2018 World's 50 Best Restaurants: The Complete Rankings

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.

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

Gaggan Anand is a restaurant on Sukhumvit 31 in Bangkok.

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

Maido is a restaurant in Lima's Miraflores district.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Piazza Duomo is a restaurant in Alba, Italy.

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

Disfrutar is a restaurant in Barcelona's Eixample district.

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

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.

Narisawa is a restaurant in Minamiaoyama, Tokyo.

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

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.

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.

Le Bernardin is a seafood restaurant in Midtown Manhattan.

Boragó is a restaurant in Vitacura, Santiago.

Odette is a restaurant at the National Gallery Singapore.

Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen is a restaurant in Paris.

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

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

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

Alinea is Grant Achatz's modernist restaurant in Chicago.

Maaemo is a restaurant on Dronning Eufemias gate in Oslo.

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

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

Shoreditch's most consistent counter-service restaurant since 2014, Lyle's runs a rotating seasonal menu that rewards repeat visits. Lunch offers better value than dinner (three courses around £45–55), and the wine list; low-intervention, mostly European; is where the team shows the most personality. Book the counter seats facing the kitchen and order whatever vegetable dish leads the card.

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.

Septime is a restaurant on Rue de Charonne in Paris.

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

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

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

Mikla is a restaurant at The Marmara Pera in Istanbul.

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.

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

Hiša Franko is Ana Roš's restaurant in Slovenia's Soča Valley.

Nahm is a restaurant at COMO Metropolitan Bangkok.

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.