news: 2026 ASIA's 50 BEST RESTAURANTS IN HONG KONG

Chairman and Wing topped Asia's 50 Best this year and fitting that that it was a hometown celebration in Hong Kong. Amazingly, I ate at 4 of the top 5 restaurants that very week in March, which made for an even more memorable birthday week.

Logy and JL Studio repping team Taiwan again in the top 50. 

I've added a * for places I have been fortunate enough to have dined at, and ^ for restaurants that I have tried through pop up or collab but not at the restaurant itself. 

Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2026

1. The Chairman, Hong Kong *
2. Wing, Hong Kong *
3. Gaggan, Bangkok *
4. Mingles, Seoul *
5. Nusara, Bangkok *
6. Meet the Bund, Shanghai
7. Chef Tam’s Seasons, Macau * ^
8. Gaggan in Louis Vuitton, Bangkok
9. Ling Long, Shanghai
10. Ru Yuan, Hangzhou
11. Fu He Hui, Shanghai
12. Sorn, Bangkok *
13. La Cime, Osaka ^
14. Onjium, Seoul *^
15. Masque, Mumbai
16. Sézanne, Tokyo *
17. Lamdre, Beijing
18. Sühring, Bangkok *
19. Odette, Singapore *
20. Seroja, Singapore
21. Sazenka, Tokyo
22. Logy, Taipei *^
23. Born, Singapore
24. Neighborhood, Hong Kong ^
25. Potong, Bangkok ^
26. Eatanic Garden, Seoul
27. Ms Maria & Mr Singh, Bangkok *
28. Maz, Tokyo
29. 102 House, Shanghai
30. Naar, Kasauli
31. Florilège, Tokyo ^
32. Estro, Hong Kong ^
33. Myoujyaku, Tokyo
34. Crony, Tokyo ^
35. Caprice, Hong Kong
36. Le Du, Bangkok ^
37. Narisawa, Tokyo 
38. Les Amis, Singapore
39. Restaurant au Jardin, Penang
40. Labyrinth, Singapore *^
41. Mosu, Seoul
42. August, Jarkata
43. Bium, Seoul
44. Locavore Nxt, Ubud
45. Nae:um, Singapore
46. Mono, Hong Kong
47. Wana Yook, Bangkok
48. La Bourriche 133, Shanghai
49. 7th Door, Seoul *
50. JL Studio, Taichung *

Individual awards

Highest New Entry Award 

Ru Yuan, Hangzhou

Valrhona Best Pastry Chef in Asia

Ardika Dwitama, August, Jarkata

Art of Hospitality Award

Masque, Mumbai

Asia’s Best Female Chef

Cho Eun-hee, Onjium, Seoul

Vik Wines Asia’s Best Sommelier

Lesley Liu, Odette, Singapore

Lee Kam Kee Highest Climber Award

Lamdre, Beijing

Sustainable Restaurant Award

Baan Tepa, Bangkok

Inedit Damm Chef’s Choice Award

Thitid ‘Ton’ Tassanakajohn, Bangkok

SevenRooms Icon Award

Zhang Yong, Xin Rong Ji

One to Watch Award

Restaurant San, Seoul

Champions of Change Award

Peggy Chan, Zero Foodprint Asia