La Liste, which was initially a list of the 1,000 best restaurants in the world, is privately owned and was launched in Paris in December 2015. This French ranking and restaurant guide now lists 20,000 restaurants in 195 countries by aggregating over 700 guides and publications and is often cited as the reply to the British-published gastronomic guide World's 50 Best Restaurants. La Liste guide and results are available on laliste.com and through La Liste app (iOS and Android)
The founder of La Liste, Ambassador Philippe Faure, was previously the CEO of Gault & Millau, and the former Head of the French Tourist Board.[1] He also served as the ambassador of France to Japan from 2007 to 2011, as well as to Mexico and Morocco. Corporate sponsors of La Liste include Moët Hennessy, American Express, ABInbev, Marché International de Rungis and Accor Hotels.[2]
Methodology
La Liste is compiled using a data processing algorithm. The list factors in more than 700 international dining guides, crowd-sourced sites (such as Yelp and TripAdvisor) or press reviews (New York Times, Washington Post...). Among those sources, La Liste also takes into consideration Zagat, Michelin, the James Beard Award, Gault & Millau, OpenTable.
LA LISTE 2026
LA LISTE 2025
LA LISTE 2023
LA LISTE 2019
LA LISTE 2017
The 2017 ranking was released on December 5, 2016, in Paris. Restaurants are now rated on a Parker-style scale ranging from 80 to 100, with 0,25 increments. Japan is still in the lead with 116 restaurants in the top 1000, followed by France with 113 and China with 100. Actual number of restaurants listed is 1,076 because the score 83.25 is shared by 87 restaurants from rank 990 to 1,076.[8]
LA LISTE 2016
Japan tops the list with 127[10] restaurants followed by France with 118 and the United States with 101.[11][12][13]
External links
See also
- World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- List of Michelin 3-star restaurants
- Lists of restaurants