The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2016: The Full List of Winners

Osteria Francescana takes the #1 spot for the first time ever

Think Italian cuisine is trending? Osteria Francescana — whose quirky dishes like "five stages of Parmigiano Reggiano," "eel swimming up the Po river," and "tribute to Thelonius Monk" have made chef Massimo Bottura's tiny venue in Modena one of Italy's toughest tables — has for the first time earned the top spot on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants List. The annual rankings, which have been criticized for their lack of female-run restaurants, their tendency to favor expensive European-style tasting menus, and their lenient attitude toward judges accepting free meals, were announced at a ceremony in New York this evening.

El Cellar de Can Roca, an avant-garde tasting menu restaurant in Girona, Spain, dropped to the No. 2 spot. Eleven Madison Park, has transformed from an approachable a la carte establishment under Danny Meyer into an expensive tasting menu venue under Will Guidara and Daniel Humm, ascended to No. 3 – the best finish for a U.S. restaurant in years. Rene Redzepi's Noma, whose micro-seasonal, hyper-local, and forever foraging ways helped turn Copenhagen into a global culinary destination, and which will serve its last meal later this year before relocating to a new site, fell to No. 5.

Among the restaurants that fell out of the top 10 were Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, which plummeted from No. 7 to No. 45, and Gaggan, an Indian restaurant in Bangkok that fell from No. 10 to No. 23. (Blumenthal is also chef at the Fat Duck, the den of avant-garde wizardry that once occupied the top spot on the list.)

The number of women-run restaurants in the top 50 fell from three to two this year. Making the list were Elena Arzak’s eponymous restaurant in San Sebastian and Pia Leon’s Central (No. 4) in Lima (which she runs with her husband Virgilio Martinez).

The awards are independently adjudicated by the global consulting firm Deloitte. The 1,500 or so judges come from a pool equally made up of food writers, chefs and restaurateurs, and well-traveled gastronomes. Each judge casts seven votes, three of which must apply toward restaurants outside of her home region. Voters must have dined at a restaurant within the past 18 months. And while the voters are required to remain anonymous, they face no requirement to actually pay for their meals. This stands in contrast to the professional conduct of most critics, including Michelin inspectors, who are not permitted to accept freebies in an effort to remain independent.

Below is the cost, in the local currency (and USD), of dinner tasting menus (i.e. five or more courses) of restaurants on the 50 Best list. For Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, where the tasting menu is only available at the chef’s table, we added the prices of the lowest and highest priced starters, mains, and desserts, and created a range. Many of the listed prices below, especially for Japan and France, are inclusive of service and tax, but some of those prices, particularly in the U.S. do not account for those added costs.

Here's the full list:

#1. Ostera Francescana, Modena, Italy
Chef: Massimo Bottura
Last year's rank: 2
Average cost: Cost: €180-€200 (USD $234-$260).

Photo: Carl Court/AFP/GettyImages

2. El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain
Chef: Joan Roca
Last year's rank: 1
Average cost: €165-€195 (USD $184-$218)* 2015 pricing.

Photo: David Ramos/Getty Images

3. Eleven Madison Park, New York City
Chef: Daniel Humm
Last year's rank: 5
Cost: $295.

Photo: Nick Solares/Eater

4. Central, Lima
Chef: Virgilio Martinez and Pia Leon
Last year's rank: 4
Average cost: s/319-s/398.

Photo: Cris Bouroncle/AFP/Getty Images

5. Noma, Copenhagen
Chef: René Redzepi
Last year's rank: 2
Cost: 1900 DKK.

Photo: sackerman/Flickr

6. Mirazur, Menton, France
Chef: Mauro Colagreco
Last year's rank: 11
Average cost: €85-€210.

Photo: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images

7. Mugaritz, Errenteria, Spain
Chef: Andoni Luis Aduriz
Last year's rank: 6
Cost: €185.

Photo: Rafa Rivas/AFP/Getty Images

8. Narisawa, Tokyo
Chef: Yoshihiro Narisawa
Last year's rank: 8
Cost: ¥25000.

Photo: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images

9. Steirereck, Vienna, Austria
Last year's rank: 15
Average cost: €132-€142.

Photo: Facebook

10. Asador Etxebarri, Axpe, Spain
Last year's rank: 13
Cost: €125.

Photo: Flickr

11. D.O.M., Sao Paolo. Cost: 305-560 BRL (USD $88-$161)

12. Quintonil, Mexico City. Cost: 1300 pesos ($65).

13. Maido, Lima, Peru. Cost: n/a, a la carte raw fish.

14. The Ledbury, London. Cost: £105-£115 (USD $151-$166).

15. Alinea, Chicago. Cost: $175-$345.

16. Azurmendi, Larrabetzu, Spain. Cost: €145-€175 (USD $174-$210).

17. Piazza Duomo, Alba Italy. Cost: €200- €240 (USD $260-$312).

18. White Rabbit, Moscow. Cost: 8000 RUB. (USD $122).

19. L'arpege, Paris. Cost: €320-€380 (USD $415-$493).

20. Amber, Hong Kong. Cost: $1788-$2068 HKD (USD $230-$266)

21. Arzak, San Sebastian, Spain. Cost: €199 (USD $258).

22. Test Kitchen, Cape Town South Africa. Cost: 525r-1200r (USD $79).

23. Gaggan, Bankgok, Thailand. Cost: 3500 THB (USD $99)

24. Le Bernardin, New York City. Cost: $180-$215.

25. Pujol, Mexico City. Cost: 1725 pesos (USD $93).

26. The Clove Club, London. Cost: £65-£95 (USD: $94-$137).

27. Saison, San Francisco. Cost: $398.

28. Geranium, Copenhagen. Cost: 2000 DKK (USD: $304).

29. Tickets, Barcelona. Cost: n/a, a la carte tapas.

30. Astrid y Gaston, Lima, Peru. Cost: s/240-s/385 (USD $72-$116).

31. RyuGin, Tokyo. Cost: ¥27000 (USD $252).

32. Restaurant Andre, Singapore. Cost: S$350

33. Attica, Melbourne, Australia. Cost: $195 AUD ($154).

34. Restaurant Tim Raue, Berlin. Cost: €148-€198 (USD: $195-$257)

35. Vendome, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. Cost: €190- €265 (USD $247-$344).

36. Borago, Santiago, Chile. Cost: 45,000-62,000 CLP (USD $66-$91)

37. Nahm, Bangkok. Cost: ฿2500 (USD $51).

38. De Librije, Zwolle, the Netherlands. Cost: €175.50-€195.50 (USD $228-$254)

39. Le Calandre, Italy. Cost: €200-€225. (USD $223-$251).

40. Relae, Copenhagen. Cost: 475-895 DKK (USD $75-$136)

41. Faviken, Sweden. Cost: 2200 SEK (USD $365).

42. Ultraviolet, Shanghai. Cost: ¥4,000 (USD $609, inclusive of beverage pairings).

43. Biko, Mexico City. Cost: 1100 pesos (USD $65).

44. Estela, New York. Cost: a la carte

45. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London. Cost: £225 (or a la carte)

46. Combal.Zero, Rivoli, Italy. Cost: €200 (USD $260).

47. Schloss Schauenstein, Austria. Cost: 235-259 SFr. (USD: $204-$267).

48. Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Pocatino Hills, New York. Cost: $238.

49. QuiQue Dacosta, Denia, Spain. Cost: €190.

50. Septime, Paris. Cost: €65

Veuve Clicquot Best Female Chef: Dominique Crenn

Diner’s Club Lifetime Achievement Award: Alain Passard

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