Plénitude remains the best restaurant in the world

In the global restaurant rankings for the second half of 2025 published by Restaurant-Ranglisten.de, Plénitude has retained its top spot. Arnaud Donckele’s Parisian restaurant first claimed the top position in 2023. It belongs to a leading group of 27 restaurants that have been rated so highly by professional restaurant guides that they have been awarded the highest possible score of 20 points for the world rankings. The average score on review sites then determines the final ranking within this leading group.

Two restaurants follow in second place: the Schauenstein in Fürstenau, Switzerland, and the Assiette Champenoise in Tinqueux, France, both of which had occupied fifth place in the spring. Fourth place is shared by two Danish restaurants: Geranium (Copenhagen, 13th place in the spring) and Jordnaer (Copenhagen), which is part of the top group for the first time.

In sixth place is the first German restaurant, the Aqua (Wolfsburg, spring: 10th place). In the German rankings, it trails the JAN in Munich, which is in seventh place in this year’s world rankings (spring: 4th place). This is because the calculation methods differ. The world ranking is based on an analysis of the latest editions of professional restaurant guides as well as the results of well-known voting rankings, such as The World’s 50 Best and Le Chef magazine. The four best scores are taken into account for the world ranking. If several restaurants then achieve the same number of points, the ratings from popular voting portals, Tripadvisor and Google are used to determine the ranking. This means that a lack of top marks in the professional guides cannot compensate for top ratings on the user portals; rather, they merely serve to differentiate between restaurants that receive the same marks in the traditional guides. For the country rankings – such as the German ranking – more than two guides are sometimes evaluated. However, to ensure that countries with fewer guides are not unduly disadvantaged, only two scores are counted for the world ranking. This means that, in some cases, two restaurants may not be placed in the same order in the world ranking as they are in their country ranking.

Seventh place goes to Alchemist (Denmark, Copenhagen), which has joined the top tier of the world rankings for the first time. In ninth place is Sonnora in Dreis, another German restaurant, which had, however, achieved third place in the spring. Another newcomer to the top tier of the world rankings takes tenth place: Noma in Copenhagen. In eleventh place is Frantzén (Stockholm, Sweden, 10th place in spring). The Schwarzwaldstube in Baiersbronn takes twelfth place at the end of the year, having been in second place in the spring. The restaurant shares twelfth place with L’Enclume (Cartmel, UK, 5th place in the spring) and Boury in Roeselre, Belgium, which is in the top tier for the first time. Fifteenth place goes to Victor’s Fine Dining by Christian Bau in Perl-Nennig (9th place in the spring), whilst Cheval Blanc by Peter Knogl (Basel, Switzerland) retains 16th place. Next comes 17th place for the best Spanish restaurant, Disfrutar (Barcelona, Spain, 13th place in the spring). In 18th place comes a trio comprising Le Marcon (St. Bonnet-le-Froid, France, unchanged), Benu (San Francisco, USA, 16th in the spring) and Single Thread (Healdsburg, USA, 16th in the spring). 21st place goes to Rutz (Berlin, 10th in the spring). In 22nd place are L'Ambroisie (Paris, France, 24th in the spring), Le Bernardin (New York, USA, 21st in the spring) and Robuchon au Dôme (Macau, China, 21st in the spring). DiverXo (Madrid, Spain, 23rd in the spring) secures 25th place, ahead of Smyth (Chicago, USA, 24th in the spring) in 26th place. The top group is rounded off by Odette in Singapore in 27th place.

This means the following restaurants are no longer in the very top tier: Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville (Crissier, Switzerland, now 28th), De Librije (Zwolle, Netherlands, now 33rd), and Maaemo (Oslo, Norway, now 62nd).

In addition to the restaurants in the top tier, other German establishments are represented in the Top 100: Schanz (Piesport, 31st place, 28th in the spring), The Table (Hamburg, 32nd place, 29th in the spring), Bareiss (Baiersbronn, 37th place, 34th in the spring), Tohru in der Schreiberei (Munich, 49th place, 94th in spring), Es:senz (Grassau, 50th place, 47th in spring), Vendôme (Bergisch Gladbach, 58th place, 56th in spring), Haerlin (Hamburg, 60th place, 80th in spring, same as last year).

In total, Germany is represented by 13 restaurants (-1 compared to spring). Only France is more successful, with 22 restaurants. That is three fewer than in spring. Next come Spain with ten restaurants (unchanged), the USA with nine (-1) and Japan with six (unchanged), followed by Italy (-1), China (unchanged), four in Switzerland (-1) and Denmark (+1). The UK and Singapore are represented by three restaurants (+1). Austria, Belgium and Norway (all unchanged) are represented by two restaurants each. One restaurant in the Top 100 is located in Slovenia (+1), as well as in Thailand (-1), Sweden and the Netherlands (unchanged).

The methodology of the Restaurant-Ranglisten.de world ranking differs in one respect from the LaListe ranking, which is published every few weeks. Our ranking is updated several times a year. Furthermore, it gives greater weight to the traditional guides (Michelin Guide, Gault&Millau, etc.), as these are initially used solely for the so-called PRO rating. Only when there is a tie are the ratings on review portals (USER rating) included in the ranking, which then determine the specific placement.

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