DiverXO

As a kid, Chef Dabiz Muñoz told his father he'd run a restaurant with queues around the block; his father said sure, when pigs fly. Flying pigs now cover the walls of DiverXO, Madrid's only three-Michelin-star restaurant, and the last laugh is thoroughly his. After cooking at Hakkasan and Nobu in London, he opened here in 2007 and climbed to three stars by 2013, restoring a top Michelin honor to Madrid after two decades without one. His single tasting menu — "The Kitchen of the Flying Pigs" — is irreverent, maximalist Spanish cooking shot through with Asian influences, served as edible "canvases," and it's spent years near the very top of the World's 50 Best. Loud, theatrical, and unlike anywhere else. Come ready for a ride.