2025 Michelin One Star Restaurants: The Complete List — Page 16

A consecutively Michelin-starred modern cuisine kitchen in a small Baden-Württemberg town, Alte Baiz punches well above its location. At the €€€€ tier with a genuinely intimate room, it suits special occasion dinners for two more than large groups. Book four to eight weeks out; the star draws destination diners and the room fills faster than the address suggests.

Quinsou is a Michelin-starred modern French restaurant in St-Germain where Antonin Bonnet runs a seasonally-driven, chef-led menu from a small, intimate room. Ranked in OAD's Top 260 in Europe (2025) and holding its star since at least 2024, it is a strong call for a serious dinner in the 6th; but book four weeks out minimum, as availability is genuinely tight.

A Michelin-starred Relais & Châteaux inn in Boismorand, roughly two hours from Paris, with a 17th-century dining room, a serious wine cellar, a kitchen that holds a 4-radish We're Smart rating for its plant-forward approach. Best suited to overnight celebratory visits; book four to six weeks ahead for weekend dinner. Dinner over lunch, always.

Cyrus is a restaurant on California Route 128 in Geyserville.

Gründler's Gourmet Stüberl holds a 2024 Michelin Star and stands as the strongest fine-dining case for staying in Achenkirch. A father-and-son kitchen serves four- to six-course set menus that blend French classical technique with Tyrolean produce in an intimate hotel dining room. Book well in advance; availability at this level in a small lakeside village goes fast.

L'Hysope holds a Michelin star and sits at the end of a pedestrian street in La Jarrie, a short drive from La Rochelle. At €€€, the chef-driven surprise menus; built around citrus, spice, up to 60 seasonal plants in summer; deliver serious creative cooking at a price point well below comparable Paris addresses. Book several weeks ahead; tables move fast.

La Fonda Xesc holds a Michelin star in a mountain village most visitors never reach, that is exactly the point. At €€€ pricing with cooking rooted in the Ripollès landscape, it offers a more personal and less crowded alternative to Girona's bigger-name starred restaurants. The operating schedule is tight and booking is hard; plan three to four weeks ahead minimum.

Mauro Colagreco's dining room inside the former Old War Office is one of London's most considered ££££ tables since the Raffles hotel opened in 2023. The technically elaborate, plant-forward cooking; built around over 70 varieties of British fruit and vegetables; earns its Michelin recognition. Lunch Thursday to Saturday is the smarter booking for a relaxed first visit; dinner fills fast so plan four to six weeks ahead.

La Dame de Pic Dubai holds a 2025 Michelin star and five Star Wine List awards, making it the clearest choice in Dubai for Modern French fine dining paired with a serious cellar. At the $$$$ tier on the 25th floor of One&Only One Za'abeel, it rewards those who book well in advance; minimum three to four weeks out; and visit during the October-to-March seasonal window when the kitchen is at its fullest range.

Likoké is the Ardèche's most internationally minded restaurant: a Michelin-starred, single set menu experience in Les Vans where Colombian chef Guido Niño Torres builds colourful, creative dishes anchored in local produce.

Bad Balgach by Schützelhofer holds a Michelin star (2024) in a small Rhine Valley town; and it earns both. At €€€, this is the clearest case in the region for serious classic cuisine at a price below the €€€€ tasting-menu tier. Attentive front of house, produce-led cooking, a summer terrace make it worth the trip from Zurich or St. Gallen. Book well ahead.

Le Petit Léon is a Michelin-starred (2024), sourcing-led modern French kitchen in a small Dordogne village, open only May through September. Nick Honeyman's produce-first cooking draws on stages at Arpège and Astrance, with Sina Honeyman's wine programme adding real depth. At €€€, it is the strongest case for a serious meal in the Vézère valley; book four to six weeks ahead.

The Neptune holds a Michelin star and; serious credentials for a four-nights-a-week restaurant on the Norfolk coast. Kevin Mangeolles cooks alone in a former coaching inn, serving a set dinner or nine-course tasting menu at £££. Book hard in advance, consider the on-site rooms, plan for more than one visit.

