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Every restaurant in New York holding two or three Michelin stars, 19 verified one-star picks spanning the boroughs, and the 15 restaurants just added to the Guide in July 2026 — not yet starred, but on the board for November.
53 restaurants total — 38 confirmed Michelin-starred (every 2-star and 3-star, plus 19 one-star picks) and 15 newly added to the Guide, awaiting November.
- 53 restaurants
- 38 confirmed-starred
- 5 hold three stars
- next stars Nov. 2026
The short version
- Best overallLe Bernardin — three stars since 2005, still the city’s benchmark.
- The correctionMasa dropped to two stars in Nov. 2025 while Sushi Sho got promoted to three — same ceremony.
- Best value starJeju Noodle Bar — $16 ramyun bowls, widely cited as NYC’s most affordable Michelin meal.
- Only one in QueensMeju in Long Island City — the borough’s sole starred restaurant.
- Book before NovemberCynthia — 30 seats on Jones Street, newly added and already hard to get.
New York currently holds five three-Michelin-star restaurants — Le Bernardin, Per Se, Eleven Madison Park, Jungsik, and Sushi Sho, promoted in November 2025 the same week Masa was quietly demoted to two stars — plus fourteen two-star kitchens. Below is the complete list of both tiers, verified against Michelin’s own site, alongside 19 address-checked one-star picks (the Guide lists 54 one-star restaurants total; this is a strong starting set, not the full roster). On top of all that: the 15 restaurants Michelin added to its New York Guide on July 15, 2026, none of them starred yet, all eligible at the November ceremony.
At a glance
All 53, sorted by status. Tap a name on the map to place it.
| Restaurant | Status | Cuisine | Neighborhood | $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bernardin | ★★★ Three | Seafood | Midtown | $$$ |
| Per Se | ★★★ Three | French-American | Columbus Circle | $$$ |
| Eleven Madison Park | ★★★ Three | New American | Flatiron | $$$ |
| Jungsik | ★★★ Three | Korean-French | Tribeca | $$$ |
| Sushi Sho | ★★★ Three | Omakase | Bryant Park | $$$ |
| Jean-Georges | ★★ Two | French-Asian | Central Park | $$$ |
| The Modern | ★★ Two | French-American | MoMA / Midtown | $$$ |
| Gabriel Kreuther | ★★ Two | Alsatian French | Bryant Park | $$$ |
| Atera | ★★ Two | Contemporary | Tribeca | $$$ |
| Masa | ★★ Two | Omakase | Columbus Circle | $$$ |
| Aquavit | ★★ Two | Scandinavian | Midtown East | $$$ |
| Aska | ★★ Two | Scandinavian | Williamsburg | $$$ |
| Atomix | ★★ Two | Korean | NoMad | $$$ |
| César | ★★ Two | Seafood | Hudson Square | $$$ |
| Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare | ★★ Two | Japanese-French | Hell’s Kitchen | $$$ |
| Joo Ok | ★★ Two | Korean | Koreatown | $$$ |
| Odo | ★★ Two | Kaiseki | Flatiron | $$$ |
| Saga | ★★ Two | New American | Financial District | $$$ |
| Sushi Noz | ★★ Two | Edomae sushi | Upper East Side | $$$ |
| Daniel | ★ One | French | Upper East Side | $$$ |
| Gramercy Tavern | ★ One | New American | Flatiron / Gramercy | $$$ |
| Café Boulud | ★ One | French | Upper East Side | $$$ |
| Crown Shy | ★ One | New American | Financial District | $$$ |
| Le Coucou | ★ One | French | SoHo | $$$ |
| Estela | ★ One | American-Med | Nolita | $$$ |
| Dirt Candy | ★ One | Vegetarian | Lower East Side | $$$ |
| Cote | ★ One | Korean steakhouse | Flatiron | $$$ |
| Semma | ★ One | South Indian | West Village | $$$ |
| Meju | ★ One | Korean fermentation | Long Island City | $$$ |
| Torrisi | ★ One | Italian-American | Nolita | $$$ |
| Rezdôra | ★ One | Italian | Flatiron | $$$ |
| The Four Horsemen | ★ One | New American | Williamsburg | $$$ |
| Frevo | ★ One | Contemporary | Greenwich Village | $$$ |
| Casa Mono | ★ One | Spanish | Gramercy | $$$ |
| Family Meal at Blue Hill | ★ One | American | Greenwich Village | $$$ |
| Oxomoco | ★ One | Mexican | Greenpoint | $$$ |
| Shmoné | ★ One | Israeli | Greenwich Village | $$$ |
| Jeju Noodle Bar | ★ One | Korean | West Village | $$$ |
| Wild Cherry | New to Guide | French bistro | West Village | $$$ |
| Cynthia | New to Guide | Tasting menu | West Village | $$$ |
