Naar (No 49) in Kasauli is recognised with the Sustainable Restaurant Award for its use of foraged ingredients from the Himalayan region, innovative approaches to using kitchen scraps and efforts to preserve perishable foods.
Formerly known as The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, The 50 Best Restaurants is an annual list of the world’s most prestigious restaurants with regional editions in Asia, Latin America, as well as the Middle East and North Africa. It is under The 50 Group owned by international media company William Reed.
The list is created from the votes of The 50 Best Restaurants Academy, comprising more than 1,100 international restaurant industry experts, with a 50-50 gender balance, of which at least 25 per cent are refreshed annually. The results are adjudicated by professional services consultancy Deloitte.
The 50 Best Restaurants 2026 list in full:
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**Re-entry
Asador Etxebarri, AtxondoGaggan, BangkokAlchemist, CopenhagenQuintonil, Mexico CityWing, Hong KongThe Chairman, Hong KongKjolle, LimaKadeau, CopenhagenDiverxo, MadridPlenitude, ParisAtomix, New YorkSorn, BangkokMerito, LimaSuhring, BangkokOdette, SingaporeTuju, Sao PaoloMingles, SeoulNusara, BangkokJan, MunichPiazza Duomo, AlbaMeet The Bund, Shanghai*Borago, SantiagoVyn, SkillingeAl Gatto Verde, Modena*Lasai, Rio de JaneiroMasque, Mumbai*Reale, Castel di SangroTresind Studio, DubaiEnigma, BarcelonaSteirereck, ViennaCelele, CartagenaPotong, BangkokElkano, GetariaLe Coquillage, Saint-Meloir-des-Ondes*La Colombe, Cape Town**Ru Yuan, Hangzhou*Nuema, Quito*Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler, BrunicoSchloss Schauenstein, Furstenau**Jordnaer, Copenhagen**Onjium, Seoul*Bozar, Brussels*Le Calandre, RubanoDon Julio, Buenos AiresMayta, LimaEl Chato, Bogota**Le Louis XV – Alain Ducasse, Monte Carlo**Ikoyi, LondonNaar, Kasauli*Saint Peter, Sydney*