La Liste which initially was a list of the 1,000 best restaurants in the world is privately owned and was launched in Paris in December 2015. This French ranking and restaurants guide nowadays lists 20,000 restaurants in 195 countries by aggregating over 700 guides and publication and is often cited as the reply to British published gastronomic guide World’s 50 Best Restaurants. La Liste guide and results are available on laliste.com and through La Liste app (iOS and Android)

Founder of La Liste, Ambassador Philippe Faure, was previously CEO of Gault & Millau, and former Head of the French Tourist Board,[1] and served as Ambassador of France to Japan from 2007 to 2011, to Mexico and to Morocco. Corporate sponsors of La Liste include Moët Hennessy, American Express, ABInbev, Marché International de Rungis and Accor Hotels.[2]

Methodology

La Liste is compiled using a data processing algorithm. The list factors in more than 700 international dining guides, crowd-sourced sites (such as Yelp and TripAdvisor) or press reviews (New York Times, Washington Post...). Among those sources, La Liste also takes into consideration Zagat, Michelin, the James Beard Award, Gault & Millau, OpenTable.

LA LISTE 2023

Top nine restaurants[3]
Rank Restaurant Location Score
1 Frantzén SwedenStockholm, Sweden 99.50
1 Guy Savoy FranceParis, France 99.50
1 Le Bernardin United StatesNew York, United States 99.50
4 Cheval Blanc by Peter Knogl – Grand Hôtel Les Trois Rois SwitzerlandBasel, Switzerland 99.00
4 L'Assiette Champenoise FranceTinqueux, France 99.00
4 La Vague d'Or - Le Cheval Blanc FranceSaint-Tropez, France 99.00
4 Martín Berasategui SpainLasarte-Oria, Spain 99.00
4 Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville SwitzerlandCrissier, Switzerland 99.00
4 鮨さいとう - Sushi Saito JapanMinato-ku, Japan 99.00
Top 10 countries by number of restaurants in the list[3]
Rank Country Number of
restaurants		 Highest
rank
1  Japan 135 4
2  China total
(China)
(Hong Kong)
(Macau)		 120
(82)
(23)
(15)
(34)
(142)
(34)
3  France 107 1
4  United States 106 1
5  Italy 78 10
6  United Kingdom 68 19
7  Spain 59 4
8  Germany 58 10
9   Switzerland 39 4
10  South Korea 36 189
Top 10 restaurants in  France[3]
Rank Overall
rank		 Restaurant Location Score
1 1 Guy Savoy Paris 99.5
2 4 L'Assiette Champenoise Tinqueux 99
2 4 La Vague d'Or - Le Cheval Blanc Saint-Tropez 99
4 10 L'Ambroisie Paris 98.5
4 10 L'Auberge du Vieux Puits Fontjoncouse 98.5
4 10 Plénitude Paris 98.5
7 19 Georges Blanc Vonnas 98
7 19 Maison Pic Valence 98
7 19 Mirazur Menton 98
7 19 Régis et Jacques Marcon Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid 98
Top 11 restaurants in the  United States[3]
Rank Overall
rank		 Restaurant Location Score
1 1 Le Bernardin New York 99.5
2 19 Manresa Los Gatos 98.0
2 19 The French Laundry Yountville 98.0
4 34 SingleThread Healdsburg 97.5
5 58 Daniel New York 97.0
6 78 Alinea Chicago 96.5
6 78 Atelier Crenn San Francisco 96.5
6 78 The Inn at Little Washington Washington, Virginia 96.5
9 118 Harbor House Inn Elk, California 96.0
9 118 Jean-Georges New York 96.0
9 118 Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare New York 96.0

