Best restaurants worldwide

World-list pilgrimsResearch-led dining

Expert 9.7/10

Virgilio Martínez and Pía León map Peru by altitude through one of the world's most influential tasting menus.

The World's Best Restaurant 2023

Eixample, Barcelona $$$$

Disfrutar

Creative · Modern Spanish

World-list pilgrimsCreative tasting menus

Expert 9.7/10

El Bulli alumni turn precision, humour, and Catalan appetite into Barcelona's most coveted reservation.

Østerbro, Copenhagen $$$$

Geranium

New Nordic · Contemporary

Nordic destination diningMeat-free fine dining

Expert 9.7/10

Rasmus Kofoed's meat-free three-star menu turns Nordic precision into something light, marine, and exact.

Dining room at Le Meurice Alain Ducasse, Paris

Le Meurice Alain Ducasse

French

Expert 9.6/10

Inside the Meurice palace hotel, chef Amaury Bouhours runs Ducasse's three-star repertoire under a Second Empire gilt ceiling.

Le Pré Catelan pavilion in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris

16th Arrondissement, Paris $$$$

Le Pré Catelan

French

Landmark anniversariesBusiness lunches that need to close a deal

Expert 9.6/10

A Belle Époque pavilion in the Bois de Boulogne where Frédéric Anton has held three stars for over two decades.

Miraflores, Lima $$$$

Maido

Nikkei · Peruvian-Japanese

Nikkei diningWorld number one completists

Expert 9.7/10

Micha Tsumura's Nikkei flagship fuses Japanese discipline with Peruvian seafood, tubers, chiles, and citrus.

The World's Best Restaurant 2025

Columbus Circle, Manhattan, New York $$$$

Masa

Japanese · Sushi

Milestone celebrationsSerious sushi devotees

Expert 9.7/10

A hinoki counter for 26 diners where Masa Takayama flies in fish daily and prices the omakase accordingly.

Nishi-Azabu, Tokyo $$$$

Myojaku

Japanese · Kaiseki

Expert 9.7/10

A subterranean nine-seat spruce counter built entirely around restraint, promoted to Three MICHELIN Stars in 2026.

Exterior of Quintonil restaurant, Mexico City

Polanco, Mexico City $$$$

Quintonil

Mexican · Contemporary

Vegetable-led fine diningPolanco tasting menus

Expert 9.6/10

Jorge Vallejo and Alejandra Flores make native herbs, vegetables, masa, and seafood feel exact and contemporary.

Hibiya, Tokyo $$$$

Japanese Cuisine RyuGin

Japanese · Kaiseki

Expert 9.7/10

Seiji Yamamoto's temperature-obsessed kaiseki counter that rewired what modern Japanese cooking is allowed to be.

Notting Hill, London $$$$

The Ledbury

European · Modern European

A landmark anniversary dinnerImpressing an out-of-town client

Expert 9.6/10

Brett Graham's three-star Notting Hill kitchen turns British game and produce into some of Europe's most precise cooking.

Pimlico, London $$$

A. Wong

Chinese

Milestone celebrationsAdventurous tasting-menu diners

Expert 9.2/10

Andrew Wong maps mainland China's regional cuisines onto a single Pimlico tasting menu, and hits every province with precision.

Table Lumière private dining table at Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, London

Park Lane, London $$$$

Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester

French

A landmark anniversary dinnerClosing a high-stakes deal over lunch

Expert 9.6/10

A silk-walled dining room inside The Dorchester where French technique is executed with almost unnerving precision.

Refshaleøen, Copenhagen $$$$

Alchemist

Experimental · Holistic

Immersive diningFine-dining maximalists

Expert 9.5/10

Rasmus Munk turns dinner into a 50-impression production without letting the food become an afterthought.

Soho, London $$$$

Alex Dilling at Hotel Café Royal

French

Anniversary dinnersMilestone celebrations

Expert 9.2/10

Alex Dilling's two-Michelin-starred kitchen turns out classical French cooking with the precision of a watchmaker and none of the theatre.

Pavillon Ledoyen on the Champs-Élysées, Paris

Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen

French

Landmark anniversariesSerious sauce and technique devotees

Expert 9.6/10

Yannick Alléno's sauce laboratory inside a Second Empire pavilion, where extraction technique outranks spectacle.

5th Arrondissement, Paris $$$

Alliance

French · Modern Bistronomy

Special-occasion dinnersSerious food travelers

Expert 9.2/10

A bistro's soul run through a two-star kitchen's discipline, three minutes from the Panthéon.

Aquavit restaurant on East 55th Street, New York

Midtown East, Manhattan, New York $$$$

Aquavit

Scandinavian · Nordic

Anniversary dinnersCelebrating a milestone

Expert 9.2/10

A glass-walled Midtown atrium where Emma Bengtsson has spent a decade refining Nordic fine dining into something quietly, precisely her own.

