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Here are the World’s 50 Best Restaurants for 2021

Noma takes the top spot once again

by Morgan Olsen

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:

  1. Noma in Copenhagen
  2. Geranium in Copenhagen
  3. Asador Etxebarri in Atxondo, Spain
  4. Central in Lima, Peru
  5. Disfrutar in Barcelona
  6. Frantzén in Stockholm
  7. Maido in Lima, Peru
  8. Odette in Singapore
  9. Pujol in Mexico City
  10. The Chairman in Hong Kong
  11. Den in Tokyo
  12. Steirereck in Vienna
  13. Don Julio in Buenos Aires
  14. Mugaritz in San Sebastian, Spain
  15. Lido 84 in Gardone Riviera, Italy
  16. Elkano in Getaria, Spain
  17. A Casa do Porco in São Paulo
  18. Piazza Duomo in Alba, Italy
  19. Narisawa in Tokyo
  20. Diverxo in Madrid
  21. Hiša Franko in Kobarid, Slovenia
  22. Cosme in New York City
  23. Arpège in Paris
  24. Septime in Paris
  25. White Rabbit in Moscow, Russia
  26. Le Calandre in Rubano, Italy
  27. Quintonil in Mexico City
  28. Benu in San Francisco
  29. Reale in Castel di Sangre, Italy
  30. Twins Garden in Moscow, Russia
  31. Restaurant Tim Raue in Berlin
  32. The Clove Club in London
  33. Lyle’s in London
  34. Burnt Ends in Singapore
  35. Ultraviolet in Shanghai
  36. Hof Van Cleve in Belgium
  37. SingleThread in Healdsburg, California
  38. Borago in Santiago, Chile
  39. Florilège in Tokyo
  40. Suhring in Bangkok
  41. Alléno in Paris
  42. Belcanto in Lisbon
  43. Atomix in New York City
  44. Le Bernardin in New York City
  45. Nobelhart & Schmutzig in Berlin
  46. Leo in Bogotá, Colombia
  47. Maaemo in Oslo, Norway
  48. Atelier Crenn in San Francisco
  49. Azurmendi in Larrabetzu, Spain
  50. Wolfgat in Paternoster, South Africa