Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants: Winners Announced for 2019

Today, the restaurant ranking organization behind the World’s 50 Best Restaurants announced its list of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants. This year, Odette restaurant in Singapore takes the No. 1 spot.

Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants is one of two region-specific lists from the World’s 50 Best Restaurants team. Because that list heavily favors fine dining European restaurants and cuisines, the World’s 50 Best organization highlights other kinds of food, if not other dining styles, with Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants and Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants. Gaggan, which has held the No. 1 spot in Asia since 2015, is No. 2 on the list this year; it’s No. 5 on the 2018 World’s 50 Best restaurants list. (Odette was No. 28 on the World’s 50 Best last year.)

Odette and the other restaurants at the top of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants will likely have more opportunity to inch up in the rankings on the World’s 50 Best list. In January, the World’s 50 Best Restaurants announced that starting with its 2019 list, no restaurant previously named best in the world would be eligible for the list going forward. That eligibility change does not apply to Asia’s 50 Best; Gaggan can potentially reclaim the top spot before the restaurant closes in 2020.

The Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants ceremony in Macao also honored this year’s winner of the always-controversial Asia’s Best Female Chef, Garima Arora, the executive chef of Bangkok restaurant Gaa. Gaa is No. 16 on the list of Asia’s 50 Best restaurants this year.

Here, now, the full list:

1. Odette, Singapore
2. Gaggan, Bangkok
3. Den, Tokyo
4. Sühring, Bangkok
5. Florilege, Tokyo
6. Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet, Shanghai
7. Mume, Taipei
8. Narisawa, Tokyo
9. Nihonryori Ryugin, Tokyo
10. Burnt Ends, Singapore
11. The Chairman, Hong Kong
12. 8 ¹⁄₂ Otto e Mezzo Bombana, Hong Kong
13. Mingles, Seoul
14. La Cime, Osaka
15. Belon, Hong Kong
16. Gaa, Bangkok
17. Indian Accent, New Delhi
18. Il Ristorante Luca Fantin, Tokyo
19. Bo.Lan, Bangkok
20. Le Du, Bangkok
21. Amber, Hong Kong
22. Nahm, Bangkok
23. Sazenka, Tokyo
24. La Maison de la Nature Goh, Fukuoka, Japan
25. Sushi Saito, Tokyo
26. L’Effervescence, Tokyo
27. Jade Dragon, Macao
28. Paste, Bangkok
29. Fu He Hui, Shanghai
30. Raw, Taipei
31. Shoun Ryugin, Taipei
32. Jaan, Singapore
33. Les Amis, Singapore
34. Vea, Hong Kong
35. Ministry of Crab, Colombo, Sri Lanka
36. Wing Lei Palace, Macao
37. Neighborhood, Hong Kong
38. Lung King Heen, Hong Kong
39. Nouri, Singapore
40. Waku Ghin, Singapore
41. Toctoc, Seoul
42. Locavore, Bali, Indonesia
43. Toyo Eatery, Manila
44. Seventh Son, Hong Kong
45. Quintessence, Tokyo
46. Dewakan, Kuala Lumpur
47. Sugalabo, Tokyo
48. Sorn, Bangkok
49. Corner House, Singapore
50. Ta Vie, Hong Kong

• Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019 [Official]