This ranking is the adaptation for Europe only from the World's 50 Best Restaurant Awards produced by British magazine Restaurant based on a poll of international chefs, restaurateurs, gourmands and restaurant critics.
Top 25 European restaurants (2012 ranking)
| Rank |
Restaurant |
City, Region, Country |
Michelin rating |
Gault-Millau rating* |
| 1 |
Noma
|
Copenhagen, Denmark 
|
 |
N/A |
| 2 |
El Celler De Can Roca
|
Girona, Catalonia, Spain 
|
|
N/A |
| 3 |
Mugaritz
|
Errenteria, Basque Country, Spain
|
|
N/A |
| 4 |
Osteria Francescana
|
Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy 
|
|
95/100 |
| 5 |
The Fat Duck
|
Bray, Berkshire, United Kingdom 
|
|
 |
| 6 |
Arzak
|
San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain
|
|
N/A |
| 7 |
Le Chateaubriand
|
Paris, France 
|
- |
|
| 8 |
L'Astrance
|
Paris, France
|
|
|
| 9 |
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon - Saint-Germain
|
Paris, France
|
|
|
| 10 |
Hof van Cleve
|
Kruishoutem, East Flanders, Belgium 
|
|
|
| 11 |
Pierre Gagnaire
|
Paris, France
|
|
|
| 12 |
Oud Sluis
|
Sluis, Zeeland, Netherlands 
|
|
|
| 13 |
L'Arpège
|
Paris, France
|
|
|
| 14 |
Vendôme
|
Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 
|
|
|
| 15 |
Steirereck
|
Vienna, Austria 
|
|
|
| 16 |
Schloss Schauenstein
|
Fürstenau, Graubünden, Switzerland 
|
|
|
| 17 |
Aqua
|
Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
|
|
|
| 18 |
Combal Zero
|
Rivoli, Piemont, Italy
|
|
93/100 |
| 19 |
Martin Berasategui
|
San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain
|
|
* |
| 20 |
Bras
|
Laguiole, Midi-Pyrénées, France
|
|
|
| 21 |
Le Calandre
|
Padua, Veneto, Italy
|
|
93/100 |
| 22 |
Cracco
|
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
|
|
88/100 |
| 23 |
The Ledbury
|
London, United Kingdom
|
|
|
| 24 |
Chez Dominique
|
Helsinki, Finland 
|
|
N/A |
| 25 |
Dal Pescatore
|
Mantova, Lombardy, Italy
|
|
92/100 |
* Gambero Rosso rating for Italy
** old rating (1998 for Martin Berasategui)
Check also
Best restaurants in Europe by country
Top 25 European cities by Michelin stars
Top 25 European cities by total Gault-Millau toques
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