2014, Lyle's runs a rotating seasonal menu that rewards repeat visits. Lunch offers better value than dinner (three courses around £45–55), and the wine list; low-intervention, mostly European; is where the team shows the most personality. Book the counter seats facing the kitchen and order whatever vegetable dish leads the card.

Endo at The Rotunda remains temporarily closed at White City after the fire; the official site says the Annabel’s pop-up has closed and the White City restaurant remains closed until further notice.

Zia is a Michelin-starred modern Italian restaurant in Rome's Trastevere neighbourhood, priced at €€€ and ranked #96 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025. Antonio Ziantoni's technically grounded, classically rooted cooking delivers strong value relative to Rome's pricier starred rooms, with easy booking and Friday/Saturday lunch slots available.

A 7-seat omakase counter in Clerkenwell that has held serious form for nearly 15 years. Ranked #164 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, Sushi Tetsu costs upwards of £200 per head and takes three to four hours. Book by email, leave your phone away, and treat the whole evening as the occasion. Worth it for two; not the right format for groups.

Adam / Albin holds a Michelin star and a 2025 Star Wine List Silver Star for Sweden's Best Medium-Sized List, making it Stockholm's strongest case for a wine-led tasting dinner. The Burgundy-anchored list and late 1 am close set it apart at the €€€€ tier. Book three to four weeks out minimum; tables go fast and the OAD and La Liste rankings keep demand high.

Ranked #61 in Europe by Opinionated About Dining in 2025 and up sharply from #125 in 2024, Maison Sota Atsumi is the most compelling contemporary French tasting menu in Paris's 11th arrondissement right now. Book it before the wider audience catches up. Pearl rates it Easy to book; for now.

Skina holds two Michelin stars and is the highest-credentialled restaurant in Marbella, with chef Mario Cachinero cooking modern Andalusian and sommelier-founder Marcos Granda running one of the coast's most serious wine programmes. Booking is near impossible at short notice, particularly in summer. At €€€€, it delivers at the level its awards suggest; book early and commit to a pairing menu.

Pedro Lemos is Porto's strongest combination of fine dining, waterfront setting, and wine depth at the €€€€ tier. Ranked #1 by Star Wine List 2026 and #264 in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Europe, it sits in the Foz neighbourhood near the Douro mouth. Booking is straightforward, with a private kitchen counter (Único) available for groups of up to 8.

Nerua is a restaurant at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.

Can Jubany is Nandu Jubany's restaurant in Calldetenes, combining tradition, innovation, and local produce.

The Sportsman is a restaurant on Faversham Road in Seasalter, Kent.

A Michelin-starred, OAD #111-ranked creative restaurant in Casas-Ibáñez, Oba- is worth the deliberate trip for food-focused diners. Chefs Javier Sanz and Juan Sahuquillo build three tasting menu lengths around hyper-regional La Manchuela producers, with fermentation as a through-line. The is consistent with the level; book well ahead and plan to stay overnight.

LYST is a restaurant on Havneøen in Vejle, Denmark.