Tasting menus and the great houses
Fine Dining
The kitchens that define a city: tasting menus, chef’s tables and dining rooms where every course has been thought through twice. Book early, dress up, take the wine pairing.
Fine dining on gourmaris means the top of the craft: starred kitchens, tasting menus of eight to twenty courses, sommeliers who know your glass before you do and rooms built for an evening rather than a meal. We list the houses that matter in each city, from the grand palaces of Paris and Monaco to the Kreuzberg rooms where Berlin rewrote German cooking, and we say plainly what they cost, how far ahead to book and whether a jacket is expected.
Fine diningStarredBerlin · Kreuzberg
Restaurant Tim Raue
Asian precision, Berlin attitude
Fine diningStarredBerlin · Kreuzberg
Nobelhart & Schmutzig
Brutally local
Fine diningStarredBerlin · Kreuzberg
Horváth
Austrian roots on the Landwehrkanal
Fine diningStarredBerlin · Mitte
Rutz
Three stars above a wine bar
Fine diningStarredBerlin · Mitte
Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer
Grand hotel, Brandenburg Gate view
Fine diningStarredHamburg · HafenCity
The Table Kevin Fehling
Twenty seats, three stars, one table
Fine diningStarredHamburg · Neustadt
Haerlin
The grand room on the Alster
Fine diningStarredHamburg · Elbchaussee
Jacobs Restaurant
The lime-tree terrace on the Elbe
Fine diningStarredHamburg · Hammerbrook
100/200 Kitchen
Whole animals, open fire, a factory loft
Fine diningIconMunich · Schwabing
Tantris
The temple, reopened
Fine diningStarredMunich · Altstadt
Atelier
The Bayerischer Hof’s jewel box
Fine diningStarredMunich · Nymphenburg
JAN
Jan Hartwig’s own house
Fine diningStarredMunich · Altstadt
Tohru in der Schreiberei
Japan meets Bavaria in a medieval house
Fine diningStarredMunich · Altstadt
Alois
Dallmayr’s first floor
Fine diningStarredDüsseldorf · Friedrichstadt
Fritz’s Frau Franzi
A starred kitchen in a design hotel
Fine diningStarredDüsseldorf · Golzheim
Agata’s
Personal fine dining by the Rhine
Fine diningIconDüsseldorf · Kaiserswerth
Im Schiffchen
French haute cuisine since 1977
Fine diningViewDüsseldorf · Medienhafen
Berens am Kai
Harbour terrace, refined cooking
Fine diningStarredFrankfurt · Palmengarten
Lafleur
Two stars in the botanical garden
Fine diningStarredFrankfurt · Westend
Gustav
Modern, regional, Westend calm
Fine diningStarredFrankfurt · Diplomatenviertel
Villa Merton
A villa in the diplomatic quarter
Fine diningStarredSylt · Rantum
Söl’ring Hof
Two stars in the dunes
Fine diningStarredSylt · Tinnum
Bodendorf’s
A farmhouse, a chef, a star
Fine diningStarredSylt · Hörnum
KAI3
The southern tip, fine dining, sea light
Fine diningIconSylt · Westerland
Restaurant Jörg Müller
The classic of the island
Fine diningStarredVienna · Stadtpark
Steirereck im Stadtpark
The park, the Reitbauers, the world’s best list
Fine diningStarredVienna · Grinzing
Amador
Three stars in a wine cellar
Fine diningStarredVienna · Innere Stadt
Silvio Nickol Gourmet Restaurant
Palais Coburg and its 60,000 bottles
Fine diningStarredVienna · Innere Stadt
Konstantin Filippou
Austrian-Greek, two stars, one small room
Fine diningStarredZurich · Dolder
The Restaurant
Two stars above the city
Fine diningStarredZurich · Bürkliplatz
Pavillon
The Baur au Lac’s lakeside room
Fine diningStarredZurich · Old town
Widder Restaurant
Two stars in a medieval hotel
Fine diningStarredSt. Moritz · Champfèr
Ecco St. Moritz
Two stars, winter only
Fine diningStarredSt. Moritz · Champfèr
Talvo by Dalsass
Mediterranean fine dining in a 17th-century house
Fine diningStarredParis · 8th, George V
Le Cinq
Three stars at the George V
Fine diningStarredParis · 7th
Arpège
Alain Passard’s vegetable garden
Fine diningStarredParis · 1st, Cheval Blanc
Plénitude
Arnaud Donckele’s sauces above the Seine
Fine diningStarredLondon · Notting Hill
The Ledbury
Brett Graham’s three stars in Notting Hill
Fine diningStarredLondon · Notting Hill
Core by Clare Smyth
British produce, three stars, one chef
Fine diningStarredLondon · Chelsea
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
Three stars since 2001
Fine diningStarredMonaco · Hôtel de Paris
Le Louis XV Alain Ducasse
The Riviera’s three stars since 1990
Fine diningStarredMonaco · Monte-Carlo Bay
Blue Bay Marcel Ravin
Caribbean roots, two stars, sea view
Fine diningStarredMonaco · Hôtel Hermitage
Pavyllon Monte-Carlo
Yannick Alléno at the counter
Fine diningStarredMarbella · Old Town
Skina
Two stars for twelve guests
Fine diningStarredMarbella · Marbella centre
Messina
Argentina meets Andalusia
Fine diningStarredMarbella · Elviria
El Lago
A star on the lake
Fine diningStarredMálaga · Muelle Uno
José Carlos García
A star on the harbour promenade
Fine diningStarredMálaga · Centro
Kaleja
Dani Carnero’s fire
Fine diningStarredMálaga · Centro
Blossom
A young star in the centre
Fine diningStarredMallorca · Es Capdellà
Zaranda
Two stars in the hills
Fine diningStarredMallorca · Palma old town
Marc Fosh
The British chef who defined modern Mallorca
Fine diningStarredMallorca · Palma
Adrián Quetglas
A star on the Paseo Mallorca
Fine diningStarredMallorca · Costa d’en Blanes
Es Fum
A star at the St. Regis Mardavall
Fine diningStarredMallorca · Palma old town
DINS Santi Taura
Mallorcan history in ten courses
Fine diningStarredMallorca · Canyamel
Voro
Two stars on the east coast
Fine diningStarredIbiza · Cala Nova
Etxeko Ibiza
Martín Berasategui on the island
Fine diningStarredIbiza · Ibiza Town
La Gaia
Japeruvian, starred, by the marina
Fine diningStarredIbiza · Playa d’en Bossa
Unic
A star in a garden
Fine diningStarredIbiza · Sant Antoni
Es Tragón
The island’s first star
Fine diningStarredNew York · Flatiron
Eleven Madison Park
Three stars, entirely plant-based
Fine diningStarredNew York · Columbus Circle
Per Se
Thomas Keller above Central Park
Fine diningStarredNew York · Upper East Side
Daniel
French grandeur on the Upper East Side
Fine diningStarredMiami · Design District
L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon Miami
Two stars at the counter
Fine diningStarredMiami · South Beach
Stubborn Seed
Jeremy Ford’s South Beach star
Fine diningStarredDubai · Palm Jumeirah
Trèsind Studio
Indian haute cuisine, three stars
Fine diningStarredDubai · Atlantis The Royal
FZN by Björn Frantzén
Nordic-Japanese, three stars
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