The Spanish establishment Enjoy of Barcelona has been crowned the best restaurant in the world by getting number one on the list of ‘The World’s 50 Best Restaurants’which celebrated the 22nd edition of its awards in Las Vegas and in which the also Spanish Etxebarri Grill has achieved the number two position.

Enjoy is thus at the head of world gastronomy after rising from the second place obtained in 2023 the chefs restaurant Mateu Casañas, Oriol Castro and Eduard Xatruch, a year in which it already won the award for best restaurant in Europe. Then, the list was led by the restaurant ‘Central’ by Peruvian chef Virgilio Martínez.

On the 2024 list there are up to five Spanish restaurants, three of them also in the ‘top five’, where, in addition to Enjoy and Asador Etxebarri, the restaurant is also located Diverxo. The restaurant Quique Dacosta from Dénia and Elkanoin Getaria, occupy 14th and 28th place, respectively.

Complete list of the 50 best restaurants

This is the complete list of those voted as the best restaurants in the world in 2024 selected by 1,080 experts gathered by the British magazine Restaurant:

1.- Enjoy (Barcelona), Best restaurant in the world and best restaurant in Europe.

2.- Etxebarri Grill (Atxondo, Spain).

3.- Table by Bruno Verjus (Paris).

4.- Diverxo (Madrid).

5.- Maido (Lima), Best restaurant in South America.

6.- Atomix (New York), Best restaurant in North America.

7.- Quintonil (Mexico City).

8.- Alchemist (Copenhagen).

9.- Gaggan (Bangkok), Best restaurant in Asia.

10.- Don Julio (Buenos Aires).

11.- Septime (Paris).

12.- Lido 84 (Gardone Riviera, Italy).

13.- Trèsind Studio (Dubai), Best restaurant in the Middle East.

14.- Quique Dacosta (Denia, Spain)

15.- Sézanne (Tokyo).

16.- Kjolle (Lima)

17.- Kol (London).

18.- Plénitude (Paris), Hospitality Award.

19.- Reale (Castel Di Sangro, Italy).

20.- Wing (Hong Kong), Highest New Entry Award.

21.- Florilège (Tokyo).

22.- Steirerek (Vienna).

23.- Sühring (Bangkok).

24.- Odette (Singapore).

25.- El Chato (Bogotá).

26.- The Chairman (Hong Kong), Highest Climber Award.

27.- To Casa Do Porco (São Paulo).

28.- Elkano (Getaria, Spain).

29.- Boragó (Santiago de Chile).

30.- Restaurant Tim Raue (Berlin).

31.- Belcanto (Lisbon)

32.- Den (Tokyo).

33.- Pujol (Mexico City).

34.- Rosetta (Mexico City).

35.- Frantzén (Stockholm).

36.- The Jane (Antwerp, Belgium).

37.- Oteque (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

38.- Sorn (Bangkok).

39.- Piazza Duomo (Alba, Italy).

40.- Le Du (Bangkok).

41.- Mayta (Lima).

42.- Ikoyi (London).

43.- Nobelhart & Schmutzig (Berlin), Sustainable Restaurant Award.

44.- Mingles (Seoul).

45.- Arpège (Paris).

46.- SingleThread (Healdsburg, United States)

47.- Schloss Schauenstein (Fürstenau, Switzerland).

48.- Hiša Franko (Kobarid, Slovenia)

49.- La Colombe (Cape Town, South Africa)

50.- Uliassi (Senigallia, Italy)