Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants 2022: See the Full List

Virgilio Martínez and Pía León’s Central restaurant in Lima, Peru, has topped Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants list, sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna, once again, making them The Best Restaurant in Latin America 2022 and The Best Restaurant in Peru for 2022.

Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants ceremony

In the first in-person red-carpet ceremony held since 2109 for these awards, a restaurant community was united in celebration in Mérida, Yucatán (Mexico), as Central was joined on the podium by Don Julio (No.2) of Buenos Aires as The Best Restaurant in Argentina, and Maido (No.3) also of Lima.

Central was also named The Greatest Restaurant in Latin America 2013-2021 as part of the one-off retrospective list of Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021: Pasado y Futuro, having also being named No.1 in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

A total of 21 destinations made the list this year, with Buenos Aires and Lima coming out on top with eight restaurants each on the list, followed by São Paulo with seven, and Mexico City with five.

Ten restaurants also made their debut onto this year's list, including Fauna (No.16) in Valle de Guadalupe; Villa Torél (No.18) in Ensenada; Arca (No.29) in Tulum; Sublime (No.31) and Diacá (No.47), both in Guatemala City; and Mesa Franca (No.49) in Bogotá; Julia (No.50) in Buenos Aires; and Metzi (No.27), Charco (No.35) and Nelita (No.39), all in São Paulo.

Special awards:

A number of special awards were also given on the night, recognising excellence in chefs, restaurants and sommeliers:

• The Gin Mare Art of Hospitality Award went to Oteque, Rio de Janeiro
• Ecuadorian Pía Salazar of Nuema in Quito was named Latin America's Best Pastry Chef
• Beronia Latin America’s Best Sommelier title was awarded to Pablo Rivero, sommelier and owner of Don Julio in Buenos Aires
• Jonatan Gómez Luna of Le Chique in Cancún won the Estrella Damm Chefs' Choice Award, as voted for by his fellow chefs
• Debora Fadul's Diacá in Guatemala City won the Flor de Caña Sustainable Restaurant Award

Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants 2022 - the full list

See also, the extended Latin America's 50 Best 51 to 100 list

1. Central, Lima
2. Don Julio, Buenos Aires
3. Maido, Lima
4. A Casa do Porco, São Paulo
5. El Chato, Bogotá
6. Maito, Panama City
7. Pujol, Mexico City
8. Kjolle, Lima
9. Mayta, Lima
10. Boragó, Santiago
11. Mérito, Lima
12. Oteque, Rio de Janeiro
13. Leo, Bogotá 
14. Evvai, São Paulo
15. Mishiguene, Buenos Aires
16. Fauna, Valle de Guadalupe
17. Le Chique, Cancún 
18. Villa Torél, Ensenada
19. Celele, Cartagena
20. Lasai, Rio de Janeiro
21. Maní ,São Paulo
22. El Preferido de Palermo, Buenos Aires
23. Sud 777, Mexico City 
24. Nuema, Quito
25. Parador La Huella José, Ignacio
26. Chila, Buenos Aires
27. Metzi, São Paulo
28. Máximo Bistrot, Mexico City
29. Arca, Tulum 
30. Astrid y Gastón, Lima
31. Sublime, Guatemala City
32. Rafael, Lima
33. D.O.M., São Paulo
34. Pangea, Monterrey
35. Charco, São Paulo
36. Aramburu, Buenos Aires
37. Rosetta, Mexico City
38. Osso, Lima
39. Nelita, São Paulo
40. Elena, Buenos Aires
41. Alcalde, Guadalajara
42. La Docena, Guadalajara 
43. Quintonil, Mexico City 
44. Mil, Moray
45. Gustu, La Paz (Bolivia)
46. Manu, Curitiba
47. Diacá, Guatemala City
48. Gran Dabbang, Buenos Aires
49. Mesa Franca, Bogotá
50. Julia, Buenos Aires