Chef Atsushi Hayakawa’s Buford Highway sushi restaurant is one of metro Atlanta’s best, and it offers an epic 14-course honkaku omakase. This two-and-a-half hour, 14-course sushi extravaganza lead by Chef Hayakawa himself includes the option to pair premium sake from the restaurant’s private cellar with each plate. $185 per person. An additional $80 per person for sake pairings.

The Alden from Atlanta native chef Jared Hucks open in 2018 at Parkview on Peachtree in Chamblee. The restaurant serves dishes on its dinner menu such as Maine sea scallops, tortellini primavera, and lavender baked chicken. A tasting menu with optional wine pairings is available upon request at the 11-seat chef’s counter.

For a truly intimate experience, book the chef’s table inside the kitchen at Local Three. The eight-course meal for up to four people comes with pairings. The meal kicks off with bites like truffle parmesan popcorn and a Ceasar salad and ends with cheeses and dessert. $175 per person.

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 $39 per person. A second tasting menu includes four spreads, three appetizers, and one shared entrée for $44 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.

This Ford Fry restaurant in Buckhead, featuring a 24-foot hearth oven, offers a five-course tasting menu with optional wine pairings at its chef’s table for under $100 per person.

Fine dining institution Bacchanalia and its epic tasting menu are better than ever after more than 20 years on the Atlanta dining scene. Located next to its market and cafe Star Provisions on Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard in Westside, reservations are necessary for a table here. The four-course tasting menu is $95 per person. Wine pairings are optional.

While not a tasting menu, this Midtown tapas restaurant offers a three-course prix fixe menu during weekend brunch for $27 per person. Kick off the first course with avocado toast 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.

Chef Pat Pascarella’s Italian-Southern restaurant located next door to Brick Store Pub offers a five-course tasting menu with the option to pair wine each night. The menu changes daily and is based on the ingredients available from the local farms the restaurant uses to create its dishes. $75 per person. Wine pairings an additional $55.

People enter chef Joey Ward’s tasting menu restaurant via the dining room of his other restaurant, Southern Belle, and then through a secret passage hidden behind a bookcase in a dimly lit waiting area. The first few courses of Ward’s elaborate ten- to 16-course tasting menu are served within this library-like area. Located on the bookcase, a copy of Roald Dahl’s novel James and the Giant Peach acts as a lever to open the door leading into Georgia Boy’s 16-seat dining room for the rest of the meal. $125 per person. Reservations required. Vegan menu available and must be reserved in advance.

Lazy Betty in Candler Park was built around the tasting menu experience. The restaurant, owned by Le Bernardin alum Ronald Hsu and Aaron Phillips, includes the seven course “Lazy Betty” menu in its dining room for $125 per person and an elaborate ten courses at the chef’s counter for $165 per person. Hsu weaves his Chinese-Malaysian heritage into the French dishes and techniques he and Phillips create for the menus. A vegetarian tasting menu is also available and must be reserved in advance. Wine pairings are optional.

This restaurant serving Russian and Eastern European-inspired cuisine sits atop the Hilton Atlanta on Courtland Street and offers the option to order a three, four, or five-course tasting menu, ranging from $64 per person to $84 per person. A $44, three-course menu is also offered on weekdays from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Chef Ryan Smith’s ten to 12-course tasting menus at Staplehouse have garnered nothing but critical praise since the restaurant opened in 2015. Smith has been nominated for a James Beard award multiple times for his innovative dishes where no ingredient is wasted. $105 per person. Reservations required. Wine pairings optional.