World’s 100 best cities for food revealed — and Brits won’t be happy
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It’s no secret that British cuisine is often the butt of jokes, but as many Brits will attest, there’s some delicious food to be found across the country. You wouldn’t know it though, judging by the results of the top 50 best cities in the world for food – as we didn’t make the cut.
London, which is regularly touted as one of the best cities in the world, and is home to some incredible restaurants, didn’t feature until much further down the list at number 90. And surprisingly, it was the only spot in the UK that managed to make it into the top 100 of the TasteAtlas Awards 2024/25.
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It likely won’t come as a shock that Italy dominated the top 10, as the country is famous for its food, with an abundance of delicious pasta, pizza, meats, cheeses, wine and more. Naples was crowned the world’s best city for food, with Milan following closely behind in second place and Bologna in third. Florence was fourth, Rome in sixth place, and Turin in ninth.
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Outside of Italy, the other three cities that made up the top 10 were Mumbai (5th), Paris (7th), and Vienna (8th). The rankings were based on 477,278 food ratings for 15,478 different foods featured in the TasteAtlas database. There are a total of 17,073 cities in the database, and the 100 selected were said to ‘stand out with the highest average ratings for the regional and national dishes most commonly served there’.