Ô Flaveurs delivers Remarkable-rated gastronomic cooking from chef Jérôme Mamet inside a 15th-century castle in Douvaine, at $$$ pricing that undercuts comparable experiences in nearby Geneva and Megève. The mystery menu format and make this the clearest value case for serious French dining in Haute-Savoie. Book two to three weeks out; closed Tuesday and Wednesday.

Apdikt holds a Michelin star and prices at €€€, making it one of Luxembourg's clearest value propositions at the top end of dining. Chef Mathieu Van Wetteren runs a daily-changing surprise menu from a converted pharmacy in Steinfort, with vegetable-forward, precisely cooked courses and a drinks pairing worth taking. Book four to six weeks out minimum.

La Table de Manon holds a Michelin star earned in both 2024 and 2025, placing it among a select tier of destination restaurants in the Ardennes. Chef Grégory Gillain works in a French contemporary register in the village of Grandhan, where the surrounding landscape of forest, river, farmland informs the provenance logic of the kitchen., the consistency here is well-documented.

Gramercy Tavern is Danny Meyer's restaurant in New York's Flatiron District, serving seasonal American cuisine.

LeRoy and Lewis holds back-to-back Michelin Stars (2024 and 2025) at a $$ price point; making it one of the strongest value propositions in Austin dining. Booking is hard; plan two to three weeks ahead. Lunch is the strategically smarter visit, giving you first access to a finite daily menu before popular cuts sell out.

Solstice holds a Michelin star for the second consecutive year under chef André Kähler, with confirming consistent quality at the €€€€ price point. It's the right call for a serious occasion dinner in the Latin Quarter; less ceremonial than the palace hotel circuit, more technically grounded than most of its Left Bank neighbours. Book 3-4 weeks ahead minimum.

La Bastide Bourrelly holds a 2024 Michelin star for produce-driven Provençal cooking rooted in the 1897 Reboul culinary canon, served in a historic bastide in the hilltop village of Cabriès. The terrace, the contemporary interior, the option to stay overnight make this a destination worth planning around. Book two to three months ahead for spring and summer weekends; availability is tight.

TRB holds a Michelin 1 Star and ranks #393 on Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Asia (2025), set inside the courtyard of a historic Beijing temple. The kitchen delivers polished international cooking with two tasting menu formats, including a dessert finale that reviewers single out. Book two to three weeks ahead minimum; tables are limited and demand is high.

Bybrook holds a Michelin star (2024) inside a 14th-century country manor in Castle Combe, with Robert Potter's menu built around high-provenance sourcing; Anjou pigeon, Cornish brill; at the ££££ tier. Open Wednesday to Sunday evenings only; book well in advance. The right choice for a special occasion in the West Country where setting and cooking carry equal weight.

Codium holds a Michelin star and ranks in OAD's top European restaurants for 2025; serious credentials for a small city in Zeeland. Chef Wouter Kik builds menus around Eastern Scheldt seafood and Zeeland lamb, with a flavour register that runs salty, acidic, spiced. This is a hard booking; Friday lunch is the easiest entry point.

Sun Tung Lok in Tsim Sha Tsui delivers serious Cantonese cooking; abalone, gourmet dried seafood, crispy suckling pig; at the $$ price tier, with La Liste recognition (77pts, 2025–2026) and OAD Asia top-200 placement. It books easier than The Chairman and costs far less than Hong Kong's French fine dining tier. A strong call for a special occasion Cantonese meal without the splurge.

Comice holds a Michelin star (2024, 2025) and in Paris's 16th, run by a husband-and-wife team whose produce-led modern French cooking rewards multiple visits. At the €€€€ price tier, it's a strong choice for a serious celebration or anniversary dinner; intimate, wine-focused, a hard book. Reserve several weeks in advance.

Il Cappero holds a Michelin star (2024) and offers two tasting menus built around local Aeolian ingredients, fermentation, occasional French technique. The setting on the Vulcanello promontory above the sea is the most dramatic fine dining context in the Aeolian islands. Book dinner in summer for the sunset; reserve well ahead; this is hard to secure.

Kazuo holds a Michelin star for 2024 and 2025, making it one of São Paulo's most credentialled Asian-influences tables at the $$$ price tier. The seasonal menu rotates meaningfully, so timing your visit matters. Booking is hard; reserve 4 to 6 weeks out minimum. At this price-to-star ratio, it outpoints most comparable options in the city.

