Michelin, curated by us.

Guy Savoy

Paris, France

Chef Guy Savoy

French contemporary

Monnaie de Paris setting on the Seine. The tasting is a long, ceremonious afternoon — book lunch for the light on the river.

Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée

Paris, France

Chef Alain Ducasse

Naturalité — vegetable / grain / fish

The dining room off Avenue Montaigne is one of the most beautiful in Paris. Ask for a table facing the Swarovski chandelier.

Arpège

Paris, France

Chef Alain Passard

Vegetable-led French

Passard's garden vegetables treated with reverence. Ask about the beetroot ‘tartare' if it's on the menu.

Osteria Francescana

Modena, Italy

Chef Massimo Bottura

Modern Italian

Twelve tables in a converted townhouse. Order the ‘Five Ages of Parmigiano' — it's the reason to fly.

Le Bernardin

New York, USA

Chef Eric Ripert

French seafood

The best seafood room in North America, and one of the calmest three-stars anywhere. Weekday lunch is the move.

Eleven Madison Park

New York, USA

Chef Daniel Humm

Plant-based tasting

The Art Deco room, plant-forward menu, and choreography still make this a NYC pilgrimage. Reserve 4 weeks out.

Per Se

New York, USA

Chef Thomas Keller

New American / French

Columbus Circle views + the Keller service standard. Salon menu at the bar is the smart way in without a full commitment.

Masa

New York, USA

Chef Masa Takayama

Edomae sushi

The counter in Time Warner Center. Notorious price, immaculate fish — go once, and go hungry.

The French Laundry

Yountville, USA

Chef Thomas Keller

New American

Napa in one meal. The garden across the street is part of the experience — walk it before you sit down.

Alinea

Chicago, USA

Chef Grant Achatz

Progressive American

Still the most theatrical dinner in the US. The ‘Kitchen Table' experience is worth the upgrade if you can get it.

Atelier Crenn

San Francisco, USA

Chef Dominique Crenn

Poetic French / seafood

A menu written as a poem, executed with San Francisco produce. Book the counter.

SingleThread

Healdsburg, USA

Chef Kyle Connaughton

Farm-driven Japanese kaiseki

Farm, inn, restaurant — do the room upstairs and the tasting downstairs the same night.

Quince

San Francisco, USA

Chef Michael Tusk

Italian-Californian

Jackson Square, a two-level cellar, and pasta courses that justify the flight.

Sushi Saito

Tokyo, Japan

Chef Takashi Saito

Edomae sushi

Only seven seats in the Roppongi counter. Concierge-only reservations — plan through your hotel months out.

Ryugin

Tokyo, Japan

Chef Seiji Yamamoto

Modern kaiseki

Midtown Hibiya tower, minimalist room, kaiseki that reads like architecture. English menu is available on request.

Kagurazaka Ishikawa

Tokyo, Japan

Chef Hideki Ishikawa

Kaiseki

A hidden traditional kaiseki house on a Kagurazaka side street. Wear something you'd wear to a temple.

Kikunoi Honten

Kyoto, Japan

Chef Yoshihiro Murata

Kaiseki

The definitive Kyoto kaiseki experience, with a garden view from every private room. Lunch is easier to book.

Lung King Heen

Hong Kong, China (SAR)

Cantonese

Four Seasons, harbour view, dim sum that still holds up 15 years in. The world's first three-star Chinese restaurant.

Odette

Singapore, Singapore

Chef Julien Royer

Modern French

Inside the National Gallery. Book the corner table — the dining-room light is worth the courses that come with it.

Zén

Singapore, Singapore

Chef Björn Frantzén

Nordic-Asian tasting

Three floors of a Bukit Pasoh shophouse, one seating a night. Very hard to get — very worth the try.

Azurmendi

Larrabetzu, Spain (Basque)

Chef Eneko Atxa

New Basque

Sustainability-forward Basque country restaurant with a glass-walled kitchen and a herb greenhouse walk on arrival.

El Celler de Can Roca

Girona, Spain

Modern Catalan

The Roca brothers. Add a night in the Torre Bellesguard suite for the ‘Girona in one weekend' version of the trip.

DiverXO

Madrid, Spain

Chef Dabiz Muñoz

Global avant-garde

The most theatrical three-star in Europe. Loud, colorful, uncompromising — book months out.

Da Vittorio

Brusaporto, Italy

Italian

The Cerea family's estate outside Bergamo. Stay in the villa on-site and let dinner become the whole weekend.

Le Calandre

Rubano, Italy

Chef Massimiliano Alajmo

Modern Italian

A short drive from Venice. The saffron risotto is the reason to divert an entire day from the lagoon.

The Fat Duck

Bray, United Kingdom

Chef Heston Blumenthal

Experimental British

Best paired with a room at The Waterside Inn across the village. One weekend, two three-stars.

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay

London, United Kingdom

Chef Gordon Ramsay

Modern French

Royal Hospital Road, still the flagship. The lunch prix-fixe is the smart-money order.

Aman Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

Three Keys

Otemachi Tower, 33 floors up. A stone onsen with a Tokyo skyline is worth the room rate on its own.

Belmond Hotel Cipriani

Venice, Italy

Three Keys

Giudecca island, private launch to San Marco, the pool with the whole city as a backdrop.

Hôtel de Crillon

Paris, France

Three Keys

Place de la Concorde. Karl Lagerfeld's Grands Appartements are still worth booking as a two-night event.

Bulgari Hotel Roma

Rome, Italy

Three Keys

Piazza Augusto Imperatore. A rooftop pool with the Ara Pacis at your feet.

The Connaught

London, United Kingdom

Three Keys

Mayfair, the American Bar downstairs. Ask for a Carlos Place-facing corner suite.

The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto

Kyoto, Japan

Two Keys

Kamogawa river-facing. The suites over the water, and the walk to Ponto-chō in the evening.

Cheval Blanc Randheli

Noonu Atoll, Maldives

Three Keys

Overwater island resort by LVMH. Two-bedroom water villas are the highest ROI content location on the property.

Passalacqua

Lake Como, Italy

Three Keys

Moltrasio. World's Best Hotel 2023 — every suite is a different, restored villa room.

Rosewood São Paulo

São Paulo, Brazil

Three Keys

Cidade Matarazzo, Jean Nouvel vertical garden. New luxury landmark in South America.

Amangiri

Canyon Point, Utah, USA

Three Keys

Desert canyon meditation. Pair with a helicopter transfer to make the arrival its own content moment.

The Beverly Hills Hotel

Los Angeles, USA

Two Keys

Sunset Boulevard, Bungalow 5. Old Hollywood done properly.

Cheval Blanc Paris

Paris, France

Three Keys

The Samaritaine building on the Seine. Ask for a river-facing suite for the view of Pont Neuf at blue hour.