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2008 World's 50 Best Restaurants

2008 · 50 entries

Globally prestigious annual ranking recognizing the world's leading dining establishments for culinary excellence.

2008 World's 50 Best Restaurants
#VenueCityCountry
1El BulliRosesSpain
2The Fat DuckBrayUnited Kingdom
3Pierre GagnaireParisFrance
4MugaritzErrenteriaSpain
5The French LaundryNapaUnited States
6Per SeNew York CityUnited States
7BrasLaguioleFrance
8ArzakSan SebastiánSpain
9Tetsuya'sSydneyAustralia
10NomaCopenhagenDenmark
11L'AstranceParisFrance
12Gambero RossoMarina di Gioiosa IonicaItaly
13Restaurant Gordon RamsayLondonUnited Kingdom
14L'Atelier Saint Germain De Joël RobuchonParisFrance
15Alain Ducasse- Louis XVMonte CarloMonaco
16St JohnLondonUnited Kingdom
17Jean GeorgesNew York CityUnited States
18Alain Ducasse au Plaza AthénéeParisFrance
19Hakkasan MayfairLondonUnited Kingdom
20Le BernardinNew York CityUnited States
21AlineaChicagoUnited States
22Le GavrocheLondonUnited Kingdom
23Dal PescatoreRunateItaly
24Le Cinq - Four Seasons Hôtel George VParisFrance
25Troisgros - Le Bois sans FeuillesOuchesFrance
26El Celler de Can RocaGironaSpain
27Hotel de Ville CrissierCrissierSwitzerland
28Hof van Cleve - Floris Van Der VekenKruishoutemBelgium
29Martin BerasateguiLasarte - OriaSpain
30NobuLondonUnited Kingdom
31Can FabesBarcelonaSpain
32Enoteca PinchiorriFlorenceItaly
33Le Meurice Alain DucasseParisFrance
34VendômeBergisch GladbachGermany
35SchwarzwaldstubeBaiersbronnGermany
36Le CalandreRubanoItaly
37Chez PanisseSan FranciscoUnited States
38Charlie Trotter'sChicagoUnited States
39Chez DominiqueHelsinkiFinland
40D.O.M.São PauloBrazil
41DanielNew York CityUnited States
42Oud SluisSluisNetherlands
43Cracco in GalleriaMilanItaly
44Asador EtxebarriAtxondoSpain
45Les AmbassadeursParisFrance
46ArpègeParisFrance
47TantrisMunichGermany
48Oaxen KrogStockholmSweden
49RockpoolSydneyAustralia
50Le Quartier FrançaisFranschhoekSouth Africa