Arpège restaurant on Rue de Varenne, Paris

7th Arrondissement, Paris $$$$

Arpège

French · Vegetable-Forward

Milestone anniversariesDevoted vegetable-cuisine pilgrims

Expert 9.6/10

Alain Passard turns his own kitchen garden into three MICHELIN Stars of quietly radical French cooking.

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York $$$$

Aska

Scandinavian · Foraged

Milestone anniversariesSerious tasting-menu diners

Expert 9.5/10

A converted Williamsburg warehouse where fermentation and fire do the talking for a two-Michelin-starred Scandinavian tasting menu.

Cow Hollow, San Francisco $$$$

Atelier Crenn

Contemporary French · Californian

Poetic tasting menusSeafood-led fine dining

Expert 9.5/10

Dominique Crenn turns seafood, memory, and California produce into a lyrical three-star tasting menu.

Tribeca, Manhattan, New York $$$$

Atera

American · Contemporary

Special occasion dinnersAdventurous tasting menus

Expert 9.1/10

A subterranean counter where Ronny Emborg turns foraged, fermented, and frozen technique into a two-star tasting menu with no menu on the table.

Flatiron District, Manhattan, New York $$$$

Atomix

Korean · Progressive

Special-occasion tasting menusAnniversary dinners

Expert 9.2/10

A husband-and-wife team turns a numbered Korean tasting menu into a two-star study in restraint and heat control.

Azabu Juban, Tokyo $$$$

Azabu Kadowaki

Japanese · Kaiseki

Expert 9.6/10

An eight-seat counter where Toshiya Kadowaki has held three stars since 2020 on precision alone.

Exterior of Benu restaurant, San Francisco

SoMa, San Francisco $$$$

Benu

Asian-American · Contemporary

San Francisco three-star diningKorean-American fine dining

Expert 9.5/10

Corey Lee's SoMa flagship blends Korean, Cantonese, and Californian detail with three-star composure.

Bonheur by Matt Abé

French

Anniversary dinnersBusiness lunches with weight behind them

Expert 9.2/10

Matt Abé's Mayfair dining room turns classical French technique into something quietly exacting, and the second star confirms it.

Belgravia, London $$$$

Brooklands by Claude Bosi

French · British

Anniversary dinnersCelebratory business lunches

Expert 9.2/10

Claude Bosi's Two-MICHELIN-Star dining room inside The Peninsula London, built around motorsport-inspired precision and Anglo-French technique.

César restaurant on Hudson Street, New York

Hudson Square, Manhattan, New York $$$$

César

French · Japanese

Special-occasion tasting menusSolo counter dining

Expert 9.2/10

A silent, eighteen-seat counter where César Ramirez plates raw fish and French technique with jeweler's precision.

Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York $$$$

Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare

Japanese · French

Special occasion tasting menusSerious solo diners at the counter

Expert 9.2/10

A 20-seat counter where co-chefs Max Natmessnig and Marco Prins rebuilt a fallen three-star kitchen into a disciplined two-star Japanese-French tasting room.

Clove Club restaurant in the former Shoreditch Town Hall, London

Shoreditch, London $$$$

Clove Club

British

Special occasion dinnersSerious tasting-menu diners

Expert 9.2/10

A British tasting menu built on live-fire technique and single-ingredient discipline, served inside a converted Shoreditch council chamber.

Cocina Hermanos Torres restaurant building in Barcelona

Les Corts, Barcelona $$$$

Cocina Hermanos Torres

Modern Spanish · Mediterranean

Open-kitchen theatreMediterranean fine dining

Expert 9.5/10

Twin chefs stage a Mediterranean tasting menu around open kitchen islands in a former industrial hall.

Notting Hill, London $$$$

Core by Clare Smyth

British · Modern British

Landmark anniversary dinnersSerious food pilgrims

Expert 9.6/10

Clare Smyth's potato and roast chicken, executed with three-star precision, in a townhouse dining room that never raises its voice.

Bethnal Green, London $$$$

Da Terra

Brazilian · Innovative

Special occasion tasting menusAdventurous eaters

Expert 9.2/10

Rafael Cagali turns Brazilian childhood memory into precision tasting-menu architecture inside a nine-seat counter in Bethnal Green.

7th Arrondissement, Paris $$$$

David Toutain

French · Modern

Special occasion dinnersAdventurous eaters

Expert 9.2/10

A tasting-menu laboratory in the 7th where vegetable char and dasho-deep sauces do the talking, not the tablecloth.

Dewakan

Malaysian · Progressive Malaysian

Expert 9.4/10

A Two MICHELIN Star tasting menu built on foraged Malaysian ingredients and a Green Star commitment to sourcing.

Knightsbridge, London $$$$

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

British

Special occasion dinnersOut-of-town guests wanting classic London fine dining

Expert 9.2/10

Centuries-old English recipes rebuilt with laboratory precision, served inside the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park.

