Full list of 101 Best Restaurants in Europe: The Daily Meal

In the same vein as its list of 101 Best Hotel Restaurants Around the World, popular food site The Daily Meal has released its picks for the 101 Best Restaurants in Europe, giving top nods to Italian chef Massimo Bottura and his Modena restaurant Osteria Francescana.

In the site's inaugural best in Europe list, France emerges the leader claiming 15 spots, 11 of which are in Paris. Likewise, hotel restaurants in Paris dominated the preceding list with nods to Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée, Epicure at Le Bristol and Le Cinq at the Four Seasons Hotel George V.

Here is the full list of The Daily Meal’s 101 Best Restaurants in Europe, in descending order, as chosen by a panel of 200 restaurant critics, food and lifestyle writers, bloggers and editors:

101. Figlmüller (Vienna)
100. Mavrikos (Lindos, Rhodes, Greece)
99. Plavi Podrum (Volosko, Croatia)
98. Onyx (Budapest)
97. Fish Market (Reykjavik)
96. miX (St. Petersburg)
95. Ristorante Del Cambio (Turin, Italy)
94. Selene (Pyrgos, Santorini, Greece)
93. Alle Testiere (Venice, Italy)
92. Quo Vadis (London)
91. Spondi (Athens)
90. Le Mandrać (Volosko, Croatia)
89. Syr (Moscow)
88. Aniar Restaurant (Galway, Ireland)
87. Csalogány 26 (Budapest)
86. Ikarus (Salzburg, Austria)
85. Vila Joya (Albufeira, Portugal)
84. Ribe (Tallinn)
83. The Restaurant at Ballymaloe House (Shanagarry, Ireland)
82. Fishy Fishy (Kinsale, Ireland)
81. Steirereck (Vienna)
80. Liviano Restaurant (Bratislava)
79. Cheval Blanc (Basel, Switzerland)
78. The River Cafe (London)
77. Madonnina del Pescatore (Senigallia, Italy)
76. Via Veneto (Barcelona)
75. Ca l'Isidre (Barcelona)
74. Chaika (Moscow)
73. Restaurant Clairefontaine (Luxembourg City)
72. Hakkasan Mayfair (London)
71. Restaurant AOC Aarø & Co. (Copenhagen)
70. Don Alfonso 1890 (Sant'Agata Sui Due Golfi, Italy)
69. Trussardi Alla Scala (Milan)
68. Chez Dominique (Helsinki)
67. Mathias Dahlgren Matsalen at Grand Hôtel (Stockholm)
66. La Ciau del Tornavento (Treiso, Italy)
65. Relæ (Copenhagen, Denmark)
64. Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia (Milan)
63. Fäviken Magasinet (Järpen, Sweden)
62. Enoteca Pinchiorri (Florence, Italy)
61. The Three Chimneys (Isle of Skye, Scotland)
60. La Vie (Osnabrück, Germany)
59. Maaemo (Oslo)
58. Alexander (Muhu Island, Estonia)
57. Søllerød Kro (Hoite, Denmark)
56. Da Fiore (Venice, Italy)
55. Ca l'Enric (La Vall de Bianya, Spain)
54. Sonnora (Dries, Germany)
53. Paolo e Barbara (Sanremo, Italy)
52. Le Comptoir at Hôtel Relais Saint Germain (Paris)
51. Vendôme (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany)
50. Les Ambassadeurs (Paris)
49. Mugaritz (San Sebastián, Spain)
48. Patrick Guilbaud (Dublin)
47. Anna Sacher (Vienna)
46. Geranium (Copenhagen)
45. Le Carré des Feuillants (Paris)
44. Die Schwarzwaldstube (Baiersbronn, Germany)
43. Atelier de Jean-Luc Rabanel (Arles, France)
42. The Witchery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
41. Sant Pau (Sant Pol de Mar, Spain)
40. Quique Dacosta (Dénia, Spain)
39. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay (London)
38. Le Cinq at the Four Seasons Hotel George V (Paris)
37. The Waterside Inn (Bray, Berkshire, England)
36. Anne-Sophie Pic at Beau-Rivage Palace (Lausanne, Switzerland)
35. De Karmeliet (Bruges, Belgium)
34. Oud Sluis (Sluis, Netherlands)
33. Tickets/41º (Barcelona)
32. Moments (Barcelona)
31. Asador Etxebarri (Axtondo, Spain)
30. El Motel Restaurant (Figueres, Spain)
29. Le Calandre (Sarmeola di Rubano, Italy)
28. Bruneau (Brussels)
27. Les Prés d'Eugénie (Eugenie-les-Bains, France)
26. Pierre Gagnaire (Paris)
25. Chapter One (Dublin)
24. St. John Bar & Restaurant (London)
23. Maison Troisgros (Roanne. France)
22. Benoît Violier (Crissier, Switzerland)
21. Bras (Laguiole, France)
20. The Fat Duck (Bray, Berkshire, England)
19. Le Louis XV at Hôtel de Paris (Monte Carlo)
18. Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée at Plaza Athénée Hotel (Paris)
17. Restaurant Le Meurice at Le Meurice Hotel (Paris)
16. Epicure at Le Bristol (Paris)
15. Taillevent (Paris)
14. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal (London)
13. Dal Pescatore (Canneto sull'Oglio, Italy)
12. El Celler de Can Roca (Girona, Spain)
11. El Racó de Can Fabes (Sant Celoni, Spain)
10. JB Restaurant (Ljubljana)
9. L'Arpège (Paris)
8. Hof van Cleve (Kruishoutem, Belgium)
7. Varvary (Moscow)
6. Aqua (Wolfsburg, Germany)
5. Guy Savoy (Paris)
4. Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester (London)
3. Noma (Copenhagen, Denmark)
2. Arzak (San Sebastián, Spain)
1. Osteria Francescana (Modena, Italy)