Top 10 Most Expensive Restaurants in the World

What are some of the most expensive restaurants in the world in 2022? — Yes, every foodie loves adventurous food journeys and this article is just what you would love to see if you are one. And if you are considering going on adventures or probably vacations, we have some of the restaurants you should visit when you do. But if you are still aspiring, add visiting one or more of the top most expensive restaurants in the world to the bucket list of your travel.

Furthermore, you should know that, aside from these restaurants bringing you beautiful unforgettable taste, they are known for also adding physical and soul-savouring spices to your experience. This is a justifiable reason why they are and can be tagged “expensive”. Come on, they offer far more than being cheap; talk of underwater dining, basement-dwelling, and so on. Anyway, you get to find out more as you read further.

Although there are quite a number of restaurants in the world, the purpose of this article is to enable our adventurous (food especially) readers to have easy access to the list of the most expensive restaurants in the world. After all, extreme wealth births extreme taste. So, let’s take you on this journey already.

Most Expensive Restaurants in the World 2022

Here is a list of the top 10 most expensive restaurants in the world:

1. Sublimotion – $2,380

Sublimotion is the most expensive restaurant in the world. It is located in Ibiza, Spain and the head of the restaurant is Paco Roncero, Michelin two-star chef. This restaurant is only opened on schedule for a few months in the Spanish summer and getting a reserve sometimes might be challenging. But, this can be avoided if you already have a sure connection to getting your reservations.

Just as earlier stated, these restaurants do not just offer the food, they offer much more which makes them worth being expensive. Your meal reservations come alongside entertainment, luxury experience and some other beautiful experiences you can imagine. They have a team of about 25 professionals that will present your 20-course tasting menu one after the other during the course of your scheduled reservations. Also, they create an atmosphere that sets an excellent dining experience during the course of savouring the heavenly taste of their food.

In 2014, they were awarded the Best Innovation Food and Beverage Award. Well, it was a great avenue to push forward their aim of offering the best culinary-entertainment experience in the world. To make a reservation at this restaurant, just prepare a sum of $2,380 per person. Better not be shocked at the price as the Sublimotion is not referred to as the most expensive restaurant in the world for nothing.

2. Ultraviolet – $570-$9000

The Ultraviolet restaurant is second on the list of the most expensive restaurants in the world. This restaurant is located in Shanghai, China, and the restaurant head is Paul Pairet.

Unlike several other restaurant reservations, this restaurant offers a reservation of only one table that accommodates a maximum of up to 10 people. The restaurant offers an incredible dining experience to its customers. They make sure it’s not only the food but other spices that appeal to all human senses that are made available. An example is an atmosphere with visual and audio effects (music playlists that sets the mood). To make a reservation at this restaurant, you can prepare the sum of $570-$900.

3. Per Se – $680

Per Se is located in New York, United States. It is Thomas Kellers’ second three-star Michelin restaurant, and it is known for its exceptional presentation style to its clients.

Its nine-course training menu focuses mainly on French and American cuisine as it is even the most popular as its clients’ choice. And it also offers a choice of 3 tasting menus in total, which includes Vegetarian options. The Per Se Restaurant has up to 19 tables alongside views across Columbus Circle and Central Park, and with its standard, can never be left out of the list of the top most expensive restaurants in the world.

Booking a reservation with them might cost you up to $680.

4. Guy Savoy – $385-$626

Although the owner of the Guy Savoy restaurant has two restaurants to his name in different places, we have decided to focus on one of them. And this is the Guy Savoy Restaurant in Paris, France as it deserves to be on the list of the most expensive restaurants in the world. Therefore, the Guy Savoy in Las Vegas is a topic for another day.

This restaurant offers a 13-course tasting menu focusing mainly on meat. So, you get to enjoy marinated duck, a “festival of Lobster”,  john dory, aubergine caviar, Sautéed ceps, barbecued pigeon, oyster concassé, and monkfish.

Guy Savoy restaurant charges up to $385-$626 per person for their reservations.

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5. Masa – $595

This restaurant is located in New York, United States, and it is one of the most expensive restaurants in the world, charging up to $595 per person for reservations. And it is well known for its simplicity. They are also known for making some of the best Sushi in the world and serving their customers some wonderful experiences.

