World Top 50 Restaurants 2011

South Africa didn’t fare as well in the World Top 100 this year as it did last year. It’s the same three restaurants which were in the top 100 last year (La Quartier Francaise, Rust en Vrede & La Colombe) but all of them dropped in the rankings, except Rust en Vrede which climbed from position 74 to position 61. La Colombe dropped from an impressive 12th position last year to a less impressive 82 this year. Full list of winners below:

1 Noma (Denmark – No change)
2 El Celler De Can Roca (Spain – Up 2 )
3 Mugaritz (Spain – Up 2 )
4 Osteria Francescana (Italy – Up 2 )
5 The Fat Duck (England – Down 2 )
6 Alinea (USA – Up 1 )
7 D.O.M (Brazil – Up 11 )
8 Arzak (Spain – Up 1 )
9 Le Chateaubriand (France – Up 2 )
10 Per Se (USA – No change)
11 Daniel (USA – Down 3 )
12 Les Creations de Narisawa (Japan – Up 12 )
13 L’Astrance (France – Up 3 )
14 L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon (France – Up 15 )
15 Hof van Cleve (Belgium – Up 2 )
16 Pierre Gagnaire (France – Down 3 )
17 Oud Sluis (Netherlands – Up 2 )
18 Le Bernardin (USA – Down 3 )
19 L’Arpege (France – Re-Entry )
20 Nihonryori RyuGin (Japan – Up 28 )
21 Vendome (Germany – Up 1 )
22 Steirereck (Austria – Down 1 )
23 Schloss Schauenstein (Switzerland – Up 7 )
24 Eleven Madison Park (USA – Up 26 )
25 Aqua (Germany – Up 9 )
26 Quay (Australia – Up 1 )
27 Iggy’s (Singapore – Up 1 )
28 Combal Zero (Italy – Up 7 )
29 Martin Berasategui (Spain – Up 4 )
30 Bras (France – Re-Entry )
31 Biko (Mexico – Up 15 )
32 Le Calandre (Italy – Down 12 )
33 Cracco (Italy – Re-Entry )
34 The Ledbury (UK – New Entry )
35 Chez Dominique (Finland – Down 12 )
36 Le Quartier Francais (South Africa – Down 5 ) * Best restaurant in Middle East & Africa
37 Amber (China – New Entry )
38 Dal Pescatore (Italy – Down 2 )
39 Il Canto (Italy – Up 1 )
40 Momofuku Ssam Bar (USA – Down 14 )
41 St John (UK – Up 2 )
42 Astrid Y Gaston (Peru – New Entry )
43 Hibiscus (UK – Up 6 )
44 Maison Troisgros (France – No change)
45 Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athenee (France – Down 4 )
46 De Librije (Netherlands – Down 9 )
47 Restaurant de l’Hotel De Ville (Switzerland – Down 33 )
48 Varvary (Russia – New Entry )
49 Pujol (Mexico – New Entry )
50 Asador Etxebarri (Spain – Re-Entry )
51 Quique Dacosta (Spain)
52 Mathias Dahlgren (Sweden)
53 Attica (Australia)
54 De Karmeliet (Belgium)
55 Les Amis (Singapore)
56 The French Laundry (USA)
57 Frantzen/Lindeberg The One To Watch (Sweden)
58 Tetsuya’s (Australia)
59 Fasano (Brazil)
60 Hakkasan (UK)
61 Rust en Vrede (South Africa)
62 Jean Georges (USA)
63 Oaxen Krog (Sweden)
64 Bo Innovation (Hong Kong)
65 Momofuku Ko (USA)
66 Zuma (UK)
67 Maison Pic (France)
68 Mirazur (France)
69 Manresa (USA)
70 Marque (Australia)
71 Fäviken (Sweden)
72 L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon (Hong Kong)
73 Die Schwarzwaldstube (Germany)
74 Mani (Brazil)
75 Coi (USA)
76 Caprice (Hong Kong)
77 Nahm (UK)
78 La Grenouillère (France)
79 Vila Joya (Portugal)
80 Tantris (Germany)
81 WD~50 (USA)
82 La Colombe (South Africa)
83 Semifreddo (Russia)
84 Le Gavroche (UK)
85 The Bazaar (USA)
86 La Pergola (Italy)
87 Malabar (Peru)
88 Gäste Haus Klaus Erfort (Germany)
89 Bar Boulud (England)
90 Kitcho Arashiyama (Japan)
91 Blue Hill at Stone Barns (USA)
92 Wasabi (India)
93 Sant Pau (Spain)
94 Akelare (Spain)
95 Masa (USA)
96 Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley (UK)
97 Le Meurice (France)
98 L’Arnsbourg (France)
99 Chaika (Moscow)
100 Andre (Singapore)

Read more at the World Top 50 website.