These 27 NYC restaurants were just named the best in the world for 2025
As New Yorkers continue to regularly pride themselves of living right by some of the best restaurants in the world, a new ranking proves them right: La Liste, which bills itself as “the most selective global guide of restaurants, pastry shops and hotels, for gourmets and international travelers,” has just released its list of top 1,000 eateries in the globe for 2025, based on a “compilation of thousands of publications, hundreds of guidebooks and millions of online reviews.” A whopping 27 New York spots have made the list.
Before we get to the list itself, here is a bit about the method behind the ranking: according to the website, the staff aggregates reviews from over 1,000 guidebooks and publications, puts them in a database and then gives all entries a score from 0 to 100 based on standard grades.
It gets even more specific than that: chefs around the globe are asked their opinions about the various guidebooks so that the outlets themselves can be given a “trustworthiness index” score that will affect the standard grade given to the restaurant. After all that, customer reviews are taken into account and a final “La Liste score” is given to all entries.
The highest rated New York entry is Le Bernardin with a score of 99.5. No surprise there, of course: with three Michelin stars and a long history in New York (the space opened in 1986), Eric Ripert’s French seafood restaurant has come to define much of the city’s culinary scene.
Another French staple, Daniel, also makes the ranking with a score of 98.5. Now might be a good time to remind you that celebrity chef Daniel Boulud, the genius behind the beloved Daniel, has actually just debuted his very first steakhouse, La Tête d’Or at 318 Park Avenue South by the Flatiron District.
Atomix (score: 96), the fine-dining Korean eatery tucked inside the foyer of a walk-up apartment building on the border of Nomad and Murray Hill, rounds out the top five New York mentions alongside Jean-Georges (score: 95) by Central Park and Jungsik (score: 94.5), the innovative, high-end Korean restaurant in downtown Manhattan.
Here is a list of all the New York restaurants that have made it to the massive ranking:
Le Bernardin (score: 99.5)
Daniel (score: 98.5)
Atomix (score: 96)
Jean-Georges (score: 95)
Jungsik (score: 94.5)
Gabriel Kreuther (score: 93)
Per Se (score: 92.5)
Atera (score: 92)
Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi (score: 92)
Aquavit (score: 91.5)
Koloman (score: 90.5)
The Modern (score: 90.5)
Eleven Madison Park (score: 89)
Masa (score: 89)
Sushi Noz (score: 88)
Gramercy Tavern (score: 85.5)
Chefs Table at Brooklyn Fare (score: 83)
Sushi Yasuda (score: 83)
Le Pavillon (score: 82.5)
Marea (score: 82.5)
Odo (score: 82.5)
SAGA (score: 82.5)
Cosme (score: 81.5)
Eulalie (score: 77)
Naro (score: 77)
Maison Barnes (score: 75)
Yoshino (score: 75)