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World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2014

World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2014

Apr 28, 20142 min read

While it’s highly unlikely that any of us might afford the pleasure, let alone the time, to visit even a handful of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants, here is the official list according to Fine Dining Lovers. It’s okay to weep now or after.

  1. Noma, Copenhagen (Denmark)
  2. El Celler de Can Roca, Girona (Spain)
  3. Osteria Francescana, Modena (Italy)
  4. Eleven Madison Park, New York (USA)
  5. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London (UK)
  6. Mugaritz, San Sebastian (Spain)
  7. D.O.M., Sao Paulo (Brazil)
  8. Arzak, San Sebastian (Spain)
  9. Alinea, Chicago (USA)
  10. The Ledbury, London (UK)
  11. Mirazur, Menton (France)
  12. Vendôme, Bergisch Gladbach (Germany)
  13. Nahm, Bangkok (Thailand)
  14. Narisawa, Tokyo (Japan)
  15. Central, Lima (Peru)
  16. Steirereck, Vienna (Austria)
  17. Gaggan, Bangkok (Thailand)
  18. Astrid Y Gastón, Lima (Peru)
  19. Fäviken, Järpen (Sweden)
  20. Pujol, Mexico City (Mexico)
  21. Le Bernardin, New York (USA)
  22. Vila Joya, Albufeira (Portugal)
  23. Restaurant Frantzén, Stockholm (Sweden)
  24. Amber, Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
  25. Arpège, Paris (France)
  26. Azurmendi, Larrabetzu (Spain)
  27. Le Chateaubriand, Paris (France)
  28. Aqua, Wolfsburg (Germany)
  29. De Librije, Zwolle (Netherlands)
  30. Per Se, New York (USA)
  31. L’Atelier de J?el Robuchon Saint-Germain, Paris (France)
  32. Attica, Melbourne (Australia)
  33. Nihonryori RyuGin, Tokyo (Japan)
  34. Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo (Spain)
  35. Martín Berasategui, Lasarte-Oria (Spain)
  36. Mani, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
  37. Restaurant André, Singapore (Singapore)
  38. L’Astrance, Paris (France)
  39. Piazza Duomo, Alba (Italy)
  40. Daniel, New York (USA)
  41. Quique Dacosta, Denia (Spain)
  42. Geranium, Copenhagen (Denmark)
  43. Schloss Schauenstein, Fürstenau (Switzerland)
  44. The French Laundry, Yountville (USA)
  45. Hof Van Cleve, Kruishoutem (Belgium)
  46. Le Calandre, Rubano (Italy)
  47. The Fat Duck, Bray (UK)
  48. The Test Kitchen, Cape Town (South Africa)
  49. Coi, San Francisco (USA)
  50. Waku Ghin, Singapore (Singapore)

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