Bonvivant holds a 2025 Michelin star for its vegan five- or six-course set menu in Berlin's Schöneberg. At €€€€, it sits alongside the city's serious fine-dining tier with a local, seasonal focus and a zero-waste kitchen philosophy. Book three to five weeks ahead minimum; availability tightened sharply after the Michelin recognition.

OSA is a restaurant on Calle de la Ribera del Manzanares in Madrid.

Origine holds a Michelin star (2024) and, making it the most compelling creative fine-dining table in central Dijon. Japanese chef Tomofumi Uchimura; trained at Lameloise; runs a menu built on Burgundian produce with precise Japanese technique. Book 3–4 weeks ahead; the weekly schedule is tight and tables fill fast.

De Zuidkant in Damme holds a Michelin star for the second consecutive year (2024 and 2025) and; strong credentials for a small West Flanders town. At the €€€ price point, it offers better value than most of its €€€€ Belgian peers. Book three to four weeks ahead; this is not a walk-in room.

Apicius holds a Michelin star in Clermont-Ferrand's growing fine-dining tier, where Basque-trained chef Eneko Atxa brings a cross-regional modern French approach to a city long overshadowed by Paris and Lyon. With a €€€€ price point, it occupies the serious end of the Auvergne dining scene without the two-star gravity of Le Pré - Xavier Beaudiment.

Sushi Kajin is Taipei's benchmark edomae sushi counter, backed by a Michelin Plate (2025), nearly 30 years of technique, fish sourced directly from Tokyo's Toyosu Market. At $$$$, it is one of the city's harder reservations to secure; plan several weeks ahead. The cypress counter and lacquerware-lit room set a focused, intimate tone suited to diners who take the format seriously.

Noor is Groningen's most ambitious creative kitchen, set inside a converted chapel with a €210 prestige menu that earns its price through serious vegetable-forward sourcing and technique. Booking is straightforward for a restaurant at this level. If you've visited once, return for the advance-order vegetable menu; it's the kitchen's most distinctive offering.

Brat is a wood-fired restaurant on Redchurch Street in Shoreditch, London.

Il Papavero holds a Michelin star at the €€ price point; an unusual combination in Campania that makes it one of the region's most compelling value cases for serious diners. The kitchen anchors on fresh seafood and restrained Mediterranean cooking, with garden dining under jasmine in warm weather. Book three to four weeks out for weekend dinner; this is a hard reservation.

Maison Avoise earned its first Michelin Star in 2025, just one year after the Michelin Plate, making it Paris's most compelling value play in starred modern cuisine right now. At €€€ pricing and, it delivers consistent quality below the city's top bracket. Book at least four to six weeks out; the window is tightening fast.

Qui Plume la Lune holds a Michelin star for the second consecutive year (2024 and 2025) under Chef Mike Schiller, making it one of the most reliable starred tables in Paris's 11th arrondissement. At €€€€, it delivers Modern Cuisine with technical precision in a neighbourhood setting; no grand-room theatre, just serious cooking. Book four to six weeks ahead; this one fills fast.

Zaranda holds a Michelin star (2024) and an OAD Classical recommendation, serving multi-course tasting menus in a former tannery beneath Palma's old quarter. The kitchen focuses on Mallorcan produce with Moorish-influenced appetisers, across formats ranging from 6 to 18 courses. At €€€€ and dinner-only, this is a deliberate booking for a specific kind of meal; and one of Palma's most considered fine dining arguments.

A Michelin-starred kitchen on the Antinori estate, ranked #304 in the 2025 OAD Classical in Europe list. The abbey setting, kitchen garden-driven seasonal menu, Antinori-linked wine cellar make this the most serious dining destination in the Chianti Classico zone. Book well in advance; this is hard to get into and worth the effort for a wine-focused special occasion.

Oro Restaurant holds one Michelin star (2024) inside the Belmond Hotel Cipriani on Giudecca, Venice's quietest island. Chef Vania Ghedini runs a dinner-only kitchen (Tue–Sat, 7:30 PM) with contemporary Italian cooking shaped by Moroccan influences and strong lagoon sourcing. At €€€€, this is a special-occasion booking that requires planning; tables are hard to secure, especially in high season.

