Eater.com just released a list of the top eleven hardest restaurant reservations to get in the world.
Reportedly the renowned Danish chef Rene Redzepi’s restaurant Noma receives 20,000 reservation requests a day.
1. Noma, Copenhagen
2. Sukiyabashi Jiro, Tokyo
3. Next, Chicago
4. Tickets, Barcelona
5. Quintessence, Tokyo
6. The Fat Duck, Bray, Berkshire, England
7. Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare, Brooklyn, NY, USA
8. Minibar by José Andrés, Washington D.C.
9. Schwa, Chicago
10. The French Laundry, Yountville, California, USA
11. Yam’Tcha, Paris
Wondering why some of your favorites aren’t on the list. Eater.com has also outlined those that “almost made the cut”:
Alinea (Chicago); Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road, Dinner By Heston Blumenthal (London, England); Sant Pau (Sant Pol de Mar, Spain), El Celler de Can Roca (Girona, Spain), Diverxo (Madrid, Spain); Momofuku Ko, Eleven Madison Park, Babbo, Blue Hill Stone Barns (New York); La Bigarrade, Frenchie, Le Chateaubriand (Paris, France); é by José Andrés (Las Vegas), and Momofuku Seiōbo (Sydney, Australia).
As well as those that are bound to make next year’s list:
Pujol (Mexico City), Quique Dacosta (Denía, Spain), Frantzén/Lindeberg (Stockholm, Sweden), Fäviken Magasinet (Järpen, Sweden), Ryugin (Tokyo, Japan), Husk (Charleston, South Carolina), Attica (Melbourne, Australia), and Osteria Francescana (Modena, Italy).
And, those that are in fact the hardest to get into but didn’t make the list because they are pop-ups and private clubs that don’t take reservations:
Ludobites (Los Angeles), Rao’s (New York City), Talula’s Table (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania), the tasting menu at Roberta’s (New York City), and Table 21 at Volt (Frederick, Maryland).
If you are looking for some tips on how to get a table in any of the below, check out the full piece.