The 100+ Best Restaurants in Europe 2018

THE 100+ BEST RESTAURANTS IN EUROPE 2018

The Opinionated About Dining blog has released its annual list of the Top 100+ Restaurants in Europe, and it's Schloss Schauenstein, the three-Michelin-star restaurant presided over by chef Andreas Caminada, nestled in the Swiss Alps, which takes the number one spot this year for the first time.

Chef Alain Passard's 2016 and 2017 winner L’Arpège in Paris drops down to fourth this year, with Magnus Nilsson's remote Fäviken moving from third to second, and Etxebarri and Azurmendi, both in the Basque Country, taking third and fifth spots respectively.

There are two new entries in this year's top 10: Chambre Séparée in Gent, Belgium and Restaurant Frantzén in Stockholm, which recently became Sweden's first ever three-Michelin-star restaurant.

The list was announced at the end of a week of special dinners and events in London organised by the blog, which was started in 2004 by former music industry executive Steve Plotnicki. The list, which has appeared annually since 2012, is compiled from the reviews of close to 5000 esteemed diners. Prior to this, a list of the Top 100+ Classical Restaurants in Europe had already been released.

TOP 20 RESTAURANTS IN EUROPE

1. Schloss Schauenstein (Fürstenau, Switzerland)

2. Fäviken (Järpen, Sweden)

3. Etxebarri (Axpe, Spain)

4. L’Arpège (Paris, France)

5. Azurmendi (Larrabetzu, Spain)

6. Chambre Séparée (Gent, Belgium)

7. De Librije (Zwolle. Netherlands)

8. Restaurant Frantzén (Stockholm, Sweden)

9. Restaurant Quique Dacosta (Dénia, Spain)

10. Le Calandre (Rubano, Italy)

11. Hertog Jan (Zedelgem, Belgium)

12. Disfrutar (Barcelona, Spain)

13. Geranium (Copenhagen, Denmark)

14. La Marine (Noirmoutier, France)

15. Osteria Francescana (Modena, Italy)

16. Victor’s Fine Dining by Christian Bau (Perl, Germany)

17. Hiša Franko (Kobarid, Slovenia)

18. Maaemo (Oslo, Norway)

19. Astrance (Paris, France)

20. Flocons de Sel (Megève, France)

TOP 20 GOURMET CASUAL RESTAURANTS IN EUROPE

Alongside the 100+ Best Restaurants in Europe, Opinionated About Dining have also released a list of the Top 100+ Gourmet Casual Restaurants in Europe, with Barcelona dominating the top 20, which you can see below. See the full list here.

1. Estimar (Barcelona, Spain)

2. El Quim (Barcelona, Spain)

3. Ganbara (San Sebastián, Spain)

4. Trattoria Trippa (Milan, Italy)

5. Abri (Paris, France)

6. Septime (Paris, France)

7. Compartir (Cadaqués, Spain)

8. Clown Bar (Paris, France)

9. Cuchara de San Telmo (San Sebastián, Spain)

10. Lyle’s (London, UK)

11. Quimet & Quimet (Barcelona, Spain)

12. Bodega 1900 (Barcelona, Spain)

13. Bar Néstor (San Sebastián, Spain)

14. Niño Viejo (Barcelona, Spain)

15. Dos Pebrots (Barcelona, Spain)

16. Manfreds (Copenhagen, Denmark)

17. La Viña (San Sebastián, Spain)

18. Suculent (Barcelona, Spain)

19. Hidalgo 56 (San Sebastián, Spain)

20. Chez L’Ami Jean (Paris, France)

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Top 100+ European Restaurants 2018



