Top 100 Places to Eat | A tool kit for businesses
Update (Feb. 12, 2025): Yelp’s Top 100 Places to Eat in 2025 has been announced!
Plus, hear from the #1 restaurant Holbox, and catch up on stories of past winners.
This year marks the 12th anniversary of Yelp’s Top 100 Places to Eat, a celebration of culinary greatness that unites our communities. Diners cast their votes for their favorite eateries—from family-owned food trucks and hole-in-the-wall gems to Michelin-starred restaurants.
This tool kit for businesses includes an exclusive interview with this year’s #1 business, tips to help winners spread the word, press and PR resources, and much more.
What is Yelp’s Top 100 Places to Eat list?
Yelp’s Top 100 Places to Eat is an annual list that reflects the uniqueness of the Yelp community and highlights the business owners, chefs, and families behind the most beloved restaurants in the country. Winners are featured on Yelp.com, on Yelp’s social media, and more—plus, Yelp’s Community Managers work with winners to make the most of their win.
Meet the #1 restaurant from Yelp’s Top 100 2025
Chef Gilberto Cetina, owner of Holbox in Los Angeles, grew his business from a mom-and-pop operation to a Michelin-starred restaurant at the top of Yelp’s Top 100 Places to Eat in 2025 list. Learn the secrets to his success, including:
- Word-of-mouth marketing: Gilberto targeted his product toward a small subset of passionate diners, who helped spread the word on Yelp and beyond.
- Delegating: As the team expanded from four people to 50, the chef brought in administrative staff with more experience in management.
- Storytelling: “What really resonates with diners right now is food that’s telling a story, either about where the chef is from and what they are trying to do, or a story of ingredients and farmers.” —Chef Gilberto
Meet Yelp’s #1 restaurant Holbox
Stories from past winners
Yelp’s Top 100 2024
How the #1 restaurant from Yelp’s Top 100 speaks volumes through food
Chef Wendy Garcia, owner of Tumerico in Tucson, grew her business from a farmers market tamale stand to the top of Yelp’s Top 100 Places to Eat in 2024 list.
The secret sauce of Uncle Af’s, the #10 restaurant from Yelp’s Top 100
Community is everything at Uncle Af’s, which earned the #10 spot on Yelp’s Top 100 Places to Eat of 2024. Read how they entice visitors with signature sauces and top-tier service.
How the reviews of Yelp’s #1 Italian restaurant reflect its business goals
See how owner Beto DiCarlo’s business goals—from creating a familial environment to continued support for his employees—come to life in the glowing reviews customers have left for his restaurant, Fratellino.
For immigrant parents to come here with nothing and for their children to succeed in the States, especially with restaurants, [which] is truly one of the hardest businesses—it’s the smallest margins, a lot of labor, a lot of hours. My mom knows firsthand exactly how hard it is because she’s worked all her life with my uncle and auntie. They’re so proud of me.
—Tim Lee, owner of Broken Mouth | Lee’s Homestyle
2023 and beyond
Press + PR resources
How do nominations work?
Update (Oct. 15, 2024): Nominations are closed.
Nominations open to the entire Yelp community on Monday, Oct. 1 at Top100.Yelp.com. Anyone is welcome to nominate a business—as long as it has a Yelp Business Page—and there is no limit to the number of votes an individual can make.
The nomination period will close on Sunday, Oct. 14. Then Yelp’s data science team will take the data generated from our community submissions and narrow the list down with the expertise of our local community managers and resident trend expert to curate the final list.