Must-see restaurants in Europe

  • Gurdulù

    Oltrarno

    Gourmet Gurdulù seduces fashionable Florentines with razor-sharp interior design, magnificent craft cocktails and seasonal market cuisine from young local…

  • Osteria delle Quattro Tette

    Mantua

    At the wonderfully esoteric osteria of the ‘four breasts’, you can pull up a pew (literally, an old church pew) and enjoy yet-to-be-exported Italian gems…

  • Restaurant Langostinos

    The Salzkammergut

    Langostinos in Kammer is the first place to head to if you would like to try the lake's delicious seafood. This is seasonal and depends on what the local…

  • Bonci Pizzarium

    Vatican City, Borgo & Prati

    Gabriele Bonci's acclaimed pizzeria a taglio serves Rome's best pizza by the slice, bar none. Scissor-cut squares of soft, springy base are topped with…

  • The Club

    Yerevan

    Fusing western Armenian and French cuisine, the seasonal menu at this fashionable basement restaurant includes salads, traditional village dishes such as…

  • Alle Vettovaglie

    Livorno

    Owned by three sommeliers, this wine bar in the historic Mercato Centrale has a menu that changes according to what produce is fresh and plentiful on the…

  • Regional Flavours

    Funchal

    Take a superb location on pedestrianised Rua da Carreira, a team plucked from top Madeiran restaurants and an inspired owner, and the result is one of the…

  • Oria Taverna

    Kos

    You'll be rewarded by making the effort to get to this idyllic taverna, only accessible by a 15-minute walk up a track. Here you'll face the 1000-year-old…

  • No 10 Restaurant

    Cappadocia

    Upmarket, contemporary dining, with modern tweaks to Turkish classics and a fun approach to dish presentation, is the name of the game here. Order the…

  • La Parte degli Angeli

    Lucca

    For a stylish cocktail with a herb-infused gin perhaps, followed by dinner amid romantic frescoes, look no further than 'The Angels' Share', an intimate…

  • La Distillerie

    Luxembourg

    Spectacularly set inside the turreted, storybook castle Château de Bourglinster, parts of which date from the 11th century, Michelin-starred La…

  • Cervecería Morito

    Burgos

    Cervecería Morito is the undisputed king of Burgos tapas bars and as such it's always crowded. A typical order is alpargata (lashings of cured ham with…

  • El Mesón de Cervantes

    Málaga

    Cervantes started as a humble tapas bar run by expat Argentine Gabriel Spatz, but has now expanded into four bar-restaurants (each with a slightly…

  • Hotel Julsø

    Central Jutland

    A trail leads 1km from the mountaintop of Himmelbjerget down to the lakeshore where boats from Ry and Silkeborg dock. At the dock you’ll find Hotel Julsø,…

  • La Jaira de Demian

    Fuerteventura

    Run by the ever-helpful and astonishingly polite Demian, this excellent restaurant enjoys a lovely setting with an outside terrace, next to a deserted…

  • Balıkçı Sabahattin

    Sultanahmet

    Balıkçı Sabahattin is an enduring favourite with discerning Turks from near and far, who enjoy the limited but delicious menu of mezes and seafood. This…

  • More e Macine

    Langhe, Roero & Monferrato

    A rambunctious, casual and seemingly chaotic place that turns out some of the town's best food. This is the Piedmontese kitchen at its most essential:…

  • L’Arty Show

    Atlantic Coast

    Cognac brandy invariably stars in the inventive, veg- and pulse-packed dishes of chefs Nathalie and Delphine at L'Arty Show, an edgy bistro with vintage…

  • Alcoa

    Estremadura & Ribatejo

    You may have seen it in Lisbon, but this heralded pastelaria (pastry shop) hails from Alcobaça, sitting front and centre across from the monastery hawking…

  • Matur og Drykkur

    Reykjavík

    One of Reykjavík's top high-concept restaurants, Matur og Drykkur means 'Food and Drink', and you'll surely be plied with the best of both. The brainchild…

