---
title: "Top 10 cities for restaurants and dining"
url: https://nostos.navoy.io/top-10/best-food-cities
description: "The ten cities with the most restaurants mapped within 3 km of the centre on OpenStreetMap, for nomads who eat out, with one city per country so the list spans the world."
dataset: 2026.10.7 (2026-10-13)
license: CC BY 4.0
---

# Top 10 cities for restaurants and dining

Seoul, Paris, Barcelona have the densest restaurant scenes: 6,198 restaurants within 3 km of the centre of Seoul. Counted on OpenStreetMap across 152 cities, one city per country.

Sorted by OpenStreetMap elements tagged as restaurants within 3 km of the city centre; one city per country. Counts what is mapped, so well-mapped regions lead; it says nothing about quality.

| # | City | Country | Restaurants within 3 km | Score | Monthly cost |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Seoul](https://nostos.navoy.io/cities/seoul) | South Korea | 6,198 | 67 | $2,022 |
| 2 | [Paris](https://nostos.navoy.io/cities/paris) | France | 4,999 | 67.9 | $2,953 |
| 3 | [Barcelona](https://nostos.navoy.io/cities/barcelona) | Spain | 3,094 | 72.8 | $2,694 |
| 4 | [Osaka](https://nostos.navoy.io/cities/osaka) | Japan | 2,819 | 67.4 | $1,719 |
| 5 | [Taipei](https://nostos.navoy.io/cities/taipei) | Taiwan | 2,747 | 73.5 | $1,691 |
| 6 | [London](https://nostos.navoy.io/cities/london) | United Kingdom | 2,192 | 68.3 | $4,559 |
| 7 | [Singapore](https://nostos.navoy.io/cities/singapore) | Singapore | 1,967 | 64.6 | $3,927 |
| 8 | [Lisbon](https://nostos.navoy.io/cities/lisbon) | Portugal | 1,902 | 74 | $2,499 |
| 9 | [Milan](https://nostos.navoy.io/cities/milan) | Italy | 1,827 | 68.5 | $2,305 |
| 10 | [Vienna](https://nostos.navoy.io/cities/vienna) | Austria | 1,640 | 69.4 | $2,407 |

## FAQ

### Which digital nomad city has the most restaurants?

Seoul, with about 6,198 restaurants mapped within 3 km of its centre on OpenStreetMap, followed by Paris, Barcelona.

### How is the restaurant count measured?

Each city's centre coordinate is queried on OpenStreetMap for everything tagged as a restaurant within a 3 km radius. It measures how many restaurants are mapped, which tracks real density closely in well-mapped regions and under-counts where mapping is thin. It does not rate quality, and it does not feed the balanced score.

Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Digital Nomad Visas 2026; Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population (national data, latest year); UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); WHO Ambient Air Quality Database, June 2026 update (V8); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Life expectancy at birth, Taiwan (Ministry of the Interior); Intentional homicide rate, Taiwan (National Police Agency via Wikipedia); Human Development Index, Taiwan (DGBAS calculation); Annual mean PM2.5, Taipei (Taiwan Ministry of Environment); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); WhereNext city cost estimates 2026 (city pages); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Nostos long-stay visa guides; Starlink availability map.

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