This story was initially printed on April 5, 2017, and has been up to date to replicate the 2025 outcomes.
Maido was simply named the No. 1 restaurant on the planet for 2025 on the World’s 50 Finest Eating places checklist, beating out Asador Etxebarri in Atxondo, Spain (which landed at No. 2) for the coveted spot. It’s the second time a restaurant in Lima, Peru has received the title — Central being the primary, in 2023. In his acceptance speech, chef Mitsuharu ‘“Micha” Tsumura — who opened Maido in 2009 — famous his perception that “hospitality can do superb issues: It could possibly make desires come true, it may possibly resolve a lot of the issues that we predict can’t be solved.”
Maido will occupy the primary place till subsequent yr. That’s as a result of in 2019 the group introduced a rule change stating that after a restaurant ascends to the No. 1 spot, it turns into ineligible and is faraway from the checklist in future years. Though the change in eligibility guidelines was at first billed as a variety initiative, reporting from Lisa Abend in 2019 revealed that cooks fearing a ding to their reputations as they fell from the highest spot lobbied for the change.
Beneath, a complete have a look at all the eating places that the World’s 50 Finest have deemed greatest on the planet. You’ll word that almost all the eating places which were ranked first are positioned in Europe; those who aren’t in Europe serve European-style tasting menus; and all the eating places besides Central are helmed solely by males.
Maido is the 2025 World’s Finest Restaurant
Important intel: Chef Mitsuharu ‘Micha’ Tsumura embodies Nikkei delicacies — Peruvian components formed by Japanese strategies — at his restaurant, which opened in 2009. Within the years since, Maido was named Latin America’s Finest Restaurant by the 50 Finest group 4 occasions. Tasting menus (with out pairings) begin at 1190 sol (or $331 USD) and may embody dishes like asado de tira nitsuke (a braised beef brief rib), toro stomach reduce tableside, and a smoked paiche ham served as one chunk. Reservations — even earlier than this newest 50 Finest accolade — guide out months prematurely.
Disfrutar, Barcelona, Spain
Important intel: Cooks Eduard Xatruch, Mateu Casañas, and Oriol Castro opened Disfrutar in December 2014 and have accrued accolades ever since. Along with holding the highest spot on the World’s 50 Finest Record, it was awarded three Michelin stars in 2024. The El Bulli-trained cooks provide diners their selection of tasting menus that includes both Disfrutar classics or seasonal dishes, every with round 20 programs for 290 euros ($315 USD). These programs have a good time molecular gastronomy, with shocking textures and kooky platings served in an ambiance that, the Eater Information to Barcelona notes, is “by no means too stuffy.”
Important intel: Chef-owners Virgilio Martínez and Pia León take diners via Peru’s varied ecosystems by borrowing components and inspiration for every course on Central’s menu from a distinct altitude. From their flagship area in Lima, they provide each “traditional” and “experimental” variations of a set tasting menu, for PEN 1590 (that’s about $404). Central is the primary restaurant outdoors of Europe or the US to take residence the highest honors, and the primary restaurant with a girl credited as a co-chef or chef to carry the primary spot.
Geranium, Copenhagen, Denmark
Important intel: Helmed by chef Rasmus Kofoed, Geranium is certainly one of Denmark’s most celebrated culinary institutions, and the primary restaurant within the nation to earn three Michelin stars. (Sure, it beat Noma to it by a number of years.) From its eighth flooring perch, the restaurant’s eating room overlooks the scenic Fælledparken gardens. At present, the three-hour “Spring Universe” tasting menu clocks in at $4,200 DKK (about $613 USD). The restaurant has been meat free since 2022.
Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark
Years at No. 1: 2021, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2010
Important intel: René Redzepi, famed for his foraging expeditions and fermenting strategies, redefined what it means to be a locavore with Noma. The restaurant’s new Nordic, hyper-local delicacies made Copenhagen a worldwide eating vacation spot and served as a coaching floor for a variety of notable cooks. In 2016, Redzepi closed Noma. He opened a brand new Noma in Copenhagen in early 2018. That restaurant was thought-about eligible for the 2019 checklist, touchdown at No. 2. And after 2020 pandemic hiatus, the restaurant received the highest honors on the 2021 checklist. In January 2023, the restaurant introduced that it will shut — completely, this time — by the top of 2024, with plans to do the occasional pop-up.
