Restaurants

Homemade Maultaschen, buttery Spätzle and excellent Württemberg wines make Weinstube Fröhlich a distinctive Stuttgart dining experience.

Excellent pandan duck, colourful seafood and glamorous interiors make BLESS Berlin appealing, although prices and noise deserve consideration.

A Berlin institution since 1902, Max & Moritz serves pork knuckles, German classics and excellent beer in Kreuzberg.

A ¥385 daikon, rich Wagyu tendon and Parmesan-laced oden reveal the playful side of Japanese cooking in Ginza.

Minutes from the Duomo, Govinda serves changing Hare Krishna thali with dal, pakora, rice and vegetables at refreshingly sane prices.

Pumpkin, porcini and celeriac do the heavy lifting at La Casina di Alice, Livorno’s most ambitious organic vegan table.

Handmade ravioli, grilled meat and a serious cellar give Cuneo’s Al Bistrot dei Vinai more substance than its all-day format suggests.

Brera goes vegan without losing its appetite: Il Lughino builds lasagne, ravioli and Italian comfort food entirely from plants.

No fake steak required: Ciriera turns pasta, aubergines, lentils and Tuscan vegetables into a genuinely convincing vegan osteria.

Roman ruins below, cappelletti above: Da Noi mixes Mora Romagnola, truffle, seafood and wine inside Imola’s old brick cellars.