The World's Best Restaurants · 2026
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Akase presents Japanese cooking in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, shaped by technical precision and coherent menu architecture.
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The documented ingredient vocabulary includes crab and miso. The cooking record includes curing. The current offer includes a tasting menu. Jaime Mena's authorship is documented in the current restaurant record. Evidence for service and the beverage programme supports the experience beyond the plate.
The documented ingredient vocabulary includes crab and miso. The cooking record includes curing. The decision is led by the documented cooking, not by fame, scale or setting.
Jaime Mena's authorship is documented in the current restaurant record. The current offer includes a tasting menu.
Evidence for service and the beverage programme supports the experience beyond the plate. These elements are considered only after the cooking standard has been met.
The assessment rests on current restaurant-specific evidence, verified identity and a structured review of cooking, authorship, experience and continuity. Claims not supported by the present record are excluded from the decision.
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