The prices are as steep as the mountains at La Marmite, which calls itself the highest gourmet restaurant in the Alps.
La Marmite (St. Moritz, Switzerland) —
The prices are as steep as the mountains at La Marmite, which calls itself the highest gourmet restaurant in the Alps.
La Marmite/Mathis Food Affairs
Visitors to London's Sketch are as stunned by the outlandish decor as by the prices. The a la carte menu remains eye-wateringly expensive, hence the popularity of the seven-course tasting menu for the bargain price of $157.
Sketch (London) —
Visitors to London's Sketch are as stunned by the outlandish decor as by the prices. The a la carte menu remains eye-wateringly expensive, hence the popularity of the seven-course tasting menu for the bargain price of $157.
Sketch Lecture Room and Library
Noma has been named as the world's best place to eat for three years in a row by Restaurant magazine. If you book now you might get a table sometime this century.
Noma (Copehnhagen, Denmark) —
Noma has been named as the world's best place to eat for three years in a row by Restaurant magazine. If you book now you might get a table sometime this century.
Noma
There's just one table, one menu and one premium price at Italy's intimate Solo Per Due restaurant.
Solo Per Due (Vacone, Italy) —
There's just one table, one menu and one premium price at Italy's intimate Solo Per Due restaurant.
Solo Per Due
Restaurant Pic is run by Anne-Sophie Pic, France's only female chef with three Michelin stars. It's in her blood -- she's carrying on a family dynasty started by her great grandmother in 1889.
Restaurant Pic (Valence, France) —
Restaurant Pic is run by Anne-Sophie Pic, France's only female chef with three Michelin stars. It's in her blood -- she's carrying on a family dynasty started by her great grandmother in 1889.
Restaurant Pic/Eric Morin
Chef Bocuse is famed for the truffle soup he created for the French president in 1975.
Restaurant Paul Bocuse (Lyon, France) —
Chef Bocuse is famed for the truffle soup he created for the French president in 1975.
Restaurant Paul Bocuse
Even the simple business of handing out the bread rolls has been turned into theater at this regal restaurant.
Le Louis XV Alain Ducasse (Monaco) —
Even the simple business of handing out the bread rolls has been turned into theater at this regal restaurant.
Louis XV Alaid Ducasse/Bernard Touillon
Rome's only three-Michelin-starred restaurant comes with panoramic views of the city and all the white truffle you can afford.
La Pergola (Rome,) —
Rome's only three-Michelin-starred restaurant comes with panoramic views of the city and all the white truffle you can afford.
La Pergola Rome/Cavalieri
Haute cuisin king Alain Ducasse holds court in the Versailles-style grandeur of Paris's Le Meurice.
Le Meurice (Paris) —
Haute cuisin king Alain Ducasse holds court in the Versailles-style grandeur of Paris's Le Meurice.
Le Meurice/Pierre Monetta
Vintage caviar served with vodka granita and borscht jelly is on the menu at Les Airelles in the French Alps. Signature diners: Moscow millionaires.
Les Airelles (Courchevel, France) —
Vintage caviar served with vodka granita and borscht jelly is on the menu at Les Airelles in the French Alps. Signature diners: Moscow millionaires.
Les Airelles Courchevel