The 2025 La Liste Top Restaurants: 1,000 Global Selections — Page 14

A two-Michelin-star creative restaurant in the Dutch village of Heeze, near Eindhoven. Chef Jan Sobecki's seasonal kitchen holds La Liste placement above 92 points across 2025 and 2026. Booking is near impossible; plan at least six to eight weeks ahead for weekend slots.

L'Olivo holds two Michelin stars and a 92-point La Liste ranking inside the Capri Palace in Anacapri; the most credentialled table on the island. Chef Domenico Stile's Campanian tasting menu is worth the €€€€ price if formal contemporary Italian is your format. Booking is near impossible in peak summer; plan two to three months ahead or stay at the hotel.

Da Terra is a restaurant at Town Hall Hotel in Bethnal Green, London.

José Carlos García is a restaurant at the Port of Málaga.

Sabi Omakase holds a Michelin star and back-to-back La Liste and OAD Europe rankings; making it the strongest case for a special occasion dinner in Stavanger. Chef Laurent Cherchi runs a focused omakase format at €€€€ pricing that justifies the cost for serious diners. Book four to six weeks out at minimum; this is not a last-minute venue.

Castor holds two Michelin stars and for good reason: Maarten Bouckaert's kitchen delivers classical European precision with Flemish ingredient logic, built on his years as right hand to three-star chef Peter Goossens. Open Tuesday to Friday only, with tight service windows and Near Impossible booking difficulty, this is a venue that rewards advance planning. Worth every effort for serious fine-dining diners.

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

Peter Brunel Ristorante Gourmet holds a Michelin star (2024) and, making it the reference fine-dining address in the Arco area. The kitchen moves between Trentino regionalism, nikkei technique, Mediterranean fare; sommelier Christian Rainer adds real value to any wine pairing. Book well in advance; this is a hard reservation, weekend dinner fills fastest.

7th Door is a restaurant in Seoul's Gangnam district.

Horváth is a restaurant on Paul-Lincke-Ufer in Berlin.

Florilège is a restaurant in Azabudai Hills, Tokyo.

A Michelin-starred chef's table inside the working kitchen of the Interalpen-Hotel Tyrol on the Seefeld plateau; evenings only, Monday to Friday, by reservation. The kitchen runs a creative seasonal set menu with wine pairings; seating at two high tables keeps it intimate. La Liste rates it 82 points for 2026. Book well in advance: small capacity and hotel-guest demand make availability tight.

Sanro is a Michelin Plate-recognised Japanese restaurant in Seoul's Gangnam District, holding a La Liste score of 77 points in both 2025 and 2026. At ₩₩₩₩, it is one of the most credentialed Japanese options in the neighbourhood that remains genuinely easy to book. A strong choice for a special occasion dinner where technique matters and a quieter, more focused room is the point.

Konstantin Filippou is a restaurant on Dominikanerbastei in Vienna.

A Michelin-starred restaurant above Montreux with panoramic Lake Geneva views and a kitchen focused on Vaud regional produce. The dry-aged Walzenhausen duck must be pre-ordered at booking; don't skip that step. Best experienced at a weekday lunch on a clear day, when the view and the business menu align.

bianc holds two Michelin stars and a top-100 OAD Europe ranking under chef Matteo Ferrantino, making it Hamburg's strongest argument for modern Mediterranean fine dining. Open Wednesday to Saturday evenings only at Am Sandtorkai 50, tables are genuinely hard to secure; book four to six weeks out. At €€€€ pricing, the credentials justify the spend for serious diners.

Oryori Hayashi is a chef-run kaiseki room in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward with three consecutive years of recognition from La Liste and Opinionated About Dining. Booking is easy by Kyoto standards, making it a practical choice when the city's harder rooms are unavailable. Visit in autumn for the strongest seasonal menu; the narrow two-hour service windows require punctuality.

Central is a restaurant on Avenida Pedro de Osma in Barranco, Lima.

A six-seat sushi counter in Yotsuya delivering nine consecutive years of Tabelog Gold awards at JPY 50,000–59,000 per omakase. Chef Yasuhiko Mitani runs a disciplined programme with no à la carte options and a closed reservation system favouring regulars. Worth the effort if you can secure access through a concierge, but solo diners and small groups will find easier entry elsewhere in Tokyo's competitive sushi tier.

Moody Tongue holds a Michelin star and an OAD top-32 ranking by pairing a serious contemporary tasting menu with house-crafted beers in an intimate brewery dining room on South Wabash. At $$$$ with only four service days per week, it is a hard booking; worth it for food and beer enthusiasts who commit to the pairing format, less so if you want a conventional wine-led fine dining experience.