LA LISTE 2019

Top 10 restaurants[4]
Rank Restaurant Location Score
1 Guy Savoy FranceParis, France 99.75
1 Le Bernardin United StatesNew York, United States 99.75
3 Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée FranceParis, France 99.50
3 Martín Berasategui SpainLasarte-Oria, Spain 99.50
3 Matsukawa JapanTokyo, Japan 99.50
6 L'Arpège FranceParis, France 99.25
6 Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville SwitzerlandCrissier, Switzerland 99.25
6 The French Laundry United StatesYountville, United States 99.25
6 Eleven Madison Park United StatesNew York, United States 99.25
10 L'Auberge du Vieux Puits FranceFontjoncouse, France 99.00
10 La Vague d'Or FranceSaint-Tropez, France 99.00
10 Schwarzwaldstube GermanyBaiersbronn-Tonbach, Germany 99.00
10 Kyubey JapanTokyo, Japan 99.00
10 Kyo Aji JapanTokyo, Japan 99.00
Top 10 countries by number of restaurants in the list[4][5]
Rank Country Number of
restaurants		 Highest
rank
1  Japan 148 3
2  China
(Hong Kong)
(Macau)		 134
(22)
(4)		 19
(56)
(158)
3  France 116 1
4  United States 91 1
5  Spain 63 3
6  United Kingdom 60 83
7  Germany 53 10
8  Italy 51 15
9   Switzerland 35 6
10  Mexico 31 64
Top 10 restaurants in  France[4]
Rank Overall
rank		 Restaurant Location Score
1 1 Guy Savoy Paris 99.75
2 3 Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée Paris 99.50
3 6 L'Arpège Paris 99.25
4 10 L'Auberge du Vieux Puits Fontjoncouse 99.00
4 10 La Vague d'Or Saint-Tropez 99.00
6 15 Le Pré Catelan Paris 98.75
6 15 L'Assiette Champenoise Tinqueux 98.75
8 19 L'Ambroisie Paris 98.50
8 19 Régis et Jacques Marcon Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid 98.50
10 27 Pavillon Ledoyen - Yannick Alleno Paris 98.25
Top 10 restaurants in the  United States[4]
Rank Overall
rank		 Restaurant Location Score
1 1 Le Bernardin New York 99.75
2 6 The French Laundry Yountville 99.25
2 6 Eleven Madison Park New York 99.25
4 15 The Inn at Little Washington Washington, Virginia 98.75
5 39 Blue Hill at Stone Barns Tarrytown 97.75
6 45 Jean-Georges New York 97.50
7 45 The Restaurant at Meadowood Napa Valley 97.50
8 56 Alinea Chicago 97.00
9 70 Daniel New York 96.50
10 103 Manresa Los Gatos 95.25
Highest rank restaurants by country[4]
Rank Restaurant Country Score
1 Guy Savoy  France 99.75
1 Le Bernardin  United States 99.75
3 Matsukawa  Japan 99.50
3 Martín Berasategui  Spain 99.50
6 Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville   Switzerland 99.25
10 Schwarzwaldstube  Germany 99.00
15 Calandre  Italy 98.75
19 Hertog Jan  Belgium 98.50
19 京华阁 The Capital  China 98.50
19 Le Louis XV - Alain Ducasse  Monaco 98.50
19 Inter Scaldes  Netherlands 98.50
32 Attica  Australia 98.00
32 Alo  Canada 98.00
51 Don Alfonso 1890  Italy 97.25
56 Geranium  Denmark 97.00
56 龙景轩 Lung King Heen  Hong Kong 97.00
64 Dulce Patria  Mexico 96.75
70 Obauer  Austria 96.50
77 Frantzén  Sweden 96.25
83 Maní  Brazil 96.00
83 The Ocean  Portugal 96.00
83 Gordon Ramsay  United Kingdom 96.00
96 Maido  Peru 95.50
96 Savva at Hotel Metropol  Russia 95.50
114 Maaemo  Norway 94.75
119 Nicole  Turkey 94.50
135 Le Normandie  Thailand 93.75
146 Lumina by Meir Adoni  Israel 93.25
158 Mosconi  Luxembourg 92.75
158 京花轩 Golden Flower at Encore Macau  Macau 92.75
158 The Test Kitchen  South Africa 92.75
204 La Grande Table Marocaine- Royal Mansour  Morocco 91.00
216 The French Café  New Zealand 90.50
239 Patrick Guilbaud  Ireland 89.75
275 Waku Ghin  Singapore 88.50
344 La Yeon - The Shilla  South Korea 86.50
359 MAK  Slovenia 86.25
371 祥雲龍吟 RyuGin Taipei  Taiwan 86.00
399 Idam - An Alain Ducasse Restaurant  Qatar 85.50
435 Spondi  Greece 84.75
574 Onyx  Hungary 83.00
627 Marée  Liechtenstein 82.25
657 Mishiguene  Argentina 81.75
696 Rafael  Colombia 81.25
696 Monte  Croatia 81.25
696 Koks Restaurant  Faroe Islands 81.25
696 Gallery Vask  Philippines 81.25
696 Amber Room  Poland 81.25
761 Boragó  Chile 81.00
761 Alcron  Czech Republic 81.00
761 Indian Accent - The Manor  India 81.00
761 Métis  Indonesia 81.00
761 Haft Khan  Iran 81.00
830 Ask  Finland 80.75
830 Café Littera  Georgia 80.75
861 Dill  Iceland 80.50
861 Tugra  Saudi Arabia 80.50
861 La Petite Maison  United Arab Emirates 80.50
861 Square One at Park Hyatt Saigon  Vietnam 80.50
998 Kook  Angola 80.00
998 Rasoi by Vineet, Gulf Hotel Bahrain  Bahrain 80.00
998 The Planter's at The Danna  Malaysia 80.00
998 Velaa Private Island  Maldives 80.00
998 De Mondion at The Xara Palace  Malta 80.00
998 NOK by Alara  Nigeria 80.00
998 La Case Pitey  Réunion 80.00
998 Tri  Sri Lanka 80.00
998 La Bourgogne  Uruguay 80.00

