These Are the World’s 50 Best Restaurants

Eleven Madison Park is named The World’s Best Restaurant for the first time and becoming the first U.S. restaurant to win the top spot since 2004.

Last year’s No.1, Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, claims the No.2 position to retain its title as The Best
Restaurant in Europe.

Spanish restaurant El Celler de Can Roca came in third. Former No.1 El Celler de Can Roca is also the 2017 recipient of the The Ferrari Trento Art of Hospitality Award in recognition of the restaurant’s warm atmosphere and ever-gracious
service.

2017’s winners of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants decided by a panel of more than 1,000 chefs, food writers and other experts from 26 geographical regions. The list was revealed at an awards ceremony at the historic Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne.

The awards started in 2002 but only in 2010 they have realized how popular they become when When Copenhagen restaurant Noma won and 100,000 people tried to book online the next day. Bloomberg reports that after El Celler de Can Roca’s 2013 victory, its website received 12 million hits. Three extra employees were hired to turn down requests for tables, and the waiting list grew to one year, according to chef Joan Roca.

The second half of the list — restaurants 51 to 100 — was posted earlier online.

These Are the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 
(Last year’s place in parentheses)

1. Eleven Madison Park, New York (3)
2. Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy (1)
3. El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain (2)
4. Mirazur, Menton, France (6)
5. Central, Lima (4)
6. Asador Etxebarri, Axpe, Spain (10)
7. Gaggan, Bangkok (23)
8. Maido, Lima (13)
9. Mugaritz, San Sebastian, Spain (7)
10. Steirereck, Vienna (9)
11. Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Pocantico Hills, New York (48)
12. Arpège, Paris (19)
13. Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée, Paris (58)
14. Restaurant André, Singapore (32)
15. Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy (17)
16. D.O.M., São Paulo, Brazil (11)
17. Le Bernardin, New York (24)
18. Narisawa, Tokyo (8)
19. Geranium, Copenhagen (28)
20. Pujol, Mexico City (25)
21. Alinea, Chicago (15)
22. Quintonil, Mexico City (12)
23. White Rabbit, Moscow (18)
24. Amber, Hong Kong (20)
25. Tickets, Barcelona (29)
26. The Clove Club, London (26)
27. The Ledbury, London (14)
28. Nahm, Bangkok (37)
29. Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy (39)
30. Arzak, San Sebastian, Spain (21)
31. Pavillon Ledoyen, Paris (72)
32. Attica, Melbourne (33)
33. Astrid y Gastón, Lima (30)
34. De Librije, Zwolle, Netherlands (38)
35. Septime, Paris (50)
36. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London (45)
37. Saison, San Francisco (27)
38. Azurmendi, Larrabetzu, Spain (16)
39. Relae, Copenhagen (40)
40. Cosme, New York (96)
41. Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet, Shanghai (42)
42. Boragó, Santiago (36)
43. Reale, Castel di Sangro, Italy (84)
44. Brae, Birregurra, Australia (65)
45. Den, Tokyo (77)
46. L’Astrance, Paris (57)
47. Vendôme, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany (35)
48. Restaurant Tim Raue, Berlin (34)
49. Tegui, Buenos Aires (68)
50. Hof van Cleve, Kruishoutem, Belgium (53)

Osteria Francescana Is Named the World’s Best Restaurant