Tokyo’s status as a global culinary powerhouse has never been in doubt, and the latest Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2025 list only reinforces the capital’s delicious reputation. This year’s edition of the prestigious ranking, announced at a ceremony in Seoul, South Korea on March 25, includes nine Tokyo restaurants. In addition to the capital’s representatives, one restaurant in Osaka and another in Fukuoka were also included in the ranking. In terms of cities with the most restaurants on the list, Tokyo and Bangkok tied with nine each.
Taking the top spot this year is Gaggan in Bangkok, followed by The Chairman (Hong Kong, No 2), Wing (Hong Kong, No 3), Sézanne (Tokyo, No 4), and Mingles (Seoul, No 5). Sézanne was bumped down a few spots from first place last year, but remains the highest-ranking restaurant in Japan on the list.
Tokyo’s Narisawa (No 12), Florilège (No 17) and Den (No 22) all make a reappearance on the list, having been featured regularly in the ranking since 2013.
In addition to these stalwarts, a few other Tokyo hotspots made the list for the first time. The newcomers include modern French restaurant Crony (No 30), Peruvian-Japanese eatery Maz (No 43), and French omakase specialist Myoujyaku (No 45).
Here are all the restaurants in Japan that made it onto the 2025 list of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants:
No 4 Sézanne, Tokyo
No 8 La Cime, Osaka
No 12 Narisawa, Tokyo
No 17 Florilège, Tokyo
No 22 Den, Tokyo
No 30 Crony, Tokyo
No 33 Sushi Saito, Tokyo
No 34 Sazenka, Tokyo
No 36 Goh, Fukuoka
No 43 Maz, Tokyo
No 45 Myoujyaku, Tokyo
See the full list of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2025.
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