Top 50 Restaurants in the World 2008

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.

  1. El Bulli, Roses, Catalonia, Spain
  2. The Fat Duck, Bray-on-Thames, UK
  3. Pierre Gagnaire, Paris, France
  4. Mugaritz, San Sebastián, Spain
  5. The French Laundry, California, USA
  6. per se, New York, USA
  7. Bras, Laguiole, France
  8. Arzak, San Sebastián, Spain
  9. Tetsuya's, Sydney, Australia
  10. Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark
  11. L'Astrance, Paris, France
  12. Gambero Rosso, San Vincenzo, Italy
  13. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London, UK
  14. L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, Paris, France
  15. Restaurant Le Louis XV, Monaco
  16. St John, London, UK
  17. Jean-Georges, New York, USA
  18. Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée, Paris, France
  19. Hakkasan, London, UK
  20. Le Bernardin, New York, USA
  21. Alinea, Chicago, USA
  22. Le Gavroche, London, UK
  23. Dal Pescatore, Canneto sull'Oglio (Mantova), Italy
  24. Le Cinq, Paris, France
  25. Troisgros, Roanne, France
  26. El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain
  27. L'Hotel de Ville - Philippe Rochat, Crissier, Switzerland
  28. Hof van Cleve, Kruishoutem, Belgium
  29. Martin Berasategui, San Sebastián, Spain
  30. Nobu London, London, UK
  31. Can Fabes, Sant Celoni, Catalonia, Spain
  32. Enoteca Pinchiorri, Florence, Italy
  33. Le Meurice, Paris, France
  34. Vendome, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
  35. Die Schwarzwaldstube, Baiersbronn im Schwarzwald, Germany
  36. Le Calandre, Padua, Italy
  37. Chez Panisse, Berkeley, California, USA
  38. Charlie Trotter's, Chicago, USA
  39. Chez Dominique, Helsinki, Finland
  40. DOM, São Paulo, Brazil
  41. Daniel, New York, USA
  42. Oud Sluis, Sluis, Netherlands
  43. Ristorante Cracco, Milan, Italy
  44. Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo-Bizkaia, Spain
  45. Les Ambassadeurs, Paris, France
  46. L'Arpège, Paris, France
  47. Tantris, Munich, Germany
  48. Oaxen Skärgårdskrog, Oaxen, Sweden
  49. Rockpool, Sydney, Australia
  50. Le Quartier Français, Franschhoek, South Africa