| Bistrot Ha | New to Guide | Vietnamese-French | Lower East Side | $$$ |
| Odo East Village | New to Guide | Kaiseki izakaya | East Village | $$$ |
| LenLen | New to Guide | Modern Thai | Flatiron | $$$ |
| Kjun | New to Guide | Korean-Cajun | Murray Hill | $$$ |
| Oyatte | New to Guide | Farm-to-table | Murray Hill | $$$ |
| Marcel at Sotheby’s | New to Guide | Continental French | Upper East Side | $$$ |
| Yugin | New to Guide | Japanese | Plaza District | $$$ |
| Balera | New to Guide | Pizza | Williamsburg | $$$ |
| Arthur | New to Guide | French bistro | Greenpoint | $$$ |
| Confidant | New to Guide | Contemporary | Brooklyn Heights | $$$ |
| AbuQir | New to Guide | Egyptian seafood | Astoria | $$$ |
| Bolivian Llama Party | New to Guide | Bolivian | Sunnyside / Woodside | $$$ |
| Pierogi Boys | New to Guide | Polish | Ridgewood | $$$ |
Map: where these 53 spots are
Confirmed-starred venues cluster in Manhattan; new additions and outer-borough stars spread across all three boroughs.
Pins are numbered to match the table above – tap any pin for the status and directions.
Three Michelin Stars — all 5
Every restaurant in New York holding Michelin’s top rating right now, verified July 2026.
Le Bernardin
Twenty years running, Le Bernardin still tops every serious NYC list, and it earns it. Eric Ripert’s seafood-only menu runs from barely-touched to fully cooked, and the fish is treated like the main event because it is. The Verdict: still the city’s benchmark for what three stars actually means. The Honest Caveat: reservations open 30 days out and go fast — set an alarm, or try the bar for walk-in seats at lunch.
le-bernardin.com · See our Midtown happy hours
Per Se
Per Se is Thomas Keller’s answer to The French Laundry, and the kitchen holds itself to the same rule: nothing repeats across the whole meal. The room looks down on Columbus Circle and the park, which does half the romance work for you. Worth It if you’re marking something real — a proposal, an anniversary, a deal closing. The Honest Caveat: this is a three-to-four-hour commitment and the bill matches the ambition, so know what you’re walking into before you book.
thomaskeller.com · See our Upper West Side happy hours
Eleven Madison Park
Eleven Madison Park spent four years as an all-vegan three-star, a genuinely unprecedented bet for a restaurant at this level. In August 2025 Chef Daniel Humm reversed course and brought meat and fish back onto the menu. The Verdict: whichever version you catch, this is still the room that topped the World’s 50 Best in 2017 and hasn’t lost its grip on Madison Square Park views since. The Honest Caveat: reservations release the 1st of the month for the following month — mark the calendar, not just your appetite.
elevenmadisonpark.com · See our Flatiron happy hours
Jungsik
Jungsik broke a twelve-year drought when it became New York’s first new three-star restaurant since Eleven Madison Park in 2012 — and the first Korean restaurant in America to hit three stars, period. Chef Jungsik Yim runs Korean ingredients through French technique in a quiet Tribeca room that doesn’t need to shout. The Why: this isn’t Korean food adjusted for a French palate, it’s a genuinely new grammar — crispy octopus with gochujang aioli, dry-aged Arctic char in kimchi-red curry sauce. Book a month out; this is the hardest table on this whole list.
jungsik.com · See our Tribeca happy hours
Sushi Sho
Sushi Sho opened near Bryant Park in March 2024, earned two stars almost immediately, and was promoted to three within twenty months — becoming the first sushi counter to hit three stars in New York since Masa. Chef Keiji Nakazawa’s Edomae-style omakase leans hard on fermentation techniques and rice served at different temperatures across the meal. The Why: this is the fastest climb to three stars in recent New York history, which tells you the ceiling on quality here. The Honest Caveat: only 10 seats a night across two seatings — book well ahead.
exploretock.com · See our Midtown happy hours
Two Michelin Stars — all 14
Every two-star restaurant in the city, including two big changes from the November 2025 ceremony: Masa dropped from three stars, Joo Ok jumped up from one.
