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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.

298 places · Updated November 12, 2026

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81. Onjium

Korean royal court cuisine$$$$Seochon

A research-led restaurant facing the wall of Gyeongbokgung, where chefs Cho Eun-hee and Park Sung-bae update Joseon court and aristocratic cooking with seasonal produce.

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82. Raan Jay Fai

Thai street food (wok)$$$Phra Nakhon

A celebrated shophouse kitchen where the goggle-wearing chef Jay Fai cooks crab omelettes and drunken noodles over charcoal, awarded a Michelin star in 2018.

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84. Raya Restaurant

Phuket and Southern Thai$$Phuket Old Town

A long-running family restaurant in an old Sino-Portuguese mansion on Dibuk Road, known for crab curry with rice noodles and other Phuket home dishes.

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85. Taian Table

Innovative tasting menu$$$$Changning

Chef Stefan Stiller's counter restaurant in Changning, the only three-Michelin-star restaurant in the 2026 Shanghai guide, serving a seasonal tasting menu.

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87. Upali’s

Sri Lankan$$Cinnamon Gardens

A traditional Sri Lankan restaurant opened in 2013 in its founder's former family home in Colombo 7, known for rice and curry, hathmaluwa and fish head curry.

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88. Al Mallah

Lebanese shawarma and grills$Satwa

A Satwa shawarma and juice stop open since 1979, famous for chicken shawarma with garlic sauce, falafel and fresh fruit juices late into the night.

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91. Cuc Gach Quan

Traditional Vietnamese$$Tan Dinh

A Bib Gourmand restaurant of two facing houses with a koi pond and garden in Tan Dinh, serving home-style Vietnamese dishes made largely with produce from its own farm.

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92. Dum Pukht

Awadhi dum cooking$$$$Chanakyapuri

ITC Maurya's elegant Awadhi restaurant, where biryanis, kebabs and pulaos are slow-cooked in sealed pots in the old royal 'dum' tradition.

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94. Gallery by Chele

Creative tasting menu$$$$Bonifacio Global City, Taguig

A Michelin-starred tasting-menu restaurant in BGC led by Chele Gonzalez and Carlos Villaflor, sourcing about 90 per cent of its ingredients in the Philippines.

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95. Golden Formosa

Traditional Taiwanese$$Tianmu (Shilin)

A third-generation family restaurant in Tianmu with a Michelin star for classic Taiwanese cooking, especially its twice-fried pork ribs and mullet roe fried rice.

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96. Huan Soontaree

Northern Thai with live music$$Pa Tan

Bib Gourmand riverside restaurant in a Lanna-style building owned by singer Soontaree Vechanont, who performs most evenings; known for stuffed murrel fish.

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98. Jiwan

Contemporary Qatari$$Corniche / Museum Park

Jiwan, on the fourth floor of the National Museum of Qatar, serves modern takes on Qatari and Middle Eastern dishes, with a terrace overlooking the port and Corniche.

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100. Lum Orng

Farm-to-table Cambodian$$$Slorkram

Owner-chef Sothea Seng's farm-to-table restaurant on the edge of Siem Reap, cooking seasonal 'New Mekong Cuisine' with produce from his own farms and gardens.

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