The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025: The Full List of Winners

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list for 2025 was announced live tonight at an awards ceremony in Turin, Italy, with fine dining stalwarts all over the world vying for the top slot on the annual list. Maido in Lima, Peru was named No. 1, with Spain’s Asador Etxebarri at No. 2 (for the second year in a row) and Quintonil in Mexico City No. 3. Ten restaurants across the world were new entries to the 2025 list, while Atomix in New York City — the sole U.S. representative in the top 50 — dropped six spots from last year to No. 12. Of the speciality awards, Khufu’s in Cairo won the “One to Watch Award,” while Maxime Frédéric of Cheval Blanc Paris was named World’s Best Pastry Chef. Asador Etxebarri’s Mohamed Benabdallah was named World’s Best Sommelier.

The restaurants ranked at numbers 51 to 100, aka the “back half” of the list, were revealed in a press release last week. Among the U.S. restaurants on the latter half: César in New York City, which made its World’s Best debut at No. 98; San Francisco’s Atelier Crenn, a re-entry to the list at No. 96 after dropping off the list last year; and NYC icon Le Bernardin at No. 90, a drop from No. 71 last year. After ranking at No. 46 in 2024, SingleThread in Healdsburg, California dropped to the back half of the list, to No. 80.

Maido follows in the footsteps of the 2024 World’s 50 Best Restaurant Disfrutar in Barcelona, which was named to the top spot after a steady climb: It was No. 2 on the 2023 list and No. 3 in 2022. In 2019, the World’s 50 Best organization announced a rule change that made any No. 1 winners ineligible for future lists, a move designed to ensure more turnover at the top. Earlier this spring, the organization announced it would launch its first-ever 50 Best North American Restaurants list later this year.

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025:

1. Maido, Lima, Peru

2. Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo, Spain

3. Quintonil, Mexico City

4. Diverxo, Madrid, Spain

5. Alchemist, Copenhagen, Denmark

6. Gaggan, Bangkok, Thailand

7. Sézanne, Tokyo, Japan

8. Table by Bruno Verjus, Paris, France

9. Kjolle, Lima, Peru

10. Don Julio, Buenos Aires, Argentina

11. Wing, Hong Kong

12. Atomix, New York City, U.S.

13. Potong, Bangkok, Thailand (new entry)

14. Pléntitude, Paris, France

15. Ikoyi, London, UK

16. Lido 84, Gardone Riviera, Italy

17. Sorn, Bangkok, Thailand

18. Reale, Castel di Sangro, Italy

19. The Chairman, Hong Kong

20. Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler, Brunco, Italy (new entry)

21. Narisawa, Tokyo, Japan

22. Sühring, Bangkok, Thailand

23. Boragó, Santiago, Chile

24. Elkano, Gipuzkoa, Spain

25. Odette, Singapore

26. Mérito, Lima, Peru (new entry)

27. Trèsind Studio, Dubai, UAE

28. Lasai, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (new entry)

29. Mingles, Seoul, South Korean

30. Le Du, Bangkok, Thailand

31. Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy

32. Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy

33. Steirereck, Vienna, Austria

34. Enigma, Barcelona, Spain (new entry)

35. Nusara, Bangkok, Thailand (new entry)

36. Florilège, Tokyo, Japan

37. Orfali Bros, Dubai, UAE

38. Frantzén, Stockholm, Sweden

39. Mayta, Lima, Peru

40. Septime, Paris, France

41. Kadeau, Copenhagen, Denmark (new entry)

42. Belcanto, Lisbon, Portugal

43. Uliassi, Senigallia, Italy

44. La Cime, Osaka, Japan

45. Arpège, Paris, France

46. Rosetta, Mexico City, Mexico

47. Vyn, Simrishamng, Sweden (new entry)

48. Celele, Cartagena, Colombia (new entry)

49. Kol, London, UK

50. Restaurant Jan, Munich, Germany (new entry)