Jean-Georges
Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s flagship has been a Central Park fixture since 1997, and the kitchen still plays the same hand well — French technique with Asian and American accents, plated with restraint. It held three stars for years before settling at two, which the room hasn’t seemed to notice: it’s still booked out weeks ahead. The Local Move: the bar runs limited early-evening drink specials, the closest thing to a happy hour a two-star kitchen offers. The Honest Caveat: the tasting menu is the real experience — the à la carte room next door is a cheaper, different animal.
jean-georges.com · See our Upper West Side happy hours
The Modern
The Modern splits into two restaurants under one roof: a formal tasting-menu room and a bar room that’s dramatically more accessible, both looking out at the MoMA sculpture garden. The bar is the move if you want the room without the full commitment — it runs early-evening drink specials and a shorter, sharper menu. The Verdict: the rare two-star kitchen you can actually walk into on a Tuesday. The Honest Caveat: the dining room needs a real reservation and a real budget — don’t show up expecting bar-room prices in the back.
themodernnyc.com · See our Midtown happy hours
Gabriel Kreuther
Gabriel Kreuther cooks French technique through an Alsatian lens — think tarte flambée reimagined as a starter, foie gras terrines, and a wine list heavy on Alsace itself. The room overlooks Bryant Park and manages to feel plush without feeling stiff. The Why: two stars for consistency, not novelty — this kitchen doesn’t chase trends, it executes classics better than almost anyone. The Honest Caveat: à la carte is available and genuinely good, so this doesn’t have to be a full tasting-menu commitment.
gabrielkreuther.com · See our Midtown happy hours
Atera
Atera runs a tight 12-seat counter in Tribeca and treats every course like a small performance — modernist technique, unexpected ingredients, plating that looks engineered because it is. Chef Ronny Emborg keeps the menu moving fast enough that it never tips into gimmick. Worth It for anyone who wants dinner-as-theater done with real technical skill behind it. The Honest Caveat: this is a two-to-three-hour tasting menu with no à la carte escape hatch.
atera.nyc · See our Tribeca happy hours
Masa
Masa Takayama flew under one inconvenient headline in November 2025: Michelin demoted the restaurant from three stars to two in the same ceremony that promoted Sushi Sho to three, ending Masa’s run as the city’s most consistent three-star sushi counter. The room hasn’t changed — fish still flown in from Tsukiji and Toyosu, prices still among the country’s highest. The Why: even two-star Masa remains one of the hardest reservations in the city, star count aside. Go Here Instead if the price stops you: Sushi Noz and the newly-crowned Sushi Sho are both worth comparing.
masanyc.com · See our Upper West Side happy hours
Aquavit
Aquavit has been doing serious Nordic cooking in Midtown since 1987, well before Scandinavian food was a trend anywhere in America. Chef Emma Bengtsson — one of very few women running a two-star kitchen anywhere — built her way up from pastry chef to executive chef here, and it shows in desserts that weave licorice and citrus into something genuinely surprising. The Why: at $175 for the tasting menu, this is reportedly the most affordable two-Michelin-star meal in the country. The Local Move: the bar room runs a shorter à la carte menu if the full tasting feels like too much.
aquavit.org · See our Midtown happy hours
Aska
Aska means ‘ashes’ in Swedish, and Chef Fredrik Berselius built the whole restaurant around that idea — preservation, foraging, smoke, and Northeastern ingredients run through a distinctly Scandinavian lens. The room sits in a restored 1860s warehouse below the Williamsburg Bridge, dark and minimalist. The Why: this is New Nordic cooking that doesn’t feel imported — it’s genuinely rooted in what’s foraged around New York. The Honest Caveat: closed Sunday through Tuesday, and this is a full evening’s commitment.
askanyc.com · See our Williamsburg happy hours
Atomix
Atomix hides behind a subtle sign on an unremarkable NoMad apartment building, which is exactly the kind of detail that makes New York’s Korean fine-dining wave feel like an inside conversation. Husband-and-wife team Junghyun and Ellia Park serve a tasting menu built around ‘ato’ — the ancient Korean word for gift — with each course arriving on a card explaining its inspiration. The Why: named the World’s 8th Best Restaurant in 2023, and the reservation difficulty reflects it. The Honest Caveat: 14 seats downstairs, 6 more upstairs — plan weeks ahead.