At the Masa restaurant, there is usually no actual menu available but the Chefs prepare fresh ingredients that are available for the day. Although always considered overpriced, it is also considered as worth the price. You get to meet and dine in the same place with celebrities and if so lucky, a dignitary you’ve been dying to meet.

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6. Kitcho Arashiyama – $380-$570

Kitcho Arashiyama restaurant located in Tokyo, Japan is fifth on the list of the most expensive restaurants in the world. Only in Japan, there are up to six branches of this restaurant. But in this article, we choose the one in Tokyo as it is considered the best having earned up to three Michelin stars.

This restaurant offers a 10-course tasting menu with their food having some of the finest ingredients in the world. It is also known for its beautiful environment and decorations. The restaurant’s decoration is similar to the style of a ceremony house; they make use of Tatami mats and low tables that enhance the beautiful garden’s view. And you should also note that the dishes at this restaurant are seasonal. The current head chef of this restaurant is Kunio Tokuoka.

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7. Restaurant De L’Hôtel De Ville – $415

Restaurant De L’Hôtel De Ville is also one of the most expensive restaurants in the world. It is located in Crissier, Switzerland. The restaurant is able to make it to the list because of the exceptional food quality and soul-savouring dining experience it offers its clients. With three Michelin stars, it also has the popular chef, Frank Giovani as the head.

To get a reservation at this expensive restaurant, you should be looking to spend up to $415 per person.

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8. Mason Pic Valence

As one of the most expensive restaurants in the world, you can expect a nine-course menu with Mediterranean Rouget in a saffron broth, deer marinated in sake lees squab, candied turnips, Banon goat cheese berlingots and some chocolate desserts.

The head of this restaurant is Sophie Pic who is said to have taken over as the next generation (following the restaurant’s over 130 years of existence) to head the restaurant. She is one of the few female chefs in the world that runs a 3-star Michelin restaurant. She is also known to be quite experimental and stops at nothing just to see that her experiments work out well in putting the restaurant’s presentation at top-notch.

Getting a reservation at this restaurant can cost a whooping sum of $375 per person.

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9. Aragawa -$260-$370

The ninth most expensive restaurant in the world, Aragawa, is located in Tokyo, Japan. And unlike other restaurants above, Aragawa offers an “a la carte” menu and not a tasting menu. In other words, you have the liberty to make a choice of your own dish as they come with their individual prices. But however, the prices range from $260-$370 per person.

They have the uniqueness of their beef being raised in good condition such as receiving special treatments and breeding processes before they’re ready to be made into dishes. These however enhance the good taste of their dishes. And they are also mostly known for the selection of beef dishes such as Kobe and Wagu.

10. Ithaa Undersea

Ithaa Undersea is the world’s first underwater restaurant and the last on the list of the top 10 most expensive restaurants in the world. It is located on Rangali Island in the Maldives. This restaurant offers the experience of having one’s meal five metres below the Indian Ocean, with brilliant views of the ocean (including all its marine life and coral gardens).

The restaurant can accommodate up to 14 people at a time, serving a selection of beautiful dining experiences, dinner menus and cocktails. You can get served either a 4-course lunch or a 6-course dinner alongside some best wines in the world.

However, this restaurant with such a unique and magnificent experience is headed by Marco Amarone. And to make a reservation at this restaurant, you’ll have to also stay at the Conrad Rangali (the main 5-star resort on the island).

Making a reservation to get this soul-savouring experience will cost you up to $320 per person.

Most Expensive Restaurants in the World

A summary of the list of the top 10 most expensive restaurants in the world:

• Sublimotion – $2,380
• Ultraviolet –  $570-$9000
• Per Se – $680
• Guy Savoy – $385-$626
• Masa – $595
• Kitcho Arashiyamo – $380-$570
• Restaurant De L’Hotel De Ville – $415
• Mason Pic Valence – $375
• Aragawa – $260-$370
• Ithaa Undersea – $320

Hope you enjoyed our article on the top 10 most expensive restaurants in the world.

What is the Most Expensive Restaurant in the World?

Sublimotion is the most expensive restaurant in the world. It is located in Ibiza, Spain and this restaurant is only opened on schedule for a few months in the Spanish summer and getting a reserve sometimes might be challenging. But, this can be avoided if you already have a sure connection to getting your reservations.