Italian Restaurant League. 26: countries, and the best-placed restaurant in each. Index Insights, League Index.

The Best-Placed Italian Restaurant in Each Country

La Lega, the Italian Restaurant League, covers 26 countries. Seven have a restaurant in Serie A, and their leaders sit near the top of the world table: Senzanome for Belgium (first), Autem for Italy (second), Roscioli NYC for the United States (third), Il Ristorante Luca Fantin for Japan (fourth) and Bancone for the United Kingdom (seventh). La Alacena Trattoria in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s only entry, is 14th, and Baduzzi in Auckland leads New Zealand in 15th.

Five more countries are led from Serie B: Czechia (Aromi in Prague, 25th), Switzerland and Thailand (both joint 29th), South Africa (joint 36th) and Singapore (40th).

France has six entries, but its best, Caffè Stern in Paris, is joint 51st. China’s six, four of them in Hong Kong, are led by Giando at joint 88th. Ten countries have a single entry, and the lowest-placed leader is Croatia’s only restaurant, Agli Amici Rovinj, joint 179th.

Italian Restaurant League · Country leaders
The best-placed restaurant in each of 26 countries
Each country's highest-placed restaurant in the world table. Filter by region, or sort by how many restaurants each country has in the league.
    La Lega, the Italian Restaurant League, 2026 edition. A leader is the highest-placed entry in the world table; La Lega does not produce separate national scores. Hong Kong and Macau are listed under China.Full La Lega table

    A country’s leader is simply its highest-placed restaurant in the world table. La Lega does not produce separate national scores, and countries with one or two entries are lightly covered. See the full La Lega table.