LA LISTE 2017

The 2017 ranking was released on December 5, 2016 in Paris. Restaurants are now rated on a Parker-style scale ranging from 80 to 100, with 0,25 increments. Japan is still in the lead with 116 restaurants in the top 1000, followed by France with 113 and China with 100. Actual number of restaurants listed is 1,076 because the score 83.25 is shared by 87 restaurants from rank 990 to 1,076.[6]


Restaurants rated 99 or above [7]
Rank Restaurant Location Score
1 Guy Savoy France Paris, France 99.75
2 Le Bernardin United States New York City, United States 99.50
2 Kyo Aji Japan Tokyo, Japan 99.50
4 El Celler de Can Roca Spain Girona, Spain 99.25
4 Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée France Paris, France 99.25
4 Jean Georges United States New York City, United States 99.25
4 Osteria Francescana Italy Modena, Italy 99.25
4 Kyubey Japan Tokyo, Japan 99.25
9 Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville Switzerland Crissier, Switzerland 99
9 Joël Robuchon Japan Tokyo, Japan 99
9 Cheval Blanc - Hôtel Les Trois Rois Switzerland Basel, Switzerland 99
9 Régis & Jacques Marcon France Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid, France 99
9 L'Assiette champenoise France Tinqueux, France 99
9 Da Vittorio Italy Brusaporto, Italy 99

LA LISTE 2016

Japan tops the list with 127[8] restaurants followed by France with 118 and the United States with 101.[9][10][11]

