2 Best Restaurants in Bressanone (Brixen), The Dolomites

This warm, wood-paneled upstairs dining room, under the arcades of the pedestrians-only town center, serves creative Tyrolean dishes made with ingredients grown in the city's monastery gardens. Owner/chef Florian Fink creates seasonally rotating three- to five-course tasting menus along with satisfying plates using local vegetables, meat, and fish, such as black bread ricotta dumplings with venison ragout.

In a pretty art deco setting inside Hotel Elephant, wunderkind chef Mathias Bachmann whips up beautifully presented and creative Italian cuisine with an Asian flair in his nightly six-course tasting menus. Dishes change with the seasons, but if they're on the menu, don't miss the nori tartlet with asparagus or Hokkaido Wagyu with miso and black applesauce.