It’s around the world in 100 cuisines.
Naming the world’s best cuisine is going to be divisive — one person’s trash is another’s delicacy.
However, travel guide TasteAtlas has taken a shot by analyzing ratings from users, who deemed Greek food the overall best of the top 100 cuisines on the globe.
The United States, meanwhile, placed outside the top ten in this culinary decathlon, but still fared better than our neighbors across the pond in the UK.
To determine who deserved a place on this Olympic podium of eats, TasteAtlas analyzed 477,287 ratings for 15,478 foods in their database. Listed underneath each entry were their highest rated foods.
Perhaps it’s fitting that the country that invented democracy was picked via crowdsourcing on this highly-subjective countdown.
That’s right, Greece stood atop this culinary Mount Olympus, boasting a score of 4.6 out of 5 five stars.
Cuisine highlights including Fystiki Aeginas (a special type of Greek pistachios), Finiki Lakonias olive oil, and Santorini Fava beans, per TasteAtlas.
Coming in second was Italy (4.59), whose must-try dishes included parmesan cheese, gianduja (a sweet creamy spread of chocolate and hazelnuts of which Nutella is the most recognizable brand), and Neapolitan Pizza.
The latter, which is notably the basis for the iconic NY-style pie, also placed second in TasteAtlas’ roundup of the top 100 dishes on Earth.
Rounding out the top five on this mouthwatering Mount Rushmore were Mexican (4.52), Spanish (4.5) and Portuguese (4.5) cuisines.
Meanwhile, American cuisine placed 13th in the world (4.42), per TasteAtlas, which touted American lobster, Pacific smoked salmon and South Texas-style BBQ as the cream of the US culinary crop.
And, as a big consolation, NYC legends Russ & Daughters and Keens Steakhouse were dubbed two of the must-try restaurants in the nation.
The UK wasn’t so lucky, placing a dismal 48th (right behind Macedonian cuisine) with a score of 4.15.
Equally puzzling was Chinese cuisine’s position in 10th considering the breadth and variety of their gastronomy, from the mouthwatering braised pork dishes of Shanghai to the Blue Planet’s worth of fresh seafood in Hong Kong.
The 10 best cuisines in the world in 2025
- Greek
- Italian
- Mexican
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Turkish
- Indonesian
- French
- Japanese
- Chinese
