The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025: Maido In First Place

The 2025 edition of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards was held in Turin, Italy, on 19 June 2025 at Lingotto Fiere, with Maido from Lima taking the top spot. This prestigious event celebrated the finest in global gastronomy, highlighting a diverse range of culinary talents from across 22 territories on five continents.

“It is with great excitement that we announce the list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, and honour Maido as The World’s Best Restaurant. Led by the brilliant Micha Tsumura, the team has demonstrated remarkable dedication, seamlessly incorporating Japanese techniques with traditional Peruvian ingredients to create dishes that captivate and surprise diners. This year’s list celebrates culinary excellence across 22 territories, with 10 new entries making the 1-50 ranking, underscoring the growing global appreciation for diversity, creativity and excellence in hospitality.” — William Drew, Director of Content at The World’s 50 Best Restaurants.

Best Restaurant in the World: Maido, Lima

Maido in Lima clinched the top spot as The World’s Best Restaurant and The Best Restaurant in South America. Chef-owner Mitsuharu ‘Micha’ Tsumura’s Nikkei cuisine fuses Japanese techniques with Peruvian ingredients, offering a tasting menu of more than 10 courses that is both culturally grounded and inventive. The warm welcome of “Maido!” upon entry sets the tone for a meal marked by precision and hospitality.

#50BestTalks: Turin

At #50BestTalks 2025 in Turin, leading chefs and bartenders gathered at the Officine Grandi Riparazioni to share how storytelling shapes culinary creativity. The line-up included Dominique Crenn, Virgilio Martínez, Jeremy Chan, Bruno Verjus and Agnese Morandi, Mindy Woods, and mixologists Ago Perrone and Giorgio Bargiani. Each speaker explored how dishes, ingredients, and drinks carry personal, cultural, and geographic narratives. From Crenn’s poetic tribute to the sea at Atelier Crenn to Martínez’s mapping of Peru’s ecosystems through altitude-based menus, and Woods’ championing of Indigenous Australian cuisine, the session reinforced flavour as a deeply human expression rooted in memory, place, and identity.

Restaurants in Asia Representation: 9 in top 50, 16 in top 100

In the 2025 edition of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, Asia sees continued representation with 9 restaurants in the top 50. Gaggan in Bangkok is the highest-ranked Asian restaurant at No.6, closely followed by Sézanne (No.7), Wing (No.11), Potong (No.13), Sorn (No.17), Narisawa (No.21), Sühring (No.22), Nusara (No.35) and Florilège (No.36).