Eleven Madison Park signage, New York City

NoMad, Manhattan, New York $$$$

Eleven Madison Park

American · Plant-Based

Landmark occasion dinnersAdventurous plant-based dining

Expert 9.5/10

Daniel Humm's three-star dining room over Madison Square Park, running an entirely plant-based tasting menu since 2021.

Épicure

French

Landmark anniversariesBusiness dinners that need to close a deal

Expert 9.6/10

Eric Frechon's three-star kitchen inside Le Bristol, where classical French technique is executed without a single wasted gesture.

Signature sturgeon and sauerkraut tart dish at Gabriel Kreuther, New York

Midtown West, Manhattan, New York $$$$

Gabriel Kreuther

French · Alsatian

Anniversary dinnersPre-theater fine dining

Expert 9.2/10

Gabriel Kreuther turns Alsace into two-Michelin-star architecture, one degree at a time, steps from Bryant Park.

Ginza Shinohara

Kaiseki · Japanese

Kaiseki formalityGinza special occasions

Expert 9.3/10

A Ginza kaiseki room where seasonal Japanese ceremony is delivered with warmth, polish, and exact timing.

Gymkhana

Indian

Anniversary dinnersImpressing visiting clients

Expert 9.2/10

A colonial-era clubhouse reimagined for two-star Indian cooking that treats spice as precision, not heat.

Hakuba

Japanese · Japanese-French

Milestone anniversariesSerious solo diners at the counter

Expert 9.2/10

A nine-seat counter near the Palais-Royal where Kyoto technique meets French produce, without ceremony or compromise.

Harutaka

Japanese · Sushi

Expert 9.6/10

An eight-seat Ginza counter where aged Edomae sushi is served one exacting piece at a time.

Caviar dish at Hélène Darroze at The Connaught, London

Hélène Darroze at The Connaught

French

Anniversary dinnersMilestone celebrations

Expert 9.6/10

Hélène Darroze channels her Landes upbringing into three-star French cooking inside The Connaught's most formal room.

Soho, London $$$

Humble Chicken

Japanese · East Asian

Special-occasion omakaseSolo diners at the counter

Expert 9.2/10

A twelve-seat Soho counter turning yakitori technique into a two-Michelin-star omakase.

Temple, London $$$$

Ikoyi

West African · British

Special occasion dinnersAdventurous tasting menus

Expert 9.2/10

Smoked plantain and scotch bonnet heat, plated with the precision of a two-star kitchen that refuses to explain itself.

Jean-Georges restaurant at 1 Central Park West, New York

Columbus Circle, Manhattan, New York $$$$

Jean-Georges

French · Contemporary

Marking a milestone anniversaryImpressing an out-of-town client

Expert 9.2/10

A 1997 flagship overlooking Central Park that still cooks circles around restaurants half its age.

Ebisu, Tokyo $$$$

Gastronomy Joël Robuchon

French

Expert 9.7/10

The late Joël Robuchon's Tokyo flagship, still holding three stars under chef Kenichiro Sekiya's precise, butter-forward hand.

Koreatown, Manhattan, New York $$$$

Joo-Ok

Korean · Contemporary

Special-occasion dinnersKorean cuisine devotees

Expert 9.2/10

Chang-ho Shin's Seoul restaurant relocated to a 16th-floor Koreatown perch, freight elevator and skyline included.

Tribeca, Manhattan, New York $$$$

Jungsik

Korean · Contemporary

Anniversary dinnersImpressing out-of-town guests

Expert 9.6/10

The first Korean restaurant in America to hold Three MICHELIN Stars, where fermentation and French technique are the same sentence.

Counter dining at Kagurazaka Ishikawa, Tokyo

Kagurazaka, Tokyo $$$$

Kagurazaka Ishikawa

Japanese · Kaiseki

Expert 9.7/10

A nine-seat counter in a converted machiya where Hideki Ishikawa has defined Tokyo kaiseki since 2009.

Roppongi, Tokyo $$$$

Kanda

Japanese · Kaiseki

Expert 9.6/10

A nine-seat counter where Hiroyuki Kanda has run the same quiet, dashi-first kaiseki for three-star scrutiny since 2008.

Kei

French · Japanese-French

Milestone anniversariesSerious tasting-menu diners

Expert 9.5/10

Kei Kobayashi's Japanese precision applied to French technique, three stars deep, on a quiet street behind the Bourse.

Fitzrovia, London $$$$

Kitchen Table

Modern European

Special occasion dinnersSolo diners who like watching the kitchen work

Expert 9.2/10

A 20-cover kitchen counter in Fitzrovia turning single-source British ingredients into a two-starred tasting menu with no walls between diner and flame.

