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Best Restaurants in Asia (2026)

Places to eat at every budget, from street food and casual local spots to established restaurants and fine dining.

48 places · Updated October 23, 2026

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22. Bait Maryam

Levantine home cooking$$Jumeirah Lakes Towers

A homely, female-led Levantine restaurant in JLT holding a Michelin Bib Gourmand, serving Palestinian and wider Levantine dishes in the style of a family kitchen.

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23. Le Du

Modern Thai tasting menu$$$$Silom

Chef Ton's modern Thai restaurant in Silom, offering seasonal four- and six-course tasting menus built on produce from Thai farmers.

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26. Bo.lan

Traditional Thai$$$$Thong Lo

A pioneering Thai restaurant off Sukhumvit 53 that cooks only with ingredients grown or produced in Thailand, following traditional recipes and techniques.

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28. Kanda Matsuya

Traditional soba$$Kanda

A soba restaurant in Kanda founded in 1884, serving handmade buckwheat noodles such as cold morisoba and hot kashiwa nanban in an old-style dining room.

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29. 3 Fils

Contemporary Asian$$Jumeirah 1

A small harbour-side restaurant serving contemporary Asian food with a Japanese focus, ranked first in the inaugural MENA's 50 Best list and holding a Bib Gourmand.

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33. Candlenut

Peranakan (Michelin-starred)$$$Dempsey Hill

Chef Malcolm Lee's Dempsey restaurant, which became the first Peranakan restaurant to win a Michelin star in 2016, known for its Ah-Ma-Kase menu.

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34. Kinoya

Ramen and izakaya$$The Greens

A Japanese ramen bar and izakaya in The Greens with a Michelin Bib Gourmand, serving shio, shoyu and miso ramen, yakitori and small plates.

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35. Komagata Dozeu

Traditional loach restaurant$$Asakusa

A restaurant near Asakusa serving dojo loach dishes since 1801, best known for dozeunabe, a shallow hotpot of loach simmered at the table.

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38. Labyrinth

Modern Singaporean tasting menu$$$$Marina Bay

Chef LG Han's Michelin-starred restaurant at the Esplanade, reinterpreting Singaporean dishes, including half-forgotten ones, through a tasting menu.

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39. Orfali Bros

Contemporary Middle Eastern$$$$Jumeirah 1

A Michelin-starred restaurant run by three Syrian brothers, reinterpreting the flavours of Aleppo and the wider Middle East through set menus.

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