2 London Restaurants Named In World’s 50 Best List

Which is the top restaurant in the globe right now? According to the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards, announced in a glitzy ceremony in Las Vegas last night, the most impressive eatery is Disfrutar in Barcelona – renowned for its imaginative 30-course menus. It wasn’t the sparkliest year for London though, with the capital city seeing just two of its restaurants securing a spot on the prestigious list. 

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The top-ranking London eatery for 2024 was Kol, the buzzy Mexican restaurant opened in Marylebone in 2020. It’s the brainchild of chef Santiago Lastra, who trained at culinary schools in Mexico and Copenhagen before making a name for himself running sellout supper clubs around the world. His London restaurant offers a fresh take on Mexican cuisine, using British ingredients to create innovative tasting menus, which feature dishes like langoustine tacos, scallop ceviche, and pork cheek carnitas. 

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It was a celebratory night, too, for Jeremy Chan and Iré Hassan-Odukale, the founders of two-Michelin-starred restaurant Ikoyi, which came in at number 42. The acclaimed spot, located on the Strand, combines West African spices with British ingredients, made using organic meats, biodynamic vegetables and fish from UK waters dispatched using the Ikejime method.

Other London restaurants were listed in the 50 – 100 section, including The Clove Club, which fell from number 32 last year to 80th place for 2024. Notting Hill favourite Core by Clare Smyth, meanwhile, came in at number 97, alongside buzzy Soho spot Mountain, which scooped up 94th place after opening just last year.

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Created by British media group William Reed, the annual list is put together by a panel of more than 1,000 figures from the food and drink industry, including chefs, restaurateurs and food writers.

You can find the full list below.

World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024: Full List

1. Disfrutar, Barcelona
2. Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo, Spain
3. Table by Bruno Verjus, Paris
4. Diverxo, Madrid
5. Maido, Lima
6. Atomix, New York
7. Quintonil, Mexico City
8. Alchemist, Copenhagen
9. Gaggan, Bangkok
10. Don Julio, Buenos Aires
11. Septime, Paris
12. Lido 84, Gardone Riviera
13. Trèsind Studio, Dubai
14. Quique Dacosta, Dénia
15. Sézanne, Tokyo
16. Kjolle, Lima
17. Kol, London
18. Plénitude, Paris
19. Reale, Castel di Sangro
20. Wing, Hong Kong
21. Florilège, Tokyo
22. Steirereck, Vienna
23. Sühring, Bangkok
24. Odette, Singapore
25. El Chato, Bogotá
26. The Chairman, Hong Kong
27. A Casa do Porco, São Paulo
28. Elkano, Getaria
29. Boragó, Santiago
30. Restaurant Tim Raue, Berlin
31. Belcanto, Lisbon
32. Den, Tokyo
33. Pujol, Mexico City
34. Rosetta, Mexico City
35. Frantzen, Stockholm
36. The Jane, Antwerp
37. Oteque, Rio
38. Sorn, Bangkok
39. Piazza Duomo, Alba
40. Le Du, Bangkok
41. Mayta, Lima
42. Ikoyi, London
43. Nobelhart & Schmutzig, Berlin
44. Mingles, Seoul
45. Arpege, Paris
46. Single Thread, Healdsburg
47. Schloss Schauenstein, Fürstenau
48. Hisa Franko, Kobarid
49. La Colombe, Cape Town
50. Uliassi, Senigallia

Find the full list at theworlds50best.com