Monte Mario, Rome $$$$

La Pergola

Italian · Mediterranean

Rome landmark dinnersRooftop fine dining

Expert 9.5/10

Heinz Beck's rooftop dining room pairs Rome views with polished Mediterranean haute cuisine.

Signature tuna and foie gras dish at Le Bernardin, New York

Midtown West, Manhattan, New York $$$$

Le Bernardin

French · Seafood

Anniversary dinnersBusiness entertaining

Expert 9.6/10

Eric Ripert's seafood-only dining room has held the line at the top of New York fine dining since 1986.

Dining room at Le Cinq, Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris

Le Cinq

French

Anniversary dinnersLandmark celebrations

Expert 9.6/10

Christian Le Squer's three-star dining room turns classical French technique into something almost architectural.

Le Clarence on Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, Paris

Le Clarence

French · Wine-Focused

Serious wine pairingsAnniversary dinners

Expert 9.2/10

A Prats-family townhouse where Bordeaux's finest cellars meet a kitchen built to match them, glass for glass.

Le Gabriel

French

Landmark anniversariesBusiness dinners that need to close a deal

Expert 9.6/10

Jérôme Banctel's three-star kitchen inside La Réserve Paris, where lacquer-dark dining rooms meet precision-cut, spice-inflected French cooking.

Le Jules Verne dining room on the Eiffel Tower, Paris

7th Arrondissement, Paris $$$$

Le Jules Verne

French

Marriage proposalsLandmark anniversaries

Expert 9.2/10

Two MICHELIN Stars, 400 feet above the Champ de Mars, and a kitchen that has stopped needing the view to prove itself.

Omotesando, Tokyo $$$$

L'Effervescence

French

Expert 9.6/10

Shinobu Namae's three-star kitchen where French technique defers entirely to what Japan's soil and coastline hand over that morning.

Orchard, Singapore $$$$

Les Amis

French · Haute cuisine

Classical French diningWine collectors

Expert 9.4/10

A Singapore institution for classical French luxury, deep wine, and three-star service on Orchard Road.

16th Arrondissement, Paris $$$$

L'Oiseau Blanc

French

Marriage proposalsMilestone anniversaries

Expert 9.2/10

A glass-domed rooftop dining room at the Peninsula Paris that stares straight into the Eiffel Tower, two Michelin stars deep.

L'Osier

French

Expert 9.6/10

A silk-walled Ginza dining room where classic French technique has held three Michelin stars since 2019.

Shopfront of Marsan by Hélène Darroze, Paris

6th Arrondissement, Paris $$$$

Marsan

French

Anniversary dinnersSerious solo tasting-menu diners

Expert 9.2/10

Hélène Darroze's Paris flagship turns Landes farmhouse cooking into two-star precision on Rue de l'Université.

Cheongdam-dong, Seoul $$$$

Mingles

Modern Korean · Contemporary

Modern Korean fine diningSeoul destination meals

Expert 9.5/10

Mingoo Kang's Cheongdam flagship makes jang, seasonal produce, and Korean memory feel globally fluent.

Aoyama, Tokyo $$$$

NARISAWA

Innovative · Fusion

Expert 9.2/10

Yoshihiro Narisawa turns Japan's forest floor into a tasting menu, and has for two decades.

Civic District, Singapore $$$$

Odette

Modern French · Contemporary

Singapore landmark diningElegant French menus

Expert 9.6/10

Julien Royer's National Gallery flagship delivers graceful French fine dining with Asian sensitivity.

Flatiron District, Manhattan, New York $$$$

Odo

Japanese · Kaiseki

Special-occasion omakase seekersSolo diners who want to talk technique with the chef

Expert 9.2/10

An unmarked door off Flatiron opens onto eight seats where chef Hiroki Odo builds kaiseki course by course, live.

Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham $$$$

Opheem

Indian · Progressive

Indian fine diningBirmingham celebrations

Expert 9.3/10

Aktar Islam gives Indian technique, smoke, spice, and acidity the discipline of a two-star tasting menu.

West Loop, Chicago $$$$

Oriole

Contemporary American · New American

Quiet luxuryWest Loop destination dining

Expert 9.3/10

Noah Sandoval's hidden West Loop room delivers Chicago luxury with quiet pacing and exacting technique.

Columbus Circle, Manhattan, New York $$$$

Per Se

American · French

Anniversary dinnersMarking a major milestone

Expert 9.6/10

Thomas Keller's nine-course tasting menu over Central Park, where French technique meets American restraint.

Pierre Gagnaire

French · Avant-Garde

Landmark anniversary dinnersSerious solo diners who read menus twice

Expert 9.6/10

Thirty years of continuous three-star cooking built on fractured, multi-plate compositions that still refuse to repeat themselves.

Plénitude

French

Marking a milestone anniversaryImpressing an out-of-town guest with a Seine view

Expert 9.6/10

Arnaud Donckele's sauce-driven French cuisine, eight floors above the Seine, earned three stars faster than almost any Paris kitchen on record.