Saint-Germain earned a Michelin star and a Resy Best of the Hit List placement in 2025, making it one of the clearest recommendations at the top of New Orleans' contemporary dining bracket. At the $$$$ tier on St. Claude Ave, it is best suited to special occasion dinners rather than casual visits. Book four to six weeks ahead; demand is high and availability moves fast.

Selby's is a Michelin-starred American restaurant in Atherton with a 3,600-selection wine list and consistent OAD North America recognition. At $$$$ per head, dinner-only service, booking difficulty that rewards planning two to three weeks out, it is the Peninsula's most reliable choice for a serious occasion dinner or a group corporate table.

Faventia holds a Michelin star for 2024 and 2025 in the unlikely setting of Tourrettes, a Var hill village most travellers skip entirely. At €€€€ pricing, it is a legitimate destination meal for travellers already in Provence. Book four to six weeks ahead minimum; the star has made it harder to walk into than the address implies.

Raro im Mühlenhof holds a 2025 Michelin star for its garden-driven, vegetable-forward regional cooking on the Mühlenhof estate in Schriesheim. At the €€€€ price point in an atmospheric rural setting, it earns its spend for occasion dining; book four to six weeks out minimum and visit between May and September when the kitchen's farm-to-table brief is at its most convincing.

Contrada earned a Michelin star in 2024, the case for booking is strong: chef Davide Canella's meat-forward modern cooking in a converted Tuscan hamlet, anchored by sommelier Manuela's wine pairing program, makes it the most complete dining experience at the €€€ level in Castelnuovo Berardenga. Book four to six weeks out minimum; this is not a walk-in option.

Hong Kong's first outpost of Shanghai's acclaimed Ningbo seafood specialist, where chef Liu Zhen flies East China Sea fish daily and replicates the flagship's most complex recipes; including the wine-marinated raw mud crab that anchors the Michelin-starred menu. At HK$$$$ and with preordering required for signature dishes, it's a proposition for diners chasing regional Chinese technique that rarely appears in Hong Kong at this polish level.

L'Astrance is a restaurant on Rue de Longchamp in Paris.

Under Grain, beneath The Rosselli hotel on Merchants Street, is one of Valletta's most complete fine-dining evenings at the €€€ price tier. The vaulted cellar setting and Maltese-rooted menu with international technique make it worth prioritising on any midweek visit. Note the strict Tuesday to Friday schedule; weekends are not an option.

Kesselhaus holds back-to-back Michelin stars (2024 and 2025) under chef Paul Decker, making it the strongest case for a fine-dining booking in Osnabrück. The creative tasting menu format suits special occasions and celebration dinners, the confirms consistency beyond the inspector's visit. Book well in advance; this is hard to secure at short notice.

Il Marin is Genoa's clearest answer for Michelin-starred seafood, holding a 2024 one star and an OAD Top Restaurants in Europe ranking. Chef Marco Visciola applies modern technique to Ligurian maritime territory; think tableside cocktail spaghetti with caviar and nebulised gin. At €€€, with Saturday and Sunday lunch offering the Porto Antico view in daylight, it is a hard reservation worth planning three to four weeks ahead.

L'Aliança d'Anglès holds a 2024 Michelin one star and operates as a tasting-menu-only restaurant in a historic 1919 building in Anglès, Girona province. Chef Àlex Carrera, trained at El Celler de Can Roca, runs two menus built around locally sourced ingredients, opening with a vermouth ritual. At €€€€, it is worth booking for a special occasion; plan four to six weeks ahead and arrange your own transport.

Shiraz is Wuppertal's most decorated dining address, holding a Michelin star in both 2024 and 2025 under chef Silvio Nickol. At the €€€€ price point with a creative tasting menu format, it is the clear choice for a special occasion meal in the region; but book four to six weeks ahead minimum, as tables fill fast.

Lars Amsterdam holds a 2024 Michelin star and, with a tasting menu that merges classical French technique and Asian flavour references, supported by produce from a 400-square-metre rooftop garden. At €€€€, it is the right booking if a structured, progression-driven tasting menu is your format. Book several weeks ahead: sittings are limited and the restaurant is closed Sunday and Monday.

