After taking a year off due to the pandemic, the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list is back with picks for 2021. This year’s list offers a handful of surprises, but it’s mostly business as usual – including the No.1 pick. René Redzepi’s three-Michelin-starred Noma takes the first-place spot, marking the fifth time the Copenhagen restaurant has topped the list. Phew.
If you follow the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list annually, you might remember that back in 2019, organisers announced that previous No.1 winners would be ineligible for future nomination.
So how’d Noma land on the top of the list? The judges behind the ranking note that Noma’s new location and rotating tasting menu warranted a fresh look.
Take a look at the full list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants below:
- Noma in Copenhagen
- Geranium in Copenhagen
- Asador Etxebarri in Atxondo, Spain
- Central in Lima, Peru
- Disfrutar in Barcelona
- Frantzén in Stockholm
- Maido in Lima, Peru
- Odette in Singapore
- Pujol in Mexico City
- The Chairman in Hong Kong
- Den in Tokyo
- Steirereck in Vienna
- Don Julio in Buenos Aires
- Mugaritz in San Sebastian, Spain
- Lido 84 in Gardone Riviera, Italy
- Elkano in Getaria, Spain
- A Casa do Porco in São Paulo
- Piazza Duomo in Alba, Italy
- Narisawa in Tokyo
- Diverxo in Madrid
- Hiša Franko in Kobarid, Slovenia
- Cosme in New York City
- Arpège in Paris
- Septime in Paris
- White Rabbit in Moscow, Russia
- Le Calandre in Rubano, Italy
- Quintonil in Mexico City
- Benu in San Francisco
- Reale in Castel di Sangre, Italy
- Twins Garden in Moscow, Russia
- Restaurant Tim Raue in Berlin
- The Clove Club in London
- Lyle’s in London
- Burnt Ends in Singapore
- Ultraviolet in Shanghai
- Hof Van Cleve in Belgium
- SingleThread in Healdsburg, California
- Borago in Santiago, Chile
- Florilège in Tokyo
- Suhring in Bangkok
- Alléno in Paris
- Belcanto in Lisbon
- Atomix in New York City
- Le Bernardin in New York City
- Nobelhart & Schmutzig in Berlin
- Leo in Bogotá, Colombia
- Maaemo in Oslo, Norway
- Atelier Crenn in San Francisco
- Azurmendi in Larrabetzu, Spain
- Wolfgat in Paternoster, South Africa