Annual Restaurant Awards | The Best of The Best

By Gayot Editors

Over the years, we have been electing restaurants to be on GAYOT’s Yearly Restaurant Awards list.

Browse the lists below to see which restaurants earned top honors.

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As 2023 is now behind us, we are reflecting on our culinary experiences of the past year. See which ones have left a strong imprint with GAYOT’s 2023 Annual Restaurant Awards list. Check the list.

Memorable dinners 2022
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Reflecting on our dinners of 2022, some restaurants have ingrained in our memory an impression to remember stronger than others — and all for different reasons. Check the list.

GAYOT Restaurant Awards 2020
Squid ink pasta, fresh Santa Barbara spot prawns and uni, caviar | Heroic Italian, Santa Monica, CA

Unprecedented Times, Unprecedented Winners

Because 2020 is a very different year, we have decided to reconsider the 2020 awards. Read the article.

Campton Place Restaurant San Francisco
Sonoma liberty duck with rhubarb chutney, morel mushroom and fava leaves, Chef Srijith Gopinathan’s | Campton Place, San Francisco, CA

GAYOT’s 2019 Annual Restaurant Awards spotlight the:
– Top 40 Restaurants in the U.S.
– Best New Restaurants in the U.S.
– Best Restaurateur.

Eleven Madison Park | Mushroom Black Truffle &Thyme | Photo Evan Sung
Eleven Madison Park | Mushroom Black Truffle & Thyme | Photo Evan Sung

GAYOT’s 2018 Annual Restaurant Awards spotlight the:
– Top 40 Restaurants in the U.S.
– Best New Restaurants in the U.S.
– Best Restaurateur
– and, for the first time, Five Restaurants with Striking Décor in the U.S.

Squash blossoms from Le Coucou, one of GAYOT's Best New Restaurants in the U.S. 2017
Le Coucou | Squash blossoms

GAYOT’s 2017 Annual Restaurant Awards spotlight the:
– Top 40 Restaurants in the U.S.
– Best New Restaurants in the U.S.
– Best Restaurateur
– and, for the first time, the Best Female Chefs in America.

Restaurant Joel Robuchon Las Vegas
Joël Robuchon Restaurant, Las Vegas

GAYOT’s 2016 Annual Restaurant Awards feature the:
– Top 40 Restaurants in the U.S.
– Best New Restaurants in the U.S.
– Best Restaurateur
– and, for the first time, the Most Adventurous Restaurants in America.

Saison, one of GAYOT's Top 40 Restaurants in 2015
Saison, San Francisco, CA | Oro blanco with oxalis

GAYOT’s 2015 Annual Restaurant Awards feature the:
– Top 40 Restaurants in the U.S.
– Best New Restaurants in the U.S.
– Best Restaurateur.

Daniel Boulud, GAYOT's 2014 Best Restaurateur in the U.S.
Chef Daniel Boulud

GAYOT’s 2014 Annual Restaurant Awards feature the:
– Top 40 Restaurants in the U.S.
– Hot 25 Restaurants in the U.S.
– Best Restaurateur.

Slow-baked sea bass from Daniel, one of GAYOT's 2013 Top 40 Restaurants in the US
Daniel, NYC, NY | Slow-baked sea bass

GAYOT’s 2013 Annual Restaurant Awards feature the:
– Top 40 Restaurants in the U.S.
– Top 10 New Restaurants in the U.S.
– Hot 40 Restaurants in the U.S.
– Top 10 Steakhouses in the U.S.
– Top 10 Romantic Restaurants in the U.S.
– Top 5 Rising Chefs in the U.S.
– Best Restaurateur
– Culinary Trends.