Two consecutive Michelin Stars (2024–2025) and make Oizumi Sushi the most credentialled Japanese counter in São Paulo right now. At $$$ under chef Baptiste Denieul, it rewards food-focused diners who want an intimate, chef-led experience. Booking is hard; plan at least three to four weeks out and treat the reservation as the anchor of your São Paulo itinerary.

Cai Yi Xuan is one of Beijing's strongest cases for Cantonese fine dining at the ¥¥¥ tier; Michelin-starred (2024), Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025), and priced below most of its credentialed competition in the city. The composed, quiet dining room makes it the right call for a business dinner or serious celebration. Book at least two to three weeks ahead; this does not hold tables.

Nublo is a restaurant on Plaza San Martín in Haro.

O'Pazo holds a Michelin star and ranks #179 on the 2025 OAD Top Restaurants in Europe for a reason: its wood-fired Rescaldo tasting menu, Rubia Gallega beef, Galician seafood delivered in a dark-wood dining room with genuine front-of-house hospitality makes it the strongest case for €€€€ spending in northwest Spain. Book well ahead; the schedule is tight and availability moves fast.

Angler SF is a restaurant on The Embarcadero in San Francisco.

A Michelin-starred restaurant inside a 14th-century castle in Catalonia's Alt Empordà, open Thursday through Sunday only. Chef Javi Martínez runs two tasting menus rooted in local ingredients and castle archive recipes; service won the 2023 MICHELIN Service Award. At €€€€, it earns the price for serious food travellers. Book six to eight weeks ahead minimum.

A Michelin-starred, plant-forward tasting menu restaurant on the edge of Amsterdam's Rembrandtpark, Bolenius is the right book if Dutch-sourced, produce-led fine dining is what you are after. Two menus; Pure Plant and Dutch Menu; reflect a kitchen with genuine conviction. Book weekday lunch for the best availability; Saturday dinner is the hardest seat to secure.

Yayo Daporta holds a Michelin star and is the most serious restaurant in Cambados, anchoring the Rías Baixas in Spain's creative cooking scene. Two tasting menus draw from the local Atlantic coast and dual kitchen gardens, with a €€€ price point that makes it better value than most one-star contemporaries in Spain. Book four to six weeks ahead minimum.

Orfali Bros is a family-led restaurant in Dubai serving a contemporary expression of Middle Eastern cuisine.

Pelegrini is Šibenik's Michelin-starred anchor and the most credible reason to plan a serious dinner in the city. Chef Rudolf Štefan's Mediterranean and modern cuisine earns La Liste global recognition and. At €€€€, it compares favourably to equivalent restaurants in Dubrovnik. Book three to four weeks ahead minimum; tables fill fast.

Le Berceau des Sens is a Michelin-recognised modern French restaurant on the EHL campus in Lausanne, where student chefs trained by Meilleurs Ouvriers de France produce technically accomplished, flavour-coherent cooking at the €€€ tier. Lunch offers the easier entry point; dinner gives the kitchen more room to show its range. Booking is straightforward, but the narrow 90-minute service windows mean planning ahead is worthwhile.

Goffin holds a consecutive Michelin star (2024, 2025) and an OAD Highly Recommended citation, making it the strongest value case in Sint-Kruis fine dining at the €€€ tier. The catch: it is open only four days a week with a tight service window, so booking three to six weeks ahead is essential. If you can get in, book it.

A Michelin-starred Tuscan kitchen in a converted stable at the edge of a Chianti village, run by a young couple with a quietly serious approach to minimalist regional cooking. At the €€€ price tier, it offers better value than most starred restaurants in the area. Book four to six weeks out for summer evenings; Monday is the weekly closure.

VEA is a restaurant at The Wellington in Central, Hong Kong.

Sintesi holds a 2024 Michelin star and in Ariccia, delivering contemporary Italian cooking from chefs Matteo Compagnucci and Sara Scarsella at the €€€ tier. The menu runs from classical risottos to more technically ambitious dishes, with a seasonal wine list and house-made non-alcoholic pairings. Booking is hard; plan well in advance.

Jägerhof holds a Michelin star (2024) and, making it the most serious dining option in Sankt Gallen. Head chef Agron Lleshi runs a seasonal three-to-eight course menu with an à la carte option; lunch is a lighter, more accessible entry point. Book the kitchen table on your second visit; it changes the meal entirely.