Interior of Pujol restaurant, Mexico City

Polanco, Mexico City $$$$

Pujol

Mexican · Contemporary

Mexican fine-dining historyPolanco splurges

Expert 9.5/10

Enrique Olvera's Polanco flagship turns masa, mole, insects, and memory into Mexico's most famous tasting menu.

Exterior of Quintessence restaurant, Tokyo

Kita-Shinagawa, Tokyo $$$$

Quintessence

French

Expert 9.7/10

A 9-table Kita-Shinagawa dining room where French technique is rebuilt daily around whatever Japan's producers deliver that morning.

Signature seafood ravioli dish at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London

Chelsea, London $$$$

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay

French

Anniversary dinnersLanding a once-in-a-lifetime celebration

Expert 9.6/10

Gordon Ramsay's Chelsea flagship has held three MICHELIN Stars since 2001, and the kitchen still cooks like it has something to prove.

London Bridge, London $$$$

Restaurant Story

British · Seasonal

Anniversary dinnersVisiting food obsessives

Expert 9.2/10

Tom Sellers turns a tasting menu into an autobiography, and after a decade it still reads as personal rather than performed.

St James's, London $$$$

Row on 5

British

Anniversary dinnersImpressing overseas clients

Expert 9.2/10

Newly elevated to Two MICHELIN Stars, Row on 5 turns British produce into precise, confident plates without a trace of nostalgia.

Mitte, Berlin $$$$

Rutz

Modern German · Creative

German wine obsessivesThree-star Berlin dining

Expert 9.5/10

Berlin's three-star standard-bearer builds modern German cooking around bread, wine, and deep reductions.

Entrance to Saga at 70 Pine Street, New York

Financial District, Manhattan, New York $$$$

Saga

American · Contemporary

Special-occasion dinnersSkyline views at sunset

Expert 9.2/10

A contemporary American tasting menu served 63 floors above Manhattan, where the skyline does half the talking.

Hiroo, Tokyo $$$$

Sazenka

Chinese

Expert 9.6/10

A rare three-star Chinese counter in Hiroo where chef Tomoya Kawada rebuilds classic technique dish by dish.

Hibiya, Tokyo $$$$

SÉZANNE

French

Expert 9.7/10

Daniel Calvert's three-star French counter at The Peninsula Tokyo, where classical technique defers entirely to Japanese produce.

Sketch (Lecture Room & Library)

French · Modern French

Landmark anniversary dinnersImpressing out-of-town guests

Expert 9.6/10

Pierre Gagnaire's Mayfair stage for extravagant, composition-driven French cooking, held at three Michelin stars.

NOMA, Manchester $$$$

Skof

Modern British · Contemporary

New Manchester diningWarm tasting rooms

Expert 9/10

Tom Barnes brings L'Enclume-level detail to Manchester in a warm, personal tasting room.

Yen Akat, Bangkok $$$$

Sühring

German · Contemporary European

Bangkok destination diningEuropean tasting menus

Expert 9.5/10

Twin brothers translate German memory into Bangkok's most exacting European tasting menu.

Shinbashi, Tokyo $$$$

Sushi Kanesaka

Japanese · Sushi

Expert 9.2/10

A twelve-seat Shinbashi counter where Shinji Kanesaka ages his own fish and lets rice temperature do the rest.

Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York $$$$

Sushi Noz

Japanese · Sushi

Special-occasion omakaseSerious sushi devotees

Expert 9.2/10

A nine-seat Edo-style counter behind a courtyard door, where Nozomu Abe ages fish with the patience of a craftsman who has nothing to prove.

Midtown East, Manhattan, New York $$$$

Sushi Sho

Japanese · Sushi

Milestone celebrationsSerious sushi devotees

Expert 9.6/10

Keiji Nakazawa's Edomae counter near the Public Library became the first sushi room in New York to reach three stars since Masa.

Sushi Yoshitake

Sushi · Edomae

Ginza sushi pilgrimsTiny omakase counters

Expert 9.5/10

Masahiro Yoshitake's tiny Ginza counter delivers Edomae sushi with a distinctive, polished personal style.

Scallop dish at The Modern, MoMA, New York

Midtown, Manhattan, New York $$$$

The Modern

American · French

Milestone anniversariesPre-theater fine dining

Expert 9.2/10

A glass-walled dining room over MoMA's sculpture garden where Abram Bissell threads French technique through an American register.

Bermondsey, London $$$$

Trivet

Global · Innovative

Wine-focused special occasionsSerious tasting-menu diners

Expert 9.2/10

Jonny Lake and Isa Bal's Two-Star Bermondsey room where the wine list drives the kitchen, not the other way round.

