When a restaurant earns a MICHELIN Star, it doesn’t just temporarily boost business—it can change the entire trajectory of a chef’s career and open doors for its staff. So it’s hard to overstate how important today is for the industry in California, and particularly for this special group of restaurants. Without further ado, here are this year’s MICHELIN-Star restaurants in California—grab your table to go celebrate this massive achievement!
MICHELIN-Star restaurants in California for 2026
Three Stars
Addison (San Diego)
Atelier Crenn (San Francisco)
Benu (San Francisco)
Californios (San Francisco)—promoted to Three Stars
Enclos (Sonoma)—promoted to Three Stars
Providence (Hollywood)
Quince (San Francisco)
SingleThread (Healdsburg)
Somni (West Hollywood)
The French Laundry (Yountville)
Two Stars
Acquerello (San Francisco)
Aubergine (Carmel-by-the-Sea)
Birdsong (San Francisco)
Commis (Oakland)
Harbor House Inn (Elk)
Hayato (Los Angeles)
Kato (Los Angeles)—promoted to Two Stars
Kiln (San Francisco)
Lazy Bear (San Francisco)
Mélisse (Los Angeles)
Saison (San Francisco)
Sons & Daughters (San Francisco)
Vespertine (Los Angeles)
One Star
7 Adams (San Francisco)
Angler SF (San Francisco)
Auberge du Soleil (Rutherford)
Auro (Calistoga)
Bell’s (Los Alamos)
Caruso’s (Montecito)
Chez Noir (Carmel-by-the-Sea)
Citrin (Los Angeles)
Corridor 109 (Los Angeles)—NEW
Cyrus (Geyserville)
Heritage (Long Beach)
Hilda & Jesse (San Francisco)
Holbox (Los Angeles)
Jeune et Jolie (Carlsbad)
Kali Steak (Los Angeles)
Kin Khao (San Francisco)
KOJIMA (Los Angeles)—NEW
Lielle (Los Angeles)—NEW
Lilo (Carlsbad)
Localis (Sacramento)
LUCIEN (La Jolla)—NEW
Madcap (San Anselmo)
Meteora (Los Angeles)
Mister Jiu’s (San Francisco)
Miura (Beverly Hills)—NEW
Mori Nozomi (Los Angeles)
n/naka (Los Angeles)
Naides (San Francisco)—NEW
Nari (San Francisco)
Niku Steakhouse (San Francisco)
Nisei (San Francisco)
Nozawa Bar (Beverly Hills)
Orsa & Winston (Los Angeles)
Osteria Mozza (Los Angeles)
Pasta | Bar (Encino)
The Plumed Horse (Saratoga)
PRESS (Saint Helena)
Protégé (Palo Alto)
R|O-Rebel Omakase (Laguna Beach)
Restaurant Ki (Los Angeles)
San Ho Won (San Francisco)
Selby’s (Atherton)
Seline (Los Angeles)—promoted to One Star
Shin Sushi (Encino)
Silvers Omakase (Santa Barbara)
Six Test Kitchen (Paso Robles)
Soichi (San Diego)
Sorrel (San Francisco)
SSAL (San Francisco)
State Bird Provisions (San Francisco)
Sun Moon Studio (Oakland)
Sushi Inaba (Torrance)
Sushi Kaneyoshi (Los Angeles)
The Kitchen (Sacramento)
The Progress (San Francisco)
The Restaurant at JUSTIN (Paso Robles)
The Village Pub (Woodside)
Troubadour (Healdsburg)—NEW
Wakuriya (San Mateo)
Wolfsbane (San Francisco)—NEW
Green Star
Atelier Crenn (San Francisco)
Caruso’s (Montecito)
Chez Panisse (Berkeley)
Chi Spacca (Los Angeles)
Enclos (Sonoma)
Harbor House Inn (Elk)
Heritage (Long Beach)
Monte’s (Santa Barbara)—NEW
Osteria Mozza (Los Angeles)
Pomet (Oakland)
Providence (Hollywood)
Quince (San Francisco)
Sierra Mar (Big Sur)—NEW
SingleThread (Healdsburg)
Six Test Kitchen (Paso Robles)—NEW
Sons & Daughters (San Francisco)
The French Laundry (Yountville)
Vespertine (Los Angeles)
Special Awards
Exceptional Cocktails Award: Bar team at Maria Isabel (San Francisco)
Sommelier Award: Savannah Riedler at Lilo (Carlsbad)
Outstanding Service Award: Frida Blomdahl Hay at Sons & Daughters (San Francisco)
Young Chef Award: Anna Sonenshein and Niki Vahle at Little Fish Melrose Hill (Los Angeles)
To book these restaurants and explore all the MICHELIN Guide-rated restaurants, download the MICHELIN Guide iOS app.
Tanay Warerkar is a content marketing manager at OpenTable, where he oversees features content and stays on top of the hottest trends and developments in the restaurant industry. He brings years of experience as a food editor and reporter having worked at the San Francisco Chronicle, Eater, and the New York Daily News, to name a few.
