World's 100 Best Restaurants List Released

[kwilkinson]

1 El Bulli, Spain (=)
2 The Fat Duck, U.K. (=)
3 Noma, Denmark (+7)
4 Mugaritz, Spain (=)
5 El Celler de Can Roca, Spain (+21)
6 Per Se, U.S. (=)
7 Bras, France (=)
8 Arzak, Spain (=)
9 Pierre Gagnaire, France (-6)
10 Alinea, U.S. (+11)
11 L’Astrance, France (=)
12 The French Laundry U.S. (-7)
13 Osteria Francescana, Italy (New Entry)
14 St. John, U.K. (+2)
15 Le Bernardin, U.S. (+5)
16 Restaurant de l’Hotel de Ville, Switzerland (+11)
17 Tetsuya’s, Australia (-8)
18 L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, France (-4)
19 Jean Georges, U.S. (-2)
20 Les Creations de Narisawa, Japan (New Entry)
21 Chez Dominique, Finland (+18)
22 Ristorante Cracco, Italy (+21)
23 Die Schwarzwaldstube, Germany (+12)
24 D.O.M., Brazil (+16)
25 Vendome, Germany (+9)
26 Hof van Cleve, Belgium (+2)
27 Masa, U.S., (Re-entry)
28 Gambero Rosso, Italy (-16)
29 Oud Sluis, Netherlands (+13)
30 Steirereck, Austria (New Entry)
31 Momofuku Ssam Bar, U.S. (New Entry)
32 Oaxen Skaergaardskrog, Sweden (+16)
33 Martin Berasategui, Spain (-4)
34 Nobu U.K. (-4)
35 Mirazur, France (New Entry)
36 Hakkasan, U.K. (-17)
37 Le Quartier Francais, South Africa (+13)
38 La Colombe, South Africa (Re-entry)
39 Asador Etxebarri, Spain (+5)
40 Le Chateaubriand, France (New Entry)
41 Daniel, U.S. (=)
42 Combal Zero, Italy (Re-entry)
43 Le Louis XV, France (-28)
44 Tantris, Germany (+3)
45 Iggy’s, Singapore (New Entry)
46 Quay, Australia (New Entry)
47 Les Ambassadeurs, France (-2)
48 Dal Pescatore, Italy (-25)
49 Le Calandre, Italy (-13)
50 Mathias Dahlgren, Sweden (New Entry)

51 Zuma, China
52 Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley, U.K.
53 Spondi, Greece
54 L’Arpege, France
55 L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, China
56 Hibiscus, U.K.
57 Aqua, Germany
58 Le Gavroche, U.K.
59 Chez Panisse, U.S.
60 Les Amis, Singapore
61 El Poblet, Spain
62 Maison Pic, France
63 Cafe Pushkin, Russia
64 Le Meurice, France
65 Bukhara, India
66 Varvari, Russia
67 Schauenstein, Germany
68 RyuGin, Japan
69 La Maison Troisgros, France
70 Wasabi, India
71 The River Cafe, U.K.
72 Enoteca Pinchiorri, Italy
73 Le Cinq, France
74 Allegro, Czech Republic
75 Quintessence, Japan
76 Restaurant Dieter Mueller, Germany
77 Geranium, Denmark
78 Caprice, China
79 Jardines, South Africa
80 Amador, Germany
81 Biko, Mexico
82 L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon U.S
83 Fasano, Brazil
84 Mozaic, Bali
85 Obauer, Austria
86 Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athenee, France
87 L’Ambroisie, France
88 Maison Boulud, China
89 De Librije, Netherlands
90 Babbo, U.S.
91 Maze, U.K.
92 Zuma, U.K.
93 Manresa, U.S.
94 Pier, Australia
95 De Karmeliet, Belgium
96 Aubergine, South Africa
97 Bo Innovation, China
98 Rust en Vrede, South Africa
99 Del Posto U.S.
100 Reflets par Pierre Gagnaire, UAE


Biggest surprises: Ramsay's flagship resto fell out of the top 100 list, while still maintaining 3 Michelin stars. Of all his restaurants, only Maze made the list, at 91. At the same time, his protege, Marcus Wareing jumped up to spot 52. The Fat Duck keeps its high position at #2 despite the health scare earlier this year. Top US restaurant was Per Se at #6. Bit of a surprise, that it was that low.

Oh yeah, maybe the biggest surprise, Asian restaurants cracked the top 50. #20 and 45.

 

[hanker565]

Where do you find the list? And does it go past 100?

 

[kwilkinson]

It's put out every year by Restaurant magazine, sponsored by S. Pellegrino. I got a link to it from Bloomberg. AFAIK, it only goes to 100. I'm sure they have a list that's larger, but I haven't seen it published. The list is actually called "50 best" but they had a link to all 100.

 

[ChicagoRon]

It's a little odd that L'atelier De JR gets on there 3 times for three different countries.

And the only Nobu on the list is UK?.. not Japan or LA?

 

[Mazda]

Alinea is the only place I have been.

Service and experience made up for what I thought was very good but not great food. I'm also the farthest thing from an expert that there is.

 

[Davidko19]

its interesting they omitted sizzler

 

[rnoldh]

There seems very few American restaurants.

Is our cuisine that bad?

 

[ChicagoRon]

Originally Posted by rnoldh

There seems very few American restaurants.

Is our cuisine that bad?
The list is sponsored by a European company and most of the culinary world is still euro-centric. There are even fewer restaurants in Asia. There's a really good discussion about this in the thread from last year's list.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by ChicagoRon

The list is sponsored by a European company and most of the culinary world is still euro-centric. There are even fewer restaurants in Asia. There's a really good discussion about this in the thread from last year's list.

+1. I think the list is still rather accurate from an American standpoint, given what would seem like an obvious bias. The most surprising to me was not the lack of American places, but the fact that Per Se was only 6 and Alinea only 10th. But my commentary is only worth so much having been to zero of these places.

 

[ChicagoRon]

You're right Kwilk. I think the euro-centric bias is really more about cuisine than location. Obviously the top of the list tends toward Haute French and Molecular Gastronomy. There are a very few sushi and Italian restaurants, and one or two Indian and Asian.

From a North America perspective, I would not have been surprised to see:

le Bec Fin
L20
Nobu Malibu or NY, or Matsuhisa
SOMETHING from Canada

 

[Tokyo Slim]

That's WACIST! No Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles, No Teriyaki Hut, no Chipotle... WTF! You take your fancy frogs legs and get the hell out of my country!

 

[kwilkinson]

I can barely read the name L20 without salivating.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

I can barely read the name L20 without salivating.

That is actually a letter and two numbers.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

That is actually a letter and two numbers.

I didn't say word, I said name. And it's technically two letters and a number, since the O is the letter O, not zero.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

I didn't say word, I said name. And it's technically two letters and a number, since the O is the letter O, not zero.
Oh, ok. That makes it all better. It's only a name in the broadest definition of the word.

10. \tthe verbal or other symbolic representation of a thing, event, property, relation, or concept.