Top 50 Restaurants
Filed under: Food in London
Just a quick post to let you know that Restaurant Magazine have published, what seems to be far a more international, ‘50 Best Restaurants in the World’ list for 2006. Much fodder for argument I’m sure…
I’ve managed to eat in 11, anyone managed a full house???
1. El Bulli, Spain
2. The Fat Duck, UK
3. Pierre Gagnaire, France
4. French Laundry, USA
5. Tetsuya, Australia
6. Bras, France
7. Le Louis XV, Monaco
8. Per Se, USA
9. Arzak, Spain
10. Mugaritz, Spain
11. Can Fabes, Spain
12. Nobu, UK
13. Gambero Rosso, Italy
14. Gordon Ramsay RHR, UK
15. Alain Ducasse, France
16. Jean Georges, USA
17. Le Cinq, France
18. Daniel, USA
19. Oud Sluis, Netherlands
20. Chez Panisse, USA
21. El Celler de Can Roca, Spain
22. L’Astrance, France
23. Hof van Cleve, Belgium
24. La Maison Troisgros, France
25. L’Atelier, France
26. Charlie Trotters, USA
27. Le Gavroche, UK
28. La Colombe, South Africa
29. Enoteca Pinchiorri, Italy
30. Rockpool, Australia
31. Le Calandre, Italy
32. Le Bernardin, USA
33. Norma, Denmark
34. Dieter Muller, Germany
35. St John, UK
36. Hakkasan, UK
37. Martin Berasategui, Spain
38. Le Quartier Francais, South Africa
39. Chez Dominque, Finland
40. L’Ambroise, France
41. Die Schwarzwaldstude, Germany
42. Dal Pescatore, Italy
43. Bocuse, Italy
44. L’Arpege, France
45. Gramercy Tavern, USA
46. Bukhara, India
47. De Karmeliet, Belgium
48. Oaxen, Sweden
49. Comme Chez Soi, Belgium
50. DOM, Brazil
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Nobu UK at number 12? very suprising.
Comment by woofy 04.11.06 @ 5:37 pmThey seem to have inadvertently omitted the Soong/Miro household as well as the Woffinden/McLaughlin household. What gives?
Comment by Lauren McLaughlin 04.11.06 @ 7:41 pm1 down, 49 to go. Living in sydney I’ve eaten at Tetsuya’s. Rockpool will be first on my list
Comment by Audrey at Berrysimple 04.12.06 @ 6:33 amonly 2 German restaurants made the top 50? And none from Peru? That’s pitiful 
And what happened to the Austrian cuisine? Oooh yes, I forgot, the best chefs have all immigrated to the US….
yummy greetings from Peru
Inka
None. I had two reservations in Paris on my last trip (L’Arpege and L’Ambroisie) but I cancelled them both last minute.
Comment by Bea at La Tartine Gourmande 04.14.06 @ 1:41 amSam-I’m truly jealous of your friend, I have tried to secure a reservation there countless times but to no avail. Apparently there were 500,000 calls for 8,000 covers last year. My chances don’t look good.
Woof-how do you mean surprised, surprised that it’s not higher up or lower down the list. Personally I don’t think it warrants being so high up on the list, my meal last year was good however it didn’t come close to Daniel’s which is lower down the rankings.
Lauren-I’m sure we’ll be there next year, especially if woof keeps making his sublime ravioli.
Audrey - Wow Tetsuya’s is a real achievement , my father ate at Rockpool recently and raved about it.
Inka - Not to familiar with food in Peru, but I’m sure it’s just a matter of time before it’s on the gastronomic map. As for German restaurants I’m surprised they don’t feature more heavily, maybe Restaurant magazine unfairly favours British and American restaurants.
Bea- what a shame you had to cancel on your last vist.
Comment by GastroChick 04.14.06 @ 9:24 amI meant I was surprised it was as high as it is, I thought it was fine at best.
Comment by woofy 04.14.06 @ 11:15 pmDone 15, 35 more to go, although some of them I’m not sure I really want to try. 
Not quite pleased with the list though. The lack of restaurants based in Asia, especially after they convened (for the first time) an Asian panel of voters (S and I were both part of it), is a tad disappointing. You’d expect at least one restaurant in Japan to have made the list.
Cheers!
Comment by Chubby Hubby 04.15.06 @ 4:35 pmI agree the list is very predisposed towards European and American restaurants. I’ve never been to Japan but from everything I’ve seen and heard I can very well imagine that culinarily speaking it is on equal footing with countries such as france, in fact many of it’s chefs go there for inspiration.
Comment by GastroChick 04.16.06 @ 7:21 amSniff is right…we were at Cal Pep this weekend, and it’s to die for. It should be on the list just so I can tell people one of the best restaurants in the world is a ‘Spanish Waffle House’
I was up to 8 on previous years’ lists, but with the elimination of all things UK, I am down to 5. Thank goodness De Karmeliet has reappeared, or it would be 4!
Comment by Amy 04.22.06 @ 11:12 pmI’ve not eaten in any of them either! 
Disapointed with the lack of Asian establishments too and naturally I’m disapointed there is no New Zealand restaurant mentioned. Since our produce is fantastic and many restaurants world class!
Ironically though (of course I dunno for sure, I’m guessing!) some of the 50 top restaurants probably employ many New Zealand and Asian chefs and many no doubt will use New Zealand and Asian produce!
For example, New Zealand or Japanese Wagyu beef, New Zealand lamb, New Zealand kiwifruit… and almost certainly offer New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc!
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I have eaten in none, but I plan to put an end to that very soon! Good on you for eating at 11 - I am sure you have a battle on with Joy our lovely Restaurant Whore who has a res at ElBulli later this year.
Comment by sam 04.11.06 @ 5:29 pm