My Baggage’s latest study revealed the top cities in the world for layover food trips, based on restaurant quality, variety and popularity.
Paris leads the index thanks to the strongest overall foodie score across restaurant quality, variety, and social media buzz.
Choose your priority for your next food trip during your layover and see the cities that can offer you the best dining experience.
Each button ranks cities by a different metric from the study.
Try a few foodie styles, save your winner, then compare it with the overall Top 3.
Choose a region to see the strongest nearby food trip options. Select any city to see its best-performing metrics and why it is useful for a layover.
The ranking balances city dining density with airport restaurant variety and social food interest, making it useful for travelers planning food-led trips and long layovers.
Some cities win on overall depth, while others stand out for specific traveler needs, from vegan restaurants to airport food options.
Zurich, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Osaka all score above 70, showing that the best foodie cities balance different strengths rather than winning every metric.
Search by city or airport, sort metric columns, and compare the metrics behind each city's score.
Foodie score: a composite score out of 100 based on eight normalized metrics.
The study ranks cities with major global airports based on the strength and breadth of their food scenes, using city-level restaurant data, airport dining data, and Instagram food interest.
Each city was evaluated across eight metrics: Tripadvisor 5-star restaurants, vegan-friendly restaurants or restaurants with vegan options, gluten-free restaurants, street food establishments, fine dining restaurants, Michelin-recognized restaurants, unique restaurants at the top airport per 1M passengers, and city food hashtag posts.
City restaurant counts were normalized by land area per 10 square miles. Airport restaurant variety was normalized per 1M passengers.
Named airport restaurant picks are shown where restaurant-level data was available in the source sheet. For airports without named restaurant data, the map shows a shorter airport dining snapshot with the airport eats rank and metric.
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