The 2019 World's 50 Best Restaurants: Full Rankings

Mirazur is a restaurant in Menton on the French Riviera.

Noma is a restaurant on Refshalevej in Copenhagen.

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

Gaggan Anand is a restaurant on Sukhumvit 31 in Bangkok.

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

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

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

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

Disfrutar is a restaurant in Barcelona's Eixample district.

Maido is a restaurant in Lima's Miraflores district.

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

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

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.

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

Septime is a restaurant on Rue de Charonne in Paris.

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

Odette is a restaurant at the National Gallery Singapore.

The most credentialed restaurant in Moscow; World's 50 Best No.30 in 2021 and La Liste-recognised; Twins Garden delivers modern European cooking and a 1,400-selection wine list at a level that justifies the $$$ price tag. Book weeks ahead: availability is near impossible. If you are serious about food in Russia, this is the reservation to chase.

Frantzén is a restaurant on Klara Norra Kyrkogata in Stockholm.

Narisawa is a restaurant in Minamiaoyama, Tokyo.

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.

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

Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen is a restaurant in Paris.

Boragó is a restaurant in Vitacura, Santiago.

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

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

Piazza Duomo is a restaurant in Alba, Italy.

Elkano is a restaurant in Getaria centered on fish grilled over wood.

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

Nerua is a restaurant at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.

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.

Don Julio is a parrilla on Guatemala Street in Buenos Aires.

Atelier Crenn is Dominique Crenn's modern French restaurant in San Francisco.

Le Bernardin is a seafood restaurant in Midtown Manhattan.

Alinea is Grant Achatz's modernist restaurant in Chicago.

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

A Casa do Porco is a restaurant in central São Paulo.

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

The Chairman is a restaurant at 198 Wellington Street in Central, Hong Kong.

Belcanto is José Avillez's Portuguese restaurant in Lisbon.

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

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.

Sühring is a restaurant in Bangkok founded by Thomas and Mathias Sühring.

De Librije is a restaurant in Zwolle, Netherlands.

Benu is a San Francisco restaurant serving a fixed menu each evening.

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.

Leo is Bogota's internationally credentialed restaurant, ranking #76 in the World's 50 Best (2025) after six consecutive years on the list. Chef Leonor Espinosa's Ciclo-Biome tasting menu works through Colombia's regional ecosystems using indigenous ingredients rarely seen elsewhere. Booking is extremely difficult; start well before your travel dates; but for a food-focused traveler, this is the table that justifies the effort.

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