Most places aren’t here.
The best ones are.
There are tens of millions of places to eat, drink, stay, and do. 52,258 have earned a line in this record, judged by 71,196 reviews and awards from Michelin, James Beard, the World’s 50 Best, and 120 more. Seven hold a 99.
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The finding
The highest score in the record is a 99. Today, seven places hold it:
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Atlantis The Royal, Dubai Dubai Stay 99
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Atomix Manhattan Eat 99
A Korean tasting counter tucked into a Murray Hill brownstone. Scoring a table is a minor achievement, and the servers actually seem happy to be there.
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Capella Bangkok Bangkok Stay 99
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Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok at Chao Phraya River Bangkok Stay 99
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Mandarin Oriental Bangkok Bangkok Stay 99
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Quintonil Mexico City Eat 99
Deeply Mexican ingredients, insects included, from the kitchen that makes Polanco feel like the center of the universe. One dessert involves caviar and plankton oil.
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Rosewood Hong Kong Hong Kong Stay 99
Sixty-five floors of cashmere-walled rooms on Victoria Harbour. Less like a hotel, more like someone very rich just handed you their flat.
The membership of this line moves as awards land. The record stays current.
The score
We read every review, so you don’t have to.
One honest number per place, distilled from every review that matters. Prestige beats volume: a pile of local listicles can’t outvote a Michelin star. And last decade’s glory fades on schedule. The math behind that 99, in evidence:
Atomix Manhattan
- AAA Five Diamonds
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- 50 Best #12 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- 50 Best #7 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- Wine Enthusiast Forward 50 Restaurants
- & 8 more reviews & lists
One number, weighted & current 99
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The standings The four Top 100s, abridged, recomputed as awards land
Eat The World’s Top 100
- TIE1 Atomix Manhattan 99
- TIE1 Quintonil Mexico City 99
- TIE3 Addison San Diego 98
- TIE3 Albi Washington 98
- TIE3 Alchemist København 98
- TIE3 Atelier Crenn San Francisco 98
- TIE3 Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler Brunico 98
- TIE3 Benu San Francisco 98
- TIE3 DiverXO Madrid 98
Drink The World’s Top 100
- TIE1 Handshake Speakeasy Mexico City 98
- TIE1 Jewel of the South New Orleans 98
- TIE1 Kumiko Chicago 98
- TIE1 Superbueno Manhattan 98
- TIE5 Bar Leone Hong Kong 97
- TIE5 Line Athina 97
- TIE5 Moebius Milano Milano 97
- TIE5 Paradiso Barcelona 97
- TIE5 Providence Los Angeles 97
Stay The World’s Top 100
- TIE1 Atlantis The Royal, Dubai Dubai 99
- TIE1 Capella Bangkok Bangkok 99
- TIE1 Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok at Chao Phraya River Bangkok 99
- TIE1 Mandarin Oriental Bangkok Bangkok 99
- TIE1 Rosewood Hong Kong Hong Kong 99
- TIE6 Aman Tokyo Tokyo 98
- TIE6 Badrutt's Palace Hotel St. Moritz 98
- TIE6 Bvlgari Hotel Tokyo Tokyo 98
- TIE6 Capella Sydney Sydney 98
Do The World’s Top 100
- TIE1 Auriga Spa Singapore 95
- TIE1 Bodegas Ysios 95
- TIE1 Entalula Beach El Nido 95
- TIE1 Hotel Bel-Air Spa Los Angeles 95
- TIE1 Schloss Johannisberg Geisenheim 95
- TIE1 Sense, A Rosewood Spa Montecito 95
- TIE1 Spa Ojai Ojai 95
- TIE1 The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club Surfside 95
- TIE1 The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, New York Manhattan 95
Today’s ledger
- The New York Times Restaurant Review 216 places
- 50 Best North America's 50 Best Restaurants 53 places
- Phoenix New Times Delicious dozen: The 12 best restaurants in Scottsdale 13 places
- Phoenix New Times The top 10 burger joints in Phoenix 14 places
- The New York Times Our New York Restaurant Critic Names Her Favorite Dishes This Year 12 places
- The New York Times The 26 Best Dishes We Ate Across the U.S. in 2024 25 places
- The New York Times The 23 Best Restaurant Dishes We Ate Across the U.S. in 2025 23 places
- The New York Times Hungry for the Best? Here Are Our Top New York Dishes of 2024. 26 places
Entered into the record as it happened. Scores fade when the record does: the door swings both ways.
Hottest neighborhoods
Where scored places cluster thickest, block by block. Heat measures the record’s density, not our taste.
- 1 City of WestminsterLondon heat 65
- 2 Roma Norte & aroundMexico City heat 57
- 3 Stockholm & aroundStockholm heat 56
- 4 GinzaTokyo heat 55
- 5 Indre By & ChristianshavnCopenhagen heat 53
- 6 Higashiyama Ward & Sakyō WardKyoto heat 50
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