The 2015 World's 50 Best Restaurants List

El Celler de Can Roca is a restaurant in Girona, Spain.

Osteria Francescana is Massimo Bottura's restaurant in Modena, Italy.

Noma is a restaurant on Refshalevej in Copenhagen.

Central is a restaurant on Avenida Pedro de Osma in Barranco, Lima.

Eleven Madison Park is a fine-dining restaurant overlooking Madison Square Park in New York City.

Mugaritz is a restaurant in Errenteria in Spain's Basque Country.

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal is a restaurant at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park in London.

Narisawa is a restaurant in Minamiaoyama, Tokyo.

D.O.M. is a Brazilian restaurant in São Paulo's Jardins district.

Gaggan Anand is a restaurant on Sukhumvit 31 in Bangkok.

Mirazur is a restaurant in Menton on the French Riviera.

Arpège is Alain Passard's restaurant on Rue de Varenne in Paris.

Asador Etxebarri is a restaurant in Axpe, Bizkaia, centered on cooking over fire.

One of Lima's most credentialed Modern Peruvian restaurants, Astrid & Gastón operates from a 17th-century hacienda in San Isidro and delivers a tasting menu built around Peruvian biodiversity. It ranked 9th in South America in 2025 and peaked at #14 in the World's 50 Best. Book three weeks out minimum for dinner; lunch offers a marginally easier window and better light through the courtyard.

Steirereck im Stadtpark is a Vienna restaurant centered on Austrian hospitality and local products.

Pujol is a restaurant in Mexico City's Polanco neighborhood.

Arzak serves Basque cuisine developed by Juan Mari Arzak and Elena Arzak in San Sebastián.

Le Bernardin is a seafood restaurant in Midtown Manhattan.

Azurmendi is Eneko Atxa's restaurant in Larrabetzu, outside Bilbao.

The Ledbury is a restaurant on Ledbury Road in Notting Hill, London.

Le Chateaubriand is the defining address of Paris's bistronomy movement and one of the hardest tables to secure in the 11th arrondissement. Chef Iñaki Aizpitarte's single set menu, sourced from independent producers, has held a World's 50 Best ranking and a current Opinionated About Dining top-500 position. At €€€ per head, the value is clear; if you can get a reservation.

Nahm is a restaurant at COMO Metropolitan Bangkok.

White Rabbit is a Moscow restaurant that held a World's 50 Best Top 25 placement and an 88.5-point La Liste score. Chef Vladimir Mukhin's tasting menu moves through historic Russian ingredients; sea buckthorn, Borodinsky bread, swan liver; in a glass dome above the city. Book four to six weeks out minimum; demand is consistent and walk-ins are not realistic.

Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet is the hardest restaurant reservation in Shanghai and one of the most awarded in Asia, ranked #1 in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Asia (2023) and a World's 50 Best fixture for seven years. Ten seats, a secret address, a fixed multi-course tasting menu, and a fully controlled sensory environment make this the right booking only if you are specifically after immersive format dining at the top of the market.

Alinea is Grant Achatz's modernist restaurant in Chicago.

Piazza Duomo is a restaurant in Alba, Italy.

The Test Kitchen reached #22 on the World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2016 and. It is one of the hardest reservations in South Africa, so plan two to three months ahead at minimum. Verify current operating status before booking, as chef and hours data require confirmation.

Nihonryori RyuGin is Seiji Yamamoto's Japanese restaurant in Tokyo Midtown Hibiya.

Vendôme is a restaurant at Schloss Bensberg in Bergisch Gladbach.

Frantzén is a restaurant on Klara Norra Kyrkogata in Stockholm.

Attica is Melbourne's hardest reservation and its most decorated tasting menu restaurant, scoring 96 points on La Liste 2025 and reaching #20 on the World's 50 Best in 2018. Ben Shewry's kitchen builds multi-course sequences around native Australian ingredients with technical precision that has no direct peer in the city. Book months in advance and go with a clear evening free.

Aqua is a restaurant at The Ritz-Carlton in Wolfsburg.

Le Calandre is an Alajmo restaurant in Sarmeola di Rubano, Italy.

Quintonil presents Mexican ingredients through the culinary perspective of Alejandra Flores and Jorge Vallejo.

L'Astrance is a restaurant on Rue de Longchamp in Paris.

Amber serves modern French cuisine at Mandarin Oriental The Landmark in Hong Kong.

Quique Dacosta Restaurante presents haute cuisine and art in Dénia, Spain.

Per Se is a Thomas Keller restaurant at Columbus Circle in New York City.

Maní is a restaurant in São Paulo's Jardim Paulistano neighbourhood.

Boragó is a restaurant in Vitacura, Santiago.

Maido is a restaurant in Lima's Miraflores district.

Schloss Schauenstein is a restaurant and boutique hotel in Fürstenau, Switzerland.

Blue Hill at Stone Barns is a restaurant at Stone Barns Center in Tarrytown, New York.

The French Laundry is a restaurant in Yountville, California.