(33 North Audley Street in London, United Kingdom)

Fancy blowing £150 on pizza? The house speciality at Mayfair newcomer, boutique pizzeria La Caricatu...ra, comes topped with Canadian lobster and Sevruga caviar. Not that you need deep pockets to eat here – most of the masterpiece pizzas are under £10, all created in a hand-built, wood-burning oven that reaches the ideal 500 degrees. Bestsellers among the non-pizza dishes are the seafood pasta where you choose the pasta, and a very nice grilled seabass with lemon sole. A local business crowd fills the tables every day for the great value £15, two-course lunch. Though formal, La Caricatura is staffed by thick-accented Italians who’ll welcome you even whether there for just a drink or for the famously grand pizza. Opening hours: Mon - Fri 11:30am - 2:30pm and 6:30pm - 10:30pmSat - Sun 12pm - 3pm and 6:30pm - 11pm La Caricatura sells the most expensive pizza in London! [moreless]

(Doca de Santo Amaro, 12 Armazém in Lisbon, Portugal)

Lisbon’s socialistas and beautiful bachelors converge on the waterfront neighbourhood of Doca de San...to Amaro Armazem to sip and be seen. The dockside promenade is filled with chichi cocktail bars, and 5 Oceanos restaurant is an ideal spot to meet friends for dinner before exploring the local nightlife. This sophisticated restaurant specialises in seafood and boasts a distinctive maritime-themed blue and white colour scheme and a giant outdoor terrace which commands sensational views of the marina. Signature dishes here include the fish soup and salmon carpaccio as well as the Portuguese-style salted cod baked in the oven with tomatoes, peppers and roasted potatoes. We also recommend the summery lemon sorbet for dessert. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. A credit card is required for bookings of 6 people or more, if there is availability - this is simply to secure your booking, absolutely no money will be charged to the card except in the case of late cancellations. A fee of €30 per person will be charged for a cancellation within 1 week or for a no show Opening hours: Mon - Sun 12pm - 1am [moreless]

(18 Dos de mayo in Bilbao, Spain)

à table restaurant in the old quarter of Bilbao is an authentic Basque-French restaurant – perhaps t...he only one in the city – offering a true flavour of that traditional cuisine. The purple façade of the 19th century shop front reveals a charmingly relaxed dining room with purple paneling, marble floors and wooden tables, original modern art, wine crate end wall décor, wrought iron screens, sleek modern lighting and a buzzing ambience. Seasonally-changing dishes include inventive interpretations of classic dishes like dried bull meat with virgin olive oil, mi-cuit foie gras, grilled tuna, veal stew in Bordeaux sauce. Wines are partly Spanish, partly global, including some intriguing Bordeaux. Private events are a particular treat at à table. Groups of more than 20 people can enjoy superb cuisine, free parking and service in English, French and German. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. Opening hours: Tue - Sat 1pm - 3:30pm & 8:30pm - 11pm Sun & Mon: closed all day [moreless]

(5 Via Luciano Bausi in Florence, Italy)

This super-chic restaurant is tucked away inside the boutique AC Firenze on the site of the old Leop...olda station. Located near to the city's historical shopping centre and across from the Piazza di Porta al Prato, the hotel has a 70s inspired contemporary interior, and the restaurant is decorated in vanilla and mocha tones with electric blue artworks. Always filled with a fashionable Florentine crowd, the restaurant boasts a beer garden for leisurely summertime lunches and the international menu is prepared with market-fresh produce. Whether you're looking for a post-shopping pick-me-up, a quiet place for a discreet working lunch or a stylish place for a candlelit dinner, AC Firenze is ideal. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. Opening hours: Mon - Sun 12:30pm - 2:30pm & 7:30pm - 10:15pm AC Firenze is located on the site of the old Leopolda station, across from the Piazza di Porta al Prato... [moreless]

(43 Via di Ripetta in Rome, Italy)

Ad Hoc restaurant in the heart of Rome is just a few steps from the Spanish Steps, Piazza del Popolo... and the Via Condotti. The ground floor of a 15th century building has been transformed into this delightful – and delightfully affordable – restaurant, with travertine wainscoting, high ceilings, elegant drapes, and a mixture of Dali-esque clocks and classic prints of Rome adorning the walls. The menu uses the very finest and freshest Italian ingredients and changes frequently to reflect the seasons. Dishes include Colonnata ham with bruschetta, famous handmade pasta with white ragout, black truffle and grana cheese, classic grills, ossobuco with saffron rice, orange and Grand Marnier semifreddo. The wine list includes more than 300 labels from around the country, and service is welcoming and friendly. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. Opening hours: Closed Mon LunchOpen daily 12pm - 3pm & 6:30pm - 1am [moreless]

(25 Französische Straße in Berlin, Germany)

Aigner restaurant in the heart of Mitte Berlin enjoys views of the charming Gendarmenmarkt from its ...terrace and vistas of the French and German cathedrals. Aigner has furnishings rescued from the legendary Café Aigner in Vienna, from the billiard table to the modernist Thonet furniture, wine bins along the walls and mirrored ceiling, giving an air of elegant restraint. Private groups may make use of the billiard room. This is a fine restaurant and watering-hole for Berlin’s high-fliers – like former Chancellor Schröder -- though award-winning chef-owner Herbert Beltle cares little for that moniker. Instead, he concentrates on using the freshest ingredients to create excellent regional Austrian and south German cuisine alongside newer, lighter inventions. Signature dish is Tafelspitz, served in a brass kettle with haunch and shoulder of beef, veg, savoy cabbage, crème fraiche and apple-flavoured horseradish. Other dishes include ice cream of potato-leek soup with fried scallops, pink-fried calf’s kidneys in mustard sauce with potatoes, and Tete de Moine with fig mustard. Strong wine list. A few steps from the Schauspielhaus theatre. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. A credit card is required for group bookings, absolutely no money will be charged to your card, this is just to secure the booking. Opening hours: Mon - Sun 12pm - 1am [moreless]

