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    World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025

    June 20, 2025
    Opinion / Blog
    World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025

    By David Mouriquand

    European restaurants make up three of the Top 5 spots on this year’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. However, Spain’s Disfrutar, in Barcelona, has been dethroned as the highest ranked restaurant in the world…

    The World’s 50 Best Restaurants has announced this year’s recipients of ‘The World’s Best Restaurant’ – one of the world’s most prestigious food awards.

    The awards ceremony took place recently in Turin, Italy, where the crowd gathered to celebrate the top restaurants and chefs for 2025. A panel of more than 1,000 experts, split into 27 regions around the world, came together to decide on the final ranking.

    So, what is the World’s Best Restaurant this year? 

    The accolade went to Maido in Lima, Peru – which was placed at number 5 in the 2024 awards and now unseats last year’s winner, Disfrutar in Barcelona, Spain, to the top spot. 

    Maido’s Lima-born chef Mitsuharu Tsumura cooks a fusion of Latin American and Japanese flavours, and said: “We talk a lot about sustainability of the environment, but we rarely talk about human sustainability. I think this industry can be an example of how we can bring people together with the power of food.”

    Every year, the panel awards special prizes to chefs, front-of-house staff, and activists who are leading the charge in hospitality in 2025.

    This year’s special awards went to the Best Female Chef, Pichaya ‘Pam’ Soontornyanakij of Potong, Bangkok and Mindy Woods in Byron Bay, winner of the Champions of Change 2025 award. 

    The World’s Best Pastry Chef award went to Parisian chef Maxime Frederic, while the Estrella Damm Chefs’ Choice Award went to Alberta Adrià, head chef of Enigma in Barcelona.

    The highest-ranking restaurants on each continent were given a special mention.

    Maido, as the best restaurant in the world, takes care of South America. Incidentally, Peru was well represented in the Top 50 list, as three other Lima-based establishments joined Maido: Kjolle (9); Mérito (26); Mayta (39).

    Tresind Studio in Dubai (ranked number 27 in this year’s awards) was named the best restaurant in the Middle East. The best restaurant in Asia is Gaggan in Bangkok, at number 6, while the best restaurant in North America is Quintonil in Mexico City (number 3). 

    The best restaurant in Europe is Asador Etxebarri in Spain (number 2 this year and last year). Spain also has DiverXO in Madrid in the global Top 5, retaining its number 4 spot.

     Elsewhere in the Top 20, Denmark’s Alchemist (Copenhagen) ranks number 5 and climbs three spots compared to last year;  France’s Paris-based Table by Bruno Verjus drops to number 8 from its number 3 ranking in 2024, and Plénitude (also in Paris) has the 14th spot this year, up four compared to last year; and the UK’s Ikoyi, which was ranked 42nd in 2024, jumps up to number 15.

    Italy is the European country with the most restaurants in 2025’s Top 20 list, with Lido 84 in Lake Garda, Reale in Castel di Sangro and Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler in Brunico all ranking 16th, 18th and 20th respectively.

    Here is the full Top 50 restaurant list –

    1. Maido, Lima, Peru

    2. Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo, Spain

    3. Quintonil, Mexico City, Mexico

    4. DiverXO, Madrid, Spain

    5. Alchemist, Copenhagen, Denmark

    6. Gaggan, Bangkok, Thailand

    7. Sezanne, 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, USA

    13. Potong, Bangkok, Thailand

    14. Plénitude, Paris, France

    15. Ikoyi, London, UK

    16. Lido 84, Lake Garda Italy

    17. Sorn, Bangkok, Thailand

    18. Reale, Castel di Sangro, Italy

    19. The Chairman, Hong Kong

    20. Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler, Brunico, Italy

    21. Narisawa, Tokyo, Japan

    22. Serene, Bangkok, Thailand

    23. Boragó, Santiago, Chile

    24. Elkano, Getaria, Spain

    25. Odette, Singapore

    26. Mérito, Lima, Peru

    27. Tresind Studio, Dubai, UAE

    28. Lasai, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    29. Mingles, Seoul, South Korea

    30. Le Du, Bangkok, Thailand

    31. Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy

    32. Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy

    33. Steirereck, Vienna, Austria

    34. Enigma, Barcelona, Spain

    35. Nusara, Bangkok, Thailand

    36. Florilège, Tokyo, Japan

    37. Orfali Bros, Dubai, UAE

    38. Frantzen, Stockholm, Sweden

    39. Mayta, Lima, Peru

    40. Septime, Paris, France

    41. Kadeau, Copenhagen, Denmark

    42. Belcanto, Lisbon, Portugal

    43. Uliassi, Senigallia, Italy

    44. La Cime, Osaka, Japan

    45. Arpege, Paris, France

    46. Rosetta, Mexico City, Mexico

    47. Vyn, Skillinge, Sweden

    48. Celele, Cartagena, Colombia

    49. Kol, London, UK

    50. Restaurant Jan, Munich, Germany

    Source : Euronews

    20/6/ 2025

    Photo – Asador Etxebarri, AtxondoThe Worlds 50 Best – @asadoretxebarrioficial

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