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A Mediterranea, Contemporanea restaurant in Rome. The MICHELIN Guide describes its terrace overlooking the city's rooftops and domes. Chef Heinz Beck has led the kitchen since 1994, emphasising lightness, sustainable ingredients and tableside presentation, with a wine list curated by sommelier Marco Reitano.
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BCN Taste & Tradition in Houston, Texas, is a contemporary Spanish restaurant tucked inside a 1920s white stucco bungalow, famed for char-grilled octopus and Iberian suckling pig, holding one MICHELIN Star in the 2026 guide.
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Tucked into Munich's Schwabing neighbourhood within the Amalienpassage, Sparkling Bistro serves modern market cuisine under Jürgen Wolfsgruber. It holds one MICHELIN Star in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Germany.
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A Nikkei (Japanese-Peruvian) restaurant hidden within the Leylaty space in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; listed as MICHELIN Selected in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Saudi Arabia.
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The Modern is a Contemporary restaurant at 9 W. 53rd St. inside the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, overlooking the sculpture garden; it holds two MICHELIN Stars (2025).
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Barbara is a contemporary restaurant in Vancouver, Canada, led by chef Patrick Hennessy with an L-shaped counter around the open kitchen; it holds one MICHELIN star (Vancouver 2024).
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A Korean restaurant in Long Island City, Queens, New York, hidden behind a banchan shop, where chef Hooni Kim builds a tasting menu around years-aged Korean fermentation; awarded one MICHELIN star in 2025.
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Enigma, at Sepúlveda 38 in Barcelona, is chef Albert Adrià's creative-cuisine restaurant heir to the legendary elBulli, serving a single seasonal tasting menu of about 25 courses; price level €€€€.
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Orangerie, in a side wing of the Maritim Seehotel in Timmendorfer Strand, Germany, is led by the chef duo Thomas Lemke and Simone Melis, serving classic French cuisine; one MICHELIN star in the MICHELIN Guide Germany 2026.
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A modern Korean restaurant formerly in New York's Koreatown, awarded one MICHELIN star in 2022 and led by chef Jiho Kim and pastry chef Kelly Nam; the restaurant closed in February 2024.
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Malagón Mercado y Taperia, chef Juan Cassalett's Spanish tapas restaurant just off King Street in Charleston, holds one MICHELIN star in the 2026 guide.
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Saga sits atop a landmark Art Deco skyscraper in New York's Financial District, run by chef Charlie Mitchell, pairing intimate dining rooms and city views with a contemporary tasting menu; it currently holds two MICHELIN stars.
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Lunario occupies a greenhouse-like building on the grounds of the Lomita winery in El Porvenir, Valle de Guadalupe, where chef Sheyla Alvarado serves seasonal, vegetable-forward menus from the farm's own produce; a MICHELIN one-star restaurant in consecutive editions (price $$$$).
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DiverXO in Madrid is chef Dabiz Muñoz's hedonistic creative-cuisine restaurant, where the single tasting menu "La cocina de los cerdos voladores" stages a journey through world flavours; it has appeared in the MICHELIN Guide's starred line-up.
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Essential by Christophe is chef Christophe Bellanca's contemporary French restaurant tucked at the base of a classic townhouse on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Awarded one MICHELIN Star in 2025, it marries French technique with Asian flavors.
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64 Goodge Street is a French bistro deluxe in Fitzrovia, London, sister to Portland and Clipstone, known for classical French cooking in intimate, relaxed surroundings; it won a MICHELIN Star in 2025.
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Ramón Freixa Atelier, at Velázquez 24 in Madrid's Salamanca district, seats just ten guests at a single U-shaped table around the Origen tasting menu; per the MICHELIN Guide Spain 2026 it holds two MICHELIN stars (newly awarded that year).
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Atera in Manhattan's Tribeca seats guests around a spacious U-shaped open-kitchen counter; its tasting menu is defined by precise, balanced contemporary cooking and holds two MICHELIN Stars in the 2025 MICHELIN Guide New York City.
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Atlas, inside Atlanta's St. Regis hotel, is an American restaurant run by London-born chef Freddy Money; known for its European-influenced seasonal American menu and rotating fine-art installations, it holds one MICHELIN Star (2026).
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An Internazionale, Creativa restaurant in Rome, on the Repubblica square side of the Anantara Palazzo Naiadi hotel. Chef Heros De Agostinis blends his travels and experience in three-star kitchens into creative cuisine, with the bread trolley as a signature.
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Inside the Hilton Munich Airport, Mountain Hub Gourmet serves modern creative cuisine. It holds one MICHELIN Star in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Germany. The MICHELIN Guide page marked it as temporarily closed on 30 October 2026.
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SCAPAR, at Rector Ubach 53 in Barcelona, is listed by the MICHELIN Guide as a fusion-cuisine restaurant; a recent addition to the guide, it is included among Barcelona's one-star restaurants in the MICHELIN Guide Spain 2026.
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BODENDORF'S, inside the Landhaus Stricker in Sylt/Tinnum, Germany, is led by Holger Bodendorf and Denis Brühl, serving modern French seasonal cuisine in six-to-nine-course menus; one MICHELIN star in the 2026 guide.
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A Japanese restaurant in the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, Manhattan, New York, where chef Masa Takayama presents luxurious omakase at a hinoki counter; listed with two stars in the 2025 MICHELIN Guide New York City.
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The Four Horsemen is a wine bar and restaurant at 295 Grand St. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, co-owned by James Murphy; it holds one MICHELIN Star (2025).
