Two Berlin restaurants fall out of the top 50

(08 June 2025) - The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025 has published its expanded ranking, which includes places 51 to 100. This comes ahead of the awards ceremony on 19 June in Turin, where the top 50 places and other special awards will be announced. The rankings are based on the votes of 1,120 independent culinary experts, including renowned chefs, experienced food journalists and travelling foodies. Each of them voted for the World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025.

The 51-100 list in numbers

• 12 new entries from 12 different cities, from São Paulo and San Francisco to Macau and Tulum.
• Nine entries from Asia, 20 from Europe, eight from North America, eight from South America, three from Africa and two from Oceania.
• The highest new entry in the 51-100 list is Arca in Tulum, Mexico, in 67th place.
• Queenstown in New Zealand appears in the 51-100 list for the first time with Amisfield Restaurant in 99th place.

Germany is represented by four restaurants this year. These include the Berlin restaurants Tim Raue and Nobelhart & Schmutzig, which were still in the top 50 last year. As in the previous year, CODA in Berlin and Tantris in Munich are also on the list. In addition, Schaueinstein in Fürstenau, Switzerland, drops out of the top 50 after 14 years, while Andreas Caminada's restaurant is now in 52nd place in its 15th year on the list.

"We are overwhelmed by this fantastic development," explains Matthias Hahn, Director of Tantris Maison Culinaire, commenting on the ranking of the Munich restaurant. "This recognition reflects the commitment of Benjamin Chmura and his great team and shows that our vision of excellent French haute cuisine is being recognised internationally. We warmly congratulate all the restaurants that have been ranked".

Europe has 20 restaurants in the ranking, including new entries such as Koan (No. 91) in Copenhagen, Cocina Hermanos Torres (No. 78) in Barcelona, Txispa (No. 85) in Atxondo, Spain, and Al Gatto Verde (No. 92) in Modena. Jordnær in Copenhagen also returns to the 51-100 list and ranks 56th. Only Spain is more strongly represented than Germany with four restaurants on the extended list, with five restraurants. These are Quique Dacosta (No. 65) in Dénia, Aponiente (No. 84) in El Puerto de Santa María and Mugaritz (No. 87) in San Sebastián. Belgium is represented with two restaurants: Willem Hiele (No. 62) in Oudenburg and Bozar (No. 63) in Brussels, while in the UK, the restaurants Mountain (No. 74) and The Clove Club (No. 86) in London have secured places. Elsewhere in Europe, the following restaurants have snapped up a place: Hiša Franko (No. 69) in Kobarid, Slovenia; Le Doyenné (No. 77) in Saint-Vrain, France, and Neolokal (No. 100) in Istanbul.

There are two new entries in Asia: Chef Tam's Seasons (No. 72) in Macau and Meet the Bund (No. 94) in Shanghai. Singapore is represented by two restaurants: Burnt Ends (No. 93) and Labyrinth (No. 97). Tokyo also has two entries - Den (No. 53) and Sazenka (No. 71) - while Onjium (No. 57) in Seoul, Fu He Hui (No. 64) in Shanghai and Masque (No. 68) in Mumbai secure places. Cape Town has three entries in the expanded list: La Colombe (No. 55), Fyn (No. 82) and Salsify at the Roundhouse - a new entry at No. 88.

North America celebrates three new entries on the list this year, including Arca (No. 67) in Tulum and Huniik (No. 89) in Mérida; Atelier Crenn in San Francisco returns to the list at No. 96, and César (No. 98) in New York secures a debut spot. Alcalde (No. 51) in Guadalajara and Pujol (No. 60) in Mexico City also make the ranking, as do SingleThread (No. 80) in Healdsburg, California, and Le Bernardin in New York at No. 90.

South America secures a new entry from São Paulo with Tuju (No. 70) making its debut. In addition, Evvai (No. 95) returns to the 51-100 ranking. El Chato (No. 54) and Leo (No. 76), both in Bogotá, make places in the extended ranking, along with Oteque (No. 81) in Rio de Janeiro and A Casa do Porco (No. 83) in São Paulo. Ecuador and Peru secure one restaurant each with Nuema (No. 61) in Quito and Mil (No. 75) in Cusco. Saint Peter in Sydney ranks at No. 66, while for the first time The World's 50 Best Restaurants recognises a restaurant in New Zealand in the 51-100 list: Amisfield Restaurant in Queenstown at No. 99.

William Drew, content director of The World's 50 Best Restaurants, comments: "This year's expanded list is a true reflection of global gastronomy with restaurants on six continents and in 25 countries - two more countries than last year. We are particularly pleased to welcome a new entry from New Zealand for the first time, along with 12 new restaurants included in the 51-100 list for 2025. Congratulations to all the restaurants and teams represented in this year's list. We look forward to celebrating their achievements together at the awards ceremony in Turin."