World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025

1. Maido, Lima, Peru (No.5 in 2024)
2. Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo, Spain (No.2 in 2024)
3. Quintonil, Mexico City, Mexico (No.9 in 2024)
4. Diverxo, Madrid, Spain (No.4 in 2024)
5. Alchemist, Copenhagen, Denmark (No.5 in 2024)
6. Gaggan, Bangkok, Thailand (No.9 in 2024)
7. Sézanne, Tokyo, Japan (No.7 in 2024)
8. Table by Bruno Verjus, Paris, France (No.8 in 2024)
9. Kjolle, Lima, Peru (No.16 in 2024)
10. Don Julio, Buenos Aires, Argentina (No.10 in 2024)
11. Wing, Hong Kong, China (No.13 in 2024)
12. Atomix, New York, USA (No.8 in 2024)
13. Potong, Bangkok, Thailand (No.35 in 2024)
14. Plénitude, Paris, France (No.14 in 2024)
15. Ikoyi, London, UK (No.42 in 2024)
16. Lido 84, Gardone Riviera, Italy (No.12 in 2024)
17. Sorn, Bangkok, Thailand (No.38 in 2024)
18. Reale, Castel di Sangro, Italy (No.17 in 2024)
19. The Chairman, Hong Kong, China (No.26 in 2024)
20. Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler, Brunico, Italy (New Entry)
21. Narisawa, Tokyo, Japan (Re-entry)
22. Sühring, Bangkok, Thailand (No.22 in 2024)
23. Boragó, Santiago, Chile (No.29 in 2024)
24. Elkano, Getaria, Spain (No.24 in 2024)
25. Odette, Singapore (No.21 in 2024)
26. Mérito, Lima, Peru (New Entry)
27. Trésind Studio, Dubai, UAE (No.11 in 2024)
28. Lasai, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (New Entry)
29. Mingles, Seoul, South Korea (No.28 in 2024)
30. Le Du, Bangkok, Thailand (No.40 in 2024)
31. Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy (Re-entry)
32. Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy (No.32 in 2024)
33. Steirereck, Vienna, Austria (No.33 in 2024)
34. Enigma, Barcelona, Spain (Re-entry)
35. Nusara, Bangkok, Thailand (New Entry)
36. Florilège, Tokyo, Japan (No.36 in 2024)
37. Orfali Bros, Dubai, UAE (Re-entry)
38. Frantzén, Stockholm, Sweden (No.38 in 2024)
39. Mayta, Lima, Peru (No.39 in 2024)
40. Septime, Paris, France (No.40 in 2024)
41. Kadeau, Copenhagen, Denmark (New Entry)
42. Belcanto, Lisbon, Portugal (No.41 in 2024)
43. Uliassi, Senigallia, Italy (No.42 in 2024)
44. La Cime, Osaka, Japan (Re-entry)
45. Arpège, Paris, France (No.45 in 2024)
46. Rosetta, Mexico City, Mexico (No.46 in 2024)
47. Vyn, Skillinge, Sweden (New Entry)
48. Celele, Cartagena, Colombia (New Entry)
49. Kol, London, UK (No.49 in 2024)
50. Restaurant Jan, Munich, Germany (New Entry)
51. Alcalde, Guadalajara
52. Schloss Schauenstein, Fürstenau
53. Den, Tokyo
54. El Chato, Bogotá
55. La Colombe, Cape Town
56. Jordnær, Copenhagen (Re-entry)
57. Onjium, Seoul
58. Restaurant Tim Raue, Berlin
59. Nobelhart & Schmutzig, Berlin
60. Pujol, Mexico City
61. Nuema, Quito
62. Willem Hiele, Oudenburg
63. Bozar, Brussels
64. Fu He Hui, Shanghai
65. Quique Dacosta, Dénia
66. Saint Peter, Sydney
67. Arca, Tulum (New Entry)
68. Masque, Mumbai
69. Hiša Franko, Kobarid
70. Tuju, São Paulo (New Entry)
71. Sazenka, Tokyo
72. Chef Tam’s Seasons, Macau (New Entry)
73. Tantris, Munich
74. Mountain, London
75. Mil, Cusco
76. Leo, Bogotá
77. Le Doyenné, Saint-Vrain
78. Cocina Hermanos Torres, Barcelona (New Entry)
79. Coda, Berlin
80. SingleThread, Healdsburg
81. Oteque, Rio de Janeiro
82. Fyn, Cape Town
83. A Casa do Porco, São Paulo
84. Aponiente, El Puerto de Santa María
85. Txispa, Atxondo (New Entry)
86. The Clove Club, London
87. Mugaritz, San Sebastián
88. Salsify at the Roundhouse, Cape Town (New Entry)
89. Huniik, Mérida (New Entry)
90. Le Bernardin, New York
91. Koan, Copenhagen (New Entry)
92. Al Gatto Verde, Modena (New Entry)
93. Burnt Ends, Singapore
94. Meet the Bund, Shanghai
95. Evvai, São Paulo (Re-entry)
96. Atelier Crenn, San Francisco (Re-entry)
97. Labyrinth, Singapore
98. César, New York
99. Amisfield Restaurant, Queenstown (New Entry)
100. Neolokal, Istanbul

Best Restaurant in the World: Maido, Lima, Peru
Best Restaurant in Europe: Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo, Spain
Best Restaurant in North America: Quintonil, Mexico City, Mexico
Best Restaurant in South America: Maido, Lima, Peru
Best Restaurant in Asia: Gaggan, Bangkok, Thailand
Best Restaurant in Middle East & Africa: Trésind Studio, Dubai, UAE

World’s Best Pastry Chef Award: Maxime Frédéric, Plénitude, Paris, France
Gin Mare Art of Hospitality Award: Wing, Hong Kong, China
The World’s Best Sommelier Award: Mohamed Benabdallah, Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo, Spain
Highest New Entry Award: Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler, Brunico, Italy
Highest Climber Award: Ikoyi, London, UK
Estrella Damm Chefs’ Choice Award: Albert Adrià, Enigma, Barcelona, Spain
Sustainable Restaurant Award: Celele, Cartagena, Colombia
Resy One To Watch Award: Khufu’s, Cairo, Egypt
Icon Award: Massimo Bottura & Lara Gilmore, Modena, Italy
World’s Best Female Chef Award: Pichaya ‘Pam’ Soontornyanakij, Potong, Bangkok, Thailand
Champions Of Change Award: Mindy Woods, Karkalla On Country, Australia
50 Best Scholarship Winner: Angélica Ortiz, Oxomoco, New York, USA

Best Of The Best

• El Bulli (2002, 2006-2009)
• The French Laundry (2003-2004)
• The Fat Duck (2005)
• Noma – original location (2010-2012, 2014)
• El Celler de Can Roca (2013, 2015)
• Osteria Francescana (2016, 2018)
• Eleven Madison Park (2017)
• Mirazur (2019)
• Noma – current location (2021)
• Geranium (2022)
• Central (2023)
• Disfrutar (2024)

For our thoughts on Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, see Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants.
For our thoughts on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, see The World’s 50 Best Restaurants.
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