(5094 Calle Bombaseri, San Marco in Venice, Italy)

Al Graspo de Ua restaurant lies near Venice’s famous Rialto Bridge. Al Graspo de Ua – ‘The Bunch of... Grapes’ – started as an unassuming osteria in the 19th century and blossomed into a favourite of artists and movie stars in the 1960s. It still has a loyal following of Italians and Venetians who love the typical Venetian menu, the historic dining room with its 13th century tiled floor, low beams inscribed with Venetian proverbs like ‘Bread and wine bring happiness’, the tasteful artworks, the warm welcome from Lucio Zanon, former maitre d’ of Harry’s Bar in New York. The menu includes dishes like an unmissable gran antipasto misto that may include shellfish from the lagoon lightly dressed or whatever is seasonal, cuttlefish simmered in its own ink over grilled polenta, crème fraiche ice cream on yellow fig compote. The cooking and welcome are assured and the location makes it a superb choice for entertaining guests or colleagues. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. Opening hours: Mon - Fri 12pm - 3pm & 7pm - 10:30pmSat 7pm - 10:30pm Sun: closed all day [moreless]

(35 Via del Vantaggio in Rome, Italy)

Just off the heaving via del Corso you will find an outpost of civility and authentic Roman feeling ...in Al Vantaggio. Founded in 1920, this traditional eaterie was originally a tavern for carriage drivers, but now has a much more comfortable ambience – half-paneled walls, 17th century style frescoes, white tablecloths, artfully folded napkins, air conditioning. Run by a pair of brothers who grew up with this restaurant and are dedicated to it, Al Vantaggio is a relaxing and elegant place to enjoy a true Roman kitchen with a few Calabrian twists. Dishes include a rather spectacular spaghetti con frutti di mare, rich oxtail stew, and home made tiramisù. Italian wines complete the picture. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. Al Vantaggio restaurant is located near Popolo Square. Opening hours: Mon: 12pm - 3pm & 7pm - 11pmWed - Sun: 12pm - 3pm & 7pm - 11pmTue: Closed Al Vantaggio has been used for filming popular Italian movies [moreless]

(4 W. 49th St, (bet. 5th & 6th Aves.) in Manhattan, United States)

Alfredo’s motto is ‘Legendary cuisine since 1914’ but Alfredo’s heyday here at Rockefeller Center is... definitely the glamourous era of the mid 1960’s. Think Sofia Loren, think Rat Pack, think sharp-suited men and their glossy-pouted girls. Got the scene? Twelve-foot ceilings, acres of space, enormous portraits, and dozens of pix of celebs chowing down on Alfredo’s eponymous fettuccine which was created in the kitchen of the original Alfredo in Roma. It’s probably best to enjoy the fettuccine alfredo as a first course and save some room for classic mains courses like chicken marinated in lemon and rosemary, grilled and served with roasted polenta followed by sambuca-soaked vanilla ice cream with sambuca-infused chocolate sauce. There’s also a Baccanale menu that recreates the gustatorial delights of ancient Rome. The service is premier league.Booking Tip: Please try to make your New York booking at least 48 hours in advance. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. Opening hours: Mon - Fri 11:30am - 11pmSat 12pm - 10pm Sun & Holidays 1pm - 9pm [moreless]

(1e Via Eleonora Duse in Rome, Italy)

All’Oro restaurant in Rome’s Parioli quarter north of the Villa Borghese is a news-flash addition to... the Roman dining scene. Chef Riccardo di Giacinto has worked with Europe’s hottest chefs – Ferran Adria and Marco Pierre White to name two – assimilating their perfectionist tendencies about flavour and quality. All’Oro, his first restaurant, is a tiny gem in shades of cream and gold. The décor is modern in a Pan Am, dolce vita retro kind of way, with classy dark wood tables, pale seating, cutout screens, and spotlit walls. Just sixteen dishes adorn the menu, changing all the time. Breads and puds are home made and everything exalts cooking to the highest level. Dishes might include starter of parmesan soufflé with calamari ragu and roast porcini, first course of lasagne of duck ragout with juniper berries and orange peel and formaggio ubriaco, main course of roast cod with chickpea and rosemary butter, carrot marmalade and saffron sauce, and dessert of bavarois of crema catalana with caramel sauce and chocolate cannoli. The short wine list is entirely Italian and you may find yourself greeted by di Giacinto’s beautiful fiancée, Ramona. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. A credit card is required to reserve a table, if there is availability - this is simply to secure your booking, absolutely no money will be charged to the card except in the case of late cancellations. A fee of 30€ per person will be charged for a cancellation within 2 days or for a no show Opening hours: Mon - Fri 12:30pm - 2:30pm & 7:45pm - 11pm Sat 7:45pm – 11pm Sun: closed all day Closed during the month of August [moreless]