TTDI, Kuala Lumpur $$$$

Akar

Malaysian · Progressive Malaysian

Expert 9.1/10

A MICHELIN-starred kitchen in TTDI that runs Malaysian flavor through Japanese discipline and European technique.

Akasaka, Tokyo $$$$

Akasaka Kikunoi

Japanese · Kaiseki

Expert 9.2/10

Kyoto kaiseki grammar transplanted to a hushed Akasaka townhouse, two Michelin Stars intact.

Lincoln Park, Chicago $$$$

Alinea

Modernist · Contemporary American

Modernist dining historyTheatre-led tasting menus

Expert 9.2/10

Grant Achatz's modernist landmark remains Chicago's most theatrical tasting menu, now carrying two Michelin stars.

Queen West, Toronto $$$$

Alo

French · Contemporary

Toronto special occasionsFrench tasting menus

Expert 9/10

Patrick Kriss's Spadina dining room remains Toronto's benchmark for polished French tasting-menu hospitality.

Brentwood, Austin $$$$

Barley Swine

Contemporary American · Texan

Austin special occasionsLocal-produce obsessives

Expert 9/10

Bryce Gilmore turns Central Texas farms into a clever, fermented, one-star tasting menu on Burnet Road.

Beta KL

Malaysian

Expert 9.1/10

A one-Michelin-starred tasting menu that treats Malaysian hawker memory as a technical discipline, not a theme.

Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur $$$

Bidou

French · Bistro

Date nightFood enthusiasts

Expert 8.9/10

A pocket-sized Bangsar bistro that turns classic French technique into the most talked-about opening of the year.

West End, Glasgow $$$$

Cail Bruich

Modern Scottish · Contemporary

Scottish produceWest End celebrations

Expert 8.9/10

Glasgow's West End star turns Scottish seafood, game, and vegetables into a sharply seasonal tasting menu.

Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur $$$$

Chim by Chef Noom

Thai

Expert 9.1/10

A One MICHELIN Star Thai tasting counter in Bukit Bintang that treats regional heat and funk as technique, not folklore.

COTE Korean Steakhouse on West 22nd Street, New York

Flatiron District, Manhattan, New York $$$$

COTE Korean Steakhouse

Korean · Steakhouse

High-energy groupsKorean barbecue with wine

Expert 8.9/10

A high-energy Korean steakhouse where prime beef, banchan, and serious wine meet Michelin-level polish.

TTDI, Kuala Lumpur $$$$

DC. by Darren Chin

French

Special occasionsDate night

Expert 9.1/10

Precision-driven contemporary French cooking in a 20-seat TTDI shopfront, anchored by a single MICHELIN Star.

Gaienmae, Tokyo $$$$

Den

Japanese · Innovative

Expert 9.2/10

Zaiyu Hasegawa turns nostalgic Japanese home cooking into two-starred theater, one sly course at a time.

ESqUISSE

French

Expert 9.2/10

A Kobe-trained French kitchen eight floors above Ginza, where dashi and koji quietly rewire classical technique.

Ginza Kojyu

Japanese · Kaiseki

Expert 9.2/10

An eight-seat hinoki counter in Ginza where dashi does the talking and the menu changes by the week.

Downtown, Austin $$$$

Hestia

Contemporary American · Live-fire

Downtown business dinnersLive-fire cooking

Expert 8.9/10

A polished downtown room where the hearth does the seasoning and Texas ingredients take on smoke, char, and fat.

Centro Storico, Rome $$$$

Il Pagliaccio

Creative Italian · Contemporary

Creative Roman diningSmall dining rooms

Expert 9.1/10

Anthony Genovese gives Rome a compact, creative tasting room shaped by Italian produce and global memory.

Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur $$$

Jie

Chinese · Modern Chinese

Expert 8.9/10

Modern Chinese technique applied with restraint in a quiet Damansara Heights dining room.

Cheongdam-dong, Seoul $$$$

Jungsik Seoul

Modern Korean · Contemporary

Gangnam tasting menusModern Korean classics

Expert 9.1/10

Yim Jungsik's Seoul original remains a benchmark for polished, modern Korean tasting-menu structure.

K

Japanese · Omakase

Expert 8.9/10

A nine-seat counter inside Ilham Tower where the service is as precise as the fish.

Entrance of L'Ambroisie, Place des Vosges, Paris

4th Arrondissement, Paris $$$$

L'Ambroisie

French · Classic

A milestone dinner with formality to spareDiners who want to taste where a legacy kitchen goes next

Expert 9.1/10

A tri-starred icon recalibrated to two stars under a new chef, still trading on the same 17th-century arcade and the same laminated pastry.

Le Marais, Paris $$$

Le Petit Marché

French · Bistro · Seasonal

Expert 8.9/10

Market-driven French bistro with a sunny terrace and €38 lunch menu.

