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Hong Kong has always been lauded as a foodie’s paradise, and we’ve once again proven to be a delight to palates as the city sweeps up one of the food and beverage industry’s most prestigious accolades. For the first time ever, Hong Kong played host to the 14th edition of the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants awards ceremony, welcoming industry professionals from all over Asia at the Kerry Hotel on March 25.
Hong Kong absolutely held its own against the crème de la crème of Asian eateries, with six restaurants making it onto the 50 Best list. Though this number is technically one down from the 2025 rankings, our eateries overall are technically sitting in higher positions overall this year. In fact, the Best Restaurant in Asia 2026 has just been proclaimed The Chairman, rising up to the top spot from last year’s second position. Hot on his heels in second place on Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants list is yet another Hong Kong restaurant, chef Vicky Cheng’s Wing. Well done to our city’s fantastic restaurateurs for once again proving to the world that we are the top foodie capital of the world!
Chef Danny Yip’s renowned Old World Hong Kong dishes have already been the talk of the town for years, and he attributes the restaurant’s success to what he jokingly calls his “vintage team”, since their ages average out to about 52 years old, and most of the staff have been with Yip since the inception of The Chairman 17 years ago. We can only imagine it’ll be even more difficult to get a booking at his restaurant now!
Other Hong Kong restaurants that also made it onto the list include Neighborhood (no. 24), Estro (no. 32), Caprice (no. 35), and Mono (no. 46). The 2025 winner Gaggan in Bangkok has slid down a little to sit on a very respectable no. 3, simultaneously also holding the position of the Best Restaurant in Thailand. Mingles in Seoul (no. 4) is the Best Restaurant in South Korea, while Nusara in Bangkok rounds off the top five.
When it comes to best-performing cities on the food scene, it is Bangkok in top slot with a whopping nine restaurants among the top 50, though Tokyo doesn’t fall far behind with seven restaurants on the list. See below for the list of 50 best restaurants in Asia, visit the official website for further details, and jump on booking your spots before they all immediately get snapped up!
Asia’s 20 Best Restaurants of 2026:
- The Chairman, Hong Kong
- Wing, Hong Kong
- Gaggan, Bangkok
- Mingles, Seoul
- Nusara, Bangkok
- Meet the Bund, Shanghai
- Chef Tam’s Seasons, Macau
- Gaggan at Louis Vuitton, Bangkok
- Ling Long, Shanghai
- Ru Yuan, Hangzhou
- Fu He Hui, Shanghai
- Sorn, Bangkok
- La Cime, Osaka
- Onjium, Seoul
- Masque, Mumbai
- Sézanne, Tokyo
- Lamdre, Beijing
- Sühring, Bangkok
- Odette, Singapore
- Seroja, Singapore
Visit the official website to see the rest of the top 50 list, and click here for the extended list of best 51-100 restaurants in Asia this year.
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