The best Italian restaurant in the world is in Toronto in Canada. Don Alfonso 1890 is the historic sign of the great Mediterranean restaurant of Sant’Agata sui due golfi, now internationally recognized. Thanks to Alfonso Iaccarino it received its Michelin stars and today its firmly guided by his son Ernesto; the restaurant is also present in Macao and New Zealand. Don Alfonso 1890 opened in 2018 in the Canadian metropolis.
We are certainly not the first to have discovered the worldwide success of Italian cuisine. What we do note in particular, however, is that in recent years there has been a significant rise in the average quality.
Barbara Guerra, curator of the project
The result was decreed by the ranking of “I Migliori Ristoranti Italiani nel Mondo 2022 – Prosecco DOC Award”, awarded by 50 Top Italy, the online guide created by LSDM, the International Congress of Signature Cuisine, and the newspaper Luciano Pignataro Wine&Food Blog.
Top 50 best Italian restaurants in the world
- Don Alfonso 1890 Toronto – Toronto, Canada
- Fiola – Washington DC, USA
- Da Vittorio Shanghai – Shanghai, China
- Otto e Mezzo Bombana – Hong Kong, China
- Sesamo – Marrakesh, Marocco
- Il Lago – Geneva, Switzerland
- Il Ristorante Luca Fantin – Tokyo, Japan
- Locanda Locatelli – London, United Kingdom
- Restaurant Passerini – Paris, France
- Tèrra – Copenhagen, Denmark
- Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura – Los Angeles, USA
- Acquerello – San Francisco, USA
- Senzanome – Brussels, Belgium
- Braci – Singapore, Singapore
- Tentazioni – Bordeaux, France
- Gusto by Heinz Beck – Algarve, Portugal
- Il Carpaccio – Paris, France
- Acquarello – Munich, Germany
- Sartoria – London, United Kingdom
- Principio – Tokyo, Japan
- Aromi – Prague, Czech Republic
- Rezdôra – New York, USA
- LuMi Dining – Sydney, Australia
- Caffè Stern – Paris, France
- Armani Ristorante – Tokyo, Japan
- Ornellaia – Zurich, Switzerland
- Pastamara – Vienna, Austria
- Picchi – São Paulo, Brazil
- Semifreddo – Moscow, Russia
- Pianeta Terra – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Erasmus – Karlsruhe, Germany
- Mosconi – Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Orobianco – Alicante, Spain
- Bini – Kyoto, Japan
- Buona Terra – Singapore, Singapore
- Mancini – Stockholm, Sweden
- Piero TT – Paris, France
- SPQR – San Francisco, USA
- The River Cafe – London, United Kingdom
- La Locanda – Kyoto, Japan
- Tipo 00 – Melbourne, Australia
- La Sosta – Swellendam, South Africa
- IT London – London, United Kingdom
- Racines – Paris, France
- Giando – Hong Kong, China
- Osteria 57 – New York, USA
- Mono – Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Dilia – Paris, France
- Cioppino’s – Vancouver, Canada
- Belotti Ristorante – Oakland, USA
The stereotypes and the false traditions that have surrounded the gastronomic culture of the Bel Paese are slowly making an exit, and so foreigners are now finally managing to discover authentic Italian flavors, even outside of our Peninsula.
Barbara Guerra, curator of the project
The Guide also assigned Special Awards that went to Massimiliano Sena, of the Il Lago restaurant in Geneva, Chef of the Year 2022 – Pastificio dei Campi Award; to Osteria 57, in New York, Innovation and Sustainability 2022 – D’Amico Award; to Ornellaia, in Zurich, Best Wine List 2022 – Prosecco DOC Award; to Nino Graziano, of Semifreddo in Moscow, Model of Inspiration 2022 – D’Amico Award.
Don Alfonso 1890 Toronto was also judged the 2022 Lunch of the Year – Mulino Caputo Award.
Of the 50 brands in the ranking, 7 are located in the United States and the same number in France; 5 are in the United Kingdom and Japan; 3 in China; 2 in Canada, as well as Australia, Germany, Switzerland and Singapore; with one restaurant each in South Africa, Sweden, Spain, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Russia, Austria, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Portugal, Belgium, Denmark and Morocco. A total of 23 countries are represented, where there is at least one major restaurant serving Italian cuisine.
