Singapore wins big in 50 Best Restaurant List

Written by: Poppy Skinner Created: 20 July 2023

Proving we are still one to beat when it comes to cuisine

While famed restaurant Odette didn’t make it into the top 10 this year, they did scoop a major coop with the win for chef Julien Royer, who won the Chef’s Choice award, a title voted by his contemporaries around the world. His Singapore restaurant, Odette, also won the Best Restaurant in Asia award, and came in at No 14 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list.

Asia boasts 15 entries in the rankings from 50-100 Best Restaurant List this year. Two Hong Kong restaurants feature – elegant modern Chinese restaurant Wing by chef Vicky Cheng is at No 90, while Neighborhood, seasonal French cuisine by David Lai, came in at No 92.

From Japan are: Narisawa, Tokyo (51), La Cime, Osaka (60) and Sazenka, Tokyo (83). Bangkok is represented by Sorn (56), Sühring (72), and new entries Nusara (74), and Potong (88), while Seoul has one restaurant featured in the list, Mingles (89).

After its success in the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants awards in 2022, Singapore has four restaurants in the 51-100 list: Dempsey's Burnt Ends (65), Zén (69), Meta (84) and new entry Labyrinth (97). Shanghai is represented by Fu He Hui (99).

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list is voted for by 1,080 international restaurant industry experts, who make up The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy. 

Written by: Poppy Skinner

Poppy covers a wide range of topics at Billionaire, having spent the past 13 years at companies including Singapore Tatler, Her World Plus and Harpers Bazaar UK. She has a passion for fashion, jewellery and travel as well as an avaricious fascination with crime novels. Follow her at poppypskinner on Instagram.