Restaurant magazine puts out an annual list of the top 50 restaurants across the world. Topping the list three years in a row is El Bulli of Spain. But you don't have to fly out to Spain to enjoy this level of dining, there are many top restaurants located all over the world. The tough part is not find a great restaurant near you, but managing to score a reservation.
- El Bulli, Roses, Catalonia, Spain
- The Fat Duck, Bray-on-Thames, UK
- Pierre Gagnaire, Paris, France
- Mugaritz, San Sebastián, Spain
- The French Laundry, California, USA
- per se, New York, USA
- Bras, Laguiole, France
- Arzak, San Sebastián, Spain
- Tetsuya's, Sydney, Australia
- Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark
- L'Astrance, Paris, France
- Gambero Rosso, San Vincenzo, Italy
- Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London, UK
- L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, Paris, France
- Restaurant Le Louis XV, Monaco
- St John, London, UK
- Jean-Georges, New York, USA
- Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée, Paris, France
- Hakkasan, London, UK
- Le Bernardin, New York, USA
- Alinea, Chicago, USA
- Le Gavroche, London, UK
- Dal Pescatore, Canneto sull'Oglio (Mantova), Italy
- Le Cinq, Paris, France
- Troisgros, Roanne, France
- El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain
- L'Hotel de Ville - Philippe Rochat, Crissier, Switzerland
- Hof van Cleve, Kruishoutem, Belgium
- Martin Berasategui, San Sebastián, Spain
- Nobu London, London, UK
- Can Fabes, Sant Celoni, Catalonia, Spain
- Enoteca Pinchiorri, Florence, Italy
- Le Meurice, Paris, France
- Vendome, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
- Die Schwarzwaldstube, Baiersbronn im Schwarzwald, Germany
- Le Calandre, Padua, Italy
- Chez Panisse, Berkeley, California, USA
- Charlie Trotter's, Chicago, USA
- Chez Dominique, Helsinki, Finland
- DOM, São Paulo, Brazil
- Daniel, New York, USA
- Oud Sluis, Sluis, Netherlands
- Ristorante Cracco, Milan, Italy
- Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo-Bizkaia, Spain
- Les Ambassadeurs, Paris, France
- L'Arpège, Paris, France
- Tantris, Munich, Germany
- Oaxen Skärgårdskrog, Oaxen, Sweden
- Rockpool, Sydney, Australia
- Le Quartier Français, Franschhoek, South Africa