For the 21st year, the important institution The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2023 evaluates restaurants from 24 regions of the world including all 5 continents. Central, located in Lima, the capital of Peru, was named the top restaurant for the current year, while 12 restaurants entered the list for the first time. Lima was even named the culinary capital of the world after having 2 representatives in the top ten and a total of 4 representatives in the entire fifty. Spain with 6 restaurants is the most awarded country for this year while Italy took 5 places. It is followed by France with 4 and Japan with 3.
The best of the best
Virgilio Martínez and his wife Pía León have created in Central a unique culinary experience based exclusively on local ingredients and traditional cooking techniques. Their dishes essentially represent 15 different Peruvian ecosystems located at different altitudes: from 15 meters below the Pacific Ocean to 4,200 meters high in the Andes. Central is the first restaurant in South America to win the title “World’s Best”.
The world’s 50 best restaurants for 2023
- Central (Lima, Peru) – The best restaurant in South America
- Disfrutar (Barcelona, Spain) – The best restaurant in Europe
- Diverxo (Madrid, Spain)
- Asador Etxebarri (Atxondo, Spain)
- Alchemist (Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Maido (Lima, Peru)
- Lido 84 (Gardone Riviera, Italy)
- Atomix (New York) – Highest rise, best restaurant in North America
- Quintonil (Mexico City, Mexico)
- New: Verjus (Paris, France) – Highest new participation
- New: The Tower from the Tower of the Tower, Highest Rated: Trèsind Studio (Dubai, UAE) – Best Restaurant in the Middle East and Africa
- A Casa do Porco (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
- Pujol (Mexico City, Mexico)
- Odette (Singapore) – Best Restaurant in Asia and Chef’s Choice: Julien Royer
- New: Le Du (Bangkok, Thailand)
- Reale (Castel di Sangro, Italy)
- New: Gaggan Anand (Bangkok, Thailand)
- Steirereck (Vienna, Austria)
- Don Julio (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Quique Dacosta (Dénia, Spain)
- Den (Tokyo, Japan)
- Elkano (Getaria, Spain)
- New: Kol (London, England)
- Septime (Paris, France)
- Belcanto (Lisbon, Portugal)
- Schloss Schauenstein (Fürstenau, Switzerland)
- Florilège (Tokyo, Japan)
- New: Kjolle (Lima, Peru)
- Boragó (Santiago, Chile)
- Frantzén (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Mugaritz (San Sebastian, Spain)
- Hiša Franko (Kobarid, Slovenia)
- New: El Chato (Bogotá, Colombia)
- Uliassi (Senigallia, Italy)
- Ikoyi (London, England)
- New: Plénitude (Paris, France)
- New: Sézanne (Tokyo, Japan)
- New: Clove Club (London, England)
- The Jane (Antwerp, Belgium)
- Restaurant Tim Raue (Berlin, Germany)
- Le Calandre (Rubano, Italy)
- Piazza Duomo (Alba, Italy)
- Leo (Bogotá, Colombia)
- Le Bernardin (New York)
- Nobelhart & Schmutzig (Berlin, Germany)
- New: Orfali Bros (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
- Mayta (Lima, Peru)
- New: La Grenouillère (La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil, France)
- New: Rosetta (Mexico City)
- The Chairman (Hong Kong)