Rank



Name

Chef

Cuisine

Location





1


Andreas Caminada - Schloss Schauenstein

Andreas Caminada

Modern European

Fürstenau, Switzerland


2


Fäviken

Magnus Nilsson

New Nordic

Järpen, Sweden


3


Etxebarri

Víctor Arguinzoniz

Progressive Asador

Axpe, Spain


4


L’Arpège

Alain Passard

Contemporary French

Paris, France


5


Azurmendi

Eneko Atxa

Progressive Basque

Larrabetzu, Spain


6


Chambre Séparée

Kobe Desremaults

Progressive

Gent, Belgium


7


De Librije

Jonnie Boer

New Dutch

Zwolle, Netherlands


8


Restaurant Frantzén

Björn Frantzén

Progressive

Stockholm, Sweden


9


Restaurant Quique Dacosta

Quique Dacosta

Progressive Spanish

Dénia, Spain


10


Le Calandre

Massimiliano Alajmo

Contemporary Italian

Rubano, Italy


11


Hertog Jan

Gert De Mangeleer

Modern European

Zedelgem, Belgium


12


Disfrutar

Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch, Mateu Casañas

Progressive-Molecular

Barcelona, Spain


13


Geranium

Rasmus Kofoed

New Nordic

Copenhagen, Denmark


14


La Marine

Alexandre Couillon

Contemporary French-Seafood

Noirmoutier, France


15


Osteria Francescana

Massimo Bottura

Progressive Italian

Modena, Italy


16


Victor’s Fine Dining by Christian Bau

Christian Bau

French-German

Perl, Germany


17


Hiša Franko

Ana Roš

Progressive

Kobarid, Slovenia


18


Maaemo

Esben Holmboe Bang

New Nordic

Oslo, Norway


19


Astrance

Pascal Barbot

Contemporary French

Paris, France


20


Flocons de Sel

Emmanuel Renaut

Contemporary French

Megève, France


21


Lido 84

Riccardo Camanini

Progressive Italian

Gardone Riviera, Italy


22


El Celler de Can Roca

Joan Roca

Progressive Spanish

Girona, Spain


23


Kadeau Bornholm (meals on the island of Bornholm)

