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How to get a table at a three-star restaurant
The most famous restaurants in Europe release their tables weeks ahead and fill them within hours. A few habits make all the difference.
Know when the book opens
Most three-star restaurants open reservations on a fixed day, one to three months ahead. Find the rule on the restaurant's own website, set a reminder and book in the first minutes. Some release a whole month or a whole season at once.
Ask for lunch
Lunch is easier to book, often a little shorter and sometimes less expensive, with the same kitchen and the same service. For many of the great dining rooms it is also the better light.
Use the concierge
A palace-hotel concierge can sometimes find a table the website cannot. Ask when you book your room, not on the day.
Join the waiting list
Cancellations are common, especially for parties of two. Put your name down and keep your phone on the day before.
Be a good guest
- Tell the restaurant about allergies and dietary needs when you book, not at the table.
- Arrive on time. A tasting menu is timed for the whole room.
- Dress the room. In palace dining rooms a jacket is expected.
Where to start
These are the three-star restaurants of the Atlas.
- Le Cinq · Paris
The grand dining room of the Four Seasons Hotel George V, where chef Christian Le Squer has held three stars since 2016. - Arpège · Paris
Alain Passard's celebrated table near the Musée Rodin. - Pierre Gagnaire · Paris
The flagship of one of France's most inventive chefs, near the Champs-Élysées. - Plénitude · Paris
The gastronomic restaurant of Cheval Blanc Paris, overlooking the Seine from the Samaritaine building. - Kei · Paris
Chef Kei Kobayashi's restaurant near the Louvre, where Japanese precision meets French technique in a light, elegant tasting menu. - Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester · London
Alain Ducasse's London table inside The Dorchester on Park Lane. - Hélène Darroze at The Connaught · London
Hélène Darroze's restaurant in the oak-panelled dining room of The Connaught, with menus that change with the seasons and the producers she works with. - CORE by Clare Smyth · London
Clare Smyth's restaurant on Kensington Park Road celebrates British produce with warmth and precision. - Restaurant Gordon Ramsay · London
Gordon Ramsay's flagship on Royal Hospital Road, which has held three stars for more than two decades. - The Ledbury · London
Brett Graham's Notting Hill restaurant, known for game, produce from its own farm and a relaxed but exacting style. - Rutz · Berlin
Berlin's only three-star restaurant, on Chausseestraße in Mitte. - Restaurant Haerlin · Hamburg
The gastronomic restaurant of the Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten on the Binnenalster, Hamburg's grand hotel. - The Table Kevin Fehling · Hamburg
Kevin Fehling's restaurant in HafenCity is built around a single long, curving counter, so every guest watches the kitchen at work. - ABaC · Barcelona
Jordi Cruz's restaurant and boutique hotel at the top of Avinguda del Tibidabo. - Disfrutar · Barcelona
Run by three chefs who met in the kitchens of elBulli, Disfrutar is regularly ranked among the best restaurants in the world. - Lasarte · Barcelona
Martín Berasategui's restaurant in the Monument Hotel on Passeig de Gràcia, the first in Barcelona to win three stars. - Cocina Hermanos Torres · Barcelona
Twin brothers Sergio and Javier Torres cook in a vast, theatrical former industrial space, with the kitchen at the centre of the room. - JAN · Munich
Jan Hartwig's own restaurant in Munich: a calm, bright room and modern German cooking of great finesse, served at only a few tables. - Tohru in der Schreiberei · Munich
Tohru Nakamura's restaurant in one of the oldest buildings in Munich's old town, joining Japanese and German traditions in an intimate setting. - Steirereck im Stadtpark · Vienna
Vienna's most celebrated table, a glass-walled dining room on the edge of the Stadtpark. - Amador · Vienna
Juan Amador's restaurant lies in a vaulted cellar in the wine village of Grinzing, on the city's northern edge. - Le Louis XV – Alain Ducasse · Monaco
Alain Ducasse's Riviera flagship, in a gilded Belle Époque dining room at the Hôtel de Paris facing the Casino. - Enrico Bartolini al Mudec · Milan
Milan's only three-star restaurant, on the top floor of the Museum of Cultures in the Tortona design district. - DiverXO · Madrid
Dabiz Muñoz's theatrical, provocative three-star restaurant, the most sought-after table in Spain. - La Pergola · Rome
Heinz Beck's restaurant at the top of the Rome Cavalieri, with the whole city spread out below. - Geranium · Copenhagen
Rasmus Kofoed's restaurant on the eighth floor of the national stadium, looking over the treetops of Fælledparken. - Kadeau · Copenhagen
Promoted to three stars in 2026: Nordic cooking rooted in the island of Bornholm, served in central Copenhagen. - Restaurant Jordnær · Copenhagen
A three-star restaurant about ten kilometres north of the city centre, celebrated for its seafood. - Frantzén · Stockholm
Björn Frantzén's restaurant across three floors of a 19th-century townhouse, Sweden's first three-star restaurant. - Enoteca Pinchiorri · Florence
Florence's only three-star restaurant, in a 17th-century palazzo, built around one of the greatest wine cellars in the world. - Le Bernardin · New York
Eric Ripert's temple of seafood in Midtown, three stars in every edition of the New York guide since the first in 2005. - Per Se · New York
Thomas Keller's New York restaurant above Columbus Circle, with its tasting menus and views over Central Park. - Masa · New York
Masa Takayama's sushi counter, among the most exclusive tables in America. - Jungsik · New York
Yim Jung-sik's modern Korean restaurant in Tribeca, which holds three Michelin stars. - Tuju · São Paulo
Ivan Ralston's restaurant, one of the first two in Brazil to receive three Michelin stars, in 2026. - Evvai · São Paulo
Luiz Filipe Souza's Italian-Brazilian restaurant, one of the first two in Brazil to receive three Michelin stars, in 2026. - FZN by Björn Frantzén · Dubai
Björn Frantzén's restaurant at Atlantis The Royal, three Michelin stars. - Trèsind Studio · Dubai
Progressive Indian cooking in an intimate dining room, three Michelin stars. - Quintessence · Tokyo
Shuzo Kishida's French restaurant, three Michelin stars. - L'Effervescence · Tokyo
Shinobu Namae's French restaurant in Nishi-Azabu, three Michelin stars. - RyuGin · Tokyo
Seiji Yamamoto's modern Japanese kaiseki, three Michelin stars. - Sazenka · Tokyo
Chinese cooking with Japanese ingredients and tea pairings, three Michelin stars. - Mingles · Seoul
Kang Mingoo's modern Korean restaurant, the only three-star restaurant in Korea. - Caprice · Hong Kong
Classic French dining at the Four Seasons, with a view across Victoria Harbour and a celebrated cheese room. - Amber · Hong Kong
Richard Ekkebus's restaurant at The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, three Michelin stars. - T'ang Court · Hong Kong
Classic Cantonese cooking at The Langham, three Michelin stars. - 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana · Hong Kong
Umberto Bombana's Italian restaurant in Central, famous for its white truffle season. - Sorn · Bangkok
Southern Thai cooking of great depth, in an old house off Sukhumvit, three Michelin stars. - Sühring · Bangkok
Twin brothers Thomas and Mathias Sühring's German cooking, in a villa with a garden. - Odette · Singapore
Julien Royer's French restaurant in the National Gallery Singapore, named after his grandmother. - Les Amis · Singapore
Singapore's classic French restaurant, three Michelin stars. - Zén · Singapore
Björn Frantzén's Singapore restaurant in a three-storey shophouse, three Michelin stars.