LunchGroups

Bib Gourmand

Le Taillevent restaurant on Rue Lamennais, Paris

Le Taillevent

French · Classic

Anniversary dinnersBusiness lunches that need to close a deal

Expert 9.1/10

A wood-paneled institution off the Champs-Élysées that has never needed to chase trends to hold two stars.

17th Arrondissement, Paris $$$$

Maison Rostang

French · Classic

Milestone anniversariesTraditionalists who distrust foam

Expert 9.1/10

Two-Michelin-starred classicism served under century-old carved oak panels near Place Pereire.

Ancoats, Manchester $$$$

Mana

Modern British · Contemporary

Ancoats destination diningManchester food pilgrims

Expert 8.9/10

Manchester's first Michelin-starred restaurant turns British ingredients into a spare, focused Ancoats tasting menu.

Molina

Innovative · European

Special occasionsDate night

Expert 9.1/10

A One-MICHELIN-Star tasting counter in KL City Centre where European technique bends around Malaysian produce.

Barangaroo, Sydney $$$$

Oncore by Clare Smyth

Modern British · Modern Australian

Barangaroo luxury diningCore fans visiting Sydney

Expert 9/10

Clare Smyth's Sydney dining room translates Core-level restraint to a high-rise Barangaroo harbour setting.

Three Hats, Good Food Guide

The Rocks, Sydney $$$$

Quay

Modern Australian · Contemporary

Opera House viewsSydney landmark dining

Expert 9.1/10

Peter Gilmore's harbour-facing landmark remains Sydney's defining modern Australian special-occasion restaurant.

Three Hats, Good Food Guide

Thonglor, Bangkok $$$$

R-Haan

Thai · Royal Thai

Formal Thai diningVisitors wanting Thai fine dining

Expert 9.1/10

A formal Thai tasting menu that folds regional produce and royal technique into a high-polish Thonglor room.

Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris $$$$

Restaurant Guy Savoy

French · Haute cuisine

Grand Paris diningClassic French luxury

Expert 9.2/10

Guy Savoy's Seine-side dining room still delivers grand French sauces, truffles, caviar, and old-school generosity.

Charonne, Paris $$$$

Septime

Modern French · Neo-bistro

Neo-bistro historyNatural wine drinkers

Expert 9/10

A stripped-back Charonne dining room where Paris neo-bistro cooking became internationally influential.

Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur $$$

Shu

Chinese

Food enthusiastsDate night

Expert 8.6/10

A young chef's ingredient-first reworking of Cantonese and Hakka technique, plated with restraint in the middle of Bukit Bintang.

Clerkenwell, London $$$$

St. John

British · Nose-to-tail

British food historyNose-to-tail cooking

Expert 9.1/10

Fergus Henderson's whitewashed institution still makes bone marrow, offal, and Eccles cake feel essential.

Exterior of Sukiyabashi Jiro Roppongi Branch, Tokyo

Roppongi, Tokyo $$$$

Sukiyabashi Jiro Roppongi Branch

Japanese · Sushi

Expert 9.2/10

The Roppongi counter that extends the Jiro lineage, built on the same unforgiving rice and knife work.

Chef Masaki Saito preparing a course at Sushi Masaki Saito, Toronto

Yorkville, Toronto $$$$

Sushi Masaki Saito

Sushi · Edomae

Serious sushi dinersTiny omakase counters

Expert 9/10

Masaki Saito's six-seat Yorkville counter remains Canada's most exacting Edomae sushi experience.

Tempura Kondo

Japanese · Tempura

Expert 9.2/10

Fumio Kondo fries vegetables into the main event at one of Japan's most disciplined tempura counters.

TTDI, Kuala Lumpur $$$$

Terra Dining

Malaysian

Expert 9.1/10

A One-MICHELIN-Star tasting counter in TTDI that strips Malaysian cooking to its raw ingredients and rebuilds it from there.

Piccadilly, London $$$$

The Ritz Restaurant

British · French

Marking a milestone anniversaryImpressing overseas clients

Expert 9.2/10

Gilded Louis XVI splendor and classical French-British technique, executed with a precision that outlasts the chandeliers.

Kreuzberg, Berlin $$$$

Restaurant Tim Raue

Asian-inspired · Contemporary

Bold flavoursBerlin power dinners

Expert 9.2/10

Tim Raue turns acid, heat, and sweetness into Berlin's most recognizable two-star signature.

Daniel restaurant entrance on East 65th Street, New York

Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York $$$$

Daniel

French · Contemporary

Classic New York occasionsFrench service

Expert 8.7/10

Daniel Boulud's flagship remains a grand New York French room, now judged as a one-star classic.

Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur $$

Gulainya

Peranakan · Malaysian

Weekday lunchValue seekers

Expert 8.3/10

A Brickfields shophouse turning out Peranakan curries with the patience of a home kitchen and none of the shortcuts.

