Tokyo’s Sézanne takes top spot at Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024

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Chef Daniel Calvert’s Tokyo restaurant Sézanne has taken the number one spot at Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024.

In Chiyoda City, Sézanne serves neo-French cuisine that showcases modern classics with expert precision, incorporating high-quality Japanese ingredients.

Situated on the seventh floor of Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi, the restaurant draws inspiration from the eponymous town in France’s Champagne region. The dining experience includes an extensive selection of rare Champagnes. 

Announced in the South Korean capital Seoul yesterday (27 March) the high-profile list (see below) is based on the votes of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy, a gender-balanced group of 318 experts made up of food writers and critics, chefs, restaurateurs and regional culinary leaders. 

This year’s list includes restaurants from 19 cities across the region and eight new entries.

Singapore leads the rankings with nine entries, and welcomes newcomers Seroja (No.31), also the winner of the Highest New Entry Award 2024, sponsored by Nongshim, and Lolla (No.43)

Moving up 32 spots is Wing (No.5) in Hong Kong, which took the Highest Climber Award. 

Nusara (No.6) was this year’s Gin Mare Art of Hospitality Award recipient while fellow Bangkok spot Haoma (No.90) wins the Sustainable Restaurant Award. 

Mineko Kato from Tokyo’s Faro earns the coveted title of Asia’s Best Pastry Chef while Kevin Lu of Logy (No.22) in Taipei is the winner of the Beronia Asia’s Best Sommelier Award.

Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024 in full 

1. Sézanne, Tokyo

2. Florilège, Tokyo

3. Gaggan Anand, Bangkok

4. The Chairman, Hong Kong

5. Wing, Hong Kong

6. Nusara, Bangkok

7. Sühring, Bangkok

8. Den, Tokyo

9. La Cime, Osaka

10. Odette, Singapore

11. Sorn, Bangkok

12. Le Du, Bangkok

13. Mingles, Seoul

14. Narisawa, Tokyo

15. Burnt Ends, Singapore

16. Neighborhood, Hong Kong

17. Potong, Bangkok

18. 7th Door, Seoul

19. Fu He Hui, Shanghai

20. Euphoria, Singapore

21. Onjium, Seoul

22. Logy, Taipei 

23. Masque, Mumbai

24. Toyo Eatery, Manila

25. Born, Singapore

26. Indian Accent, New Deli

27. Mono, Hong Kong

28. Meta, Singapore 

29. Samrub Samrub Thai, Bangkok

30. Labyrinth, Singapore

31. Seroja, Singapore

32. Caprice, Hong Kong 

33. JL Studio, Taichung

34. Mume, Taipei

35. Villa Aida, Wakayama

36. Ling Long, Shanghai

37. Ando, Hong Kong

38. Les Amis, Singapore

39. Sazenka, Tokyo 

40. 102 House, Shanghai

41. Mosu, Seoul

42. Baan Tepa, Bangkok

43. Lolla, Singapore

44. Avartana, Chennai

45. Goh, Fukuoka

46. August, Jakarta

47. Cenci, Kyoto

48. Anan Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City

49. Chef Tam’s Seasons, Macau

50. Meet the Bund, Shanghai