Gaggan Anand and his team are celebrating a return to the top of the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants list after the chef’s eponymous Bangkok restaurant, Gaggan, topped Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025 sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna at a ceremony in Seoul.
Having gone on a four-year winning streak from 2015-18 with the original Gaggan, this was the first time the Indian chef was back at the top of the podium with his new restaurant in Sukhumvit. There, Anand and team create an immersive and always entertaining dining experience for just a few lucky guests a day, with innovative and thought-provoking dishes accompanied by Anand's personal playlist.
“I think the year is wrong, it was 2015 when I first got this. When we started, it was not about me, it was about Asia. Everyone in this room is a winner,” said Anand, as he and his team collected their award on stage in the South Korean capital.
”When I was young, I never imagined that Asia could be a gastronomic hub and look where we are,” he continued.
Gaggan beat 2023 winner, Hong Kong’s The Chairman, into second place, while last year’s winner, Tokyo’s Sézanne, came fourth. Hong Kong’s Wing and Seoul’s own Mingles made up the top five.
A number of additional awards were announced both ahead of and during the ceremony, including, most poignantly, the Icon Award, which was given posthumously to Filipino chef Margarita Forés, who sadly passed away last month. The One to Watch Award went to Farmlore in Bengaluru, India, run by chef Johnson Ebenezer, a S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Competition mentor. Asia’s Best Female Chef was named as Chudaree ‘Tam’ Debhakam of Baan Tepa, Bangkok, while Vicky Cheng, of Wing, was named the Chef’s Choice.
See the full list of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025, below.
1. Gaggan, Bangkok
2. The Chairman, Hong Kong
3. Wing, Hong Kong
4. Sézanne, Tokyo
5. Mingles, Seoul
6. Nusara, Bangkok
7. Odette, Singapore
8. La Cime, Osaka
9. Chef Tam’s Seasons, Macau *Highest Climber
10. Onjium, Seoul
11. Sühring, Bangkok
12. Narisawa, Tokyo
13. Potong, Bangkok
14. Meet the Bund
15. Fu He Hui, Shanghai
16. Sorn, Bangkok
17. Florilège, Tokyo
18. Caprice, Hong Kong
19. Masque, Mumbai
20. Le Du, Bangkok
21. Neighborhood, Hong Kong
22. Den, Tokyo
23. 7th Door, Seoul
24. Mono, Hong Kong
25. Eatanic Garden, Seoul *Highest New Entry
26. Logy, Taipei
27. Ling Long, Shanghai
28. Les Amis, Singapore
29. 102 House, Shanghai
30. Crony, Tokyo
31. Gaggan at Louis Vuitton
32.Estro, Hong Kong
33. Sushi Saito, Tokyo
34. Sazenka, Tokyo
35. JL Studio, Taichung
36. Goh, Fukuoka
37. Labyrinth, Singapore
38. Burnt Ends, Singapore
39. Meta, Singapore
40. Seroja, Singapore
41. Ando, Hong Kong
42. Toyo Eatery, Manila
43. Maz, Tokyo
44. Baan Tepa, Bangkok
45. Myoujyaku, Tokyo
46.Indian Accent, New Delhi
47. Samrub Samrub Thai, Bangkok
48. Euphoria, Singapore
49. August, Jakarta
50. Lamdre, Beijing
