50 Best Restaurants 2026 list: the full ranking, 1 to 50
Asador Etxebarri takes No.1, Gaggan and Alchemist complete the podium, Bangkok places five restaurants and Lima three. Every position and every special award from the ceremony in Peru.
The 50 Best Restaurants 2026 list, announced at the Teatro Municipal de Lima on 4 November, puts Asador Etxebarri in Atxondo at No.1, ahead of Gaggan in Bangkok and Alchemist in Copenhagen. Below is the full ranking from 1 to 50, with the special awards and the restaurants that moved most.
The ranking, known until this year as The World's 50 Best Restaurants, is voted by an academy of more than 1,100 chefs, critics and well-travelled diners split across 28 regions, with an even gender split and at least a quarter of voters replaced every year; Deloitte adjudicates the count. It was the first edition held in Peru, after the organisers moved the ceremony from Abu Dhabi. Last year's winner, Maido, now sits in the Best of the Best group and can no longer be voted for. We looked at what the ceremony means for Lima's restaurant economy separately.
The 50 Best Restaurants 2026 list in numbers
A grill in a Basque hamlet now sits above every tasting menu on the planet.
The 50 Best Restaurants 2026 list covers 28 territories on six continents, with 11 new entries and five re-entries. Bangkok is the city with most names, five (Gaggan, Sorn, Sühring, Nusara and Potong), followed by Copenhagen and Lima with three each. Italy places five restaurants and Spain four, all of them in the Basque Country, Madrid or Barcelona.
1. Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo
Victor Arguinzoniz cooks every course over wood he selects and burns himself, in a stone farmhouse in the hamlet of Axpe, at the foot of Mount Anboto. The 14-course tasting menu is built on very few ingredients per plate. The restaurant was No.2 in 2025 and also takes the title of Best Restaurant in Europe. Our news story on Asador Etxebarri's win has the background.
2. Gaggan, Bangkok
Gaggan Anand's counter in Bangkok serves a long, playful progressive Indian menu and is named Best Restaurant in Asia. It is the highest of the five Bangkok entries.
3. Alchemist, Copenhagen
Rasmus Munk's restaurant runs dinner as a staged, multi-sensory show of around 50 small servings, with projections and themes that deliberately unsettle the diner. It stays on the podium.
4. Quintonil, Mexico City
Jorge Vallejo and Alejandra Flores build their menu in Polanco around Mexican vegetables, herbs and insects from small producers. Quintonil is named Best Restaurant in Latin America.
5. Wing, Hong Kong
Vicky Cheng's Wing cooks contemporary Chinese food with Cantonese technique and preserved ingredients at the centre of the menu, and is the higher of two Hong Kong restaurants in the top ten.
6. The Chairman, Hong Kong
Danny Yip's Cantonese restaurant in Central is known for local sourcing and its steamed flowery crab with aged Shaoxing wine. It sits one place behind Wing.
7. Kjolle, Lima
Pía León's restaurant in Barranco cooks Peru by altitude and ecosystem, with tubers, grains and fruit from the Andes and the Amazon. It is the best placed of three Lima restaurants, on home ground.
8. Kadeau, Copenhagen
Nicolai Nørregaard's restaurant, rooted on the island of Bornholm, works with preserved, fermented and foraged Danish produce. It climbs 33 places, the biggest jump of the year, and wins the Highest Climber award.
9. Diverxo, Madrid
Dabiz Muñoz runs Spain's most maximalist tasting menu, mixing Spanish, Asian and Latin American references at high volume. It is the best placed restaurant in the Spanish capital.
10. Plénitude, Paris
Arnaud Donckele's restaurant inside Cheval Blanc Paris is built around sauces, reductions and broths, each one a recipe of its own. It closes the top ten as the highest French entry.
Nos 11 to 30: Atomix, Tuju and a run of Italians
Atomix in New York is the best restaurant in North America and its chef, Junghyun "JP" Park, takes the Chefs' Choice award, voted by his peers. Tuju in São Paulo is the highest new entry, at 16, and also wins the Art of Hospitality award.
- 11. Atomix, New York
- 12. Sorn, Bangkok
- 13. Mérito, Lima
- 14. Sühring, Bangkok
- 15. Odette, Singapore
- 16. Tuju, São Paulo
- 17. Mingles, Seoul
- 18. Nusara, Bangkok
- 19. Jan, Munich
- 20. Piazza Duomo, Alba
- 21. Meet the Bund, Shanghai
- 22. Boragó, Santiago
- 23. Vyn, Skillinge
- 24. Al Gatto Verde, Modena
- 25. Lasai, Rio de Janeiro
- 26. Masque, Mumbai
- 27. Reale, Castel di Sangro
- 28. Trèsind Studio, Dubai
- 29. Enigma, Barcelona
- 30. Steirereck, Vienna
Nos 31 to 50: from Celele to Saint Peter
Five restaurants return to the 50 Best Restaurants 2026 list after dropping out: La Colombe, Schloss Schauenstein, Jordnær, El Chato and Le Louis XV – Alain Ducasse. La Colombe is the best restaurant in Africa and Saint Peter, in Sydney, the best in Oceania.
- 31. Celele, Cartagena
- 32. Potong, Bangkok
- 33. Elkano, Getaria
- 34. Le Coquillage, Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes
- 35. La Colombe, Cape Town
- 36. Ru Yuan, Hangzhou
- 37. Nuema, Quito
- 38. Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler, Brunico
- 39. Schloss Schauenstein, Fürstenau
- 40. Jordnær, Copenhagen
- 41. Onjium, Seoul
- 42. Bozar, Brussels
- 43. Le Calandre, Rubano
- 44. Don Julio, Buenos Aires
- 45. Mayta, Lima
- 46. El Chato, Bogotá
- 47. Le Louis XV – Alain Ducasse, Monte Carlo
- 48. Ikoyi, London
- 49. Naar, Kasauli
- 50. Saint Peter, Sydney
The special awards
- Regional titles: Asador Etxebarri (Europe), Gaggan (Asia), Quintonil (Latin America), Atomix (North America), Trèsind Studio (Middle East), La Colombe (Africa), Saint Peter (Oceania)
- Best Female Chef: Jessica Rosval, Al Gatto Verde, Modena
- Best Pastry Chef: Dej Kewkacha, Bangkok
- Icon Award: Ferran Adrià
- Chefs' Choice: Junghyun "JP" Park, Atomix
- Highest Climber: Kadeau, up 33 places
- Highest New Entry and Art of Hospitality: Tuju, São Paulo
- Sustainable Restaurant: Naar, Kasauli
- Champions of Change: Ghana Food Movement
- One to Watch: Yiaga, Melbourne
- Best Sommelier: Lesley Liu, Odette, Singapore
Frequently asked questions
What is the best restaurant in the world in 2026? Asador Etxebarri, in Atxondo in the Basque Country, is No.1 on The 50 Best Restaurants 2026 list. Gaggan in Bangkok is second and Alchemist in Copenhagen third.
Why is Maido not on the 2026 list? Maido won in 2025, and every No.1 moves into the Best of the Best group, which takes it out of future voting.
Where was the 2026 ceremony held? At the Teatro Municipal de Lima, in Peru, on 4 November 2026. It was the first edition held in the country.
How many Spanish restaurants are in the top 50? Four: Asador Etxebarri (1), Diverxo (9), Enigma (29) and Elkano (33).
How we compiled this list
Positions, cities and awards come from the official ranking published by the organisers in Lima, checked against their press release of 5 November 2026. Chef names and descriptions are drawn from the restaurants' own information. Last checked: 5 November 2026.
