2025 version of The 50 best restaurants in Latin AmericaThis conference was held on Tuesday in Antigua, Guatemala, and brought together representatives of the culinary sector, chefs, journalists and representatives from different countries. Argentina once again appeared among the top positions in the classification, with Don Julio taking third place, which kept it on the regional podium in a ceremony that focused the sector’s attention on Latin America.
The fourteenth edition of the list was developed for the first time in Guatemala, in collaboration with Guatemalan Institute of Tourism (INGUAT). The meeting marked the event’s arrival in Central America and positioned Antigua as the venue for one of the most relevant occasions in the continent’s gastronomic calendar.
The ranking, sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna, announced Fifty selected restaurants by organization and breakdown of winners from each country and sub-region, as well as showing the distribution of cities that focus on the largest number of organizations within the list.
Platform for the 50 best restaurants in Latin America for 2025
First place went to El Chato (Bogotá), which topped the overall list. In second place was Kjoli (Lima), while Don Julio (Buenos Aires) It ranked third and once again established itself as the best restaurant in Argentina. In this way, Buenos Aires has been able to maintain its relevant presence in the competition and continue as one of the cities with the greatest representation.
The Argentine capital brought together eight institutions in main arrangement, Followed by Lima with seven and Santiago de Chile with five. The presence of Buenos Aires among the top fifty places reaffirms the focus of the city’s gastronomic offerings and its weight in the region.
Don Julio, who had topped the list in the 2024 edition in first place, It is again ranked among the top three companies in Latin America in 2025. The restaurant has more than two and a half decades of experience and works using raw materials from its own farm. Their inputs include locally matured Aberdeen Angus and Hereford beef and seasonal vegetables produced under regenerative farming schemes. The kitchen is headed by Executive Chef Guido Tassi.
The institution operates on two floors It offers an offer based on grilled cuts of meat, local wines and products of its own origin. Its inclusion in the top positions in the classification has strengthened its presence within the region and maintained its position among the prominent areas in this sector.
Argentinian restaurants between locations 1-50
Argentina is located in eight restaurants within Main arrangement Among the 50 best restaurants in Latin America for 2025. The list was as follows:
- Third place: Don Julio (Buenos Aires)
- 21st place: Nino Gordo (Buenos Aires)
- 24th place: favorite of Palermo (Buenos Aires)
- 27th place: El Mercado – Faena (Buenos Aires) (new entry)
- 35th place: Aramburu (Buenos Aires)
- 36th place: Trisha (Buenos Aires)
- 40th place: Krizia (Buenos Aires)
- 50th place: Julia (Buenos Aires)
Buenos Aires focused all Argentinian restaurants Included in the top fifty list. The presence of a new entry in 27th place, with El Mercado – Faena, was one of the notable moves within the national representation.
Argentinian restaurants in positions 51-100
to organize The 50 best restaurants in Latin America It also reported an expansion of the ranking between 51st and 100th, as Argentina added seven additional facilities, distributed this time between the city of Buenos Aires and two provinces:
- 64th place: Nice (Buenos Aires)
- 69th place: Micheguini (Buenos Aires)
- 70th place: Great Dabang (Buenos Aires)
- 77th place: Alo (Buenos Aires)
- 78th place: El Papagayo (Córdoba)
- 97th place: Saffron (Mendoza)
With this expansion, Argentina has reached a total of fifteen restaurants within its scope ranking 2025, Which allowed us to notice the geographical diversity towards Cordoba and Mendoza in the second half of the list.
Selection process and classification methodology
The 50 best restaurants in Latin America It was prepared based on the votes of the Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy, which consists of 300 food sector professionals spread across five regions of the continent. This action is designed to represent different professional perspectives, with participants including chefs, specialist journalists and travelers associated with the gastronomic field.
The voting system is audited by Deloitte, which monitors the casting and counting of votes to ensure that requirements are met. Standards set by the organization. The methodology is updated periodically and includes visits, evaluations and reviews developed by Academy members.
The publication of the classification has become one of the annual moments of greatest influence in the regional gastronomic circle, because it presents a picture of the culinary movement in Latin America, its geographical distribution, the development of projects and changes in location between editions.
Guatemala as a new venue for the regional event
Choose Antigua as your headquarters 2025 edition This was the first time this event was held in Guatemala. The organization highlighted the collaboration with the Guatemalan Institute of Tourism (INGUAT) to plan the ceremony and develop previous activities related to Central American gastronomy.
The city received delegations from various countries, focused press work, meetings between sector leaders and activities related to the presentation of the classification. The presence of the event in Central America has expanded the map of historical places for the competition, which was previously held in cities such as Lima, Buenos Aires, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro.
Regional distribution of distinctive restaurants
In addition to the podium, the ranking showed a wide distribution among the participating countries. Colombia and Peru They took the top spots, while Argentina was once again among the three regions with the highest visibility. Chile, Mexico, Brazil and Uruguay also made the list with different establishments, reflecting the gastronomic diversity of the region.
In the case of Buenos Aires, the presence of multiple restaurants in the top 50 has cemented its position as the gastronomic center of the Southern Cone. The combination of traditional proposals, contemporary cuisine and models based on local products has allowed the local map to expand in the 2025 edition.
Evaluation of Academy members and annual industry movement typically results in adjustments between each edition of the rankings. Having new entries, re-entries, and position changes is part of how the list works. the 2025 edition It left Argentina on the podium with a broad representation within the top 100 positions, which will allow to follow the development of its projects in future invitationals.