The Best Restaurants in the World

Restaurant Magazine, the premiere journal of gastronomy in the UK, has released their annual list of the 50 best restaurants in the world, with Yountville’s The French Laundry topping the list for the second year in a row. Sadly, I’ve only been to a couple of them (Nobu, Spago, Balthazar, and Felix). Everyone needs a good set of long term goals, though, and this looks like a great list to work from (UK restaurants in CAPS):

1. French Laundry, Yountville, CA
2. THE FAT DUCK, Bray, UK
3. El Bulli, Spain
4. L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, Paris
5. Pierre Gagnaire, Paris
6. Guy Savoy, Paris
7. NOBU, London
8. RESTAURANT GORDON RAMSAY, London
9. Michel Bras, Laguiole, France
10. Louis XV, Monaco
11. Gramercy Tavern, New York
12. Daniel, New York
13. Tetsuya’s, Sydney
14. HAKKASAN, London
15. THE WATERSIDE INN, Bray, UK
16. ST JOHN, London
17. L’Ami Louis, Paris
18. Jean Georges, New York
19. LE GAVROCHE, London
20. Flower Drum, Melbourne
21. THE MERCHANT HOUSE, Ludlow, UK
22. Arzak, San Sebastian, Spain
23. Dal Pescatore, Canneto sull’Oglio, Italy
24. THE IVY, London
25. Arpege, Paris
26. El Raco de Can Fabes, San Celoni, Spain
27. Schwarzwaldstube, Baiersbronn, Germany
28. The Cliff, Barbados
29. Rockpool, Sydney
30. LE MANOIR AUX QUAT’ SAISONS, Oxford
31. Al Mahara, Burj Al Arab, Dubai
32. Charlie Trotter, Chicago
33. Le Jardin des Sens, Montpellier
34. THE SQUARE, London
35. Spago, Los Angeles
36. Bukhara, Dehli, India
37. Chez Panisse, California
38. Le Meurice, Paris
39. Trois Gros, Roanne, France
40. Balthazar, New York
41. RIVER CAFÉ, London
42. La Tupina, Bordeaux
43. Auberge d’Ill, Illhauseern-Alsace
44. Craft, New York
45. Le Tour d’Argent, Paris
46. La Maison de Marc Veyrat, Annecy, France
47. Felix, Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong
48. De Karmeliet, Bruges, Belgium
49. THE WOLSELEY, London
50. Gambero Rosso, San Vincenzo

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