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Best Restaurants worldwide (2026)

120 places · Updated October 23, 2026

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101. Burnt Ends

Modern Australian barbecue$$$$Dempsey Hill

Chef Dave Pynt's wood-fired barbecue restaurant in Dempsey, cooking almost everything in a four-tonne, two-oven brick kiln.

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102. Frenchie

Modern French tasting menu$$$$Sentier

Chef Grégory Marchand's intimate dinner-only restaurant on Rue du Nil, serving a five-course carte blanche tasting menu.

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103. La Pepita

Creative tapas bar$$Gràcia

A friendly Gràcia tapas bar mixing Spanish classics with reinvented small plates, open daily with a smaller sister bar, La MiniPepita, next door.

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104. Paste Bangkok

Creative Thai$$$Ploenchit

Chef Bee Satongun's refined Thai restaurant in Gaysorn Village, reviving recipes from royal households, aristocratic families and heritage cookbooks.

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109. Udon Shin

Udon noodles$Yoyogi

A small udon shop near Shinjuku Station's south side where noodles are cut and boiled to order, balancing firm bite with soft stretch.

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110. Zuma Dubai

Contemporary Japanese$$$$DIFC

A long-running contemporary Japanese restaurant and lounge in DIFC's Gate Village, serving robata grills, sushi and sharing plates to a lively crowd.

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111. Bar La Plata

Classic tapas bar$Barri Gòtic

A tiny tiled bar near the port that has served the same short menu since 1945: fried small fish, anchovies, butifarra sausage and salad.

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114. Nusara

Thai tasting menu$$$$Tha Tien

An intimate ten-seat tasting-menu restaurant near Wat Pho, where chef Ton reworks his grandmother's family recipes into a colourful Thai feast.

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115. Odette

Contemporary French fine dining$$$$Civic District

Chef Julien Royer's three-Michelin-star French restaurant inside National Gallery Singapore, serving light, Asian-influenced contemporary cuisine.

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116. Pierchic

Italian seafood$$$$Madinat Jumeirah

A seafood restaurant at the end of a wooden pier off Jumeirah Al Qasr, with sea views towards Burj Al Arab and a Michelin Guide listing.

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