Updated: March 22, 2024

The best restaurants in the world in 2021 have been revealed: they have won 5 of the last 10 awards

The world’s best restaurants award was announced in 2021. The city of Copenhagen, Denmark, marked the award ceremony held in Antwerp, Belgium, by taking the first two places. Noma in the city took 5th place in the last 10 awards, while Geranium took 2nd place. While more than half of the list is in the European continent, Spain was the country with the most awards with 6 restaurants. Here are the best restaurants in the world.

50. WOLFGAT (PATERNOSTER, SOUTH AFRICA)

49. AZURMENDI (LARRABETZU, SPAIN)

48. ATELIER CRENN (SAN FRANCISCO, USA)

47. MAAEMO (OSLO, NORWAY)

46. ​​LEO (BOGOTA, COLOMBIA)

45. NOBELHART & SCHMUTZIG (BERLIN, GERMANY)

44. LE BERNARDIN (NEW YORK, USA)

43. ATOMIX (NEW YORK, USA)

42. BELCANTO (LISBON, PORTUGAL)

41. ALLENO PARIS AU PAVILLION LEDOYEN (PARIS, FRANCE)

40. SUHRING (BANGKOK, THAILAND)

39. FLORILGE (TOKYO, JAPAN)

38. BORAGO (SANTIAGO, CHILE)

37. SINGLETHREAD (CALIFORNIA, USA)

36. HOF VAN CLEVE (KRUISHOUTEM, BELGIUM)

35. ULTRAVIOLET BY PAUL PAIRET (SHANGHAI, CHINA)

34. BURNT ENDS (SINGAPORE)

33. LYLE’S (LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM)

32. THE CLOVE CLUB (LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM)

31. RESTAURANT TIM RAUE (BERLIN, GERMANY)

30. TWINS GARDEN (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)

29. REALE (CASTEL DI SANGRO, ITALY)

28. BENU (SAN FRANCISCO, USA)

27. QUINTONIL (MEXICO CITY, MEXICO)

26. LE CALANDRE (RUBANO, ITALY)

25. WHITE RABBIT (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)

24. SEPTIME (PARIS, FRANCE)

23. ARPEGE (PARIS, FRANCE)

22. COSME (NEW YORK, USA)

21. HİSA FRANKO (KOBARID, SLOVENIA)

20. DIVERXO (MADRID, SPAIN)

19. NARISAWA (TOKYO, JAPAN)

18. PİAZZA DUOMO (ALBA, ITALY)

17. A CASA DO PORCO (SAO PAULO, BRAZIL)

16. ELKANO (GETARIA, SPAIN)

15. LIDO 84 (GARDONE RIVIERA, ITALY)

14. MUGARITZ (SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN)

13. DON JULIO (BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA)

12. STEIRERECK (VIENNA, AUSTRIA)

11. DEN (TOKYO, JAPAN)

10. THE CHAIRMAN (HONG KONG, CHINA)

9. PUJOL (MEXICO CITY, MEXICO)

8. ODETTE (SINGAPORE)

7. MAIDO (LIMA, PERU)

6. FRANTZEN (STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN)

5. DISFRUTAR (BARCELONA, SPAIN)

4. CENTRAL (LIMA, PERU)

3. ASADOR ETXEBARRI (ATXONDO, SPAIN)

2. GERANIUM (COPENHAGEN, DENMARK)

1. NOMA (COPENHAGEN, DENMARK)