Important intel: Mirazur, which overlooks the Mediterranean Sea, isn’t identified for being significantly influential, however Colagreco has been constructing his fame for years. The Italian-Argentine chef honed his strategy to French delicacies working alongside facet cooks Alain Passard and Alain Ducasse. He opened Mirazur in 2006 serving a tasting menu impressed by three themes: sea, backyard, and mountain. That menu, obtainable for each lunch and dinner at present prices 450 euros, or round $490, per individual.
Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy
Years at No. 1: 2018, 2016
Important intel: Osteria Francescana had been hovering close to the highest spot earlier than making it to no. in 2016. Massimo Bottura’s Italian restaurant was ranked second in 2015, and third the yr earlier than that. The primary Italian restaurant to achieve the highest of the checklist, Osteria Francescana has a fame for being near-impossible to get into, thanks partially to chef Bottura’s whimsical menu objects, like “You say Tomato, I say Tomato… and Bread” and “From Gragnano to Bangkok.” The tasting is at present 350 euros, or $381.
Eleven Madison Park, New York
Important intel: Daniel Humm and Will Guidara vied for the highest spot on the World’s 50 Finest checklist since their restaurant made it into the highest 50 in 2010, a yr earlier than the chef and common supervisor bought EMP from Danny Meyer. The restaurant, which serves a seasonal tasting menu and in addition has three Michelin stars and 4 from the New York Occasions, is simply the second American restaurant to be named greatest on the planet by this explicit checklist. Simply months after touchdown the No. 1 spot, the restaurant underwent a serious renovation; in 2021, Humm introduced its menu would go fully vegan. At present, it presents a five-course tasting for $285, or a full tasting for $365.
El Celler De Can Roca, Girona, Spain
Years at No. 1: 2015, 2013
Important intel: In 2013, the modernist Spanish restaurant grew to become the second restaurant from the Girona area of Spain to make it to the highest of the checklist. At El Celler De Can Roca, Roca brothers Joan, Josep, and Jordi serve two avant-garde tasting menus: an everyday tasting with 5 primary programs, and a “pageant” model with a whopping 12 primary programs (not together with appetizers and desserts). Since being named the world’s greatest, the brothers have been as dedicated to worldwide outreach as they’re to innovation, turning into Goodwill Ambassadors for the United Nations Improvement Program and embarking on a 2014 worldwide tour.
Years at No. 1: 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2002
Important intel: The primary restaurant to nab the highest spot, El Bulli ties with Noma for many years spent at primary. The Spanish restaurant pioneered modernist, molecular gastronomy strategies, and El Bulli chef Ferran Adrià educated a number of famend cooks early of their careers, together with José Andrés and fellow World’s 50 Finest chef René Redzepi. El Bulli closed in 2011, with Adrià turning it into a basis, analysis lab, and museum referred to as El Bulli 1846.
The Fats Duck, Bray, England
Important intel: On the time the Fats Duck topped the checklist, it was uncommon to look for only a single yr. On the time, chef Heston Blumenthal’s 10-year-old restaurant was lauded for its extremely modern multi-course tasting menu, which included the now-retired snail porridge and egg and bacon ice cream. In 2017, Blumenthal was acknowledged by the World’s 50 Finest Eating places checklist for lifetime achievement. The restaurant continues to be going robust, with its present “Sensorium” tasting menu — billed as “a journey via the thoughts on the Fats Duck” — beginning at £275 ($351).
The French Laundry, Yountville, California
Years at No. 1: 2004, 2003
Important intel: Thomas Keller’s the French Laundry was the primary American advantageous eating institution to make it to the No. 1 spot on the checklist. The restaurant, which featured Keller’s French cooking in a picturesque Napa Valley setting, was additionally the primary on the World’s 50 Finest checklist to take the spot two years working. Within the years since, the French Laundry remained stubbornly on checklist of again 50 eating places, rating no. 86 in 2018. It’s now, after all, off the checklist for good.