exploretock.com · See our Flatiron happy hours
César
César Ramirez ran Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare to three stars for eleven years before leaving to open his own namesake room in Hudson Square in July 2024. Five months later, César had two stars of its own — a remarkably fast turnaround even by this list’s standards. The seafood-forward tasting menu shows the same hyper-precise hand: Norwegian langoustine with caviar, Japanese tuna with tomato-water dashi. The Why: proof Ramirez’s technique travels with him, not just his old address. The Honest Caveat: a 13-course, multi-hour commitment — don’t book it before a show.
cesar.restaurant · See our Tribeca happy hours
Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare
This is the room César Ramirez built to three stars over eleven years, first in Brooklyn, then in a Hell’s Kitchen grocery-store back room — before he left to open his own place in 2024. Chefs Max Natmessnig and Marco Prins, both alums of the original Brooklyn kitchen, have kept the counter format and the Asian-French technique, and settled at two stars in the new era. The Why: a rare chance to watch a legendary address prove it can outlive the chef who made it famous. The Honest Caveat: the entrance is genuinely hidden in the back of a grocery store.
brooklynfare.com · See our Midtown happy hours
Joo Ok
Chef Chang-ho Shin closed his acclaimed Seoul restaurant entirely and moved the whole operation — team included — to a 16th-floor Koreatown space reached by a freight elevator, hanok-inspired and looking out over the Manhattan skyline. The tasting menu blends royal Korean court cuisine with fermentation techniques from an upstate farm the restaurant runs itself. The Why: earning a star within three months of opening and a second within a year is a genuinely rare trajectory. The Honest Caveat: no entry for guests under 12, and the dress code is real.
joo-ok.com · See our Midtown happy hours
Odo
Odo hides behind a cocktail bar in the Flatiron District, and once you’re through, Chef Hiroki Odo runs a traditional multi-course kaiseki menu built around whatever’s in season — a soup with seared tilefish and house-made sesame tofu, house-made soba with salmon roe. He’s since opened a more casual East Village izakaya spinoff under the same name (see the new-to-the-Guide section below), so if this flagship is booked, that’s the move instead. The Why: kaiseki done with real reverence, not a tasting-menu format borrowing the name. The Honest Caveat: closed Mondays.
odo.nyc · See our Flatiron happy hours
Saga
Saga sits on the 63rd floor of the Art Deco tower at 70 Pine Street, with Crown Shy on the ground floor and Overstory — a top-three bar worldwide — one flight up. Founding chef James Kent passed away unexpectedly; Charlie Mitchell, previously of Eleven Madison Park and the now-closed Clover Hill, has run the kitchen since 2024 and kept the two stars while making the menu his own. The Why: the view alone justifies the trip, and the kitchen has more than kept pace with it. The Honest Caveat: bookings open the 1st of each month — set a reminder.
saga-nyc.com · See our FiDi happy hours
Sushi Noz
Chef Nozomu Abe built Sushi Noz’s dining room from over a thousand pieces of imported cedar, assembled the traditional way with no nails at all, centered on a 200-year-old hinoki sushi bar. The Edomae-style omakase runs through seasonal tasting plates before building into a long procession of nigiri, with fish sourced through Abe’s own family seafood-company roots in Hokkaido. The Why: the closest thing to a Kyoto teahouse experience on the Upper East Side. The Honest Caveat: the smaller six-seat second room runs the same price as the main counter — ask which room you’re booking.
noz.global · See our Upper East Side happy hours
One Michelin Star — 19 to start with
The Guide lists 54 one-star restaurants in NYC. This is a verified, address-checked starting set spanning every borough and price point — not the full list. The rest live at Michelin’s own site.
Daniel
Here’s the honest update most lists miss: Daniel Boulud’s flagship was quietly downgraded from two Michelin stars to one in December 2024, after dropping from three to two back in 2014. None of that has slowed the room down — it’s still one of the toughest reservations on the Upper East Side, and Executive Chef Eddy Leroux’s tasting menus haven’t changed in ambition. The Why: this is New York’s longest-running fine-dining institution under one chef’s name. Go Here Instead if you want the Boulud style without the wait: Café Boulud, a few blocks away, is looser and easier to get into.
danielboulud.com · See our Upper East Side happy hours
Gramercy Tavern
Gramercy Tavern splits into two restaurants in one room: a walk-in-friendly Tavern up front with à la carte New American cooking, and a reservation-only Dining Room in back running Chef Michael Anthony’s five-course seasonal menu. Nine James Beard Awards and thirty-plus years in, this is still the restaurant most New Yorkers point to first when a friend visits. The Why: proof that hospitality this consistent, this long, is its own kind of craft. The Local Move: the Tavern takes walk-ins — arrive right at open for a shot at a bar seat.
