These are the world’s top 100 restaurants, according to a new 2025 ranking
The World's 50 Best Restaurants has announced its ranking of the top 100 restaurants in the world. The results were drawn from a global poll of 1,120 independent culinary experts who each voted based on personal dining experiences over the past 18 months, according to director of content William Drew.
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1. Maido, Lima, Peru The number one restaurant in the world, according to The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, offers Nikkei cuisine – a blend of Japanese techniques and vibrant Peruvian ingredients. (50 Best)
2. Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo, Spain Chef Victor Arguinzoniz transforms simple ingredients like milk and beef into unforgettable dishes. (50 Best)
3. Quintonil, Mexico City, Mexico A “boundary-pushing” Mexican restaurant that offers “insect-based tacos with grasshoppers and chicatana ants, and a view into the open kitchen.” (50 Best)
4. Diverxo, Madrid, Spain A restaurant that earned Chef Dabiz Muñoz three Michelin stars by the age 33, making him the second-youngest person in the word to achieve such a feat. (50 Best)
5. Alchemist, Copenhagen, Denmark This restaurant’s cuisine is “rooted in a strong foundation of classic techniques, modern research.” (50 Best) (Photo: Søren Gammelmark @gammel)
6. Gaggan, Bangkok, Thailand Owned by a former drummer, this restaurant combines “progressive Indian, with French, Thai and Japanese influences.” (50 Best)
7. Sézanne, Tokyo, Japan Coupled with a 12-course tasting menu, Chef Daniel Calvert’s “neo-French ethos is enriched by his experiences across Asia.” (50 Best)
8. Table by Bruno Verjus, Paris, France A French contemporary restaurant with a self-taught chef who wore many hats: medical student, entrepreneur in China, photographer, author and more. (50 Best)
9. Kjolle, Lima, Peru A restaurant that paints with colours and flavours. Chef Pía León’s dishes show a high level of research and testing. (50 Best)
10. Don Julio, Buenos Aires, Argentina A family-run restaurant that sources their ingredients from their own farm outside of Buenos Aires. (50 Best)
11. Wing, Hong Kong, China A fine-dining experience that combines Chef Vicky Cheng’s 20-years of French culinary arts with eight Chinese cuisines. (50 Best)
12. Atomix, New York, U.S. A Korean dining counter restaurant in Manhattan featuring 12-course tasing menu of Korean-based plates. (50 Best)
13. Potong, Bangkok, Thailand A restaurant that “focuses on five elements: salt, acid, spice, texture and Maillard reaction.” (50 Best)
14. Plénitude, Paris, France Owned by one of France’s most accomplished cooks, this restaurant takes guests through a cellar, kitchen and “secret cheese cave.” (50 Best)
15. Ikoyi, London, U.K. A dining experience which the Canadian-Chinese-British chef terms “a journey through bold heat.” (50 Best)
16. Lido 84, Gardone Riviera, Italy A restaurant perched over Lake Garda that honours local ingredients, old recipe books and international cooking techniques. (50 Best)
17. Sorn, Bangkok, Thailand A difficult-to-book restaurant with southern Thai cuisines and balanced temperature techniques. (50 Best)
18. Reale, Castel di Sangro, Italy Italian cuisine “stripped back to its fundamentals,” and an emphasis on plants. (50 Best)
19. The Chairman, Hong Kong, China Diners experience rewritten classics of Cantonese cooking through new recipes. (50 Best).
20. Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler, Brunico, Italy Guests ring a doorbell before being invited into the villa, then partake in bar-lounge snacks and different courses on the garden terrace and kitchen counter. (50 Best)
21. Narisawa, Tokyo, Japan A restaurant that channels the “traditional satoyama farming system of premodern Japan.” (50 Best)
22. Sühring, Bangkok, Thailand Twin brothers blend flavours from their native Germany with those from the Netherlands, Italy and Thailand. (50 Best)
23. Boragó, Santiago, Chile A restaurant that offers Chilean produce and inspired by the Indigenous hunter-gatherers of Southern Chile and Argentina. (50 Best)
24. Elkano, Getaria, Spain One of the most prestigious seafood grills in the Basque country. (50 Best)
25. Odette, National Gallery, Singapore Odette is “Royer’s gastronomic love letter to his grandmother of the same name.” (50 Best)
26. Mérito, Lima, Peru Chef Juan Luis Martínez unites Peru and his native Venezuela cuisines. (50 Best)
27. Trèsind Studio, Dubai, United Arab Emirates A “standard-bearer of modern Indian gastronomy in the UAE.” (50 Best)
28. Lasai, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil With a 15-course tasting menu, diners get the best seasonal, mostly organic produce, coupled with the freshest local seafood and protein. (50 Best)
29. Mingles, Seoul, South Korea A polished Korean cookery that blends inspirations from Hong Kong and Europe. (50 Best)
30. Le Du, Bangkok, Thailand The name of the restaurant translates to “seasons” in Thai – reflecting a contemporary tasting menu that centres in-season ingredients. (50 Best).
31. Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy An Italian restaurant serving seasonal produce and bold flavours served on top of tables that are carved from a single 300-year-old ash tree. (50 Best)
32. Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy A restaurant that explores the traditions of northern Italy with menus combining the flair of French, Italian and Japanese. (50 Best)
33. Steirereck, Vienna, Austria A contemporary Austrian gastronomy dining experience with dishes rooted in history lessons like rare breeds of meat, fish and near-extinct fruit. (50 Best)
34. Enigma, Barcelona, Spain A mysterious Spanish restaurant that requires guests to enter a secret code issued upon reservation to enter. (50 Best)
35. Nusara, Bangkok, Thailand Chef Thitid ‘Ton’ Tassanakajohn serves guests colourful plates that tell the story of family love and heritage. (50 Best)
36. Florilège, Tokyo, Japan A creative French Japanese inspired restaurant that prides sustainability through locally sourced ingredients especially plant-forward tasting menus. (50 Best).
37. Orfali Bros, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Syria-born brothers create a home for their own twist on Arabic cuisine with European and Asian flairs. (50 Best)
38. Frantzén, Stockholm, Sweden An immersive dining experience that brings guests through a beautiful multi-storey townhouse while being served futuristic dishes. (50 Best)
39. Mayta, Lima, Peru A nine-course menu focusing on Peruvian ingredients centring colourful produce. (50 Best)
40. Septime, Paris, France A neo-industrial French bistro where guests can enjoy delicate plates of crepes and girolles with peppercorn sauce. (50 Best)
41. Kadeau, Copenhagen, Denmark The menu features a lot of balanced acidity from various fermentation and preservation techniques – telling a story of place and season. (50 Best).
42. Belcanto, Lisbon, Portugal Standout plates from this Portuguese eatery include cured and smoked red mullet with Algarve carrot and a parsley emulsion. (50 Best)
43. Uliassi, Senigallia, Italy A balanced experience between Italian classical and innovative plates, with a summer balcony overlooking the sea to match. (50 Best)
44. La Cime, Osaka, Japan A modern French-inspired restaurant in central Osaks’s business district. (50 Best)
45. Arpège, Paris, France The stars of the menu are vegetables and plant-based ingredients that serve an elevated approach to fine dining. (50 Best)