Landhaus Bacher is a restaurant in Mautern an der Donau, Austria.

M.B holds two Michelin stars at the Ritz-Carlton Abama in Guía de Isora, where chef Erlantz Gorostiza delivers tasting menus built around Martín Berasategui's career-defining dishes. At €€€€ and with near-impossible booking availability, it rewards advance planning and suits diners who want serious fine dining with a distinct Canarian-Basque creative identity.

Chef Orli Del Angel's gourmet take on Latin American cooking, set against Playa Chileno Bay sunsets, justifies the $$$$ price tag; but book two to three weeks out minimum. This is a hard table to secure in peak season.

Hungary's most decorated restaurant outside Budapest, Platán Gourmet holds two Michelin stars (2024 and 2025) and an 89-point La Liste score under Chef István Pesti. The creative tasting menu format makes it a strong choice for celebrations or serious food travel; but book as far ahead as possible. Availability is near impossible once the reservation window opens.

Pino Cuttaia's two-Michelin-star La Madia is the main reason serious food travellers make the trip to Licata. With La Liste scores above 90 and, it delivers at the top tier of Sicilian progressive cooking. Book months ahead; this is near impossible to land last-minute; and plan dinner over the tight one-hour lunch window if your schedule allows.

Solbam is a restaurant in Seoul's Gangnam district.

Dal Pescatore is a restaurant in Runate, Lombardy.

The Ocean Room is a five-star steakhouse inside The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort, ranked on La Liste two years running and helmed by Chef Felix Frias. Book a window table facing the Atlantic, order the farm-sourced filet aged 21 days, arrive early for the three-course Dining at Dusk menu. Easier to secure than the quality level suggests.

Imperial Court – MGM Macau is a restaurant at MGM Macau.

Jun Sakamoto holds a Michelin star and a La Liste ranking for good reason: this Pinheiros counter delivers Japanese precision rarely found outside Tokyo, with a drinks program that pulls its own weight. Booking is hard; three to four weeks minimum; and the $$$ price range is fair for what the room delivers. For a special occasion dinner in São Paulo, this is the call.

Alex Dilling at Hotel Café Royal is a restaurant on Regent Street in London.

42 Restaurant is the clear choice for serious dining in Esztergom; a La Liste-ranked kitchen (76 points, 2026) serving refined Hungarian produce in a glass-terrace townhouse on Széchenyi tér. Open Wednesday to Saturday, dinner only. Book it for a special occasion; it delivers enough quality to justify the journey from Budapest.

Coque is the Sandoval brothers' restaurant in Madrid.

Epice, inside Le Quartier Français in Franschhoek, is the right booking for a special-occasion breakfast or brunch with serious South African cooking behind it. Chef Charné Sampson leads a kitchen recognised by La Liste (80.5pts in 2025) confirms consistent delivery. Booking is relatively easy for a venue of this calibre.

Ossiano is a restaurant at Atlantis The Palm in Dubai.

The Modern is a contemporary American restaurant at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Bozar Restaurant is a restaurant on Rue Baron Horta in central Brussels.

Georges Blanc is a restaurant on Place du Marché in Vonnas, France.

Dan Arnold is Fortitude Valley's most internationally recognised Modern Australian restaurant, holding a La Liste score of 90 points in 2026 and. Booking is straightforward by the standards of comparable Australian fine dining, making it the clearest choice for a special occasion dinner in Brisbane's inner north.

La Baie at the Ritz-Carlton Osaka holds a Michelin star and has won the Tabelog Award Bronze every year since 2017, making it one of Osaka's most consistently credentialled French tables. Dinner runs JPY 30,000–39,999; lunch offers the same kitchen at roughly half the price. Book three to four weeks out minimum; six to eight weeks if the private room is your goal.

Culler de Pau is a restaurant in O Grove interpreting the produce and landscape of Galicia.

Piazza Duomo is a restaurant in Alba, Italy.

Sushi Guen is São Paulo's most accessible La Liste-ranked sushi address; 76 points in 2026, easy to book. The Brazilian sushi format makes it a practical first choice for a special occasion dinner when you want Japanese-technique cooking without competing for the city's hardest reservations.

Taubenkobel is a restaurant on Hauptstraße in Schützen am Gebirge, Burgenland.

Koan is a restaurant on Langeliniekaj in Copenhagen.