Disfrutar named best restaurant in the world 2024

Spanish Modernist restaurant Disfrutar has been named the best restaurant in the world by The World's 50 Best Restaurants sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna, at an awards ceremony at Wynn Las Vegas.

The restaurant, which can trace its lineage directly from elBulli and the molecular movement is helmed by chefs Eduard Xatruch, Oriol Castro, and Mateu Casañas and has been holding steady in the top three of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list for the last few years. Now it has broken the ceiling, replacing Lima's Central at the top of the list. Central now joins the Best of the Best group of restaurants that have won the top accolade and are no longer eligible to compete.

Other awards given out on the night included the Icon Award, given to Australian chef and restaurateur Neil Perry. One of Australia's most powerful culinary forces, Perry is known for his creative vision in the realization of modern Australian and Asian cuisine. Mitsuharu 'Micha' Tsumura, the chef-owner of Maido in Lima, won the Chefs' Choice Award 2024 and Nina Métayer was named The World's Best Pastry Chef. Wing, Hong Kong was the Highest New Entry at 20.

The list from 50-1 includes restaurants from 26 territories across five continents, with New York’s Atomix at No.6, making it The Best Restaurant in North America, and California’s SingleThread re-entering the list at No. 46.

See the full list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants below.

The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2024

1. Disfrutar, Barcelona
2. Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo
3. Table by Bruno Verjus, Paris
4. DiverXo, Madrid
5. Maido, Lima
6. Atomix, New York
7. Quintonil, Mexico City
8. Alchemist, Copenhagen
9. Gaggan, Bangkok
10. Don Julio, Buenos Aires
11. Septime, Paris
12. Lido 84, Gardone Riviera
13. Trèsind Studio, Dubai
14. Quique Dacosta, Dénia
15. Sézanne, Tokyo
16. Kjolle, Lima
17. Kol, London
18. Plénitude, Paris
19. Reale, Castel di Sangro
20. Wing, Hong Kong
21. Florilège, Tokyo
22. Steirereck, Vienna
23. Sühring, Bangkok
24. Odette, Singapore
25. El Chato, Bogotá
26. The Chairman, Hong Kong
27. A Casa do Porco, São Paolo
28. Elkano, Getaria
29. Boragó, Santiago
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
37. Oteque, Rio de Janeiro
38. Sorn, Bangkok
39. Piazza Duomo, Alba
40. Le Du, Bangkok
41. Mayta, Lima
42. Ikoyi, London
43. Nobelhart & Schmutzig, Berlin
44. Mingles, Seoul
45. Arpège, Paris
46. SingleThread, Healdsburg
47. Schloss Schauenstein, Fürstenau
48. Hiša Franko, Kobarid
49. La Colombe, Cape Town
50. Uliassi, Senigallia