Top 10 restaurants[12][13]
Rank Restaurant Location Score
1 Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville Switzerland Crissier, Switzerland 82.35
2 Per Se United States New York City, United States 82.30
3 Kyo Aji Japan Tokyo, Japan 82.00
4 Guy Savoy France Paris, France 81.44
5 Schauenstein Switzerland Fürstenau, Switzerland 81.37
6 El Celler de Can Roca Spain Girona, Spain 81.17
7 Kyubey Japan Tokyo, Japan 79.88
8 Maison Troisgros France Roanne, France 79.81
9 Auberge du Vieux Puits France Fontjoncouse, France 79.80
10 Joël Robuchon Japan Tokyo, Japan 79.77
Top 10 restaurants in  France[12]
Rank Overall
rank		 Restaurant Location Score
1 4 Guy Savoy Paris 81.44
2 8 Maison Troisgros Roanne 79.81
3 9 Auberge du Vieux Puits Fontjoncouse 79.80
4 11 Régis et Jacques Marcon St-Bonnet-le-Froid 79.75
5 12 Flocons de Sel Leutaz 79.47
6 13 Les Prés d'Eugénie - Michel Guérard Eugénie-les-Bains 79.32
7 16 Pierre Gagnaire Paris 77.96
8 20 Le Pré Catelan Paris 77.28
9 29 Lameloise Chagny 76.66
10 31 Maison Pic Valence 76.49
Top 10 restaurants in   Switzerland[12]
Rank Overall
rank		 Restaurant Location Score
1 1 Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville Crissier 82.35
2 5 Schauenstein Fürstenau 81.37
3 67 Cheval Blanc - Hôtel Les Trois Rois Basel 73.73
4 93 Adelboden Steinen 72.60
5 113 The Restaurant Zürich 72.08
6 131 Domaine de Châteauvieux Peney-Dessus 71.48
7 140 Georges Wenger Le Noirmont 71.23
8 146 Stucki - Tanja Grandits Basel 71.09
9 147 Bumanns Gourmetrestaurant Chesa Pirani La Punt Chamues-ch 71.09
10 159 L'Ermitage de Bernard Ravet Vufflens-le-Chateau 70.75
Top 10 restaurants in  Japan[12]
Rank Overall
rank		 Restaurant Location Score
1 3 Kyo Aji Tokyo 82.00
2 7 Kyubey Tokyo 79.88
3 10 Joël Robuchon Yebisu Garden Place 79.77
4 14 Nihonryori Ryugin Tokyo 78.74
5 24 Kyo-ryori Nakamura Kyoto 76.96
6 25 Matsukawa Tokyo 76.92
7 28 Quintessence Tokyo 76.70
8 37 Oryouri Hayashi Kyoto 75.55
9 39 Kikunoi Honten Kyoto 75.41
10 50 Maruyama (Gion) Kyoto 74.61
Top 10 restaurants in the  United States[10][13]
Rank Overall
rank		 Restaurant Location Score
1 2 Per Se New York City 82.30
2 19 Le Bernardin New York 77.44
3 51 Jean-Georges New York 74.53
4 241 Eleven Madison Park New York 68.83
5 268 Joël Robuchon Las Vegas 68.29
6 275 Saison San Francisco 68.17
7 282 The Restaurant at Meadowood St. Helena, California 68.05
8 305 Atera New York 67.37
9 310 The French Laundry Yountville, California 67.31
10 320 Daniel New York 67.12
Top 10 countries by number of restaurants in the list[12]
Rank Country Number of
restaurants		 Highest
rank
1  Japan 127[8] 3
2  France 118 4
3  United States 101 2
4  China
( Hong Kong)
( Macao)		 69
(22)
( 4)		 42
5  Spain 59 6
6  Germany 52 30
7  Italy 50 18
8  United Kingdom 46 41
9   Switzerland 30 1
10  India 29 591

External links

See also

References

  1. ^ "Our Team". La Liste. La Liste. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Sponsors". La Liste. La Liste. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "LA LISTE 2023". La Liste.
  4. ^ a b c d e "LA LISTE 2019". LA LISTE.
  5. ^ "WINNERS". LA LISTE.
  6. ^ "Yearly ranking of world gastronomy: LA LISTE 2017 unveiled in Paris". La Liste. December 7, 2016.
  7. ^ "La Liste".
  8. ^ a b The number varies depending on the sources. However the actual number in the list is 127.
  9. ^ "France's La Liste Ranks the World's Top 1000 Restaurants". Forbes. December 18, 2015.
  10. ^ a b "France Replies to World's 50 Best Restaurants List With 1,000 of Its Own". The New York Times. December 12, 2015.
  11. ^ "Gastronomy - Presentation of "La Liste" composed of the world's 1,000 best restaurants". French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development. December 17, 2015.
  12. ^ a b c d e "Restaurants Worldwide". La Liste.
  13. ^ a b "These Are the 10 Best Restaurants in the World". Time. December 14, 2015.


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