The 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, by the unique experiences that accompany the process of eating.
But all this does not negate the 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, Chrysier, Switzerland
Average lunch price is $ 400 per person.
For over 50 years, this restaurant has served gourmet cuisine made from the freshest ingredients. This means that you can expect an ever-changing menu depending on the season.
9. Maison Pic, Drome, France
Average lunch price is $ 445.
This legendary French restaurant is run by chef Anne-Sophie Peak, one of the few female chefs in the world to have received three Michelin stars.
The restaurant's nine-course menu includes Mediterranean specialties such as fish in saffron sauce, candied turnips, goat cheese and delicate chocolate desserts that melt in your mouth.
8. The French Laundry, California, USA
Average lunch prices range from $ 325 to $ 450.
The most expensive restaurant on the West Coast serves up fine French cuisine with oysters and pearls, Poulard scrambled eggs and lamb for the wealthy.
Dishes appear on the menu depending on the season you visit the establishment.
7. Restaurant Guy Savoy de Paris, Paris, France
Average lunch price is $ 536.
This modern French restaurant is renowned for the impeccable freshness of its ingredients and the richness of its vegetables. Since 1996, it has retained three Michelin stars, the world's greatest gourmet award, awarded to only the best restaurants in the world.
The chefs at Restaurant Guy Savoy de Paris boast that the food they serve to customers “has never been inside the refrigerator” as they are harvested and prepared on the same day.
6. Aragawa, Tokyo, Japan
Average lunch price is $ 570.
Located in the basement of an office building, this modest space is home to the world's most expensive steakhouse. It offers exclusively kobe beef - elite meat from tajima black bulls grown in the Japanese prefecture of Hyogo.
During their lifetime, they were taken care of, which many people never dreamed of. In particular, the animals were given regular massage and given beer and sometimes sake to drink.
5. Kyoto Kitcho Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan
Average lunch price is $ 570.
Designed as a traditional home for tea ceremonies, Kyoto Kitcho offers modernized Japanese cuisine such as boiled blue crab with vinegar jelly, barracuda sushi and caviar with medicinal maitake mushrooms.
This restaurant has received three Michelin stars and is considered one of the most beautiful in Japan.
4. Ultraviolet, Shanghai, China
Average lunch price is $ 570.
One of the first (but not the last) luxury restaurants to try to create a multi-sensory experience for their diners. Its furnishings consist of 10 chairs surrounded by four bare walls.
When visitors enter the room and start eating, they are caught in a simulation of a rainy day in Britain, an autumn forest, or the French countryside.
Ultraviolet Chef Paul Paire boasts the restaurant's largest employee-to-patron ratio - three employees per guest. This probably explains the high cost of joining the elite Ultraviolet fan club.
3. Masa, New York, USA
Average lunch price is $ 595.
In one of the most expensive restaurants in the United States, you can sample the incredible sushi made by Chef Masa Takayama. This is not a typical restaurant, the chefs prepare only those products that are available that day. And the cooking process lasts for 3 hours, so you will definitely have time to get really hungry.
2. Per Se, New York, USA
Average lunch price is $ 685.
New York is considered one of the most expensive cities in the world. And it is not surprising that this is where two of the top 10 most expensive restaurants in the world are located.
Per Se chef Thomas Keller has written numerous cookery books and has been awarded three Michelin stars. At his restaurant, haute cuisine connoisseurs are offered a nine-course regular or vegetarian menu that combines classic French recipes with the finest ingredients.
The restaurant also houses an award-winning wine collection of 2,000 bottles.
By the way, The French Laundry is also one of Keller's favorite creations, who in every possible way popularizes French cuisine.
1. Sublimotion, Ibiza, Spain
Average lunch price is $ 1,850.
The most expensive restaurant in the world is almost three times more expensive than the previous rating participant. Although Chef Paco Ronsero would prefer you to perceive it as "the cheapest experience that can change your life."
Sublimotion Restaurant is located in the basement of Ibiza's Hard Rock Cafe. It consists of a table for 12 people and an empty room. But during the reception of guests, the room is transformed due to the combination of light and virtual reality.
Twenty-five employees, including chefs, illusionists, DJs and waiters, work together to create a performance that includes laser light shows, unique desserts, delicious drinks and VR adventures. This amazing emotional and gastronomic experience lasts approximately 3 hours.