La Liste Explained

La Liste which initially was a list of the 1,000 best restaurants in the world is privately owned and was launched in Paris in December 2015. This French ranking and restaurants guide nowadays lists 20,000 restaurants in 195 countries by aggregating over 700 guides and publication and is often cited as the reply to British published gastronomic guide World’s 50 Best Restaurants. La Liste guide and results are available on laliste.com and through La Liste app (iOS and Android)

Founder of La Liste, Ambassador Philippe Faure, was previously CEO of Gault & Millau, and former Head of the French Tourist Board,^[1] and served as ambassador of France to Japan from 2007 to 2011, to Mexico and to Morocco. Corporate sponsors of La Liste include Moët Hennessy, American Express, ABInbev, Marché International de Rungis and Accor Hotels.^[2]

Methodology

La Liste is compiled using a data processing algorithm. The list factors in more than 700 international dining guides, crowd-sourced sites (such as Yelp and TripAdvisor) or press reviews (New York Times, Washington Post...). Among those sources, La Liste also takes into consideration Zagat, Michelin, the James Beard Award, Gault & Millau, OpenTable.

LA LISTE 2023

Top nine restaurants^[3] !Rank !!Restaurant!!Location!!Score

1		Stockholm, Sweden	99.50
1		Paris, France	99.50
1		New York, United States	99.50
4		Basel, Switzerland	99.00
4		Tinqueux, France	99.00
4		Saint-Tropez, France	99.00
4		Lasarte-Oria, Spain	99.00
4		Crissier, Switzerland	99.00
4		Minato-ku, Japan	99.00

Top 10 countries by number of restaurants in the list

Rank	Country	Number of restaurants	Highest rank
1		135	4
2	China total (China) (Hong Kong) (Macau)	120 (82) (23) (15)	(34) (142) (34)
3		107	1
4		106	1
5		78	10
6		68	19
7		59	4
8		58	10
9		39	4
10		36	189

Top 10 restaurants in France

Rank	Overall rank	Restaurant	Location	Score
1	1			99.5
2	4			99
2	4			99
4	10			98.5
4	10			98.5
4	10			98.5
7	19			98
7	19			98
7	19			98
7	19			98

Top 11 restaurants in the United States

Rank	Overall rank	Restaurant	Location	Score
1	1			99.5
2	19			98.0
2	19			98.0
4	34			97.5
5	58			97.0
6	78			96.5
6	78			96.5
6	78			96.5
9	118			96.0
9	118			96.0
9	118			96.0

LA LISTE 2019

Top 10 restaurants^[4]

Rank	Restaurant	Location	Score
1			99.75
1			99.75
3			99.50
3			99.50
3			99.50
6			99.25
6			99.25
6			99.25
6			99.25
10			99.00
10			99.00
10	Schwarzwaldstube		99.00
10			99.00
10			99.00

Top 10 countries by number of restaurants in the list^[5]

Rank	Country	Number of restaurants	Highest rank
1		148	3
2	China (Hong Kong) (Macau)	134 (22) (4)	19 (56) (158)
3		116	1
4		91	1
5		63	3
6		60	83
7		53	10
8		51	15
9		35	6
10		31	64

Top 10 restaurants in France

Rank	Overall rank	Restaurant	Location	Score
1	1			99.75
2	3			99.50
3	6			99.25
4	10			99.00
4	10			99.00
6	15			98.75
6	15			98.75
8	19			98.50
8	19			98.50
10	27			98.25

Top 10 restaurants in the United States

Rank	Overall rank	Restaurant	Location	Score
1	1			99.75
2	6			99.25
2	6			99.25
4	15			98.75
5	39			97.75
6	45			97.50
7	45			97.50
8	56			97.00
9	70			96.50
10	103			95.25

Highest rank restaurants by country

Rank	Restaurant	Country	Score
1	Guy Savoy		99.75
1	Le Bernardin		99.75
3	Matsukawa		99.50
3	Martín Berasategui		99.50
6	Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville		99.25
10	Schwarzwaldstube		99.00
15	Calandre		98.75
19	Hertog Jan		98.50
19	京华阁 The Capital		98.50
19	Le Louis XV - Alain Ducasse		98.50
19	Inter Scaldes		98.50
32	Attica		98.00
32	Alo		98.00
51	Don Alfonso 1890		97.25
56	Geranium		97.00
56	龙景轩 Lung King Heen		97.00
64	Dulce Patria		96.75
70	Obauer		96.50
77	Frantzén		96.25
83	Maní		96.00
83	The Ocean		96.00
83	Gordon Ramsay		96.00
96	Maido		95.50
96	Savva at Hotel Metropol		95.50
114	Maaemo		94.75
119	Nicole		94.50
135	Le Normandie		93.75
146	Lumina by Meir Adoni		93.25
158	Mosconi		92.75
158	京花轩 Golden Flower at Encore Macau		92.75
158	The Test Kitchen		92.75
204	La Grande Table Marocaine- Royal Mansour		91.00
216	The French Café		90.50
239	Patrick Guilbaud		89.75
275	Waku Ghin		88.50
344	La Yeon - The Shilla		86.50
359	MAK		86.25
371	祥雲龍吟 RyuGin Taipei		86.00
399	Idam - An Alain Ducasse Restaurant		85.50
435	Spondi		84.75
574	Onyx		83.00
627	Marée		82.25
657	Mishiguene		81.75
696	Rafael		81.25
696	Monte		81.25
696	Koks Restaurant		81.25
696	Gallery Vask		81.25
696	Amber Room		81.25
761	Boragó		81.00
761	Alcron		81.00
761	Indian Accent - The Manor		81.00
761	Métis		81.00
761	Haft Khan		81.00
830	Ask		80.75
830	Café Littera		80.75
861	Dill		80.50
861	Tugra		80.50
861	La Petite Maison		80.50
861	Square One at Park Hyatt Saigon		80.50
998	Kook		80.00
998	Rasoi by Vineet, Gulf Hotel Bahrain		80.00
998	The Planter's at The Danna		80.00
998	Velaa Private Island		80.00
998	De Mondion at The Xara Palace		80.00
998	NOK by Alara		80.00
998	La Case Pitey		80.00
998	Tri		80.00
998	La Bourgogne		80.00