gramercytavern.com · See our Flatiron happy hours
Café Boulud
Café Boulud closed in 2021 when its original Surrey Hotel home shut down, then reopened in December 2023 four blocks over at 100 East 63rd — an Art Deco-inspired room built new from scratch. The menu still runs on Boulud’s four muses: French classics, seasonal market plates, vegetable-forward dishes, and a rotating global detour currently landed on Thailand. The Why: this is Boulud’s version of an everyday restaurant, which at his level still means a Michelin star. The Honest Caveat: closed Sundays, and it’s a different room than longtime regulars remember.
cafeboulud.com · See our Upper East Side happy hours
Crown Shy
Crown Shy occupies the street level of 70 Pine Street, the same landmark tower that holds two-star Saga sixty-three floors up — soaring ceilings, marble floors, an upbeat energy Saga deliberately doesn’t have. The kitchen moves fast through approachable, creative plates: seasonal tomato-and-peach salads, short rib with ras el hanout. The Why: the accessible entry point into this whole building’s ambition, without the multi-hour tasting-menu commitment upstairs. The Local Move: the long bar is a legitimate way to eat here without a dinner reservation.
crownshy.nyc · See our FiDi happy hours
Le Coucou
Daniel Rose made his name running a restaurant in Paris before Stephen Starr brought him to SoHo to open Le Coucou in 2016 — heritage French recipes like pike mousse in lobster sauce, executed with real technical rigor rather than nostalgia for its own sake. The room, candlelit and whitewashed-brick, was a Roman and Williams design from the start. The Why: this won a James Beard ‘Best New Restaurant’ award and has held its star since. The Honest Caveat: elegant dress is expected, and the scene is as much the draw as the food.
lecoucou.com · See our SoHo happy hours
Estela
Estela runs a natural-wine-heavy, small-plates menu on East Houston Street that’s been a chef and critic favorite since 2013 — upscale-casual in a way that predates most of the current wave of that style. Chef Ignacio Mattos built the menu around sharing, and the beef tartare with crispy sunchoke has become the kind of dish other chefs quietly copy. The Why: a star held for over a decade in a room that’s never chased trends to get there. The Honest Caveat: it’s a walk-up-and-wait kind of night at the bar without a reservation.
estelanyc.com · See our SoHo happy hours
Dirt Candy
Chef Amanda Cohen opened Dirt Candy in 2008 on the philosophy that vegetables deserve the same technical ambition as meat and fish — turning celery into lasagna, carrots into risotto, with a restaurant that runs on an all-salary staff and a strict no-tipping policy. It moved to a bigger Lower East Side room in 2015 and has held its star since. The Why: proof a vegetable-forward tasting menu can be genuinely thrilling, not a compromise. The Honest Caveat: this isn’t a vegan restaurant — it’s vegetarian, with dairy and eggs on the menu.
dirtcandynyc.com · See our Lower East Side happy hours
Cote
Cote fuses Korean barbecue format — smokeless grills built into every table — with a classic American steakhouse wine list and USDA Prime dry-aged beef, and became the first Korean steakhouse in the world to earn a Michelin star. Chef David Shim runs the kitchen; owner Simon Kim has since expanded to Miami and Las Vegas. The Why: a genuinely new category, not a mashup for novelty’s sake. The Local Move: order the Butcher’s Feast tasting rather than à la carte on a first visit.
cotekoreansteakhouse.com · See our Flatiron happy hours
Semma
Semma runs Tamil Nadu home cooking — dishes Chef Vijay Kumar grew up eating on a family farm — through a West Village dining room, and it’s become one of the hardest reservations in the city since opening in 2021. Kumar won the James Beard Award for Best Chef in New York State in 2025, and NYT critics ranked Semma the single best restaurant in New York City that same year. The Why: nothing else on this list captures a specific regional identity this precisely. The Honest Caveat: Semma doesn’t list a phone number — book on Resy or don’t go.
semma.nyc · See our West Village happy hours
Meju
Meju sits behind a Korean grocery store in Long Island City, an eight-seat counter from Chef Hooni Kim built entirely around jang — the fermented sauces, doenjang and ganjang, that anchor Korean cooking. It’s the only Michelin-starred restaurant in Queens, which the borough itself treats as a point of pride. The Why: a genuinely deep dive into one technique, done nowhere else in the city at this level. The Local Move: pair this with an LIC evening — see our Long Island City happy hour guide for where to start or end the night.
