Prices in the most expensive restaurants in the world are justified not only by the use of rare and freshest products, but also by the efforts of the best chefs, the most luxurious interiors, and most importantly - the unique impressions that accompany the process of absorbing food.
But all this does not cancel out truly astronomical prices reserved only for those whose wallets are as deep as the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
And if you dream of getting into the most expensive restaurant in the world, we will tell you how much it will cost and where it is located.
10. De L’Hotel De Ville, Chrisier, Switzerland
The average price of a meal is $ 400 per person.
For over 50 years, this restaurant has served delicious dishes made with the freshest ingredients. This means that you can expect a constantly changing menu depending on the time of year.
9. Maison Pic, Drome, France
The average price of a meal is $ 445.
This legendary French restaurant is run by chef Ann-Sophie Peak, one of the few female chefs in the world to receive three Michelin stars.
The nine-course menu the restaurant offers includes Mediterranean cuisine such as saffron-fish, candied turnips, goat cheese and delicate chocolate desserts that melt in your mouth.
8. The French Laundry, California, USA
The average price of a meal is from 325 to 450 dollars.
The most expensive restaurant on the West Coast offers wealthy clients delicious French cuisine, with oysters and pearls, a magnificent omelet "Pulular" and lamb.
Dishes appear on the menu depending on the season in which you visit the institution.
7. Restaurant Guy Savoy de Paris, Paris, France
The average price of a meal is $ 536.
This modern French restaurant is known for the impeccable freshness of its ingredients and the richness of vegetable dishes. Since 1996, he has not lost three Michelin stars - the greatest award in the gourmet world, which only the best restaurants in the world have been awarded.
Chefs at Restaurant Guy Savoy de Paris boast that the products they serve to their customers “have never been inside the refrigerator” because they are picked and cooked on the same day.
6. Aragawa, Tokyo, Japan
The average price of a meal is $ 570.
In this modest room, located in the basement of an office building, is the most expensive steak house in the world. It offers exclusively kobe beef - an elite meat from black gobies of the Tajima variety grown in Japanese Hyogo Prefecture.
During life, they were cared for, which many people did not even dream of. In particular, the animals were given regular massage and were given beer, and sometimes sake.
5. Kyoto Kitcho Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan
The average price of a meal is $ 570.
Conceived as a traditional home for tea ceremonies, Kyoto Kitcho offers modern Japanese dishes, such as boiled blue crab with vinegar jelly, barracuda sushi and medicinal caviar with maytake mushrooms.
This restaurant has received three Michelin stars and is considered one of the most beautiful in Japan.
4. Ultraviolet, Shanghai, China
The average price of a meal is $ 570.
One of the first (but not the last) luxury restaurants that are trying to create a multi-sensory experience for their visitors. Its decor consists of 10 chairs surrounded by four bare walls.
When visitors enter the room and start eating, they fall into a simulation of a rainy day in Britain, the autumn forest or the French countryside.
Ultraviolet chef Paul Payre boasts that the restaurant has the highest ratio of employees to patrons - three employees per guest. This probably explains the high price for joining the elite club of fans of Ultraviolet.
3. Masa, New York, USA
The average price of a meal is $ 595.
In one of the most expensive restaurants in the United States, you can enjoy the incredible sushi made by chef Masa Takayama. This is not a typical restaurant, chefs prepare only those products that are available on this day. And the cooking process lasts for 3 hours, so you definitely have time to get hungry brutally.
2. Per Se, New York, USA
The average price of a meal is $ 685.
New York is considered one of the most expensive cities in the world. And not surprisingly, it is in it that two of the top 10 most expensive restaurants in the world are located.
Per Se Chef Thomas Keller has written many cookbooks and has been awarded three Michelin stars. Gourmet connoisseurs are offered a nine-course traditional or vegetarian menu in its restaurant, combining classic French recipes with the finest ingredients.
The restaurant also features an award-winning wine collection of 2,000 bottles.
By the way, The French Laundry is also one of Keller's favorite offspring, which in every possible way popularizes French cuisine.
1. Sublimotion, Ibiza, Spain
The average price of a meal is $ 1,850.
The most expensive restaurant in the world is almost three times more expensive than the previous rating participant. Although chef Paco Roncero would prefer you to perceive it as “the cheapest experience that can change your life.”
The Sublimotion Restaurant is located in the basement of a hard rock cafe in Ibiza. It consists of a table for 12 people and an empty room. But during the reception, the room is transformed by a combination of light and virtual reality.
Twenty-five employees, including cooks, illusionists, DJs and waiters, are working together to create a show that includes laser light shows, unique desserts, delicious drinks and adventures in virtual reality. This amazing emotional and gastronomic experience lasts about 3 hours.