Nikolai Nørregaard

New Nordic

Bornholm, Denmark


24


La Vie

Thomas Bühner

Modern European

Osnabrück, Germany


25


Aponiente

Ángel León

Progressive Spanish-Seafood

El Puerto Sta María, Spain


26


Gaestehaus Klaus Erfort

Klaus Erfort

Contemporary French

Saarbrücken, Germany


27


Sant Pau

Carme Ruscalleda

Contemporary Catalan

Sant Pol de Mar, Spain


28


Ca l’Enric

Jordi Juncà

Formal Dining

Olot, Spain


29


Daniel Berlin

Daniel Berlin

New Nordic

Skåne Tranås, Sweden


30


Reale

Niko Romito

Progressive Italian

Castel di Sangro, Italy


31


Vendôme

Joachim Wissler

Modern European

Bergisch Gladbach, Germany


32


Piazza Duomo

Enrico Crippa

Progressive Italian

Alba, Italy


33


Diverxo

David Muñoz

Progressive Spanish

Madrid, Spain


34


Fat Duck

Heston Blumenthal

Molecular Cuisine

Bray, United Kingdom


35


L’Air du Temps

Sang-Hoon Degeimbre

Contemporary French-Asian

Éghezée, Belgium


36


Hof van Cleve

Peter Goosens

Contemporary French-Flemish

Kruishoutem, Belgium


37


Henne Kirkeby Kro

Paul Cunningham

New Nordic

Henne, Denmark


38


Ledoyen

Yannick Alléno

Contemporary French

Paris, France


39


Tickets

Albert Adrià

Tapas-Molecular

Barcelona, Spain


40


Aqua

Sven Elverfeld

Contemporary German

Wolfsburg, Germany


41


AOC

Søren Selin

New Nordic

Copenhagen, Denmark


42


Oaxen

Magnus Ek

New Nordic

Stockholm, Sweden


43


Els Casals

Oriol Rovira

Catalan

Sagàs, Spain


44


Enigma Concept

Oliver Peña

Progressive

Barcelona, Spain


45


The Table by Kevin Fehling

Kevin Fehling

Modern European

Hamburg, Germany


46


Koks

Poul Andrias Ziska

New Nordic-Seafood

Faroe Islands


47


Lume

Luigi Taglienti

Progressive Italian

Milan, Italy


48


Steirereck

Heinz Reitbauer

Contemporary Austrian

Vienna, Austria


49


Martín Berasategui

Martín Berasategui

Molecular Cuisine

Lasarte, Spain


50


The Ledbury

Brett Graham

Modern British

London, United Kingdom


51


Arzak

Elena Arzak

New Basque

San Sebastian, Spain


52


Passage 53

Shinichi Sato

Contemporary French

Paris, France


53


Taubenkobel

Alain Weissgerber

Contemporary Austrian-French

Schützen, Austria


54


Kadeau

Nikolai Nørregaard

New Nordic

Copenhagen, Denmark


55


Güeyu Mar

Abel Álvarez

Progressive Seafood Asador

Ribadesella, Spain


56


Tim Raue

Tim Raue

Chinese

Berlin, Germany


57


Seta

Antonio Guida

Contemporary Italian-French

Milan, Italy


58


Mirazur

Mauro Colagreco

Contemporary French

Menton, France


59


Hedone

Mikael Jonsson

Contemporary French

London, United Kingdom


60


Clove Club

Isaac McHale

Modern British

London, United Kingdom


61


Mugaritz

Andoni Luis Aduriz

Progressive Spanish-Molecular

Errenteria, Spain


62


Ernst

Dylan Watson

Progressive

Berlin, Germany


63


Tokuyoshi

Yoji Tokuyoshi

Progressive Italian

Milan, Italy


64


Araki

Mitsuhiro Araki

Sushi

London, United Kingdom


65


Studio

Torsten Vildgaard

New Nordic

Copenhagen, Denmark


66


David Toutain

David Toutain

Contemporary French

Paris, France


67


Els Pescadors

Lluís Fernández Punset

Seafood

Llançà, Spain


68


Relae

Christian Puglisi

New Nordic

Copenhagen, Denmark


69


Torre del Saracino

Gennaro Esposito

Contemporary Italian-Neapolitan

Vico Equense, Italy


70


De Leest

Jacob Jan Boerma

Rest of Netherlands

Vaassen, Netherlands


71


Bon-Bon

Christophe Hardiquest

Contemporary French

Brussels, Belgium


72


Hoja Santa

Paco Méndez

Mexican

Barcelona, Spain


73


The Jane

Sergio Herman & Nick Bril

Modern European

Antwerp, Belgium


74


Überfahrt

Christian Jürgens

Modern European

Rottach-Egern, Germany


75


Villa Crespi

Antonino Cannavacciuolo

Contemporary Italian

Orta San Giulio, Italy


76


Pakta

Jorge Muñoz

Nikkei Cuisine

Barcelona, Spain


77


Geisels Werneckhof

Tohru Nakamura

Modern German

Munich, Germany


78


Neige d’Eté

Hideki Nishi

Contemporary French

Paris, France


79


Table (Bruno Verjus)

Bruno Verjus

Contemporary French

Paris, France


80


Enrico Bartolini

Enrico Bartolini

Contemporary Italian

Milan, Italy


81


Sushi Tetsu

Toru Takahashi

Sushi

London, United Kingdom


82


Pure C

Sergio Herman & Syrco Baker

New Dutch

Cadzand, Netherlands


83


Agli Amici a Udine dal 1887

Emanuele Scarello

Contemporary Italian

Udine, Italy


84


Esperanto

Sayan Isaksson

New Nordic-Asian

Stockholm, Sweden


85


Atelier

Jan Hartwig

Contemporary French

Munich, Germany


86


Sosein

Felix Schneider

Modern German

Heroldsberg, Germany


87


Librije’s Zusje Amsterdam

Sidney Schutte

New Dutch

Amsterdam, Netherlands


88


Kitchen Table at Bubbledogs

James Knappett

Modern British

London, United Kingdom


89


Le Grenouillère

Alexander Gauthier

Progressive French

La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil, France


90


Pages

Ryuji Teshima

Contemporary French

Paris, France


91


Jin

Takuya Watanabe

Sushi

Paris, France


92


A.T.

