The gala The World’s 50 Best Restaurantsheld this June 6, 2024 in Las Vegas, has left a historical milestone for Spanish haute cuisine and the international gastronomic scene. Three Spanish restaurants have made it among the four best in the world, being Enjoy and the Etxebarri Grill the first and second on the list. Third place went to the Frenchman Table by Bruno Verjus, but fourth place is once again occupied by a Spaniard: DiverXOfrom the chef Dabiz Muñoz. The top 5 of the 50 Best looked like this:

  • 1st Enjoy (Barcelona)Best restaurant in the world and best restaurant in Europe.
  • 2nd Etxebarri Grill (Atxondo, Spain).
  • 3rd Table by Bruno Verjus (Paris).
  • 4th DiverXO (Madrid).
  • 5th Maido (Lima), Best restaurant in South America.

The interest that the news has aroused is evident among many gastronomy lovers, which will most likely increase their waiting lists to reserve a table in their rooms. The question that follows this interest is clear: What does it cost to eat at the best restaurant in the world?

Menu and prices for Enjoy (Barcelona)

Opened in 2014, the restaurant draws from the legendary Bulli by Ferran Adrià, which closed its doors in 2011. The founders of Enjoy met there, the chefs Mateu Casañas, Oriol Castro and Eduard Xatruchwho also have another restaurant in Cadaqués under the name of Share. With three Michelin Stars behind their backs and knowing that they have Best Chef of 2023 According to the Royal Academy of Gastronomy, the gastronomic proposal of the Catalan restaurant revolves around the avant-garde, with dishes of marked Mediterranean personality. “A restaurant with daring, fun and modern cuisine in search of ‘taste’ as the main premise,” as they describe in their own website.

In their letter they bet on three modalities of closed menu that does not go below 290 euros. The first, for those who want to enjoy the essence of Enjoy: a tasting of its most classic creations. The second, a menu with seasonal products and dishes adapted to the current era with the sign Enjoy.

As a special menu they offer the “Living Table”a menu adapted to the diner whose price depends on whether you go alone or with someone: it ranges from 1,050 euros If you decide to occupy the entire table alone, 540 euros If it is a couple, 440 euros if it is a trio, 415 if there are four people and the price is reduced to 390 euros if there are 5 or 6 people those that complete the table. The table on which to taste this menu takes on such a leading role thanks to the contribution of the interior designer Merche Alcalàwhich together with the restaurant’s chefs offer a different experience in which the object interacts with its diners.

To drink, they offer a wine pairing that adds 160 euros to the account if you want to enjoy the full experience. But be careful, because the geniuses of the restaurant wanted to be foreseen, surely, and they have closed this price only until August 2024. Will the price rise now that they are the best of the world?

Menu and prices of Asador Etxebarri (Basque Country)

This Vizcaya steakhouse at the hands of fire genie in the area, the chef Bittor Arginzonizoffers a closed menu of 280 euros which does not include drinks, to be paid in advance and for the total number of diners at the table. In it Etebarri Grill Only a minimum of two people and a maximum of six are accepted per table. Among their dishes they offer top quality roast meat and traditional Basque food taken to the next level.

With the most reasonable price of the three winners, Asador Etxebarri brings maximum quality to a wider range of diners, a perfect option to remember the importance of the product and the maintenance of traditional recipes that today can be reinvented thanks to the hands of great chefs like Arginzoniz. “We work on daily improvement so that the customer is happy, not for lists or recognition,” the grill chef was clear about this for Elle Gourmet magazine.

Menu and prices of DiverXO (Madrid)

Better known to many is DiverXO, run by the well-known chef Dabiz Muñozwho already held the position of third best restaurant in the world in 2023. His team offers “a journey through the hedonistic, gourmet and creative cuisine of Dabiz Muñoz. Avant-garde cuisine in which everything is possible”, as stated in the restaurant website. The only menu they offer, under the name of “The kitchen of the flying pigs”is offered to 450 euros (the most expensive price – for now – of the top 3 Spanish) and can be tasted along with two options of pairing of 300 or 600 euros.

A varied offer from the three winners that ideally represents the gastronomic culture of Spain, which we enjoy and create in our country and which year after year attracts tourists from all over the world.