Lima’s Maido tops World’s 50 Best Restaurants list 2025 with London’s Ikoyi the Highest Climber

Run by chef-owner Mitsuharu ‘Micha’ Tsumura, Maido, which ranked at number five on the 2024 list, specialises in Nikkei cuisine, blending Japanese techniques with Peruvian ingredients across a tasting menu that stretches across more than 10 courses.

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants describes the dining experience as ‘both culturally rich and innovatively modern’.

Maido is followed in the 2025 ranking by Asador Etxebarri in Atxondo, Spain, at number two, and Quintonil in Mexico City at number three.

Once again, just two UK restaurant have made the list: Santiago Lastra’s KOL in London’s Marylebone, and Jeremy Chan’s Ikoyi on The Strand.

The latter, however, received the Highest Climber Award, sponsored by Lee Kum Kee, rising from 42 on the 2024 list to 15 on this year’s list.

KOL, by contrast, slipped from number 17 to number 49.

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, were announced last night (19 June) at an awards ceremony hosted at Lingotto Fiere in Turin, Italy.

“It is with great excitement that we announce the list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, and honour Maido as The World’s Best Restaurant,” says William Drew, director of content for The World’s 50 Best Restaurants.

“Led by the brilliant Micha Tsumura, the team has demonstrated remarkable dedication, seamlessly incorporating Japanese techniques with traditional Peruvian ingredients to create dishes that captivate and surprise diners.”

This year’s list includes restaurants from 22 territories across five continents and 10 new entries.

Potong in Bangkok took home the Highest New Entry Award, coming in at number 13.

Albert Adrià, chef-owner of Enigma in Barcelona, Spain, received the Estrella Damm Chefs’ Choice Award 2025; while Massimo Bottura and Lara Gilmore was given the Woodford Reserve Icon Award.

Elsewhere, Paris-based chef Maxime Frédéric won The World’s Best Pastry Chef Award 2025, sponsored by Sosa; The World’s Best Sommelier Award 2025 was presented to Mohamed Benabdallah of Asador Etxebarri; and Celele in Cartagena, Columbia, was announced the winner of the Sustainable Restaurant Award.

“This year’s list celebrates culinary excellence across 22 territories, underscoring the growing global appreciation for diversity, creativity and excellence in hospitality,” Drew adds.

The winner of the 50 Best Restaurants Scholarship, in association with Parmigiano Reggiano, was also announced during the evening with Angélica Ortiz, an aspiring Colombian chef currently working at Oxomoco in New York, winning a place on the programme.

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants announced the return of its scholarship programme back in March after a five-year hiatus.

As the winning candidate, Ortiz will have the opportunity to stage at one of the world’s leading restaurants, El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, Spain, which was previously voted The World’s Best Restaurant in 2013 and 2015 and is now part of the Best of the Best hall of fame.

She will also spend time at SingleThread in Healdsburg, California, which is currently ranked at number 80 on The World’s 50 Best longlist, dividing her experience between kitchen and farm to receive a comprehensive education in sustainability and hyper-seasonal gastronomy.

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025 list is voted for by 1,120 international restaurant industry experts and well-travelled gourmets who make up The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy.

The gender-balanced academy comprises 28 separate regions around the world, each of which has 40 members including a chairperson.