Gaddi's is a French restaurant at The Peninsula Hong Kong.

La Parolina holds a Michelin star in Trevinano, a village near Acquapendente in northern Lazio, making it the most serious table on the Via Francigena corridor. The kitchen cooks from the territory; local pulses, offal, EVO oil; with enough technique to earn its rating. Book four to six weeks ahead minimum; this is a hard reservation and there is no comparable alternative nearby.

A Michelin-starred creative restaurant on one of Vieux-Lyon's most storied medieval streets, Au 14 Février brings a Franco-Japanese sensibility to the Presqu'île's oldest quarter. Chef Paul Qui holds a 2025 Michelin star and an EP Club Remarkable rating, placing the address firmly within Lyon's serious dining tier. The 36 Rue du Bœuf setting frames the cooking in centuries of stone and culinary precedent.

Ente at the Nassauer Hof is Wiesbaden's most formal fine-dining address, with two structured tasting menus and service led by a polished front-of-house team. At €€€€, it is the right call for milestone dinners and occasions that warrant the setting. Booking is straightforward, a pre-orderable duck menu for two adds a practical advantage for couples or small groups planning ahead.

Piano35 holds a 2024 Michelin star and sits 150 metres above Turin in the Renzo Piano-designed Intesa Sanpaolo tower. Dinner runs Friday and Saturday only, built around a three-act tasting menu moving from Piedmont to Italian cuisine to the Piccolo Lago house signature. Book well ahead; availability is genuinely limited; and come for dinner to get the full experience the star reflects.

Maison Decoret holds a 2024 Michelin star and a Relais & Châteaux 4.6/5 rating in a Napoleon III mansion in UNESCO-listed Vichy. Jacques Decoret's seasonally driven, locally sourced cooking makes this the strongest fine-dining case in the Auvergne region. Open Thursday to Sunday only, so book well ahead.

Quetzal is Toronto's most technically serious Mexican restaurant, built around an eight-metre open fire pit and in-house nixtamalised tortillas. La Liste ranked it globally in 2026 (76 points) and Opinionated About Dining has recommended it three consecutive years. Book Wednesday through Sunday from 6 PM; the tasting menu is the right call for a first visit or celebration dinner.

Bulle d'Osier earned its first Michelin star in 2025, bringing creative cooking of genuine ambition to Langres, a walled hilltop city in the Haute-Marne better known for its namesake cheese than its restaurant scene. Chef Stéphane Carrade leads a kitchen that sits at the upper end of what provincial France currently produces, with from early reviewers confirming the momentum behind that recognition.

It is the strongest case for out-of-city creative dining in the Stuttgart region; but it is a Hard book, tasting-menu territory, requires planning several weeks in advance.

Glicine holds a Michelin star inside Amalfi's Hotel Santa Caterina, where Chef Giuseppe Stanzione combines Campanian ingredients with techniques drawn from Asia. The sea-view terrace sets it apart from standalone coast restaurants, the occasion-ready hotel infrastructure makes it the stronger call for group or milestone dinners. Book two to three months ahead for summer.

Ssal is the strongest case for Korean-Californian tasting menu cooking in San Francisco: Michelin-starred in both 2024 and 2025, ranked #228 in North America by Opinionated About Dining, operated by chef-owner Junsoo Bae with a 650-selection wine list. Book well ahead. At $$$$ with dinner only, this is a considered spend that rewards repeat visits as the kitchen continues to develop.

A Michelin-starred creative kitchen in Blois where the menu is written fresh every morning from produce sourced within 20 minutes of the restaurant. Anthony Maubert trained under Arnaud Donckele; Fumiko Maubert brings a nutritionist's precision to the pastry course. At €€€€ and with a 4.9 rating from nearly 1,800 reviews, this is the clearest dinner or lunch answer in the region. Book at least a month ahead.

Trescha holds a Michelin star (2024 and 2025) and a Latin America's 50 Best listing, making it the clearest case for spending at the $$$$ tier in Buenos Aires. Chef Tomás Treschanski's research-led tasting menu pushes Argentine cooking in a direction you won't find at a parrilla. Book months ahead; this is Near Impossible to secure on short notice.