  • Le Champ des Lunes

    The Luberon

    Overseen by Jérome Faure, who won his first Michelin star at 30, the stellar restaurant at Domaine de Fontenille has become one of the Luberon's most…

  • A Rule of Tum

    The Midlands & the Marches

    Exposed brick, elongated wooden benches and a courtyard garden are the backdrop for brilliant brioche-bun burgers such as the Hereford Hop (pulled beef…

  • Ristorante Il Girasole

    Sirmione

    Sirmione’s best dining experience excels in congenial, well-organised service and traditional food skilfully executed. The three-ingredient cacio e pepe …

  • Auerbachs Keller

    Leipzig

    Founded in 1525, Auerbachs Keller is one of Germany’s best-known restaurants. It’s cosy and touristy but the food’s actually quite good and the setting…

  • Randulffs-sjóhús

    East Iceland

    This extraordinary boathouse dates from 1890, and when new owners entered it in 2008, they found it untouched for 80-odd years. The upstairs sleeping…

  • Cantina La Estación

    Andalucía

    The charming originality here starts with the design – three rooms with railway themes (the main dining room being the deluxe carriage). Seasonally…

  • Le Café

    St-Tropez

    Wetting whistles since 1789, this historic cafe is where artists and painters preferred to hang out back in the days when St-Trop was still a sleepy port…

  • Cachet de Cire

    Northeast Belgium

    Superb attention to detail is evident in every little touch here from the fresh market produce to the hand creams in the bathrooms. The cuisine and…

  • Restaurante António Padeiro

    Estremadura & Ribatejo

    If the monks had not pigged out at the Alcobaça monastery (their gluttony was eventually noticed), they would have flocked to this wonderful, elegant-but…

  • El Gato Lounge

    Costa del Sol

    Don't expect the default sardines at this trendsetting fusion favourite across from Playamar beach's western end. Asian flavours abound in offerings like…

  • Keenans Hotel

    The Midlands

    On the River Shannon's western bank, this mid-19th-century country pub draws on produce from the surrounding area: Roscommon lamb shanks with sweet potato…

  • Evvel Zaman

    Black Sea Coast

    This lovingly restored Ottoman house is like a joyously jumbled museum, displaying such an endless selection of ancient copperware, swords, old rugs etc…

  • Le Grand Bleu

    Calais

    Run by talented avantgardiste chef Matthieu Colin (formerly of Paris institution Ledoyen), royal-blue-painted Le Grand Bleu is known for its cuisine…

  • Fatih Damak Pide

    Istanbul

    It's worth making the trek to this pideci overlooking the Fatih İtfaiye Park near the Aqueduct of Valens. Its reputation for making the best Karadeniz …

  • Soma Book Station

    Pristina

    Soma is a local institution among the young, and nearly all visitors to Pristina end up here at some point. The shady garden hums with activity at…

  • Piatsa Gourounaki

    Nicosia (Lefkosia)

    Incredibly popular, and for good reason: this contemporary-style souvlakeri dishes up some of the freshest Greek tastes in town, with charming service to…

  • Locanda Margon

    Trento

    Proud owners (since November 2017) of Trentino's only twinset of Michelin stars, the Lunelli family who make Trento's Ferrari sparkling wines preside over…

  • Kritsa Hotel Restaurant

    Pelion Peninsula

    A favourite with foodies – more the kind of place you’d expect to find in Provence than in the Pelion – this outstanding restaurant spreads beneath the…

  • Gaudenzio

    Turin

    Meet the gang who are intent on breaking down Italy's beloved course structure. It’s small plates here – although there is a sliding scale of small to…

  • Star Inn

    North York Moors National Park

    This thatch-roofed country pub is home to a Michelin-starred restaurant, with a menu specialising in top-quality produce from the surrounding countryside:…

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