Atsushi Tanaka

Contemporary French

Paris, France


93


El Campero

Julio Vázquez

Seafood

Barbate, Spain


94


Yam Tcha

Adeline Grattard

Chinese

Paris, France


95


Souvenir

Vilhjalmur Sigurdarson

Modern European

Gent, Belgium


96


Duomo

Ciccio Sultano

Progressive Italian

Ragusa, Italy


97


Konstantin Filippou

Konstantin Filippou

Contemporary Austrian

Vienna, Austria


98


The Sportsman

Stephen Harris

Modern British

Seasalter, United Kingdom


99


White Rabbit

Vladimir Mukhin

Modern European

Moscow, Russia


100


Mraz & Sohn

Markus Mraz

International

Vienna, Austria


101


Kei

Kei Kobayashi

Contemporary French

Paris, France


102


Gymkhana

Karam Sethi

Indian

London, United Kingdom


103


Restaurant Sat Bains

Sat Bains

Modern British

Nottingham, United Kingdom


104


Marzapane

Alba Esteve Ruiz

Contemporary Italian

Rome, Italy


105


Gastrologik

Jacob Holmström & Anton Bjuhr

New Nordic

Stockholm, Sweden


106


Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

Ashley Palmer-Watts

Modern British

London, United Kingdom


107


Heart

Albert Adria & Rafa Zafra

Progressive Spanish

Ibiza, Spain


108


Del Cambio

Matteo Baronetto

Progressive Italian

Turin, Italy


109


Caffè Quadri

Silvio Giavedoni

Contemporary Italian

Venice, Italy


110


Àbac

Jordi Cruz

Progressive Spanish

Barcelona, Spain


111


Kresios

Giuseppe Iannotti

Modern Italian

Telese Terme, Italy


112


Claude Bosi at Bibendum

Claude Bosi

French

London, United Kingdom


113


Ekstedt

Niklas Ekstedt

Progressive Barbecue

Stockholm, Sweden


114


Meliefste

Thijs Meliefste

Modern Dutch

Wolphaartsdijk, Netherlands


115


Combal.zero

Davide Scabin

Progressive Italian

Rivoli, Italy


116


Nerua

Josean Alija

Progressive Spanish

Bilbao, Spain


117


Casa Perbellini

Giancarlo Perbellini

Progressive Italian

Verona, Italy


118


Restaurant Amador

Juan Amador

Progressive

Vienna, Austria


119


Le Chateaubriand

Iñaki Aizpitarte

Progressive French

Paris, France


120


Funky Gourmet

Georgia-Anna Hiliadaki and Nikos Roussos

Modern Greek

Athens, Greece


121


Uliassi

Mauro Uliassi

Contemporary Italian-Seafood

Senilgallia, Italy


122


Heiko Nieder

Heiko Neider

Swiss

Zurich, Switzerland


123


Ikarus

Martin Klein

Modern European

Salzburg, Austria


124


Alkimia

Jordi Vilà

Progressive Spanish

Barcelona, Spain


125


Espai Kru by Rías de Galicia

Ever Cubilla

South American-Sushi

Barcelona, Spain


126


Moments

Raül Balam

Contemporary Spanish

Barcelona, Spain


127


Rijks

Joris Bijdendijk

International

Amsterdam, Netherlands


128


Sabi Omakase

Roger Asakil Joya

Japanese

Stavenger, Norway


129


Ilario Vinciguerra

Ilario Vinciguerra

Contemporary Italian

Gallarate, Italy


130


Amass

Matt Orlando

New Nordic

Copenhagen, Denmark


131


La Madia

Pino Cuttaia

Progressive Italian

Licata, Italy


132


AM par Alexandre MAZZIA

Alexandre Mazzia

Progressive French

Marseille, France


133


Noor

Paco Morales

Progressive Spanish

Cordoba, Spain


134


Alliance

Toshitaka Omiya

Contemporary French

Paris, France


135


L.A. Jordan

Daniel Schimkowitsch

Modern German

Deidesheim, Germany


136


Raby Hunt Restaurant

James Close

Modern British

Darlington, United Kingdom


137


Koy Shunka

Hideki Matsuhisa

Japanese-Sushi

Barcelona, Spain


138


Casamia

Peter Sanchez-Iglesias

Progressive

Bristol, United Kingdom


139


Lasarte

Paolo Casagrande

Progressive Spanish

Barcelona, Spain


140


Whatley Manor

Niall Keating

Progressive

Malmesbury, United Kingdom


141


De Kromme Watergang

Edwin Vinke

New Dutch-Seafood

Hoofdplaat, Netherlands


142


La Tana

Alessandro Dal Degan

Contemporary Italian

Asiago, Italy


143


Akrame

Akrame Benallal

Contemporary French

Paris, France


144


Bonhams

Tom Kemble

Modern British

London, United Kingdom


145


A. Wong

Andrew Wong

Chinese

London, United Kingdom


