THEWORLDS50BEST EXCLUSIVE 2025 / PART 1 / Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025: The 51-100 List Revealed / By Rachael Hogg / Publisher TheWorlds50Best

Ahead of the announcement of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025, discover the restaurants ranked from 51st to 100th this year. Spread across 23 cities, the extended list features some of the most esteemed dining spots in the region, from Bangkok to Vientiane.

No.100 Au Jardin – NEW ENTRY
Penang
@restaurantaujardin

Located in a once-forgotten warehouse surrounded by gardens, this French-inspired, fine-dining restaurant celebrating the rich tapestry of flavours Malaysia has to offer beckons you with an invitation to step “into the garden”.

Since 2018, chef Su Kim Hock has cooked creative dishes with a focus on sustainability: 85 per cent of the ingredients are sourced from local Malaysian farmers, and 65 per cent are procured within a 20km radius.

Dishes on the tasting menu include river shrimp with green curry, petit pois and crispy shrimp legs and mandarin and Penang vanilla espuma with fennel crème patissiere.

No.99 Ms. Maria & Mr. Singh
Bangkok
@mariaandsingh

Ms. Maria & Mr Singh is a vibey, casual, Indian-meets-Mexican restaurant from the one and only Gaggan Anand.

The restaurant moved to a new location in March 2023, with a chef’s table space and a bustling open kitchen overseen by Anand’s right hand, chef Rydo Anton.

As with all Anand’s ventures, Ms. Maria & Mr. Singh serves flavour and spice alongside a heavy dose of fun and funk. Head chefs Hernán Crispín Villalva and Roshan Kumar present a twist on classic, home-style dishes inspired by the foods of Oaxaca, Mexico, and Jodhpur, India, paired with natural wines and cocktails.

No.98 Bo.Lan – RE-ENTRY
Bangkok
@bo.lan_essentially_thai

After closing for three years, this popular samrub-style fine-dining restaurant in Bangkok, headed by chef Duangporn ‘Bo’ Songvisava – Asia’s Best Female Chef 2013 – reopened in 2024.

The food, which includes soup, curry, meat and rice dishes from all over Thailand, is served at the same time to promote a communal dining experience akin to a traditional Thai family dinner. Set in a wooden home decorated with local trinkets and crafted souvenirs (which are available to buy), the space is a calming respite from the busy Sukhumvit Road outside.

No.97 Gia – NEW ENTRY
Hanoi
@gia.hanoi

From the moment you enter this Hanoi hideout, you’re greeted with dark mahogany woods, deeply detailed emerald walls and warm orb lighting. But when it comes to the 12-course tasting menu, it’s all forward-thinking.

At heart, the food is traditionally Vietnamese, but the founding duo of Sam Tran and Long Tran have worked hard to create a thread around influences from their time spent abroad.

Rotating with the seasons, there is a zero-waste and nose-to-tail philosophy, making the most of the ingredients and textures that chef Sam Tran has worked hard to source.

No.96 La Bourriche 133 – NEW ENTRY
Shanghai
@labourriche133_modernseafood

This modern seafood restaurant, founded by local restaurateur Shen Jialin, endeavours to redefine the sea-to-table dining experience and honour seafood from the most pristine waters of the world.

Executive chef Lee Jia Wei serves seafood – and only seafood, pushing the boundaries with techniques including ikejime, fermentation, dry-aging and preservation.

The menu regularly changes based on freshness and seasonality, but guests are invited to the live seafood section to learn what’s available.

No.95 Summer Pavilion
Singapore
@summerpavilion

Old-school Chinese luxury is the order of the day at this sophisticated restaurant in The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore hotel. Start with a drink in the Chihuly lounge before moving into the dining room, which is set in a modern Chinese garden and therefore particularly striking at lunch.

Led by chef Cheung Siu Kong, the kitchen dishes up decadent signatures such as braised three-head South African abalone and steamed Dongxing grouper fillet with aged tangerine peel, preserved lemon and superior stock.

No.94 8 1/2 Otto E Mezzo Bombana – RE-ENTRY
Hong Kong
@ottoemezzobombana_hongkong

Award-winning chef Umberto Bombana opened 8 ½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana – the name is a tribute to Italian film director Federico Fellini’s 1963 movie 8 ½  – in 2008.

Other than the Italian-leaning tasting and a la carte menus, there’s great hospitality on offer too: Chef Bombana and his team turn it up a notch, waltzing between the tables and graciously accommodating diners’ requests without pretension. The five-course tasting menu includes dishes such as blue lobster with mushroom and black truffle, and homemade tagliolini with butter, parmesan and Alba white truffle.

No.93 Feuille – NEW ENTRY
Hong Kong
@feuillehk

Feuille is the first international venture from Normandy-born, Paris-based culinary star David Toutain. Located in central Hong Kong, this earthy, minimalist space – its name meaning ‘foliage’ – is an ode to local farmers and the beauty of plants. Feuille’s root-to-seed ethos, overseen by executive chef Joris Rousseau, shines through its predominantly vegetarian tasting menu, celebrating every edible inch of the harvest.

With plating as artful as its philosophy, Feuille showcases Toutain’s capacity to marry elegance with ingenuity, and a deep respect for the land.

No.92 Locavore NXT – NEW ENTRY
Ubud
@locavorenxt

As the name suggests, Locavore NXT is all about hyper-local produce, with everything from the ingredients to the furniture and glassware made in the region.

Dutch-Indonesian chef duo, Eelke Plasmeijer and Ray Adriansyah, opened the next evolution of their award-winning restaurant, Locavore, in 2023.

About a 10-minute drive from the centre of Ubud in Bali, the expansive site features a roof garden and permaculture-style ‘food forest’ growing indigenous Indonesian produce.

The menu includes foraged ugly mushrooms (the restaurant employs a mushroom expert among its extensive team); savoury fruit with butterfly peas, peanuts and sea beans; and cashew fruit with coffee and salted caramel.

No.91 The Bombay Canteen
Mumbai
@thebombaycanteen

Vast interiors inspired by Mumbai’s heritage bungalows – stone walls, stained-glass windows, high ceilings – The Bombay Canteen opened in 2015, proving a popular, family friendly addition to the city’s dynamic dining scene.

Led by executive chef Hussain Shahzad, diners can choose from lunchtime tiffin boxes, quick canteen munchies, a tasting menu, chhotas (small plates), specials, badas (big plates), sides and desserts.

The bar has an impressive selection of reimagined classics, with local and seasonal ingredients used in infusions, bitters, shrubs and tonics.

No.90 Jungsik – RE-ENTRY
Seoul
@jungsik_inc