The 10 best fine dining restaurants in the world, according to TripAdvisor

Owner and Chef Adam Stokes serves up contemporary British fine dining in this Michelin-starred Birmingham restaurant, which has 1,433 reviews on TripAdvisor.

Small and seriously cosy – there are only seven tables – this Parisian-themed Bistrot, which boasts 1,086 reviews, overlooks river rapids and is surrounded by bamboo, trees, and tropical plants.

The unpretentious Waterside Inn, which has three Michelin stars, placed seventh in the world rankings with 1,144 reviews. Serving up French cuisine, it sits on the banks of the Thames in the 16th century village of Bray.

The recipient of three Michelin stars in 2010, this cutting-edge Chicago restaurant earned 1,023 reviews for head chef and owner Grant Achatz creations such as a green apple helium balloon that floats past your table.

Set in a stunning 19th-century building, the brightly-coloured restaurant, which has 872 reviews, transports diners to the Mediterranean with the food of Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast. Be sure to check out the cellar – made from a pre-Roman ancient tunnel, it holds over 25,000 bottles of wine and has a room made for aging cheese.

The top-rated restaurant in the UK for the second time, having previously been given the spot in 2013, Raymond Blanc’s two Michelin-starred Belmond Le Manoir Aux Quat’Saisons restaurant serves French cuisine using seasonal produce, houses a two-acre garden producing 90 types and vegetables and 70 herbs, and is home to a wine cellar featuring 600 wines from around the world. Expect dishes like pan-fried Cornish sea bass with langoustine, garden carrots, fennel and anise at this Oxforshire favourite, which has earned 1,748 reviews on TripAdvisor.

With 932 TripAdvisor reviews, the French and European dishes, view of the river and garden featuring a weeping willow made L’Auberge de I’lll the third top-rated fine dining spot in the world.

The website tagline reads "tradition is innovation" at this French restaurant, which has 891 reviews on TripAdvisor, but the stone and wood beams in each of its five rooms have remained as true to the past as possible since 1921.

Located in the small town of Lasarte-Oria near San Sebastián, the creative menu featuring the likes of Red mullet with edible scale crystals, fennel with saffron and liquid baby squid bonbon made Martin Berasategui the top-rated fine dining restaurant in the world and gave it 953 reviews on TripAdvisor.