146


Cracco

Carlo Cracco

Contemporary Italian

Milan, Italy


147


ES Restaurant

Takayuki Honjo

Contemporary French

Paris, France


148


L’Enclume

Simon Rogan

Modern British

Cartmel, United Kingdom


149


Dani García

Dani García

Progressive Spanish-Molecular

Marbella, Spain


150


Babel Budapest

Istvan Veres

Modern Hungarian

Budapest, Hungary


151


Pollen Street Social

Jason Atherton

Modern British

London, United Kingdom


152


Core by Clare Smyth

Clare Smyth

Modern British

London, United Kingdom


153


Eskalduna Studio

Vasco Coelho Santos

Portugese

Porto, Portugal


154


Madonnina del Pescatore

Moreno Cedroni

Progressive Italian

Senilgallia, Italy


155


Lysverket

Christopher Haatuft

New Nordic

Bergen, Norway


156


Umu

Yoshinori Ishii

Japanese-Sushi

London, United Kingdom


157


Dinings

Various

Japanese

London, United Kingdom


158


Culler de Pau

Javier Olleros

Modern Spanish

O Grove, Spain


159


Portland

Merlin Labron-Johnson

Modern British

London, United Kingdom


160


De Jonkman

Filip Claeys

Modern European

Bruges, Belgium


161


The Man Behind the Curtain

Michael O’Hare

Progressive

Leeds, United Kingdom


162


Kontrast

Mikael Svensson

New Nordic

Oslo, Norway


163


The Kitchin

Tom Kitchin

Modern British

Edinburgh, United Kingdom


164


Samhoud

Moshik Roth

Modern European-Molecular

Amsterdam, Netherlands


165


Bolenius

Luc Kusters

Modern Dutch

Amsterdam, Netherlands


166


Dill

Ragnar Eiríksson

New Nordic

Reykjavík, Iceland


167


t Zilte

Viki Geunes

Top Restaurants

Antwerp, Belgium


168


Tian

Paul Ivić

Vegetarian

Vienna, Austria


169


Miramar

Paco Pérez

Progressive

Llançà, Spain


170


Willem Hiele Lunch & Gastentafel

Willem Hiele

Modern Flemish

Kokside, Belgium


171


Feitoria Restaurante

João Rodrigues

Modern Portugese

Lisbon, Portugal


172


Coque

Mario Sandoval

Contemporary Spanish

Humanes de Madrid, Spain


173


Abantal

Julio Fernández Quintero

Contemporary Spanish

Seville, Spain


174


Ricard Camarena

Ricard Camarena

Progressive Spanish

Valencia, Spain


175


Inkiostro

Terry Giacomello

Progressive Italian-Molecular

Parma, Italy


176


Garance

Guillaume Iskandar

Contemporary French

Paris, France


177


NAKATANI

Shinsuke Nakatani

French

Paris, France


178


Reinstoff

Daniel Achilles

Modern European

Berlin, Germany


179


Saziani Stub’n

Harald Irka

Modern Austrian

Straden, Austria


180


Yamazato

Masanori Tomikawa

Japanese

Amsterdam, Netherlands


181


La Paix

David Martin

Contemporary French

Brussels, Belgium


182


Essigbratlein

Yves Ollech & Andree Köthe

Modern Germany

Nürnberg, Germany


183


Bartholomeus

Bart Desmidt

Contemporary Flemish

Knokke-Heist, Belgium


184


Restaurant Story

Tom Sellers

Progressive

London, United Kingdom


185


Perceel

Jos Grootscholten

Modern Dutch

Rotterdam, Netherlands


186


Nathan Outlaw

Nathan Outlaw

Modern British-Seafood

Port Isaac, United Kingdom


187


Cinc Sentits

Jordi Artal

Contemporary Spanish

Barcelona, Spain


188


Belcanto

José Avillez

International

Lisbon, Portugal


189


Skina

Marcos Granda

Modern Spanish

Marbella, Spain


190


horvath

Sebastian Frank

Modern European

Berlin, Germany


191


Texture

Aggi Sverrisson

Modern European

London, United Kingdom


192


Pastorale

Bart De Pooter

Modern Flemish

Rumst, Belgium


193


Kiin Kiin

Henrik Yde-Andersen

Thai

Copenhagen, Denmark


194


Arabelle Meirlaen

Arabelle Meirlaen

French

Marchin, Belgium


195


Table d’Amis

Matthieu Beudaert

Modern Flemish

Kortrijk, Belgium


196


Vincents

Martins Ritins

Nordic-French

Riga, Latvia


197


Intense

Benjamin Peifer

New German

Kallstad, Germany


198


Tribeca

Jan Sobecki

Modern Dutch

Amsterdam, Netherlands


199


Neptune

Nicolas Darnauguilhem

Contemporary French

Geneva, Switzerland


200


Likoké

Piet Huysentruyt

Progressive

Les Vans, France