This Year’s World’s 50 Best Restaurant List Is Primed for a Major Shakeup

Some of the world’s best restaurants are the world’s best no longer. At least according to the annual World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, which released its runner-up rankings (Nos. 51 to 100) on Tuesday.

Nine restaurants that made the top 50 last year have fallen to the second-tier list, a shake-up that seems more dramatic than usual as only three restaurants suffered similar fates with the 2021 list as published. Most notably, New York ’s Cosme, which had been the highest-ranked restaurant in the United States since 2019 , fell from No. 22 last year all the way down to No.

69. ( No list was released in 2020 . ) The steepest drop-off, however, was experienced by San Francisco’s Benu , which tumbled from No.

28 to No. 97, just barely making the cut this year (of course, Corey Lee’s newest place is our Best New Restaurant of the Year ). A 2019 dish from Benu The World’s 50 Best Restaurants The other spots that have lost a little bit of their glory? Burnt Ends in Singapore (which fell from No.

34 to No. 94), Wolfgat in South Africa (No. 50 to No.

90), Atelier Crenn in San Francisco (No. 48 to No. 72), Sühring in Bangkok (No.

40 to No. 66), Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen in Paris (No. 41 to No.

58), Azurmendi in Spain (No. 49 to No. 55) and Lyle’s in London (No.

33 to No. 54). Of course, the downgrading of these spots leaves room for new restaurants to gain accolades when the 50 Best list is announced later this month.

And Tuesday’s list also saw quite a few first-timers, with 20 new entries across 15 cities gaining honors. The highest-ranked of those, at No. 57, was Trèsind Studio in Dubai, which is also a new city on this year’s list.

The dining room at Lyle’s Per Anders Jorgensen “With restaurants across six continents, the 51-100 list this year recognizes a broader range of destinations than we have ever seen before,” William Drew, the director of content for the World’s 50 Best Restaurants, said in a statement. “This growth is great to witness as the gastronomic world continues to recover and rebuild following the huge challenges faced during the pandemic. ” The 50 Best will be announced on July 18 in London .

We, for one, can’t wait to see how the shake-up will play out then. The full list of the best restaurants, Nos. 51 to 100, is below.

51. Alcalde, Guadalajara 52. Sud 777, Mexico City 53.

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, São Paulo 54. Lyle’s, London 55. Azurmendi, Larrabetzu 56.

La Colombe, Cape Town 57. Trèsind Studio, Dubai 58. Alléno Paris au Pavillon Ledoyen, Paris 59.

Sazenka, Tokyo 60. Rosetta, Mexico City 61. La Grenouillère, La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil 62.

Ernst, Berlin 63. Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare, New York 64. Fu He Hui, Shanghai 65.

Le Du, Bangkok 66. Sühring, Bangkok 67. Evvai, São Paulo 68.

Kjolle, Lima 69. Cosme, New York 70. Zén, Singapore 71.

Mingles, Seoul 72. Atelier Crenn, San Francisco 73. Kol, London 74.

Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Pocantico Hills 75. Samrub Samrub Thai, Bangkok 76. Neighborhood, Hong Kong 77.

Table by Bruno Verjus, Paris 78. Lasai, Rio de Janeiro 79. Estela, New York 80.

AM par Alexandre Mazzia, Marseille 81. Brat, London 82. Sézanne, Tokyo 83.

El Chato, Bogotá 84. Gimlet at Cavendish House, Melbourne 85. Raan Jay Fai, Bangkok 86.

Mikla, Istanbul 87. Orfali Bros Bistro, Dubai 88. Mishiguene, Buenos Aires 89.

Máximo Bistrot, Mexico City 90. Wolfgat, Paternoster 91. Oriole, Chicago 92.

Indian Accent, New Delhi 93. Hertog Jan at Botanic Sanctuary, Antwerp 94. Burnt Ends, Singapore 95.

Meta, Singapore 96. Maní, São Paulo 97. Benu, San Francisco 98.

Tantris, Munich 99. Flocons de Sel, Megève 100. Wing, Hong Kong.