Iraq's Best Hotel Restaurant 2026
Iraq's Best Hotel Restaurant 2026: winner, voting rules and category scope. Explore the matched venue on Pearl.
Overview
Basilico @ Erbil Rotana is the official winner of Iraq's Best Hotel Restaurant 2026 at the World Culinary Awards. This page records one category result, not a ranked shortlist or an inspection score.
The recognition applies specifically to Iraq's Best Hotel Restaurant. Keep the year and category attached when comparing it with other awards: a local, regional or cuisine-specific title is not an unrestricted global ranking. World Culinary Awards uses vetted nominations and registered online voting. Verified industry votes carry twice the weight of public votes. The winner is determined by valid votes under the published rules. This is not an anonymous restaurant-inspection system. No category tasting rubric, judge-by-judge marks or numerical quality score is provided on the reviewed result page. The result should not be described as a Michelin distinction or a World's 50 Best ranking.
Basilico is the Italian restaurant on the mezzanine floor of Erbil Rotana in Iraq. Its menu includes antipasti, pasta, pizza and desserts, and the restaurant welcomes non-resident diners as well as hotel guests for lunch and dinner. Discover the Pearl venue linked to Basilico @ Erbil Rotana, the recipient of Iraq's Best Hotel Restaurant 2026. Use its location and venue details to plan a visit, and confirm current menus, booking conditions and opening times directly.
Quick Facts
- Award program
- World Culinary Awards
- Edition
- 2026
- Category
- Iraq's Best Hotel Restaurant
- Official winner
- Basilico @ Erbil Rotana
- Result type
- Single category winner
- Voting
- Public and verified industry voters
- Industry vote weight
- Twice a public vote
About This Edition
The official 2026 category page names Basilico @ Erbil Rotana as its winner. Pearl currently links 1 venue record for this category. Nominees elsewhere on the organizer's page are not additional winners. Recognition belongs to the named establishment or experience, not automatically to every restaurant in the same hotel or every branch of a brand. The linked profile is a discovery aid; the organizer's category result remains the authority for the title.
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