Breaking Down The World’s 50 Best Restaurants List of 2017

Ah, it’s finally here. We know you’ve been waiting patiently to see which spendy restaurant is at the top of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants List of 2017. And now it’s revealed. It’s…. Eleven Madison Park. Congrats. We’ll start saving now and maybe make it there before the end of time.

Related: A Look Back at Past Winners

The awards, which rank the 50 best restaurants in the world (as the name so clearly says), are voted on by a 1,500 member panel made up of food writers, chefs, restaurateurs, and foodies. Judges have 10 votes (four for outside of their home reach).

While it’s definitely prestigious to land on the list, judges have been criticized for a few reasons: they like expensive stuff, they stick to America and Europe, there aren’t a ton of female-run spots on the list, and judges accept free meals and even flights (a no-no among food critics and Michelin-star givers).

We can’t speak to whether or not judges got freebies but the other criticisms remain true. Dinner for two with wine pairings at Eleven Madison Park will run you more than $1,000; no Asian, Australian, African, or South American restaurant has ever landed at number 1; and while there are three restaurants on the list with women in the lead (Cosme, Arzak, and Central, all South American or Spanish, btw), they have male co-chefs.

That being said South American and Spanish restaurants definitely made a showing. And we couldn’t be happier. But enough of the politics. Who’s on the list you ask? Here’s the top 5.

1. Eleven Madison Park, NYC

The first U.S. restaurant to make the list since 2004, ranked 3 in 2016.

2. Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy,

Ranked 1 in 2016

3. El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain

Ranked 2 in 2016.

4. Mirazur, Menton, France

Ranked 6 in 2016.

5. Central, Lima, Peru

Ranked 4 in 2016.

Other notables: Maido in Lima at number 8, D.O.M. in Sao Paolo at number 16, Pujol in Mexico City at number 20, Quintonil in Mexico City at number 22, Astrid y Gaston in Lima at number 33, Cosme in New York City at number 40, Borago in Santiago at number 42, and Tegui in Buenos Aires at number 49.