For the second consecutive year, only one Australian restaurant has been named in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants longlist. Josh and Julie Niland’s fish-focused fine diner Saint Peter in Sydney ranked 66th in the annual countdown from 100 to 51, moving up from 98th place last year.
Chef Josh Niland praised his team’s ‘superhuman’ efforts on Instagram, saying he and his wife ‘couldn’t be more grateful and proud’. He also acknowledged the suppliers, producers and artisans that make Saint Peter special. The restaurant relocated from its original site of eight years to the Grand National Hotel, a boutique hotel also owned by the Nilands, at the end of 2024.
The World’s 50 Best organisation described Saint Peter as an ‘uber-cool concept’ that takes the great Australian seafood tradition to ‘previously unexplored heights’. The extended list features restaurants in 37 cities worldwide, compiled from votes by 1,120 independent culinary experts including chefs and food writers.
This year marks the first time a New Zealand restaurant has appeared in the longlist, with Queenstown’s Amisfield Restaurant ranking 99th. The highest new entry in the 51 to 100 list is Mexico’s Arca in Tulum at 67th place. The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025 awards ceremony will be held in Italy on 19 June.