Torrisi
Torrisi reopened inside the landmark Puck Building in Nolita as Major Food Group’s most personal project — Chef Rich Torrisi’s own Italian-American upbringing filtered through French technique. The room is both intimate and theatrical: a long bar out front, two dining rooms behind it, playful riffs on classics like a Jamaican-beef-ragu cavatelli. The Why: from the same team behind Carbone, but this is the one that actually earned its own star. The Honest Caveat: dress for the occasion — athletic wear is turned away at the door.
torrisinyc.com · See our SoHo happy hours
Rezdôra
Rezdôra means ‘the woman who runs the household’ in Modenese dialect, and Chef Stefano Secchi — who trained at three-Michelin-star Osteria Francescana in Italy — built the menu as an homage to grandmother-level pasta mastery: tagliatelle al ragù, tortellini in brodo, gramigna with pork sausage. The Why: widely considered some of the best pasta in New York, full stop. The Honest Caveat: portions run generous but the pasta-forward format means less focus on protein mains — come hungry for carbs specifically.
rezdora.nyc · See our Flatiron happy hours
The Four Horsemen
James Murphy — yes, of LCD Soundsystem — opened this Williamsburg wine bar in 2015 with wine consultant Justin Chearno, and it’s become one of the most respected natural-wine lists in the country, paired with a tight, frequently changing small-plates menu from Chef Nick Curtola. The vibe stays unpretentious even with the star attached. The Why: proof a genuinely serious wine program and zero stuffiness aren’t mutually exclusive. The Local Move: walk-ins are welcome for bar and window seats — line up right at the 5:30pm open.
fourhorsemenbk.com · See our Williamsburg happy hours
Frevo
Frevo hides its entire dining room behind a canvas that doubles as a secret door — walk into what looks like a Greenwich Village art gallery, step through the art, and find a 14-seat counter running Chef Franco Sampogna’s contemporary tasting menu. The Why: the theatrical entrance would be a gimmick anywhere else, but the cooking backs it up with real technique. The Honest Caveat: this is a genuinely tiny room — 14 seats total means reservations move fast and last-minute walk-ins aren’t realistic.
frevony.com · See our West Village happy hours
Casa Mono
Casa Mono has run the same tight Gramercy Park corner since 2003, Chef Andy Nusser’s rustic Spanish tapas menu earning a Michelin star every year since 2009 without ever chasing a trend to keep it. The room is genuinely tiny and gets loud — sister spot Bar Jamón next door handles overflow and a solid nightcap. The Why: consistency this long, at this level, without a single reinvention, is its own kind of achievement. The Local Move: pair a visit with a walk through Union Square — it’s two minutes from the park.
casamononyc.com · See our Flatiron happy hours
Family Meal at Blue Hill
Family Meal grew out of what the Blue Hill kitchen team cooked for themselves during service, reworked into a more casual, communal dining format after the pandemic — and it kept the sourcing discipline that made Dan Barber’s Blue Hill famous in the first place. It’s proof that farm-to-table doesn’t require white tablecloths to earn recognition. The Why: a genuinely different, lower-key way to experience Blue Hill’s ingredient philosophy. The Honest Caveat: the format leans communal and family-style — not the move for a quiet two-top date night.
bluehillfarm.com · See our West Village happy hours
Oxomoco
Chef Justin Bazdarich runs Oxomoco’s entire kitchen around a massive wood oven and grill, turning out elevated tacos and ceviche in a bright Greenpoint room built for a full night out, patio included. The mezcal cocktail program gets nearly as much attention as the food. The Why: part of a genuine new wave of upscale Mexican cooking that doesn’t feel imported or diluted. The Local Move: pair this with a Greenpoint evening — Arthur, one of the July Guide additions below, is a short walk away for a two-stop night.
oxomoconyc.com · See our all of Brooklyn
Shmoné
Israeli chef Eyal Shani runs over 40 restaurants worldwide, and Shmoné — his Greenwich Village entry — takes his neo-Levantine, market-driven style and tightens it into a 50-seat room with a menu that genuinely changes daily based on what shows up at the market that morning. The bone-in short rib and the Jerusalem bagel have become the two dishes regulars specifically chase. The Why: a rare fine-dining room willing to have no fixed menu at all. The Local Move: sit at the L-shaped bar for the best view into the open kitchen.