46. Rosetta, Mexico City, Mexico Chef Elena Reygadas started out Italian-influenced receipts before shifting to Mexico-centric dishes adding an ubiquitous interpretation to the cuisine. (50 Best)
47. Vyn, Skillinge, Sweden The name of the restaurant means “View” in Swedish – a place of “dreamy pastoral landscapes and picturesque villages.” (50 Best)
48. Celele, Cartagena, Colombia Chef Jaime Rodríguez is in the business of preserving lost dishes from the Indigenous of the coast. (50 Best)
49. Kol, London, U.K. A taste of Latin America produces in the corners of the U.K., with signatures like langoustine taco, lamb saddle with rye koji and wood sorrel on a bed of rich mulato mole. (50 Best)
50. Jan, Munich, Germany Chef Jan Hartwig “is shaping a distinct culinary voice that is German at heart and global in reach.” (50 Best)
51. Alcalde, Guadalajara, Mexico A four to seven course tasting menu rooted in local produce -- think green shrimp aguachile and nopal -- celebrates Jalisco’s flavours. (50 Best)
52. Schloss Schauenstein, Fürstenau, Switzerland Set in a medieval castle, this elegant Swiss destination blends haute cuisine with centuries-old charm. (50 Best)
53. Den, Tokyo, Japan Crafting joyful kaiseki with theatrical flair, Den transforms traditional plating into playful, artful surprises. (50 Best)
54. El Chato, Bogotá, Colombia High altitude comfort food meets Andean lineage. El Chato layers modern technique over Colombian heritage. (50 Best)
55. La Colombe, Cape Town, South Perched above the Constantia vineyards, dishes here blend French technique with Asian-inspired grace. (50 Best)
56. Jordnær, Copenhagen, Denmark A vegetable-forward Nordic tasting menu that feels like a stroll through a Scandinavian garden. (50 Best) (Jesper Rais/Jesper Rais, RaisFoto)
57. Onjium Seoul, South Korea Neo-Korean cuisine served in a traditional hanok, reimagining centuries-old flavour with contemporary touches. (50 Best)
58. Restaurant Tim Raue, Berlin, Germany Bold, spice-driven plates draw from Chinese, Thai, and Japanese influences in this edgy Berlin hotspot. (50 Best)
59. Nobelhart & Schmutzig, Berlin, Germany A Berlin hotspot with hyper regional dishes and hyper local ingredients. (50 Best)
60. Pujol, Mexico City, Mexico Enrique Olvera’s iconic restaurant reinterprets mole madre in new, transcendent ways—you can taste culinary history. (50 Best)
61. Nuema, Quito, Ecuador A modern Ecuadorian tasting menu with Andean grains and Amazonian ingredients woven into refined preparations. (50 Best)
62. Willem Hiele, Oudenburg, Belgium Fine dining meets cultural hub at Bozar: art house ambiance and dishes inspired by Belgian heritage. (50 Best)
63. Bozar, Brussels, Belgium Fine dining meets cultural hub at Bozar: art house ambiance and dishes inspired by Belgian heritage. (50 Best)
64. Fu He Hui, Shanghai, China Strictly vegetarian, this temple quiet restaurant serves plant based dishes elevated to haute cuisine. (50 Best)
65. Quique Dacosta, Dénia, Spain Art infused dishes from the sea and land. Dacosta's menus are poetic meditations on the Mediterranean. (50 Best)
66. Saint Peter, Sydney, Australia Chef Josh Niland’s “fish butcher” spot uses every part of the catch from eyes to cheeks in menus that change daily. (50 Best)
67. Arca, Tulum, Mexico Tulum’s top entry offers rainforest to table mezcal pairings in a utopian jungle cenote setting. (50 Best)
68. Masque, Mumbai, India A tasting menu pioneer, Masque integrates locally foraged ingredients into global fine dining techniques. (50 Best)
69. Hiša Franko, Kobarid, Slovenia Chef Ana Roš celebrates Slovenian alpine traditions with foraged mushrooms and mountain herbs. (50 Best)
70. Tuju, São Paulo, Brazil From chef Ivan Rolston, a 10-course homage to Brazil’s seasonal bounty with playful textures and layers. (50 Best)
71. Sazenka, Tokyo, Japan There are just 12 seats in this intimate Japanese-French restaurant with multi course dinners in a zen boudoir of delicate precision. (50 Best)
72. Chef Tam’s Seasons, Macau, China: Chef Tam combines Cantonese tradition and seasonal Japanese ingredients in Macau’s untapped gourmet gem. (50 Best)