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Dos Palillos, at Elisabets 9 in Barcelona, fuses the Spanish tapa concept with Asian cuisine; it is a one-MICHELIN-star restaurant near the MACBA, with a price level of €€€€.
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Eleven Madison Park is chef Daniel Humm's contemporary plant-based restaurant beside Madison Square in New York. Awarded three MICHELIN Stars in 2025, it is known for exacting precision and a bold vision of plant-based fine dining.
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Counter, chef Sam Hart's concept-driven Contemporary restaurant in Charlotte, is known for its multicourse tasting menu and holds one MICHELIN star in the 2026 guide.
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A contemporary Japanese restaurant in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, serving creative Japanese dishes designed for sharing; listed as a Bib Gourmand in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Saudi Arabia.
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AnnaLena is a contemporary restaurant in Vancouver, Canada, led by chef Michael Robbins and known for its seasonally inspired tasting menu; it holds one MICHELIN star (Vancouver 2024).
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Desde 1911 in Madrid is the creation of the family behind the legendary seafood supplier Pescaderías Coruñesas, devoted to fish and seafood through four menus whose main product changes daily; it appears in the MICHELIN Guide España 2026 starred list.
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Quimbaya, at Zurbano 63 in Madrid, presents Colombian cuisine through three tasting menus by chef Edwin Rodríguez; per the 2022 annual list it is a one MICHELIN star restaurant in Madrid.
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An Italiana contemporanea, Creativa restaurant in Rome on the top floor of the Hassler hotel, its large windows overlooking the Spanish Steps and Rome's landmarks. Chef Andrea Antonini builds light, inventive contemporary cooking on local tradition.
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Rezdôra in Manhattan's Flatiron District, New York, focuses on the regional cuisine of Emilia-Romagna with handmade pastas at its core; it has held one MICHELIN star since 2023.
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Moor Hall in Aughton, Lancashire, run by chef Mark Birchall, serves Modern British cuisine in a beautifully restored 16th-century country house; it was elevated to three stars in the 2025 MICHELIN Guide Great Britain & Ireland.
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HA' sits inside Hotel Xcaret in Playa del Carmen, where chef Carlos Gaytán's French training meets a confident use of Mexican flavours; a MICHELIN one-star restaurant in consecutive editions (price $$$$); currently temporarily closed.
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33 The Homend in Ledbury, Herefordshire, is run by husband-and-wife team James and Elizabeth Winter, with James cooking solo to deliver naturally delicious modern British food; it won a MICHELIN Star in 2025.
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A contemporary Korean restaurant on the 16th floor of a building in New York's Koreatown, with two MICHELIN stars in 2025, where chef Chang-ho Shin serves a Korean tasting menu in a hanok-inspired space.
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On the first floor of the Schäfflerhof in Munich's old town, Les Deux serves modern French cuisine under Nathalie Leblond. It holds one MICHELIN Star in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Germany.
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Disfrutar, at Villarroel 163 in Barcelona, is run by chefs Eduard Xatruch, Oriol Castro and Mateu Casañas and celebrated for innovation in form, texture and flavor; it is included in the starred list of the MICHELIN Guide España 2026, with a price level of €€€€.
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Dirt Candy is chef Amanda Cohen's vegetarian restaurant on Manhattan's Lower East Side, known for highly creative vegetable-focused cooking. Awarded one MICHELIN Star in 2025, its single tasting menu evolves frequently with the seasons.
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A Korean restaurant in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York, where chef Sungchul Shim—named after the Korean word for "roll"—reimagines the handroll counter as a tasting menu; awarded one MICHELIN star in 2025.
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Tatsu Dallas is a 10-seat edomae-style sushi restaurant inside the renovated Continental Gin Building in Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas, holding one MICHELIN Star in the 2026 guide.
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Paco Roncero occupies the top floor of a nineteenth-century building at Alcalá 15, Madrid, where the chef pays creative tribute to traditional Madrid taverns; per the 2022 annual list it holds two MICHELIN stars, and it features a terrace.
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Tempura Matsui is a Japanese tempura restaurant at 222 E. 39th St. in Midtown Manhattan, where guests can watch the chef fry each piece at the counter; it holds one MICHELIN Star (2025).
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Em sits in Mexico City's Condesa neighbourhood, named by chef Lucho Martínez after his daughter Emilia; the kitchen takes a contemporary look at Mexican ingredients — seafood above all — with the moody 686 Bar upstairs for a pre-dinner cocktail; a MICHELIN one-star restaurant in consecutive editions (price $$$).
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A Japanese sushi restaurant at the base of One Vanderbilt next to Grand Central in New York, with one MICHELIN star in 2025, known for a lengthy nigiri omakase built on excellent seafood sourced largely from Japan.
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Quirat, inside the InterContinental Barcelona, is led by chef Víctor Torres and presents contemporary Catalan cooking with local seasonal produce. Priced €€€€, its menus come as the 18K and 24K tasting experiences, and it is listed among the starred restaurants of the MICHELIN Guide Spain 2026.
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Near Munich's Marienplatz, KOMU is a modern-cuisine restaurant led by chef-patron Christoph Kunz with a small chef's table. It holds two MICHELIN Stars in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Germany.
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Deessa is located inside Madrid's Mandarin Oriental Ritz, overseen by Quique Dacosta with resident chef Domenico Vildacci at the pass, offering two tasting menus tracing Mediterranean and Extremaduran flavours; it has appeared in the MICHELIN Guide's starred line-up.