The BEST episodes of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations season 7

Every episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations season 7, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations season 7!

Join best-selling author and professional chef Anthony Bourdain as he travels the world seeking the ultimate dining experience. He will hit locales from the well known to those off the beaten path, from New Jersey to Iceland and points in between. Along his journey, the adventuring Bourdain will share his no holds barred experience of the food and customs that flavor the different cultures of the world in a way that only he can.

Last Updated: 8/24/2024Network: Travel ChannelStatus: Ended
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Cajun Country
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8.40
242 votes

#1 - Cajun Country

Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 8/29/2011

Tony travels beyond New Orleans and into Cajun Country to find out what sets bayou culture apart. He dines with locals Wendell Pierce and Lolis Elie, partakes in an authentic crawfish boil and ends his trip with a whole-hog roast.

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El Bulli
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8.27
215 votes

#2 - El Bulli

Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/1/2011

Tony travels to Spain’s Costa Brava to cook and dine with chef Ferran Adria at El Bulli before the “best restaurant in the world” closes its doors for good. Friend and chef Jose Andres joins Tony for the experience of a lifetime.

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Japan: Hokkaido
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7.98
250 votes

#3 - Japan: Hokkaido

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/25/2011

On March 11th, 2011 a massive earthquake struck Japan, the largest in its recorded history, unleashing a devastating tsunami that claimed thousand of lives - a few weeks prior, Tony and his crew set out to discover Japan's northernmost prefecture, Hokkaido

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Haiti
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7.82
274 votes

#4 - Haiti

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/28/2011

Tony visits Haiti, a country dealing with a cholera epidemic and an impending hurricane. During his trip, Tony meets with Sean Penn in the tent city built by his relief group. At the end of his trip, Tony is unsure of what the future will hold for Haiti.

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Vienna
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7.79
256 votes

#5 - Vienna

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/21/2011

Blood sausage, hunting, pastries and something called "Pus Stick" challenge Tony's pre-conception of Vienna as a pastry-filled "Sound of Music" nightmare.

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Cuba
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7.77
212 votes

#6 - Cuba

Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/11/2011

Tony travels to Cuba in the search of the island's heart and soul where beauty abounds in the people, the food and the architecture and streets that are riddled with pristine cars from a different era.

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Cambodia
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7.74
187 votes

#7 - Cambodia

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/7/2011

Tony visited Cambodia 10 years ago with what he now views as a narrow perspective of the world. Now he sees the parallel between Cambodia's development since then and his own maturation and seeks to reconnect with this historically rich country.

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Naples
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7.68
245 votes

#8 - Naples

Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/25/2011

After learning from 2 Italian-American chefs in New York that Italian food was forever changed in this American land of plenty, Tony wonders what was lost in the fare’s long trip from the Italian homeland.

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Nicaragua
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7.63
177 votes

#9 - Nicaragua

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/14/2011

Most Americans know Nicaragua best for the Iran-Contra affair of the 1980s, but what is this country like now, over 20 years later? Tony visits locals young and old to find out what it means to live in Nicaragua today.

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Macau
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7.58
207 votes

#10 - Macau

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/18/2011

Tony knew Macau as the place where fireworks were made. Those factories have since been replaced by casinos and now the island is known as the "Vegas of Asia." Tony visits the Macau Tower bungee jump, the largest in the world, and takes the ultimate plunge.

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Brazil
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7.50
183 votes

#11 - Brazil

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/11/2011

The mighty Amazon -- called the last great undiscovered culinary frontier by Chef Ferran Adria. It is here that Tony has come to immerse himself in undiscovered gastronomical treasures and search out a legendary and delicious Amazonian creature of the deep.

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Kurdistan
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7.41
210 votes

#12 - Kurdistan

Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/22/2011

Tony and his crew venture to the war zone and fledgling country of Kurdistan to explore the tragic history and hopeful future of the ethnic group known as the Kurds.

Ozarks
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7.34
236 votes

#13 - Ozarks

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/28/2011

Anthony Bourdain heads to the rugged lands of West Plains, MO, backdrop of the book and Oscar-nominated film Winter's Bone.

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Boston
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7.33
209 votes

#14 - Boston

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/18/2011

No Reservations in Boston is not about the fine-dining establishments, nor is it about what new, young chefs are creating on the cutting edge of Boston cuisine. This episode is about the tough and infamous side of Boston. This episode is about Southie.

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U.S. Desert
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7.26
239 votes

#15 - U.S. Desert

Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/8/2011

The host explores the High Desert of California with rocker Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age.

Ukraine
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7.17
149 votes

#16 - Ukraine

Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/15/2011

Tony and friend Zamir Gotta team up for a trip to the former Soviet Republic, the Ukraine. They tour Chernobyl and the radiated ghost town of Pripayat, explore a once top-secret port for Soviet submarines, drink vodka and enjoy green borscht.