A 'fine dining' experience is an upscale meal at a high-end restaurant with refined cooking and service. It features elegant decor, attentive staff, and multiple courses. Dress codes and higher prices are common.
I think fine dining is dying out everywhere... but I think there will be - and there has to always be - room for at least a small number of really fine, old-school fine-dining restaurants. Anthony Bourdain
To eat well, I always disagree with critics who say that all restaurants should be fine dining. You can get a Michelin star if you serve the best hamburger in the world. David Chang
When I go to a fine dining restaurant, I'm excited and I do expect to find proposals to wake my senses. Ferran Adria
Fine dining teaches you how to cook many different things, and it gives you the basic fundamentals, but these specialty restaurants, they're not teaching you the broad foundation you need to become a well-rounded cook. David Chang
We were saving, saving, saving then going to France and blowing the money eating. She was a nurse and had never experienced fine dining but she loved it, too. Our mates thought it absurd. Heston Blumenthal
Fine dining is an occasional treat for most people. Rene Redzepi