World's top 50 best restaurants

World's top 50 best restaurants: see the full list

Noma has retained its top spot on the world's top 50 best restaurant and El Bulli has left the table all together. See the full awards list here


Noma restaurant in Copenhagen has topped the best restaurants in the world list for the second year in a row. Photograph: Yadid Levy/Alamy

Noma restaurant in Copenhagen has topped a list of the top 50 best restaurants in the world, retaining its place at number one for another year.
The list, compiled by Restaurant magazine, awarded the Danish restaurant the coveted prize in an awards ceremony which saw Heston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck come in at fifth place - down two places on the previous year.
The biggest news of the top 50 list was the absence of the Spanish El Bulli. A repeat winner in the past, the restaurant was removed from the list as chef Ferran Adrià's has chosen to close the restaurant later this year. Peter Walker writes:

"Spanish gastronomy remains prominent in the views of the 837 judges worldwide – a mixture of chefs, writers and restaurateurs – with second spot taken by El Celler de Can Roca, the three Michelin-starred Girona restaurant run by three brothers. Behind this was Mugaritz, in the Basque country."

So what kind of picture does the list paint for restaurants by country? We were curious so have gathered a quick summary from the top 50 list:

• France has the most number of restaurants in the list at eight but the USA follows closely behind with six and Spain with five
• The UK features with four restaurants on the best restaurant list; The Fat Duck, The Ledbury, St. John and Hibiscus. The Ledbury also came as the highest new entry at 34th place
• The highest climber was awarded to Nihonryori Ryugin in Japan. It managed to jump 28 places on the previous years list to make it to 20th best restaurant in the world
• Russia and Peru appeared in the list for the first time this year with Moscow's Vavravy and Astrid Y Gaston in Lima

The top 50 list can be found below alongside the ranking for 2010. Our spreadsheet also contains a list of those restaurants that have fallen off the list this year. What can you do with this data?

World's top 50 best restaurants

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Position	Restaurant	Country	2010 Position	change	Special Awards
1	Noma	Denmark	1	-	Best in World & Europe
2	El Celler De Can Roca	Spain	4	2
3	Mugaritz	Spain	5	2
4	Osteria Francescana	Italy	6	2
5	The Fat Duck	UK	3	-2
6	Alinea	USA	7	1	Best In N.America
7	D.O.M	Brazil	18	11
8	Arzak	Spain	9	1
9	Le Chateaubriand	France	11	2
10	Per Se	USA	10	-
11	Daniel	USA	8	-3
	Les Creation De Narisawa	Japan	24	12	Best in Asia
13	L'Astrance	France	16	3
14	L'atelier De Joel Robuchon Paris	France	29	15
15	Hof Van Cleve	Belgium	17	2
16	Pierre Gagnaire	France	13	3
17	Oud Sluis	Holland	19	2
18	Le Bernardin	USA	15	3
19	L'Arpege	France	Re-Entry	-
20	Nihonryori Ryugin	Japan	48	28	Highest Climber
21	Vendome	Germany	22	1
22	Steirereck	Austria	21	-1
23	Schloss Schauenstein	Switzerland	30	7
24	Eleven Madison Park	USA	50	26
25	Aqua	Germany	34	9
26	Quay	Australia	27	1	Best in Australasia
27	Iggy's	Singapore	28	1
28	Combal Zero	Italy	35	7
29	Martin Berasategui	Spain	33	4
30	Bras	France	Re-Entry	-
31	Biko	Mexico	46	15
32	Le Calandre	Italy	20	-12
33	Ristorante Cracco	Italy	Re-Entry	-
34	The Ledbury	UK	New entry	-	Highest New Entry
35	Chez Dominique	Finland	23	-12
36	Le Quartier Francais	South Africa	31	-5	Best in South Africa
37	Amber	China	New entry	-
38	Dal Pescatore	Italy	36	-2
39	Il Canto	Italy	40	1
40	Momofuku Ssam Bar	USA	26	-14
41	St John	UK	43	2
42	Astrid Y Gaston	Peru	New entry	-
43	Hibiscus	UK	49	6
44	La Maison Troisgros	France	44	-
45	Alain Ducasse Au Plaza Athenee	France	41	-4
46	De Librije	Netherlands	37	-9
47	Hotel De Ville	Switzerland	14	-33
48	Varvari	Russia	New entry	-
49	Pujol	Mexico	New entry	-
50	Etxebarri	Spain	Re-Entry	-