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Mugaritz San Sebastián

No.87 World's 50 Best 2025 — elite chef

Fine Dining RestaurantFine DiningSpainWorld's 50 Best
Mugaritz San Sebastián

Veronica's Take

Andoni Luis Aduriz, the boundary-pushing chef behind Mugaritz in San Sebastián, has spent over 25 years dismantling the conventions of fine dining, landing the restaurant at No.87 on the World's 50 Best list for 2025. His culinary universe is a thrilling, often dark journey where diners are invited to question everything they know about food—expect the unexpected. Every year, Mugaritz closes its doors from January to April for a creative sabbatical, during which Aduriz and his R&D team, along with a cadre of collaborators, craft the boundaryless menus that will define the coming seasons. This is not just a meal; it's a provocation, a daring exploration of what gastronomy can be when the rules are thrown out the window.

mugaritz Andoni Luis Aduriz has been pushing the envelope on fine dining for more than 25 years at Mugaritz, with those experiences getting more experimental and more provocative. He presents a thrilling – at times dark, always unexpected – culinary universe. The conventional gastronomy rules are cast aside to make way for boundaryless eating. Mugaritz closes every year between January and April for a creative sabbatical when Aduriz’s R&D team and collaborators get to work on the coming seasons’ menus.

Accolade
List: World's 50 Best Restaurants · Rank: 87 · Year: 2025
Category
Fine Dining Restaurant
Country
Spain
W50b Verdict
CORRECT
W50b Verified Rank
87
W50b Source Url
https://www.theworlds50best.com/stories/News/the-worlds-50-best-restaurants-2025-51-100-list.html
W50b Verified At
2026-07-18T06:04:00+10:00
W50b Verified Method
registrar list page read in full (51-100 band); listed as No.87 Mugaritz, San Sebastian; rank COMPARED to extras.accolade, not copied from it

Key Facts

Category
Fine Dining Restaurant
Location
, Spain

The people behind Mugaritz San Sebastián

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Andoni Luis Aduriz

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Chef-patron

Chef-patron of Mugaritz, San Sebastian (No.87, World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025). Has pushed experimental fine dining there for more than 25 years; closes January to April each year for a creative sabbatical.

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