Michelin Bib Gourmand

Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur $$$

Kazu

Japanese · Sushi

Special occasionsDate night

Expert 8.7/10

An eight-seat Edomae counter in Damansara Heights where the rice, not the room, does the talking.

TTDI, Kuala Lumpur $$$

Kuki

Vegan · Plant-Based

Vegan food enthusiastsSpecial occasions

Expert 8.6/10

A MICHELIN Selected vegan kitchen in TTDI that treats vegetables as the main event, not the compromise.

Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur $$

Lama

Peranakan · Malaysian

Casual lunchFood enthusiasts

Expert 8.3/10

A Petaling Street shophouse turning three-day rempah pastes into some of the city's most precise Peranakan cooking.

Michelin Bib Gourmand

Pavyllon London

French · Contemporary

Mayfair hotel diningCounter seats

Expert 8.8/10

Yannick Alléno brings counter-side French polish to Park Lane with sauces, luxury produce, and hotel precision.

Leith, Edinburgh $$$$

Restaurant Martin Wishart

French · Scottish

Classical French diningLeith waterfront dinners

Expert 8.6/10

A Leith institution where French technique, Scottish shellfish, and measured service keep the star relevant.

Edgbaston, Birmingham $$$$

Simpsons

Modern British · European

Classic fine diningFamily celebrations

Expert 8.6/10

A polished Edgbaston townhouse where Birmingham's modern British fine dining tradition still has real weight.

Clerkenwell, London $$$

The Great Chase

British · Contemporary

Alcohol-free tasting menusHalal special occasions

Expert 8.8/10

A dry, fully halal Clerkenwell dining room with British comfort, polished service, and serious non-alcoholic pairings.

Leith, Edinburgh $$$$

The Kitchin

Scottish · French

Leith destination dinnersScottish seafood

Expert 8.7/10

Tom Kitchin's Leith dining room still frames Scottish produce through classical French discipline.

Finnieston, Glasgow $$$$

Unalome by Graeme Cheevers

Modern British · Scottish

Compact tasting roomsFinnieston dinners

Expert 8.6/10

A compact Finnieston dining room applying polished modern technique to Scottish fish, shellfish, and game.

Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur $$$

Al-Amar Pavilion

Lebanese · Middle Eastern

Halal Lebanese diningBukit Bintang dinners

Expert 8.4/10

A dry, fully halal Pavilion KL Lebanese restaurant for mezze, grilled meats, seafood, and big-table hospitality.

Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur $$$

De.Wan 1958

Malay · Malaysian

Malay occasion diningCorporate halal dinners

Expert 8.6/10

A fully halal, alcohol-free Chef Wan dining room for polished Malay classics in central Kuala Lumpur.

Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur $$$$

Entier French Dining

French · Nose-to-tail

Bangsar hotel dinnersFrench technique

Expert 8.5/10

A French-leaning Bangsar dining room where whole-animal cooking gets lifted by Malaysian produce and hotel polish.

MICHELIN Selected Kuala Lumpur

Broad Street, Birmingham $$$

Qavali

Indo-Persian · Pakistani

Halal celebration dinnersBroad Street groups

Expert 8.5/10

A dry, fully halal Broad Street dining room for Indo-Persian grills, biryani, and occasion service.

First Street, Manchester $$$$

Ribeye Steakhouse

Steakhouse · Contemporary

Halal steak nightsManchester celebrations

Expert 8.6/10

A fully halal, alcohol-free Manchester steakhouse for rib-eye, fillet, tomahawk, and occasion dining.

Skillet KL

Modern European · Malaysian-accented

Kuala Lumpur date nightsModern European menus

Expert 8.4/10

A polished city-centre tasting room using European technique without ignoring Malaysian heat, herbs, and fruit.

MICHELIN Selected Kuala Lumpur

Kampong Glam, Singapore $$$

The White Label

French-Malayan · Contemporary

Halal French-Malayan diningKampong Glam dates

Expert 8.5/10

A MUIS-certified, dry French-Malayan dining room near Arab Street with polished comfort cooking.

MUIS Halal-Certified Restaurant

Halal European diningJewel Changi dinners

Changi, Singapore $$$

Elfuego

European · Steakhouse

4.4

Expert 8.4/10

A MUIS-certified, alcohol-free European restaurant at Jewel Changi for steaks, lamb, seafood, and pasta.

MUIS Halal-Certified Restaurant

Deansgate, Manchester $$$

Etci Mehmet

Turkish · Steakhouse

4.4

Expert 8.3/10

A dry, fully halal Turkish steakhouse on Deansgate for grills, large cuts, and tableside theatre.

Halal steakhouse theatreLarge groups

Family celebrationsDry halal dining

Moseley, Birmingham $$$

Tipu Sultan

Mughlai · Pakistani

4.4

Expert 8.3/10

A fully halal, alcohol-free Moseley dining room for Mughlai grills, biryani, and big-table occasions.