2026 Food & Wine Top 10 Global Restaurants

Two Michelin stars, No. 15 on the World's 50 Best in 2025, a dinner tasting menu at £350 per head before wine: Ikoyi is one of London's hardest bookings and one of its most credentialed. Jeremy Chan's West African spice-led cooking applied to British organic produce is genuinely unlike anything else in the city. The express lunch at £150 is the entry point if the dinner price is the obstacle.

Named the World's Best Restaurant 2025 and a perennial Top 10 fixture at the World's 50 Best, Maido is Lima's hardest table to book and, for Nikkei cuisine, its most compelling. Chef Mitsuharu Tsumura's tasting menu draws on seasonal Peruvian ingredients; increasingly Amazonian; executed with Japanese precision. Book 2 to 3 months out minimum, treat this as a full-evening commitment.

CieL earned a Michelin star in 2025 under Chef Viet Hong,, it is already one of the hardest tables to secure in Ho Chi Minh City. At ₫₫₫₫ in the residential Thảo Điền neighbourhood, this is the right choice for a food-focused special occasion dinner; book well in advance and treat the reservation as the anchor of your trip.

Opened in November 2024 by chef Marsia Taha Mohamed and sommelier Andrea Moscoso Weise, Arami brings a focused Amazon-Andes concept to La Paz's casual fine dining tier. Currently easy to book, it is one of the city's most interesting new openings for food-focused travelers. Visit before the reservation window tightens.

Potong is the Bangkok Chinatown splurge to book when you want Thai-Chinese cooking in a serious fine-dining format, not a casual street-food night. Dinner is the stronger play than late afternoon, especially for repeat diners who want the room, pacing, wine program to carry the evening.

Naar, ranked #30 on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list, is one of India's hardest reservations and one of its most argued-about culinary destinations. Chef Prateek Sadhu's Himalayan-ingredient-driven kitchen in Kasauli delivers a level of regional specificity and technical recognition that no city restaurant in India currently matches. Book as far ahead as possible; this reservation rewards the effort.

Botánico holds two consecutive Michelin Plates (2024–2025) and delivers contemporary cooking in Condesa at a $$ price that undercuts most of Mexico City's Michelin-recognised competition. Booking is straightforward, the counter is the best seat in the house, the value case is clear. A smart choice for food-focused visitors who want validated quality without the $$$$ commitment.

One of Rome's most critically endorsed casual addresses, Roscioli holds a Michelin Plate and an Opinionated About Dining top-10 ranking for European cheap eats in 2025; all at a €€ price point. Book ahead; walk-in tables are rarely available. Come for the Roman pastas, the house-baked bread, one of the best cheese and charcuterie selections in the neighbourhood.

Lunch Lady on Commercial Drive holds back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmands (2024 and 2025) and a top-200 Opinionated About Dining Casual in Asia ranking, all at a $$ price point. Booking is easy by Vancouver standards. This is one of the city's clearest value cases in Vietnamese dining, it rewards multiple visits.

Saint Peter is the restaurant Sydney locals name first when asked where to find the city's best fish; and with a #66 ranking on the World's 50 Best Restaurants (2025), the reputation is earned. Josh Niland's whole-fish philosophy produces preparations you will not find elsewhere in Australia. Book as far ahead as possible: this is one of Sydney's hardest reservations.