the List of the 50 best restaurants in the world It was announced tonight at an awards ceremony in Las Vegas, with Disfrutar restaurant in Barcelona, Spain, taking first place in the annual restaurant rankings. Rounding out the top five: Asador Etxebarri in Axondo, Spain in second place; Table by Bruno Fergus in Paris at No. 3; Diverxo in Madrid in fourth place; And Maido is in Lima at number 5.
Chefs Edward Zatroche, Mateo Casañas, and Oriol Castro opened Disfrutar in December 2014, and it has held a spot on the Top 50 Restaurants list for several years. According to Eater’s 2021 guide to Barcelona, the restaurant is one of the city’s “most popular fine dining destinations.”[s] For good reason,” and features “an exquisite brand of molecular cuisine full of pomp and circumstance.” The restaurant’s march to the top of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list has been a steady drumbeat in recent years: it was No. 2 on the 2023 list, and was No. 3 in 2022 .
The United States scored two entrants in this year’s Top 50 list: New York City’s Atomix rose two spots from last year’s ranking to land at No. 6, while Single Thread of Healdsburg, California, returned to the list this year at No. 46 (a jump from No. ). 68 ranking in 2023).
As always, the Top 50 Restaurants list aims to rank the world’s global culinary output. Since the rule change in 2019, any restaurant that rises to the top of the list is removed from the competition in subsequent years, ending the reign of restaurants like Noma and elBulli (which have since closed or announced their closure) at the top. 10. The so-called “back half” of the 2024 list, numbers 51 to 100, was released last week and included New York City’s Cosme (No. 99) and Le Bernardin (No. 71, a drop from the position it held in 2023 at No. 10 ). 44), and Chicago Smith (No. 90).
The world’s 50 best restaurants of 2024:
1. Defrutar, Barcelona
2. Asador Etxeparri, Axondo, Spain
3. Bruno Fergus Table, Paris
4. Defrexo, Madrid
5. Maido, Lima
6. Atomics, New York
7. Quintonil, Mexico City
8. The Alchemist, Copenhagen
9. Jagan, Bangkok
10. Don Julio, Buenos Aires
11. Septim, Paris
12. Lido 84, Jardon Riviera
13. Tresind Studio, Dubai
14. Kiki DaCosta, Denia
15. Cézanne, Tokyo
16. Gujol, Lima
17. Cole, London
18. Plenitude, Paris
19. Reale, Castel di Sangro
20. Wing, Hong Kong
21. Florilage, Tokyo
22. Steyreck, Vienna
23. Suhring, Bangkok
24. Odette, Singapore
25. El Chato, Bogotá
26. President, Hong Kong
27. Casa do Porco, Sao Paulo
28. Elcano, Getaria
29. Borago, Santiago
30. Tim Rau Restaurant, Berlin
31. Belcanto, Lisbon
32. Den, Tokyo
33. Pujol, Mexico City
34. Rosita, Mexico City
35. Franzen, Stockholm
36. The Jane, Antwerp
37. Otic, Rio
38. Sorn, Bangkok
39. Piazza Duomo, Alba
40. Le Do, Bangkok
41. Maeta, Lima
42. Ikoyi, London
43. Nobelhardt and Schmutzig, Berlin
44. Mingles, Seoul
45. Arpegé, Paris
46. One Thread, Healdsburg
47. Schloss Schauenstein, Fürstenau
48. Hesa Franco, Kobarid
49. La Colombe, Cape Town
50. Uliasi, Senigallia
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