The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list for 2025 is being announced live tonight at an awards ceremony in Turin, Italy, with fine dining stalwarts all over the world vying for the top slot on the annual list. Eater will be updating the announcement of numbers 50 through No. 1 as the ceremony unfolds. Of the speciality awards, Khufu’s in Cairo won the “One to Watch Award,” while Maxime Frédéric of Cheval Blanc Paris was named World’s Best Pastry Chef. Asador Etxebarri’s Mohamed Benabdallah was named World’s Best Sommelier.
Ten restaurants across the world were new entries to the 2025 list, while Atomix in New York City — the sole U.S. representative in the top 50 — dropped six spots from last year to No. 12.
The restaurants ranked at numbers 51 to 100, aka the “back half” of the list, were revealed in a press release last week. Among the U.S. restaurants on the latter half: César in New York City, which made its World’s Best debut at No. 98; San Francisco’s Atelier Crenn, a re-entry to the list at No. 96 after dropping off the list last year; and NYC icon Le Bernardin at No. 90, a drop from No. 71 last year. After ranking at No. 46 in 2024, SingleThread in Healdsburg, California dropped to the back half of the list, to No. 80.
This year’s winner will follow in the footsteps of the 2024 World’s 50 Best Restaurant Disfrutar in Barcelona, which was named to the top spot after a steady climb: It was No. 2 on the 2023 list and No. 3 in 2022. In 2019, the World’s 50 Best organization announced a rule change that made any No. 1 winners ineligible for future lists, a move designed to ensure more turnover at the top. Earlier this spring, the organization announced it would launch its first-ever 50 Best North American Restaurants list later this year.
Follow along as we track tonight’s ceremony here:
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025:
6. Gaggan, Bangkok, Thailand
7. Sézanne, Tokyo, Japan
8. Table by Bruno Verjus, Paris, France
10. Don Julio, Buenos Aires, Argentina
12. Atomix, New York City, U.S.
13. Potong, Bangkok, Thailand (new entry)
14. Pléntitude, Paris, France
16. Lido 84, Gardone Riviera, Italy
17. Sorn, Bangkok, Thailand
18. Reale, Castel di Sangro, Italy
19. The Chairman, Hong Kong
20. Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler, Brunco, Italy (new entry)
21. Narisawa, Tokyo, Japan
22. Sühring, Bangkok, Thailand
23. Boragó, Santiago, Chile
24. Elkano, Gipuzkoa, Spain
26. Mérito, Lima, Peru (new entry)
27. Trèsind Studio, Dubai, UAE
28. Lasai, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (new entry)
29. Mingles, Seoul, South Korean
30. Le Du, Bangkok, Thailand
31. Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy
32. Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy
33. Steirereck, Vienna, Austria
34. Enigma, Barcelona, Spain (new entry)
35. Nusara, Bangkok, Thailand (new entry)
36. Florilège, Tokyo, Japan
37. Orfali Bros, Dubai, UAE
38. Frantzén, Stockholm, Sweden
40. Septime, Paris, France
41. Kadeau, Copenhagen, Denmark (new entry)
42. Belcanto, Lisbon, Portugal
43. Uliassi, Senigallia, Italy
44. La Cime, Osaka, Japan
45. Arpège, Paris, France
46. Rosetta, Mexico City, Mexico
47. Vyn, Simrishamng, Sweden (new entry)
48. Celele, Cartagena, Colombia (new entry)
50. Restaurant Jan, Munich, Germany (new entry)
