For reasons of diversity, gourmet restaurants rarely rely exclusively on a meat-free offering. This is why vegetarian and vegan restaurants appear in this list, as well as those that temporarily abstain from using products of animal origin.

• ONA, Arès
  The abbreviation in the name stands for non-animal origin - Claire Vallée won the first star for a vegan restaurant in France in 2021.
  clairevallee.com

• Cookies Cream, Berlin
  Creative head Stephan Hentschel is one of Europe's pioneers of vegetarian haute cuisine, holding a star since 2017.
  cookiescream.com

• Joia, Mailand
  Pietro Leemann was ahead of his time, and today he is still Italy's only star award-winning chef to serve vegetarian cuisine.
  joia.it

• Noma, Copenhagen
  High-flyer René Redzepi has been serving an ambitious vegetarian menu every summer since 2018. 
  noma.dk

• Maison Bras, Laguiole
  At Sébastien Bras' two-star restaurant in Laguiole, there is always a choice of an ambitious vegetable menu.
  bras.fr

• Pollen Street Social, London
  Meat is available at this restaurant, but a vegetarian and a vegan menu are also available. 
  pollenstreetsocial.com

• Eleven Madison Park, New York
  Daniel Humm has recently been cooking almost completely without animal products in his three-star restaurant.
  elevenmadisonpark.com

• L‘Arpège, Paris
  Three-star chef Alain Passard is considered by gourmets to be the god of vegetables; he has been focusing on meatless cuisine for 20 years.
  alain-passard.com

• King’s Joy, Beijing
  The first purely vegetarian restaurant in the world to be awarded three stars by the Michelin Guide.
  T: +86 10 8404 9191

• Tian, Munich + Vienna 
  Paul Ivic is one of the pioneers of plant-based gourmet cuisine, holding one star for each of his two restaurants.
  tian-restaurant.com

• Neue Taverne, Zürich
  In one of the most exciting restaurants in Switzerland, the focus is on vegetables, with Nenad Mlinarevic behind the stove.
  neuetaverne.ch