73. Tantris, Munich, Germany A retro modern Munich institution with schnitzel elegance, vaulted ceilings, and post war German flair. (50 Best)
74. Mountain, London, U.K. A single focus tasting menu served in a north London townhouse. Chefs climb the culinary summit with local produce. (50 Best)
75. Mil, Cusco, Peru High altitude Andean ingredients take centre stage: think quinoa, trout, and farm to table timelessness. (50 Best)
76. Leo, Bogotá, Colombia Chef Leo Espinosa explores Afro Colombian roots through cyclical, indigenous influenced tasting menus. (50 Best)
77. Le Doyenné, Saint Vrain, France An intimate French countryside restaurant with rustic elegance that celebrates terroir in every dish. (50 Best)
78. Cocina Hermanos Torres, Barcelona, Spain The Torres brothers’ culinary lab blends sibling synergy with Catalan tradition and theatrical flair. (50 Best)
79. Coda, Berlin, Germany A caffeine centric tasting experience: expect coffee pairings with each course in this avant garde Berlin eatery. (50 Best)
80. SingleThread, Healdsburg, U.S. Japanese inspired farm to table in Sonoma: seasonal perfection, paired with a stunning floral filled dining room. (50 Best)
81. Oteque, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rio seafood re invented with each dish as a beach fresh mosaic served with panoramic ocean view vibes. (50 Best)
82. Fyn, Cape Town, South Africa A minimalist, Japanese-tinged tasting menu set in a beautifully restored heritage building. (50 Best)
83. A Casa do Porco, São Paulo, Brazil A carnivore’s dream with pork dishes in a buzzing São Paulo bar restaurant hybrid. (50 Best)
84. Aponiente, El Puerto de Santa María, Spain Chef Ángel León’s “seafood temple” delves into plankton cuisine and oceanic innovation. (50 Best)
85. Txispa, Atxondo, Spain Basque wood fire cooking with Japanese-trained precision under one roof in Bizkaia’s verdant hills. (50 Best)
86. The Clove Club, London, U.K. Contemporary British tasting menus in a Shoreditch townhouse. (50 Best)
87. Mugaritz, San Sebastián, Spain Andoni Luis Aduriz’s culinary playground of molecular surprise and avant-garde Basque identity. (50 Best)
88. Salsify at the Roundhouse, Cape Town, South Africa Housed in a restored railway roundhouse, Salsify pairs industrial architecture with confident, seasonal pairing menus. (50 Best)
89. Huniik, Mérida, Mexico Chef owned by Yucatecan maître Sandra Saldivar, Huniik blends Maya heritage with chic, minimalist elegance. (50 Best)
90. Le Bernardin, New York, U.S. A seafood legend: four decades of refined fish cookery in New York City, balancing consistency and innovation. (50 best)
91. Koan, Copenhagen, Denmark Intimate tasting with Scandinavian-Japanese fusion -- think kanpachi with Nordic flavours on sleek plating. (50 Best)
92. Al Gatto Verde, Modena, Italy A culinary art gallery in Modena: each dish polished like a painting, celebrating Emilia Romagna ingredients. (50 Best)
94. Meet the Bund, Shanghai, China Celebrating Shanghainese classics with high-precision techniques in a vibrant riverside setting. (50 Best)
95. Evvai, São Paulo, Brazil Italian taste reborn -- Sicilian-style pasta with Brazilian produce in a relaxed yet refined São Paulo space. (50 Best)
96. Atelier Crenn, San Francisco, U.S. Dominated by the poetic cooking of Dominique Crenn, each dish narrates a personal, emotion-laced story. (50 Best)
97. Labyrinth, Singapore New Singaporean cuisine with avant-garde plating and molecular techniques woven with hawker inspired flavours. (50 Best)
98. César, New York, U.S. A fresh New York entry offering vibrant modern American dishes with seasonal polish in a cozy uptown brownstone. (50 Best)
99. Amisfield Restaurant, Queenstown, New Zealand Nestled in the Otago vineyards, artisanal wines meet Southern Alpine-inspired comfort cooking under mountain views. (50 Best)
100. Neolokal, Istanbul, Turikye Reimagines Turkey’s culinary past with modernity -- heritage recipes elevated in a refined, glassed-in dining space. (50 Best)
