It is the second list to be released within the space of a week following the announcement last week about the Chef’s choice for the top 100 chefs in the world which was published by Le Chef.
The list joins a number of other lists that try to rank the best restaurants in the world. While this is an impossible task, the lists have some similarities and it should be up to the reader to try and make sense of these lists and judge for themselves.
Three Belgian restaurants figure in the top 60 list. Apart from Hof Van Cleve, there is Hertog Jan with 90 points and L’Air du Temps with 88 points. The greatest surprise is the failure of Rene Redzepi’s Noma to make the list.
The list of 60 top restaurants in the world is updated and is based on the highest rated restaurants right now. The website says that it is impossible to tell which restaurant is the best in the world. “It is up to every person to decide that, but we present a list based on all our experience with the thousands of restaurants that we have been to and we try our hardest to make the list as fair as possible based on the wbpstars.com rating system.
The rating system covers taste (40 points), innovation (10 points), Unique (10 points), Plate (10 points) Service (10 points), Value for Money (10 points), Sustainability (10 points)
What is unclear about the list is how recent the points awarded are, given that some of the reviews on the site date back to 2013 and 2014.
Nevertheless, the list published today is the following:
- Hof Van Cleve (Belgium) 94 points
- El Celler de Can Roca (Spain) 93 points
- Restaurant de l’Hotel de Ville (Switzerland) 92 points
- Arzak (Spain) 92 points
- Azurmendi (Spain) 92 points
- Geranium (Denmark) 92 points
- Aqua (Germany) 92 points
- Auberge du Vieux Puits (France) 92 points
- Restaurante Saint Pau (Spain) 92 points
- Alinea (United States) 92 points
- Eleven Madison Park (United States) 92 points
- Osteria Francescana (Italy) 92 points
- De Librije (the Netherlands) 92 points
- Restaurant Vendome (Germany) 91 points
- Guy Savoy (Germany) 91 points
- Schauenstein Schloss (Germany) 91 points
- Bras (France) 91 points
- Schwarzwaldstube (Germany) 91 points
- Astrance (France) 91 points
- Regis et Jacques Marcon (France) 91 points
- Mugaritz (Spain) 91 points
- Steirereck im Stadtpark (Austria) 90 points
- Robuchon au Dome (China) 90 points
- Epicure (France) 90 points
- The Fat Duck (United Kingdom) 90 points
- Le Calandre (Italy) 90 points
- Jean Georges (United States) 90 points
- GasteHaus (Germany) 90 points
- Victor’s Gourmet Restaurant (Germany) 90 points
- La Vie (Germany) 90 points
- La Pergola (Italy) 90 points
- Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet (China) 90 points
- Hertog Jan (Belgium) 90 points
- Restaurant Bareiss (Germany) 90 points
- La Cote Saint-Jacques (France) 90 points
- dal Pescatore (Italy) 90 points
- Amador (Germany) 90 points
- Likoke (France) 90 points
- Pierre Gagnaire (France) 90 points
- Arpege (France) 90 points
- Restaurant Frantzen (Sweden) 90 points
- The Restaurant at Meadowood (United States) 90 points
- Restaurant le Meurice Alain Ducasse (France) 90 points
- Troisgros (France) 90 points
- Quique Dacosta Restaurante (Spain) 89 points
- Nihonryori RyuGin (Japan) 89 points
- Sushi Saito (Japan) 89 points
- Mirazur (France) 89 points
- L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon (China) 89 points
- De Kromme Watergang, (Netherlands) 89 points
- Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare (United States) 89 points
- Piazza Duomo (Italy) 89 points
- Borago (Chile) 88 points
- Tim Raue (Germany) 88 points
- Amber (China) 88 points
- Oaxen Krog (Sweden) 88 points
- The Ledbury (United Kingdom) 88 points
- Narisawa (Japan) 88 points
- L’Air du Temps (Belgium) 88 points
- Hedone (United Kingdom) 88 points
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