The day has finally arrived – the one that reveals the continent's most up-and-coming, sought after, and trailblazing restaurants. Last night saw the much-anticipated release of the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2025 List during a live ceremony at the Grand Hyatt Seoul, following the announcement of restaurants ranked 51-100 on March 12.

Leading up to the awards ceremony, Seoul has been bustling with pop-ups, four-hands, 'meet the chefs' gatherings, and collaborative dining and drinking events involving renowned 50 Best chefs cooking alongside local talent for exclusive dining opportunities.

The culmination of all this excitement, the 13th edition of the list saw the continuing emergence of venues within China, with 15 entries in the 1-50 list (in Shanghai, Beijing, Macau, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Taichung), and 12 entries in the 51-100 list (split between Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Taipei, and Hong Kong), thus creating big waves in the Asia dining scene.

Shanghai lays claim to six of these up-and-coming restaurants in the top 100 list, including

• Meet the Bund (No. 14) – Fujian cuisine inside the Bund Financial Center.
• Fu He Hui (No. 15) – Destination worthy, plant-based neo-Chinese cuisine.
• Ling Long (No. 27) – Inside the Waldorf Astoria, modern Chinese with European technique.
• 102 House (No. 29) – Refined Cantonese cuisine.
• Xin Rong Ji (Nanyang Road) (No. 82) – Taizhou cuisine with an emphasis on seafood.
• La Bourriche 133 (No. 96) – European seafood specialty restaurant, and boutique oyster bar inside Rockbund.
  

One of the most notable wins for the China, Hong Kong chef and restaurateur Vicky Cheng of Wing and Vea won the Chef's Choice award, an honor that celebrates individuals who have made significant contributions to gastronomy worthy of global recognition, and who use their platform to drive positive change.

And Cheng has done just that, paying homage to the Eight Great Chinese Cuisines while subverting norms through his "boundary-less" menu at Wing. Cheng's foray into the world of Chinese cuisine was not planned; instead, it was a natural gravitation towards his roots and local flavours following his move from Toronto back to his hometown of Hong Kong in 2010. Wing made an impressive debut on the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list, ranking at No. 34 in 2022, and ascending to No. 3 by 2025.

Another remarkable showing for China, Chef Tam's Seasons (No.9) in Macau climbed 40 spots, scoring the coveted Highest Climber award 2025. After winning its second Michelin star just two weeks before, Chef Tam's Seasons at the opulent Wynn Palace Macau, led by the eponymous Chef Tam Kwok Fung, is spotlighting sustainably-sourced, refined Cantonese cuisine globally.

Before we reveal the complete list, here is some background (assuming you haven't skipped ahead already). It's compiled based on anonymous voting by the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants Academy, an influential gender-balanced group of over 350 food writers and critics, chefs, restaurateurs, and well-traveled gourmets.

Now – the moment you've been waiting for – here's the full Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2025:

And the No.1 restaurant in Asia in 2025 is... Gaggan in Bangkok!

Sophie Steiner

The 51-100 list of restaurants helps to shine broader light on even more deserving establishments across Asia, inspiring budding gourmets to widen their scope of restaurants to consider for future dining plans. This year's 51-100 list spans 23 different cities across Asia, with 13 new entries. Here's the full list of 51-100 Asia's 50 Best Restaurant winners:

Other Award Winners include:

• Asia's Best Female Chef: Chudaree Tam Debhakam of Baan Tepa, Bangkok
  
• Chef's Choice Award: Vicky Cheng of Wing and Vea, Hong Kong
  
• Best Sommelier: Kazutaka Ozawa of Crony, Tokyo
  
• Asia's Best Pastry Chef: Dej Kewkacha of Gaggan by Louis Vuitton, Bangkok
  
• Sustainable Restaurant Award: Locavore NXT, Bali
  
• Art of Hospitality Award: Toyo Eatery, Manila
  
• Highest Climber: Chef Tam's Seasons, Macau
  
• Highest New Entry Award: Eatanic Garden, Seoul
  
• One to Watch Award: Farmlore, Bengaluru
  
• Icon Award: Margarita Forés
  

Here are two visual representations of dishes created by two Shanghai award winners. While their menus change seasonally, this offers just a glimpse of their culinary style:

So there you have it – time to start planning your future travel accordingly, zig-zagging across the continent to visit as many of the establishments as your stomach will allow.