Two decade-old fine-dining stalwart Bacchanalia and its epic tasting menu are better than ever. The menu still includes the popular crab fritter, Maine lobster with caviar and brioche, and a rotating array of in-season entrees and desserts. Located next to market and cafe Star Provisions on Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard, reservations are necessary for a table here. Don’t have reservations? Head to the bar for cocktails, a glass of wine, and the a la carte menu. Reservations required.

Book the chef’s table inside the kitchen at Local Three. The eight-course meal for up to four people comes with drink pairings. The meal kicks off with bites like truffle parmesan popcorn and a Caesar salad and ends with cheeses and dessert. $175 per person. Call to reserve.

While not a tasting menu, this Midtown tapas restaurant offers a three-course prix fixe menu during weekend brunch for $28 per person. Start off with ham croquettas or chickpea and chorizo stew. Move on to braised pork hash or a BEC with a tetilla cheese omelette on multigrain bread. Finally, order coconut flan or churros served with dipping chocolate for dessert. Pair it all with $3 mimosas. Patio available.

Few restaurants rival the sophistication found at Atlas inside the St. Regis Hotel in Buckhead. Beyond the a la carte dishes here, order the tasting menu with wine pairings. For extra special attention with that tasting menu, reserve the chef’s table near the kitchen. Reservations required. Dress code. Valet parking.

Storico Fresco Italian restaurant and market is one of the best places in town to consume pasta dishes like the cacio e pepe, squid ink ravioli, and lasagna alla bolognese. The restaurant even offers semi-private dining in its kitchen with a prix fixe menu and the option to pair wines with each course. Tables must be reserved in advance.

This Buckhead Greek restaurant, owned by chef Pano Karatassos, offers not one, but three tasting menus. The first tasting menu option comes with four spreads and five appetizers for $37 per person. A second tasting menu includes four spreads, three appetizers, and one shared entrée for $47 per person. The third option features four spreads, three appetizers, and a whole fish, split to serve a half pound of fish per person for $49. Reservations highly encouraged.

Head in to BoccaLupo for the fresh, handmade pasta (the black spaghetti and the 20-yolk tagliatelle are now Atlanta classics), stay for the wine and cocktails. Chef Bruce Logue also offers a four-course pasta tasting menu, which changes nightly. Reservations highly encouraged. Bar seating first come, first served. Patio available.

While not technically a tasting menu, chef Kevin Gillespie’s flagship restaurant in Glenwood Park offers a take on dim sum. Create an individualized tasting menu from the carts traveling throughout the dining room from table to table serving two or three dishes options each. Menus change weekly, sometimes daily here. Reservations required.

Lazy Betty in Candler Park was built around the tasting menu experience. Here, people choose between two highly curated tasting menus of six to eight courses with optional wine pairings. There’s also champagne and caviar service, which comes served with steamed milk buns and scallion pancakes. Seating is currently available in the dining room and on the covered patio. Reservations required. Vegetarian menu available upon request. Patio seating available.

The Alden owned and operated by chef Jared Hucks offers a seven-course tasting menu with optional wine pairings nightly at the chefs counter for $125 per person. The menu changes frequently here. First seating is at 6:30 p.m., followed by an 8 p.m. seating. Reservations highly encouraged. Call in advance to go over allergies and dietary restrictions.

Chef Pat Pascarella’s Italian-Southern restaurant in Decatur offers a five-course chef’s tasting menu with optional wine pairings. The tasting menu changes frequently and is only offered Monday through Thursday and on Sunday evenings. Reservations required.

Chef Jason Liang is serving exquisite cuts of raw fish, yakitori (skewered meats,) and a limited, daily quantity of lobster ramen from his restaurant in downtown Decatur. For an optimal dining experience, grab a seat at the sushi bar and partake in Liang’s beautifully composed omakase offerings. There’s the option to indulge in an 11-, 14-, or 20-course omakase here. Reservations for the sushi bar highly encouraged.

Chef Atsushi Hayakawa’s Buford Highway sushi house continues to dominate Atlanta’s sushi scene. Reservations are required and should be made well in advance; especially for those who want to watch Hayakawa prepare dinner himself. The two-and-a-half hour honkaku omakase is a one-on-one, 14-course sushi extravaganza with the chef. Hayakawa relocates his eponymous restaurant in 2022 to the ground floor of Star Metals on Howell Mill Road. Reservations required.