(4346 Corte Coppo in Venice, Italy)

Ristorante Ai Mercanti in the heart of Venice between the Rialto Bridge and Piazza San Marco is an u...pmarket, romantic restaurant in very cool style that enjoys a high-flying gastronomic reputation. The vaulted dining room is decorated in sophisticated terracotta and black with impressive shining globe lighting. The bar is wittily decorated with dressmakers’ forms and sexy corsets – great conversation starters. The menu is classically-inspired Venetian of a high order, focusing on things from the sea and changing every two months to take advantage of the and array of the freshest ingredients in true Italian style and pastas and desserts are all made in-house. In warm weather the dining room sprawls out onto the adjoining campiello for the loveliest al fresco dining anywhere – the Venetians who crowd Ai Mercanti certainly think so. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. Opening hours: Tue - Fri 12:30pm - 3pm Mon - Fri 7pm - 11pm Sun: closed all day A great favourite of the artists and audiences of La Fenice theatre who spill in after performances [moreless]

(53 Via Giraud in Rome, Italy)

L’Altro Mastai is a fabulously chic, trendy restaurant a few steps from the Piazza Navona. This exc...iting newcomer to the Roman restaurant scene attracts a flock of beautiful people and foodies. The décor is warm and smart in cream-coloured marble, detailed with mosaics and modern art. It’s Michelin-starred, and why not? Head chef Fabio Baldassarre has worked under Raymond Blanc and Heinz Beck in the legendary La Pergola, among others. He’s a chef to watch. The cuisine is beautifully well-sourced Mediterranean with exquisite attention to detail. Seasonally changing dishes include starter of watermelon and taleggio cheese salad with macaroon syrup, first course of rabbit and endive tortelli with anchovy butter, main course of red mullet with pickles and mustard seeds, and dessert of sfogliatelle with cream, morellos and lemon sorbet. Enormous wine list, mostly Italian and French. L’Altro Mastai is also known for its service. On arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. Opening hours: Tue - Sat 7:30pm - 12am Mon - Sun: closed all day [moreless]

(101 Sophie-Charlotten-Straße in Berlin, Germany)

Ana e Bruno Italian restaurant in Berlin’s western Charlottenberg district is widely recognized as o...ne of Berlin’s premier restaurants. With exciting, innovative – and healthfully low calorie -- nuova cucina emerging from the kitchen of Bruno Pellegrini and Andrea Girau, this upmarket restaurant manages the neat trick of appealing to gourmets and high-fliers while maintaining a warm, homey atmosphere. Luxury, hospitality and comfort are the bywords here. The peach-coloured dining room with its wooden floor, while linens and cheery flowers is smart, but not slavishly stylish. In summer a charming patio comes into use. In addition to the seasonally-changing a la carte there are four and eight-course menus showcasing the award-winning brilliance of the kitchen. Dishes include starter of scallops on sepia ink with risina beans and Pachini tomatoes, main course of breast of wild duck with Trentino apricots, puree of celery and Xocopili sauce and dessert of pear-Valrhona chocolate lasagna with kumquats and caramel ice cream. The large wine list is mostly Italian. Bring groups up to 60 to this exclusive location for private events. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. Opening hours: Tue - Sat 6:30pm - 10:30pm Lunch open for parties of 15 people or more Sun - Mon closed all day, and can be open for large groups [moreless]

(176 Kerkstraat in Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Food Fantasies catering and events company is your best friend in Amsterdam if you’re organizing or ...hosting a special do. Amsterdam – and beyond – is full of amazing venues, museums, and stunning locations for parties, launches and conferences and at some time or another Food Fantasies has created memorable events at all of them. From the kick-off breakfast for 2000 guests celebrating Rembrandt’s 400th birthday at the Rijksmuseum to an open-air romantic lunch on a private pier with the guests arriving by boat, Food Fantasies has experience of most kinds of events. At their own premises in the Kerkstraat, private meals for up to 36 guests can be arranged. Cooking workshops are available here, too. Private dining menus include Russian smoked salmon with Dutch shrimps and lemon mayonnaise, consommé with truffle, sirloin with shiitake soy sauce, potato puree and mixed greens, and tarte tatin with vanilla ice cream. Many other choices are available. Food Fantasies liberates you to give all your attention to your guests, then sit back and accept the praise. On arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. Food Fantasies only takes groups from 20 people onwards, and it's the perfect party venue, where you can bring your own entertainment. This restaurant is closed for lunch but on request it will open for large parties. Opening hours: Mon - Sat 7pm - 12am last order: 10pm Sun: closed all day [moreless]

(1332 Calle Vallaresso, San Marco in Venice, Italy)

At the Grand Canal restaurant based at the Hotel Monaco in the heart of Venice, you may dine on a be...autiful terrace just a few inches above the waters of the Grand Canal and feast your eyes as well as your palate. It is drenched with romance. And with breathtaking views over gondolas, the spotlit Santa Maria della Salute, and the island of San Giorgio, the Grand Canal wouldn’t have to offer exquisite décor, excellent service and fine food. But it does. The menu is based on the daily-changing fresh fish and vegetables that Venetian cuisine dotes on, as well as a menu of meat and pasta dishes that change seasonally, like salmon and swordfish tartare with lemon and basil or terrine of foie gras with pumpkin puree. If your plans include private entertaining, the Grand Canal restaurant is set in the Hotel Monaco which houses the amazing, historic, perfectly Venetian Sala del Ridotto, the heart of 18th century Venice, where the world’s first Casino was born. Host your wedding, banquet, launch or meeting here, of take advantage of the eight adjacent meeting rooms for smaller groups. The Grand Canal restaurant is a Venetian favourite. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. A credit card is required to reserve a table of 4 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 48 hours or for a no show Opening hours: Daily 12:30pm - 2:30pm & 7:30pm - 10:30pm [moreless]