LA LISTE 2017

The 2017 ranking was released on December 5, 2016 in Paris. Restaurants are now rated on a Parker-style scale ranging from 80 to 100, with 0,25 increments. Japan is still in the lead with 116 restaurants in the top 1000, followed by France with 113 and China with 100. Actual number of restaurants listed is 1,076 because the score 83.25 is shared by 87 restaurants from rank 990 to 1,076.^[6]

Restaurants rated 99 or above ^[7]

Rank	Restaurant	Location	Score
1			99.75
2			99.50
2			99.50
4			99.25
4			99.25
4			99.25
4			99.25
4			99.25
9			99
9			99
9			99
9			99
9			99
9			99

LA LISTE 2016

Japan tops the list with 127^[8] restaurants followed by France with 118 and the United States with 101.^{[9] [10] [11]}

Top 10 restaurants^{[12] [13]}

Rank	Restaurant	Location	Score
1	Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville		82.35
2			82.30
3			82.00
4			81.44
5	Schauenstein		81.37
6	El Celler de Can Roca		81.17
7	Kyubey		79.88
8			79.81
9			79.80
10			79.77

Top 10 restaurants in France

Rank	Overall rank	Restaurant	Location	Score
1	4	Guy Savoy	Paris	81.44
2	8	Maison Troisgros	Roanne	79.81
3	9	Auberge du Vieux Puits	Fontjoncouse	79.80
4	11	Régis et Jacques Marcon	St-Bonnet-le-Froid	79.75
5	12	Flocons de Sel	Leutaz	79.47
6	13	Les Prés d'Eugénie - Michel Guérard	Eugénie-les-Bains	79.32
7	16	Pierre Gagnaire	Paris	77.96
8	20	Le Pré Catelan	Paris	77.28
9	29	Lameloise	Chagny	76.66
10	31		Valence	76.49

Top 10 restaurants in Switzerland

Rank	Overall rank	Restaurant	Location	Score
1	1	Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville		82.35
2	5	Schauenstein	Fürstenau	81.37
3	67	Cheval Blanc - Hôtel Les Trois Rois		73.73
4	93	Adelboden	Steinen	72.60
5	113	The Restaurant	Zürich	72.08
6	131	Domaine de Châteauvieux	Peney-Dessus	71.48
7	140	Georges Wenger	Le Noirmont	71.23
8	146	Stucki - Tanja Grandits	Basel	71.09
9	147	Bumanns Gourmetrestaurant Chesa Pirani	La Punt Chamues-ch	71.09
10	159	L'Ermitage de Bernard Ravet	Vufflens-le-Chateau	70.75

Top 10 restaurants in Japan

Rank	Overall rank	Restaurant	Location	Score
1	3	Kyo Aji	Tokyo	82.00
2	7	Kyubey	Tokyo	79.88
3	10	Joël Robuchon	Yebisu Garden Place	79.77
4	14	Nihonryori Ryugin	Tokyo	78.74
5	24	Kyo-ryori Nakamura	Kyoto	76.96
6	25	Matsukawa	Tokyo	76.92
7	28	Quintessence	Tokyo	76.70
8	37	Oryouri Hayashi	Kyoto	75.55
9	39	Kikunoi Honten	Kyoto	75.41
10	50	Maruyama (Gion)	Kyoto	74.61

Top 10 restaurants in the United States

Rank	Overall rank	Restaurant	Location	Score
1	2			82.30
2	19		New York	77.44
3	51		New York	74.53
4	241		New York	68.83
5	268			68.29
6	275			68.17
7	282			68.05
8	305		New York	67.37
9	310			67.31
10	320		New York	67.12

Top 10 countries by number of restaurants in the list

Rank	Country	Number of restaurants	Highest rank
1		127	3
2		118	4
3		101	2
4	China ( Hong Kong) ( Macao)	69 (22) (4)	42
5	Spain	59	6
6	Germany	52	30
7	Italy	50	18
8		46	41
9		30	1
10		29	591

External links

• Official website

See also

• World’s 50 Best Restaurants
• List of Michelin 3-star restaurants
• Lists of restaurants

Notes and References

1. Web site: Our Team. La Liste. 1 February 2016.
2. Web site: Sponsors. La Liste. 1 February 2016.
3. Web site: LA LISTE 2023 . La Liste .
4. Web site: LA LISTE 2019 . LA LISTE .
5. Web site: WINNERS . LA LISTE .
6. Web site: Yearly ranking of world gastronomy: LA LISTE 2017 unveiled in Paris . December 7, 2016 . La Liste .
7. Web site: La Liste .
8. The number varies depending on the sources. However the actual number in the list is 127.
9. Web site: France's La Liste Ranks the World's Top 1000 Restaurants . December 18, 2015 . Forbes .
10. Web site: France Replies to World's 50 Best Restaurants List With 1,000 of Its Own . December 12, 2015 . The New York Times .
11. Web site: Gastronomy - Presentation of "La Liste" composed of the world's 1,000 best restaurants . December 17, 2015 . French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development .
12. Web site: Restaurants Worldwide . La Liste .
13. Web site: These Are the 10 Best Restaurants in the World . Time . December 14, 2015.