shmonenyc.com · See our West Village happy hours
Jeju Noodle Bar
Jeju Noodle Bar was the first ramen-format restaurant in the US to earn a Michelin star, and it’s stayed genuinely affordable while doing it — bowls of ramyun in the $16 range in a no-frills West Village corner room. Chef Douglas Kim named it for the Korean island known for pork and seafood, and the toro ssam bap and Korean fried chicken have built a following well beyond the noodles. The Why: widely cited as the single most affordable Michelin-starred meal in New York. The Local Move: one of the only starred restaurants here where a casual weeknight dinner makes total sense.
jejunoodlebar.com · See our West Village happy hours
New to the Guide — Manhattan (July 2026)
Nine Manhattan restaurants Michelin added to its New York Guide on July 15, 2026. None have stars yet — they become eligible for Stars and Bib Gourmands at the November ceremony.
Wild Cherry
Wild Cherry comes from Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr — the Frenchette, Le Rock and Le Veau d’Or team — tucked into the lobby of the century-old Cherry Lane Theatre. The menu leans French bistro: steak tartare, croque monsieur, fried frog legs in garlic butter. The Verdict: this team doesn’t miss, and Michelin agreed fast enough to add it within its first year. The Honest Caveat: it’s newly added, not yet starred — the November ceremony decides that. Book now either way.
wildcherrynyc.com · See our West Village happy hours
Cynthia
Cynthia is a 30-seat room on Jones Street from Top Chef finalist Sherry Cardoso and Claire DuBois, running a tasting menu that moves through French technique with Asian and Latin accents. The open kitchen means you watch every course get finished at the pass. The Why: a room this small, newly added to the Guide, either earns a star in November or becomes impossible to book either way. The Honest Caveat: 30 seats means reservations move fast.
cynthianyc.com · See our West Village happy hours
Bistrot Ha
Sadie Mae Burns and Anthony Ha built a following with Ha’s Snack Bar, then doubled down with Bistrot Ha a year later — elevated Vietnamese-French bistro fare with a chalkboard menu that changes on the cooks’ mood. There’s no website on purpose; reservations release six days out at midnight. The Local Move: showing up an hour before the 5:30pm open for a walk-in seat is a real option. The Why: exactly the kind of scrappy, chef-driven room the Guide exists to catch early.
See our Lower East Side happy hours
Odo East Village
Chef Hiroki Odo already holds two Michelin stars at his flagship (see above) — this East Village spot is him translating that same precision into an izakaya format, à la carte instead of a fixed tasting menu. It’s the first restaurant of its kind in Manhattan. Worth It: this is the rare newly-added restaurant backed by a chef who’s already proven he can earn stars. The Honest Caveat: it’s genuinely popular already, so walk-ins aren’t reliable.
odoeastvillage.nyc · See our East Village happy hours
LenLen
LenLen is designed around the idea of a Bangkok shophouse — home, business and social hub all at once — and it uses that as license to run modern Thai food alongside a serious cocktail program until 1am nightly. It’s one of the few genuinely late-night options on this list. The Local Move: the late-night menu is its own thing, not a trimmed-down dinner menu — order from it on purpose. Newly added to the Guide, not yet starred.
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Kjun
Jae Jung trained under the late Leah Chase in New Orleans, then built Kjun around the collision of that training with her Korean background — jambalaya laced with gochujang andouille, deviled eggs with pickled shallots. The original 20-seat spot spent years turning away walk-ins; it just moved a block over into a two-story room with an actual liquor license. The Why: genre-mixing done by someone who’s mastered both genres. The Honest Caveat: Monday’s still dark.
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Oyatte
Oyatte is Chef Hasung Lee’s debut as an owner, built around ingredients from his own Crown Daisy Farm and a kitchen that treats sourcing as the whole point. It’s a quiet room in a neighborhood better known for lunch spots than fine dining. The Verdict: first restaurants rarely get Michelin’s attention this fast. The Honest Caveat: the room seats a handful of tables and it’s brand-new, so hours are still settling — call ahead.
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Marcel at Sotheby’s
Marcel sits inside Sotheby’s new home in the Breuer building — the brutalist landmark that used to house the Whitney — designed by Roman and Williams as a downtown-energy counterpoint to the uptown address. Chef Marie-Aude Rose, who also runs SoHo’s La Mercerie, cooks continental French. The Why: a serious kitchen inside a museum-adjacent room, a combination the Guide clearly noticed fast. The Honest Caveat: it opened this spring, so treat the November star odds as genuinely open.