Yue Hai Tang holds a Michelin 1 Star (2024) for Cantonese barbecue anchored by a long-tenured kitchen team in Shanghai. The wine list runs to over 500 labels, high-preparation dishes like lobster and crab meat in pastry require pre-ordering at booking. Booking difficulty is hard; reserve ahead and come knowing the format.

L'OURS is Crans-Montana's only Michelin-starred restaurant (2024), where chef Franck Reynaud runs a seasonal discovery menu of five to eight courses with a strong Valais wine focus. At €€€€, it is a clear commitment; but there is no local rival at this level. Book well ahead, especially during ski season.

Maní is a restaurant in São Paulo's Jardim Paulistano neighbourhood.

Rosetta is a restaurant on Colima Street in Mexico City's Roma Norte neighborhood.

Panorama - Bistro holds back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition (2024 and 2025) and delivers regionally sourced Swiss cuisine at an €€ price point, with mountain and lake views from the Hartlisberg terrace. The four- to five-course set menu; extendable with surprise courses on request; is the reason to book, not just the setting.

A two-time Michelin-starred mill restaurant in rural Aveyron, Moulin de Cambelong makes the strongest case for dining outside Paris at the €€€ price tier. The sourcing-first kitchen draws directly on Aveyron's producers, the river-mill setting is genuinely quiet and unhurried. Book six to eight weeks out for summer tables; this is a hard reservation to land.

Luigi Lepore holds a Michelin star and runs exclusively on tasting menus; Origini (five courses) or A Mano Libera (seven or nine); from a 19th-century palazzo in Lamezia Terme's historic centre. At €€€, it is among the better-value starred tasting menu experiences in southern Italy. Book three to four weeks ahead minimum; weekend slots go fast.

A Michelin-starred (2024) Beijing duck house on the Bund, Sheng Yong Xing (Huangpu) earns its ¥¥¥ pricing through traceable sourcing; each 45-day-old duck comes with a QR code and is roasted over jujube wood. The wine cellar entrance and Bund views make it a strong special occasion booking. Reserve well in advance; walk-ins are not realistic at this level.

Le Manoir de la Régate holds one Michelin star (2024) and, making it one of Nantes' most considered fine-dining options. Chef Mathieu Pérou's vegetable-led modern menu, professional service, nineteenth-century manor setting on the Erdre make it a strong choice for a special occasion dinner. Book well in advance: availability is limited and the venue sits 10km north of the city centre.

Lunasia holds a 2025 Michelin star and an OAD ranking of #134, making it the most credible special-occasion dining choice in Viareggio. Chef Luca Landi runs three tasting menus built around local Versilian seafood and inland ingredients, backed by an 800-label wine list with accessible pricing and an unusually strong by-the-glass selection. Open Thursday through Sunday only; book a week or two ahead in summer.

Retama is the strongest case for tasting-menu dining in Castilla-La Mancha: €€€ per head, easy to book, built around a kitchen with genuine regional identity. Three menus showcase La Mancha produce and tradition through modern technique, inside a Nordic-inflected room with countryside views at the La Caminera estate. A deliberate detour for food-focused travellers moving through central Spain.

Horto is Norbert Niederkofler's Milan project: a Michelin-starred, plant-forward tasting menu restaurant with views of the Duomo and a ranked position at #190 in OAD's Top Restaurants in Europe 2025. Book it if vegetable-centred, sustainability-led fine dining is what you want; but reserve your menu preference when you book, plan at least three to four weeks ahead.

Aubergine Starnberg transforms hotel dining expectations with Chef Maximilian Moser's Michelin-starred contemporary cuisine, served in an elegant glass conservatory overlooking Lake Starnberg. Bavaria's only lakeside Michelin star destination offers seasonal tasting menus that celebrate both regional traditions and international influences.

Les Deux splits across two floors: a casual French bistro at ground level and a Michelin-starred restaurant upstairs, where chef Edip Sigl runs German seasonal sourcing through a French-technique framework. With a 1 Star, La Liste recognition, it's one of Munich's most consistently recognised fine-dining addresses. Book the first floor for a special occasion; expect hard availability and three-to-four weeks' minimum lead time.