Every autumn we are asked the same question: where should we eat? This is our answer for 2026, city by city. It lists the tables our concierge books most often, from three-star dining rooms to the beach restaurants and dinner shows that define a season. It is a guide to where to start, not a ranking, and it does not claim to be complete.
We have kept it to what we can check. Michelin star counts are given only where the count is settled; where sources disagree we say “Michelin-starred” or say nothing about stars. We give no prices, because menus and minimum spends change, and we say so where a restaurant is seasonal. If you are reading this in October, the notes on Mykonos, Saint-Tropez, Ibiza, Porto Cervo, Courchevel and St. Moritz matter: several of those tables are closed now and open for the warm or the winter season.
London
London's grand evenings centre on Mayfair, and these four are where we would start. The newest, Carbone, is only a year old.
- Carbone London, Mayfair. Italian-American cooking on Grosvenor Square, in the former US Embassy building. It opened on 17 September 2025 and serves lunch and dinner every day. Its published dress code excludes shorts, open-toed shoes and tank tops.
- Sexy Fish, Mayfair. Asian-inspired seafood on Berkeley Square. It is open from midday every day and until 1am from Monday to Saturday, which makes a late table realistic.
- Amazónico, Mayfair. South American cooking on Berkeley Square, with live bands in the dining room and resident DJs in the bar and lounge. Reservations open 90 days ahead, so plan a busy week early.
- Gaïa London, Mayfair. Greek and Monaco-influenced Mediterranean cooking on Dover Street. The NYX lounge is booked separately from the restaurant, so tell us if you want both.
For the clubs that follow dinner, see our Mayfair members’ clubs guide. See the full guide to London with OF.luxury.
Paris
Paris has two of the great grand tables of France and one glamorous room that is hard to get into.
- Le Cinq, 8th arrondissement. French haute cuisine inside the Four Seasons Hotel George V, with three Michelin stars. A palace-hotel dining room, and Paris’s top concierge table.
- Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen, 8th arrondissement. Yannick Alléno’s French haute cuisine in a landmark pavilion in the Champs-Élysées gardens. Three Michelin stars, and among the most storied grand tables in the city.
- Girafe, 16th arrondissement. French cooking and seafood at the Trocadéro, in the Cité de l’Architecture, with a terrace facing the Eiffel Tower. It is a scene room rather than a starred one, and a very hard table.
If your trip is built around Art Basel Paris, book dinners first; our fair-week guide explains why. See the full guide to Paris with OF.luxury.
Monaco
Monaco is compact, and its best tables are in Monte-Carlo, within a short drive of one another.
- Le Louis XV – Alain Ducasse, Hôtel de Paris. Mediterranean haute cuisine and Monaco’s historic three-star, with three Michelin stars.
- Joël Robuchon Monte-Carlo, Hôtel Métropole. French contemporary cooking in the Robuchon flagship in Monaco. We have not been able to confirm its current number of stars, so ask us if that matters to you.
- Nobu Fairmont Monte-Carlo. Japanese-Peruvian cooking at the Fairmont, on the Grand Prix hairpin. A glamorous late dinner rather than a starred tasting menu.
Our Monaco nightlife guide covers what follows dinner. See the full guide to Monaco with OF.luxury.
Cannes and the Riviera
The coast has three different dining towns. Saint-Tropez is a summer destination, so a reader planning an autumn or winter trip should confirm opening dates before choosing a table there.
- La Palme d’Or, Cannes. Mediterranean seafood at the Hôtel Martinez on La Croisette. It is Michelin-starred and the flagship gourmet table of Cannes.
- La Vague d’Or – Cheval Blanc, Saint-Tropez (summer season). Arnaud Donckele’s Mediterranean cooking at Plage de la Bouillabaisse. It holds three Michelin stars, the only three-star on the Riviera coast.
- Bagatelle Saint-Tropez, Pampelonne (summer season). A Mediterranean beach restaurant and club on Pampelonne beach, in Ramatuelle, with a DJ. A well-known see-and-be-seen table.
- Le Chantecler, Nice. French and Mediterranean cooking at the Hôtel Negresco on the Promenade des Anglais, the palace’s gastronomic room.
We go into more detail in our Cannes restaurants and beach clubs and Nice restaurants guides. See our city pages for Cannes, Saint-Tropez and Nice.
Dubai
Dubai’s best-known tables sit in DIFC and on the Palm Jumeirah.
- Trèsind Studio, Palm Jumeirah. Progressive Indian cooking with three Michelin stars (Dubai 2025), the first Indian restaurant in the world to hold three.
- Zuma Dubai, DIFC. A contemporary Japanese izakaya and the city’s benchmark scene restaurant, with a DJ later in the evening.
- Cipriani Dubai, DIFC. Italian cooking at DIFC.
- Nobu Dubai, Palm Jumeirah. Japanese-Peruvian cooking at Atlantis The Royal, on the Crown.
Our Dubai nightlife and dining guide goes further into the evening. See the full guide to Dubai with OF.luxury.
Abu Dhabi
Two of the capital’s three leading tables share a building.
- Talea by Antonio Guida, Emirates Palace. Italian fine dining at Emirates Palace. It is Michelin-starred.
- Hakkasan Abu Dhabi, Emirates Palace. Cantonese cooking in the same palace, as a scene restaurant.
- Zuma Abu Dhabi, Al Maryah Island. A Japanese izakaya in The Galleria on Al Maryah Island.
See the full guide to Abu Dhabi with OF.luxury.
Mykonos
Mykonos is a summer island and its beach restaurants follow the season. Do not plan an October or winter visit around any of these three without checking they are open.