Yugin
Yugin is a 12-seat counter on the 37th floor of the GM Building, which means the view competes with the food for your attention. Chef Eugeniu Zubco runs composed seasonal courses with sushi worked in, precise rather than flashy. The Verdict: this kind of tiny, hard-to-book counter either gets a star in November or becomes impossible to get into regardless — book now. The Honest Caveat: 12 seats means almost no flexibility on party size or timing.
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New to the Guide — Brooklyn & Queens (July 2026)
The other six new additions: three in Brooklyn, three in Queens, from a Williamsburg pizzeria to $10 Egyptian seafood in Astoria. Also not yet starred.
Balera
Balera is the only pizzeria in this whole batch of new additions, and it earns the spot with thin, well-blistered pies served in a room built around a literal disco ball and a vinyl-only sound system. The Local Move: come Friday or Saturday when the room’s in full party mode — this isn’t a quiet-dinner pizza spot. The Honest Caveat: check hours before you make the trip; it’s dark early in the week.
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Arthur
Arthur took over the old Fulgurances Laundromat space — a chef-incubator concept — and turned it into a modern Parisian bistro from Chef Kevin Finch and co-owner Alec Finch, built around ingredients sourced from the Northeast rather than flown in. The Why: Greenpoint’s restaurant scene has been building toward this kind of serious bistro for a while. The Honest Caveat: a newer opening without a long track record yet.
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Confidant
Confidant made its name in Industry City before relocating to Brooklyn Heights — Brendan Kelley and Daniel Grossman’s dry-aging program is the whole identity here, applied to fish as often as meat, alongside housemade pastas. The Verdict: a serious technique treated as the main event, not a garnish. The Honest Caveat: dry-aging-forward menus run pricier than the neighborhood’s other options.
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AbuQir
AbuQir has been doing Egyptian seafood in Astoria for years, long before Michelin came calling — grilled fish and tajine at prices that make the other restaurants on this list look absurd. It’s reportedly the preferred dining spot of former Astoria resident and current mayor Zohran Mamdani. Worth It: the cheapest, most honest entry in the entire batch. The Local Move: order whatever the counter says came in fresh that day.
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Bolivian Llama Party
Bolivian Llama Party built a following selling salteñas and Bolivian street food before landing a permanent spot at the Sunnyside-Woodside line — soupy, savory salteñas, a triple-smoked brisket program, and chola sandwiches that punch well above their price. The Why: real technique doesn’t require white tablecloths, and the Guide clearly agrees. The Honest Caveat: seating is limited and mostly outdoor.
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Pierogi Boys
Pierogi Boys started as a kiosk in DeKalb Market Hall in 2017 before opening this Ridgewood corner spot with an attached Polish grocery — scratch-made pierogi, white borscht, and a Berkshire pork schnitzel that’s dinner-only. The Why: a from-scratch, family-recipe kitchen that scaled up without losing what made it good. The Local Move: lunch and dinner run different hours and slightly different menus — check which one you’re walking into.
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Michelin restaurants NYC: FAQ
How many Michelin-starred restaurants are in New York City?
As of the November 2025 ceremony, New York holds 5 three-star restaurants, 14 two-star restaurants, and 54 one-star restaurants — 73 total (a handful more if you count Westchester County additions to the Guide, which sit outside the five boroughs).
Does Masa still have three Michelin stars?
No. Masa was downgraded from three stars to two at the November 2025 ceremony, the same event that promoted Sushi Sho to three stars. It’s a change most casual lists still haven’t caught up to.
Do Peter Luger and Carbone still have Michelin stars?
No — both lost their stars in October 2022, and neither has regained one since. They’re still excellent, famous restaurants, just not currently Michelin-starred, despite how often they’re still described that way.
What’s the only Michelin-starred restaurant in Queens?
Meju, an eight-seat Korean fermentation-focused counter in Long Island City, behind a Korean grocery store. It’s held its star since 2024.
What are the newest additions to the NYC Michelin Guide?
On July 15, 2026, Michelin added 15 new restaurants to its New York Guide — 9 in Manhattan, 3 in Brooklyn, 3 in Queens. None have stars yet; they become eligible for Stars and Bib Gourmands at the annual November ceremony.
Last updated: July 2026. Michelin status, hours and menus change – confirm with the restaurant before you go. Spot something out of date? Let us know.
