Annual Restaurant Awards – The Best of The Best

Chef Grant Achatz, Alinea | Chicago, IL

By Gayot Editors

SEE ALL GAYOT’S RESTAURANT WINNERS

Browse GAYOT’s latest edition of the Annual Restaurant Issue, including the Top 40 Restaurants in the U.S., Best New Restaurants in the U.S., Best Restaurateur and more.

You can also take a look at past issues and see which restaurants earned top honors.

Memorable Dinners of 2022

Memorable dinners 2022 — Photos © GAYOT.com

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. See who made the list.

Annual Restaurant Issue 2020

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 what we have done.

Annual Restaurant Issue 2019

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 Restaurant Awards spotlight the:
– Top 40 Restaurants in the U.S.
– Best New Restaurants in the U.S.
– Best Restaurateur.

GAYOT’s 2018 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.

Annual Restaurant Issue 2017

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

GAYOT’s 2017 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.

Annual Restaurant Issue 2016

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.

Annual Restaurant Issue 2015

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.

Annual Restaurant Issue 2014

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.

Annual Restaurant Issue 2013

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.

Annual Restaurant Issue 2012

Addison in San Diego, California, one of GAYOT's Top 40 Restaurants in 2012 — Addison Restaurant, San Diego, CA

GAYOT’s 2012 Annual Restaurant Awards feature the:
– Top 40 Restaurants in the U.S.
– Top 10 New Restaurants in the U.S.
– Top 10 Insider Picks in the U.S.
– Top 10 Steakhouses in the U.S.
– Top Romantic Restaurants in the U.S.
– Top 5 Rising Chefs in the U.S.
– Best Restaurateur
– Culinary Trends
– Behind the Scenes.