TripAdvisor Names Spanish Restaurant Best in The World

TripAdvisor Names Spanish Restaurant Best in The World

The Lasarte restaurant near San Sebastian in Spain was recently named the World’s Best restaurant as part of the TripAdvisor Traveller’s Choice awards for the second year in a row.

Many people trust TripAdvisor to provide them with honest reviews of restaurants, resorts, and hotels. It’s become so well trusted that many consider it the authority on where to find the best and worst places to visit.

Its confirmed Spain has the best restaurant and on

of the healthiest lifestyles in the world

With this in mind it’s only expected that the three-Michelin star Lasarte restaurant welcomed the news that they had been ranked the best establishment in the world in the 2016 Annual Traveller’s Choice Awards with a little fanfare.

While it is true that Michelin Stars are still considered the main hallmark of quality it’s hard to beat being ranked the first in a global peer-reviewed survey. It’s not surprising that the top chef and owner of the restaurant Martín Berasategui was very happy about the news.

This year marks the second year in a row that the restaurant won the award. It’s an undoubtable sign that the restaurant and their twist on traditional Spanish cuisine has become a major hit around the world.

Lasarte wasn’t the only Spanish restaurant in the top ten. They were joined by Azurmendi Gastronómico, which can be found a few kilometres away from Lasarte in Larrabetzu. France was the only country besides Spain to have two restaurants rank top ten in the world.

Northern Spain has become a bit of a hotbed for haute cuisine excellence and innovation. Restaurants such as the unfortunately-now-closed El Bulli Restaurant drew crowds including celebrities to the town of Roses in Catalan for years.

TripAdvisor uses the reviews from millions of users to put together their Travellers Choice Awards. They look at both the quantity and quality of reviews that destinations receive along a 12 month period.

As well as putting together a global top 10 TripAdvisor assembled a list of the ten best restaurants in Europe. This list included a third Spanish restaurant; El Cellar de Can Roca in Girona.

There was quite the surprise in the results, especially for people who have a poor opinion of British food; the global top 10 also included three restaurants from the UK; which was the most of any single country.

Spain has always been in the news with its wonderful Mediterranean lifestyle, great weather, low costing property and cost of living being so appealing.