This restaurant has stunning panoramic views of the volcanic caldera lake and provides the two-Michelin star food coming out of the kitchen. The latest version of the top-tier “discovery and nature” menu features dishes like grilled duck foie gras and marrow pan fried celtuce with yuba and black truffle vinaigrette.

Two complementary principles reign at Chef Masa Takayama’s eponymous restaurant—simplicity and the essential flavor of each ingredient. The dishes on the tasting menu may be austere in presentation, but the lack of crazy flourishes is part of the appeal, especially when it comes to the parade of exotic seafood.

This Japanese restaurant offers a style of dining where many people believe that is to be the epitome of carefully conceived and executed Japanese cuisine. Third-generation chef Kunio Tokuoka delivers an elegant series of plates showcasing seasonal, local ingredients, such as abalone and tofu with sea urchin, which guests savor in their own private tatami room.

Most of the places on this list are here thanks to their Prix fixe-only rates, but this spot has earned the distinction through its à la carte options: Duck foie gras goes for €100 (about $117), lobster with French caviar asks €145 ($170), and a tart-like lemon meringue dessert is €40 ($47).

Currently led by executive chef Jocelyn Herland, the contemporary restaurant commands a sizable fee thanks to its founders and Michelin three-star rating. A six-course seasonal tasting menu, which currently includes confit duck foie gras and Dorset crab.

The dining room of Alain Ducasse’s restaurant in Plaza Athénée is practically a work of art, where diners can sit within stainless steel “shells” below chandeliers made of thousands of crystals. The menu focuses on healthy and environmentally friendly food.

This 12-seat restaurant at the Hard Rock Hotel charges a whopping for its 20-course dinner. Michelin-starred chef Paco Roncero’s ultra-sensory experience marries food, art, and technology. Open only during the island’s summer season (June 1– September 30), the immersive eatery has a menu that changes annually.

Luxuriously marbled wagyu at this subdued venue draws meat lovers from around the world. The sticker shock can range from $261 to $313 if you’re ordering from the prix fixe menu.

Paul Pairet’s immersive restaurant errs on the side of high-tech haute cuisine: Ten diners per night gather around one table, where 20 courses are served alongside a multi-sensory atmosphere of music, video, scents, and simulations. The experience intriguing enough, the dishes rotate frequently to ensure guests can’t be spoiled by anything they read online.

Chef Anne-Sophie Pic holds the distinction of being one of six female chefs in the world to run a Michelin three-star kitchen, and her inventive nine-course Menu Essential proves why. One bite during your meal might encompass Mediterranean rouget in a saffron broth, while the next might feature deer marinated in sake lees.

Another of Alain Ducasse’s properties, this Versailles-inspired dining room oozes opulence, from the antique mirrors and crystal chandeliers to the five-course Collection menu. You can taste three specialties (perhaps the langoustines or ‘Ikejime’ line-caught sea bass), and a selection of cheeses and desserts.