The 2023 World's 50 Best Restaurants: Complete Rankings

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

Disfrutar is a restaurant in Barcelona's Eixample district.

DiverXO is Dabiz Muñoz's creative restaurant in Madrid.

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

Alchemist is a Copenhagen fine-dining restaurant combining gastronomy with art, performance, and visual installations.

Maido is a restaurant in Lima's Miraflores district.

Atomix is a Korean tasting-menu restaurant in New York City.

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

Table - Bruno Verjus is a restaurant in Paris's 12th arrondissement.

Trèsind Studio is an Indian fine-dining restaurant at St. Regis Gardens on Palm Jumeirah, Dubai.

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

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

Odette is a restaurant at the National Gallery Singapore.

Le Du is a Bangkok restaurant whose name and cooking emphasize seasonal produce.

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

Gaggan Anand is a restaurant on Sukhumvit 31 in Bangkok.

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

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

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

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

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

KOL is Santiago Lastra's modern Mexican restaurant in Marylebone, London.

Septime is a restaurant on Rue de Charonne in Paris.

Belcanto is José Avillez's Portuguese restaurant in Lisbon.

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

Florilège is a restaurant in Azabudai Hills, Tokyo.

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

Boragó is a restaurant in Vitacura, Santiago.

Frantzén is a restaurant on Klara Norra Kyrkogata in Stockholm.

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

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

El Chato is a restaurant in Bogotá's Chapinero district.

Uliassi is a restaurant in Senigallia serving seafood and land-based dishes.

Ikoyi is a London restaurant building a spice-based cuisine around British micro-seasonality.

Plénitude is Arnaud Donckele's restaurant at Cheval Blanc Paris.

Sézanne serves French cuisine at Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi.

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

The Jane is a restaurant on Limastraat in Antwerp, Belgium.

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

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

Piazza Duomo is a restaurant in Alba, Italy.

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.

Le Bernardin is a seafood restaurant in Midtown Manhattan.

Nobelhart & Schmutzig is a restaurant on Friedrichstraße in Berlin.

Orfali Bros is a family-led restaurant in Dubai serving a contemporary expression of Middle Eastern cuisine.

Mayta is a restaurant on Avenida Mariscal La Mar in Miraflores, Lima.

La Grenouillère is Alexandre Gauthier's restaurant and lodging in La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil, France.

Rosetta is a restaurant on Colima Street in Mexico City's Roma Norte neighborhood.

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

Narisawa is a restaurant in Minamiaoyama, Tokyo.

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

Brat is a wood-fired restaurant on Redchurch Street in Shoreditch, London.

Alcalde is a restaurant on Avenida México in Guadalajara.

Sorn is a Southern Thai restaurant in Bangkok.

Jordnær is a restaurant on Gentoftegade in Gentofte, Denmark.

Lasai is a restaurant in Rio de Janeiro's Humaitá neighbourhood.

Mérito is a restaurant in Barranco, Lima.

La Cime is a French restaurant in Osaka led by chef Yusuke Takada.

Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare is a restaurant on West 37th Street in Manhattan.

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

Neolokal is a restaurant on Bankalar Caddesi in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district.

Aponiente is Ángel León's restaurant in El Puerto de Santa María, focused on ocean research and conservation.

Burnt Ends is a Singapore restaurant centered on cooking with custom ovens and a brick kiln.

Turk Fatih Tutak is a restaurant in Istanbul's Şişli district.

Le Clarence is chef Andrea Capasso's restaurant near the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

SingleThread is a restaurant in Healdsburg, California.

Zén is a restaurant on Bukit Pasoh Road in Singapore.

Sud 777 is a restaurant in Mexico City's Jardines del Pedregal neighborhood.

CORE is Clare Smyth's restaurant in Notting Hill, London.

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

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.

Nusara is a restaurant on Maha Rat Road in Bangkok.

Fyn is a restaurant on Parliament Street in central Cape Town.

Oteque is a restaurant in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro.

Tantris is a restaurant within Tantris Maison Culinaire in Munich.

Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen is a restaurant in Paris.

Ranked #61 on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list in 2025 and holder of a 2025 Pastry Award, Nuema is the clear top choice for a serious meal in Quito. Chefs Alejandro Chamorro and Pía Salazar run a seasonally rotating tasting menu built entirely on Ecuador's biodiversity. Booking difficulty is near impossible; reserve weeks ahead.

Flocons de Sel is Emmanuel Renaut's restaurant in Megève, France.

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

Enigma is Albert Adrià's restaurant on Carrer de Sepúlveda in Barcelona.

Sazenka is a Chinese restaurant in Minamiazabu, Tokyo.

Meta is a restaurant on Mohamed Sultan Road in Singapore.

Enrico Bartolini is a restaurant on Via Tortona in Milan.

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.

Ossiano is a restaurant at Atlantis The Palm in Dubai.

Potong serves Thai-Chinese cuisine in a historic Yaowaraj shophouse in Bangkok.

Mingles is a restaurant in Seoul's Gangnam district.

WING is a restaurant at The Wellington on Wellington Street in Central, Hong Kong.

Kadeau is a Copenhagen restaurant serving seasonal Nordic cuisine shaped by Bornholm's terroir.

A Michelin-starred, $$ restaurant on Hollywood Road with Asia's 50 Best recognition and a late kitchen (11:30 PM, six nights). Chef David Lai's rotating seafood-heavy tapas menu and pre-order sharing platters make it one of Hong Kong's clearest value cases at its award level. Book three to four weeks out minimum; walk-ins are not realistic.

Kei is Kei Kobayashi's restaurant in Paris's first arrondissement.

La Colombe ranked 49th on the World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2024 and is one of the hardest tables to secure in South Africa. Chef James Gaag's vegetable-forward tasting menu, served on a wine estate above Constantia Nek with views over the valley and sea, earns the difficulty. Book well ahead and ask about the dedicated vegetable menu.

Ricard Camarena is a restaurant in València whose cooking is grounded in local territory and tradition.

Labyrinth holds a Michelin star, an Asia's 50 Best ranking (#37 in 2025), and one of Singapore's most sought-after reservations. Chef LG Han's set menu reconstructs Singaporean hawker classics using high-quality local ingredients and precise technique. At $$$, it is the strongest option in the city for modern Singaporean cuisine; book several weeks ahead and expect near-impossible availability on short notice.

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

Fu He Hui is a restaurant on Yuyuan Road in Shanghai.

Maito is Panama City's highest-credentialled restaurant: World's 50 Best Top 100 in 2023, OAD Casual North America #9 in 2025. Chef Mario Castrellón's focus on indigenous Panamanian ingredients delivers serious cooking in a casual format. Book as early as possible; availability is near impossible; and treat this as the meal worth planning the trip around.