- Nammos, Psarou beach (summer season). A Mediterranean beach restaurant and the island’s celebrity beach club.
- Scorpios, Paraga (summer season). Mediterranean beach dining with a DJ, and the island’s sunset scene.
- Matsuhisa Mykonos, Belvedere Hotel, Mykonos Town (summer season). Japanese-Peruvian cooking from Nobu Matsuhisa, in the Belvedere Hotel.
August is the hardest month; our Mykonos August guide sets out how we plan it. See the full guide to Mykonos with OF.luxury.
Ibiza
Ibiza’s two best-known dinner tables are very different in style. Both belong to the island’s summer season, so confirm dates before you plan around either.
- Lío Ibiza, Marina Ibiza. A Mediterranean dinner cabaret that carries on as a late club. Tables carry minimum spends, which we agree with you before you arrive.
- Nobu Hotel Ibiza Bay, Talamanca bay. Japanese-Peruvian cooking on Ibiza’s glamorous bay.
Our Ibiza clubs and beach clubs guide covers the rest of the night. See the full guide to Ibiza with OF.luxury.
Marbella
On the Golden Mile, both leading tables are at Puente Romano.
- Leña Marbella, Puente Romano. Andalusian wood-fire cooking from Dani García, a chef formerly holding three Michelin stars, and a destination restaurant in its own right.
- Nobu Hotel Marbella, Golden Mile. Japanese-Peruvian cooking beside the Marbella Club set.
For daytime tables, see our Marbella beach clubs guide. See the full guide to Marbella with OF.luxury.
Porto Cervo
The Costa Smeralda is a summer destination, and one of the two names below exists only for the season.
- Italo Bassi ConFusion, Porto Cervo. Contemporary cooking in a room with one Michelin star, the Costa Smeralda’s starred table.
- Zuma Porto Cervo, Cervo Tennis Club (summer pop-up). The Japanese brand’s Sardinian summer pop-up, open for the season only.
Our Porto Cervo guide has more on the evenings. See the full guide to Porto Cervo with OF.luxury.
Courchevel
Courchevel is a winter resort, so both rooms below suit a December to March trip and not an autumn one.
- Le 1947 à Cheval Blanc, Courchevel 1850 (winter season). Yannick Alléno’s French cooking, with three Michelin stars, the only three-star in Courchevel.
- Le Chabichou, Courchevel 1850 (winter season). A historic French gastronomic table in the resort. Michelin-starred.
Our Courchevel restaurants guide covers the rest of the resort. See the full guide to Courchevel with OF.luxury.
St. Moritz and Gstaad
The research behind this guide gives us two St. Moritz tables and nothing solid for Gstaad, so for Gstaad we point you to our own Gstaad restaurants guide.
- Talvo by Dalsass, Champfer. Modern cooking in Champfer, near St. Moritz. It is Michelin-starred.
- La Coupole – Matsuhisa, Badrutt’s Palace, St. Moritz (winter season). The Nobu Matsuhisa room at Badrutt’s Palace, serving Japanese-Peruvian cooking in the winter season only. This year the season starts on 3 December 2026, and the restaurant is closed until then.
See our city pages for St. Moritz and Gstaad.
Geneva and Zurich
Zurich has two Michelin two-stars and a classic brasserie. Geneva is represented by one table.
- Pavillon, Baur au Lac, Zurich. Modern European cooking in the grand hotel on Talstrasse, on the lakefront. It holds two Michelin stars.
- The Restaurant, The Dolder Grand, Zurich. Heiko Nieder’s modern European tasting room on the Adlisberg, with two Michelin stars.
- Kronenhalle, Zurich. A classic brasserie at Bellevue and an art-filled Zurich institution.
- Domaine de Châteauvieux, Satigny, Geneva. French cooking at Peney-Dessus, outside Geneva. It is Michelin-starred and holds a Gault&Millau score of 19 out of 20, the top in Geneva.
See our city pages for Zurich and Geneva.
Three kinds of table
The list mixes three kinds of restaurant, and it helps to know which you are asking for. The first is the starred dining room: Le Cinq, Le Louis XV, Pavillon in Zurich and the Courchevel pair. These are seated dinners built around the cooking. The second is the scene restaurant, such as Zuma, Nobu, Girafe and the Mykonos beach tables, where the room, the crowd and the hour matter as much as the plate. The third is the dinner show, with Lío Ibiza the clearest example, where the meal leads into a late programme.
Tell us which you want and we will steer you. A guest who asks for a quiet table at a scene restaurant will be disappointed, and a guest who asks for a lively late table at a three-star room will be too. Matching the room to the evening is most of what a good booking is.
How a table gets booked
The restaurants above take reservations in different ways. Some use their own site, some a booking platform, and some only a phone call or an events team. Some rooms ask for a deposit for larger groups, and dinner-show tables such as Lío Ibiza carry minimum spends. That is the part of a booking that is easiest to get wrong from a distance, and it is the part we handle.
When you message us, tell us the city, the date, the number of guests and the kind of evening you want. If you have dietary needs, a dress code you cannot meet or a preference for a quiet room, say so at the start. For a seasonal restaurant, we check that it is open on your dates before we go further. A table in Mykonos in October or in Courchevel in July is not a table at all.
If the evening is part of a larger trip, we can place the table alongside a car and driver, a villa or chalet and a private jet, so the arrivals and the dinner line up. Our restaurant booking service page explains how it works.
To ask for any table above, ask the concierge for a table on WhatsApp with your dates and city.