(66 Gran Via in Bilbao, Spain)

Guria restaurant in Bilbao is a short walk across Doña Casilda Park from the iconic Euskalduna Palac...e and worth every step. Guria has widely known as a temple of traditional Basque gastronomy for nearly sixty years – ten at this location – and the kitchen is still under the watchful eye of chef Genaro Pildain and his partner Carlos. Guria is divided into two parts. The luxurious, formal dining room is decorated in the English style in tones of taupe with leather seating, thick carpets and drapes that can be pulled to create private enclaves. The buzzing, brasserie-like bistrot, with its more affordable prices, features a long wood and brass bar, chequered tile floors, and an informal air. Wherever you sit, do not miss one of the two famous cod dishes, either simmered very slowly ‘al pil-pil’ or a la Vizcaina, as Pildain is known as the King of Cod. Wines are service are exemplary Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. Group bookings: 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 1 week or for a no show Opening hours: Mon - Sat 1:30pm - 4pm & 8:30pm - 11:30pm Sun 1:30pm - 4pm [moreless]

(30a Utrechtsestraat in Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Herrie means ‘noise’ and there is certainly a lot of noise around Herrie restaurant in Amsterdam. I...ts executive chef is one Herman de Blijker, famous for his terrific cooking, his best-selling cookbooks, his enormous personality, and his tv cooking shows patterned closely on our own Gordon Ramsay’s. In fact, the chef for Herrie was chosen through a reality tv series. Oddly, his name appears almost nowhere, though you can see him cheffing away in the open kitchen. This very trendy and exclusive restaurant and bar is set on two levels. Downstairs is the seriously sexy bar, an oblong shape in black leather with mirrored ceiling and an open fire. Upstairs on the dining level,all is light, cream and golden with classic Dutch tiles in creative new interpretations, and another open fire. Tell the server what you fancy or don’t fancy and how many courses you’d like, then sit back and let yourself be beguiled by the wonderful flavours that come your way. Groups max out at ten. On arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. Opening hours: Mon - Sat 6pm - 10pm Celebrity TV Chef Herman den Blijker is the co-owner [moreless]

(13 - 15 West Street in London, United Kingdom)

L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon restaurant in London’s West Street is one hot dining experience. From th...e stable of Joel Robuchon, the most respected chef on the planet and holder of six Michelin stars, and with siblings in Paris, Tokyo and NYC, L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon brings stunning Spanish and Japanese-inflected French cooking to the capital. The ground floor L’Atelier, also chic red and black in stylish minimalism, is where you perch on high stools and admire the chefs in the theatre kitchen cooking tiny, beautiful dishes of intense flavour, served sushi-style. The first floor La Cuisine offers equally marvelous cooking in a bright, monochrome space with trad seating. Dishes include divine pig trotter on parmesan toast, mini burger with beef and foie gras, mackerel on thin tart with parmesan shavings and olives, and magical puds like chartreuse soufflé. The wines are of the highest order, as is the service. Celeb central and foodie heaven. Lunchtime bookings are for a minimum of 4 diners, dinner for a maximum of 4 diners. Opening hours: L'Atelier: Mon - Sun 12pm - 2:30pm & 5:30pm - 10:45 (10:15pm Sun)La Cuisine: Mon - Sun 6:30pm - 11:30pmLe Salon Bar: Mon - Sat 2pm - 2am, Sun 2pm - 10pm [moreless]

(MHLP Hotel Prince de Galles, 33 Avenue George V in Paris, France)

A stupendously impressive restaurant in the Golden Triangle of fashion and business, the Jardin des ...Cygnes is a lovely, formal, garden-side dining room with soaring ceilings, great sliding glass doors, and an umbrellaed oasis of a terrace set with specimen plants. The food is classic French from Provence with playful, inventive nuances. Try starter of duck foie gras with thyme flowers, cracked pepper and red grape sauce, main course of sauteed scallops in their shells with almond milk and truffle risotto, and dessert of rosemary-flavoured pineapple with grenadine sauce and vanilla ice cream. Upon arrival, please inform the restaurant that your booking was made via toptable. Opening hours: Mon - Sat 12pm - 2:30pm & 7:30pm - 11pm Sun: closed all day [moreless]

(121 Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy)

Quadri restaurant in Venice – how romantic can one restaurant be? Candlelit views over Piazza San M...arco from the windowside tables, a single red rose in a bud vase, silver-domed dishes revealed with a flourish, the Quadri orchestra below, the chimes of San Marco above, crystal chandeliers, rose-coloured fabric-lined walls, gilt mirrors all invoke sighs of pure pleasure. Quadri has bags of history – it was founded in 1775 as a Turkish khava (coffee) house by one Giorgio Quadri from Corfu. The coffee house remains among the porticos on the ground floor, while the grand first floor restaurant was created in 1830. Absolutely everyone has dined here, from Lord Byron to Sting. The seasonal Italian menu features dishes like marinated seabass in puff pastry with baby spinach, cherry tomatoes and mustard, and bucatini pasta with eggplant and provela cheese, duck breast in fruit sauce. House wines are recommended. A pair of interconnecting dining rooms make Quadri an impressive choice for private or corporate entertaining, too, with a host of menus to choose from. 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. Please note that Quadri is closed on Monday from November till March. Opening hours: Mon - Sun 12:15pm - 2:15pm & 7:30pm - 10:15 pm [moreless]