The World’s 50 Best

Since its inception in 2002, The World’s 50 Best Restaurants has showcased the variety of global cuisine. With a panel of over 1,000 food experts and a careful voting process, the yearly list highlights exceptional dining spots around the world, offering a glimpse into amazing culinary experiences while also tracking trends in global gastronomy.

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North America’s 50 Best Bars 2025: the inaugural 51-100 list revealed

1 week ago | theworlds50best.com | Emma Sleight |William Thomas Drew |Rachael Hogg |Josh Ong

For the very first time, the extended ranking of North America’s 50 Best Bars 2025, sponsored by Perrier, is here. From Albuquerque to Victoria, discover the hottest speakeasies, neighbourhood hangouts and hotel bars ranked between 51st and 100th. No.100 Bar Next DoorLos Angeles@barnextdoor_The Sunset Strip's favourite craft cocktail bar, Bar Next Door was rather fittingly a Hollywood talent agency in its former life.
Discover Esperit Roca, the Catalan dining destination from the world’s most famous food family

1 week ago | theworlds50best.com | Rachael Hogg |William Thomas Drew |Emma Sleight |Josh Ong

The brothers behind one of the all-time great restaurants opened an ambitious new project in 2024. Take a look behind the scenes as we revisit the restaurants in the prestigious Best of the Best group. Part Bond villain lair, part seemingly impenetrable fortress, part calm and welcoming space, Esperit Roca is a place of contrasts.
These things I’ve learned: Pichaya 'Pam' Soontornyanakij - The World’s Best Female Chef 2025 - shares her life lessons

3 weeks ago | theworlds50best.com | Harriet Cooper |William Thomas Drew |Emma Sleight |Rachael Hogg

The award-winning chef-owner of Potong in Bangkok holds forth on risk-taking, self-belief and the secret power of simplicity. Potong may be relatively small, seating just 36, but the restaurant is making a big impact. So much so, its chef-owner Pichaya 'Pam' Soontornyanakij has been named The World’s Best Female Chef 2025, becoming the first Asian to take the title.
Mezcal, mixology and mythology - a love letter to Mexico from Eli Martínez Bello

3 weeks ago | theworlds50best.com | William Thomas Drew |Emma Sleight |Rachael Hogg |Josh Ong

Eli Martínez Bello's devotion and genuine passion for her homeland’s traditions, spirits and history has paid dividends as she becomes the first Mexican recipient of the Altos Bartenders’ Bartender Award as part of North America’s 50 Best Bars 2025. Here she discusses her journey, aspirations for the future and her Mexico-forward cocktail-making ethos. Eli Martínez Bello has always taken the scenic route in life, focusing on the small details, textures, and colours she admires along the way.
The art of being likeable: how Bar Pompette rewrote the hospitality rule book

1 month ago | theworlds50best.com | Christine Sismondo |William Thomas Drew |Emma Sleight |Rachael Hogg

An unassuming French-ish bistro with a super-tight cocktail game in Toronto’s Little Italy neighbourhood has been named the winner of the Michter’s Art of Hospitality Award as part of North America’s 50 Best Bars 2025. 50 Best finds out how Bar Pompette has elevated giving the people what they want into an art form.
7 hotels with world-class patisseries

1 month ago | theworlds50best.com | Jake Emen |William Thomas Drew |Emma Sleight |Rachael Hogg

Get a taste of the sweet life as hotel foyers become go-to destinations for world-class patisserie. Dessert lovers rejoice, as a growing number of luxury hotels are making chef-celeb sweet treats an all-day affair, with in-house pastry and chocolate shops housed in elegant lobbies and shopping arcades. Here are seven of the finest spots to grab a sugar-coated snack all day long. 1.
be in with the chance to work at El Celler de Can Roca

1 month ago | theworlds50best.com | Josh Ong |William Thomas Drew |Emma Sleight |Rachael Hogg

The 50 Best Restaurants Scholarship, in association with Parmigiano Reggiano, is returning in 2025, offering aspiring chefs the chance to work at two globally renowned restaurants, including two-time World’s Best Restaurant, El Celler de Can Roca. Here’s what you need to know.
North America’s 50 Best Restaurants to launch in 2025

1 month ago | theworlds50best.com | William Thomas Drew |Emma Sleight |Rachael Hogg |Josh Ong

50 Best to debut regional restaurants ranking spanning the US, Canada and the Caribbean. It’s time the North American continent received the culinary recognition it deserves – and for food-loving travellers to explore the plethora of outstanding restaurants right across the region. Cue the launch of North America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna.
More than 500 game-changing venues just landed on 50 Best Discovery

1 month ago | theworlds50best.com | Marisa Cannon |William Thomas Drew |Emma Sleight |Rachael Hogg

Your go-to guide to the best places to eat, drink, and stay just got even bigger, spotlighting more must-visit destinations than ever before. For anyone that considers travel an art form, 50 Best Discovery is the ultimate insider’s guide to the most extraordinary restaurants, bars and hotels around the world. And now, the already brimming directory has expanded its global footprint further, adding more than 500 jaw-dropping hotels, restaurants and bars across over 260 cities and towns worldwide.
This is what it takes to run a sustainable restaurant in Dubai

2 months ago | theworlds50best.com | Elizabeth Winding

From the bottom line to the business cards, you have to rethink everything, explains Omar Shihab, founder of Boca.