The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2017

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

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

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

Mirazur is a restaurant in Menton on the French Riviera.

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

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

Gaggan Anand is a restaurant on Sukhumvit 31 in Bangkok.

Maido is a restaurant in Lima's Miraflores district.

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

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

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

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

Piazza Duomo is a restaurant in Alba, Italy.

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

Le Bernardin is a seafood restaurant in Midtown Manhattan.

Narisawa is a restaurant in Minamiaoyama, Tokyo.

Geranium is a restaurant in Copenhagen offering dining, private dining, and conference service.

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

Alinea is Grant Achatz's modernist restaurant in Chicago.

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

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.

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

The Clove Club is Isaac McHale's restaurant at Shoreditch Town Hall in London.

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

Nahm is a restaurant at COMO Metropolitan Bangkok.

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

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

Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen is a restaurant in Paris.

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.

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.

De Librije is a restaurant in Zwolle, Netherlands.

Septime is a restaurant on Rue de Charonne in Paris.

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

Saison is a restaurant at 178 Townsend Street in San Francisco.

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

Cosme holds a firm place among New York City's most globally recognised modern Mexican restaurants, with seven consecutive years on the World's 50 Best list. The a la carte format, dark and energetic room, and rotating seasonal menu reward multiple visits. Book as far ahead as possible; reservations are near impossible at short notice.

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.

Boragó is a restaurant in Vitacura, Santiago.

Reale is Niko Romito's restaurant in Castel di Sangro, Italy.

Brae is a destination fine dining restaurant outside Melbourne where chef Dan Hunter cooks from a working organic farm on the property. La Liste awards 93 points for 2025 and 2026; the World's 50 Best ranked it number 44 in 2017. Book two to three months ahead minimum: availability is near impossible and the two-hour drive from Melbourne means you plan a day around it.

Den is a Japanese restaurant in Jingumae, Tokyo, led by chef Zaiyu Hasegawa.

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

Vendôme is a restaurant at Schloss Bensberg in Bergisch Gladbach.

Restaurant Tim Raue is an Asian-influenced restaurant near Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin.

Tegui is Buenos Aires' strongest case for fine dining: a World's 50 Best Restaurants entry (#49, 2017) with a tasting menu format, intimate space, and near-impossible booking window. Plan at least four to six weeks ahead. Best for special occasions and small groups who want a kitchen-guided meal at an internationally credentialled level.

Hof van Cleve is Floris Van Der Veken's restaurant in Kruisem, Belgium.