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 2025
Three Stars
Addison (San Diego)
Atelier Crenn (San Francisco)
Benu (San Francisco)
Providence (Hollywood)
Quince (San Francisco)
SingleThread (Healdsburg)
Somni (Los Angeles)
The French Laundry (Yountville)
Two Stars
Acquerello (San Francisco)
Aubergine (Carmel-by-the-Sea)
Birdsong (San Francisco)
Californios (San Francisco)
Commis (Oakland)
Enclos (Sonoma) — NEW
Harbor House (Elk)
Hayato (Los Angeles)
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)
715 (Los Angeles)
Angler SF (San Francisco)
Auberge du Soleil (Rutherford)
Auro (Calistoga)
Bell’s (Los Alamos)
Camphor (Los Angeles)
Caruso’s (Montecito)
Chez Noir (Carmel-by-the-Sea)
Citrin (Los Angeles)
Cyrus (Geyserville)
Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura (Beverly Hills)
Gwen (Los Angeles)
Heritage (Long Beach)
Hilda & Jesse (San Francisco)
Holbox (Los Angeles)
Jeune et Jolie (Carlsbad)
Kali (Los Angeles)
Kato (Los Angeles)
Kenzo (Napa)
Kin Khao (San Francisco)
Knife Pleat (Costa Mesa)
Le Comptoir at Bar Crenn (San Francisco)
Lilo (Carlsbad) — NEW
Localis (Sacramento)
Madcap (San Anselmo)
Meteora (Los Angeles)
Mister Jiu’s (San Francisco)
Mori Nozomi (Los Angeles) — NEW
Morihiro (Los Angeles)
n/naka (Los Angeles)
Nari (San Francisco)
Niku Steakhouse (San Francisco)
Nisei (San Francisco)
Nozawa Bar (Beverly Hills)
O’ by Claude Le Tohic (San Francisco)
Orsa & Winston (Los Angeles)
Osteria Mozza (Los Angeles)
Pasta | Bar (Encino)
Plumed Horse (Saratoga)
Press (Saint Helena)
Protégé (Palo Alto)
R|O-Rebel Omakase (Laguna Beach)
Restaurant Ki (Los Angeles) — NEW
San Ho Won (San Francisco)
Selby’s (Atherton)
Shibumi (Los Angeles)
Shin Sushi (Encino)
Silvers Omakase (Santa Barbara) — NEW
Six Test Kitchen (Paso Robles)
Soichi (San Diego)
Sorrel (San Francisco)
Ssal (San Francisco)
State Bird Provisions (San Francisco)
Sun Moon Studio (Oakland) — NEW
Sushi Inaba (Torrance)
Sushi Kaneyoshi (Los Angeles)
The Kitchen (Sacramento)
The Progress (San Francisco)
The Restaurant at JUSTIN (Paso Robles)
The Shota (San Francisco)
The Village Pub (Woodside)
Uka (Los Angeles) — NEW
Valle (Oceanside)
Wakuriya (San Mateo)
Green Star
Atelier Crenn (San Francisco)
Caruso’s (Montecito)
Chez Panisse (Berkeley)
Chi Spacca (Los Angeles)
Enclos (Sonoma) — NEW
Harbor House (Elk)
Heritage (Long Beach)
Le Comptoir at Bar Crenn (San Francisco)
Osteria Mozza (Los Angeles)
Pomet (Oakland)
Providence (Hollywood)
Quince (San Francisco)
SingleThread (Healdsburg)
Sons & Daughters (San Francisco)
The French Laundry (Yountville)
The Restaurant at JUSTIN (Paso Robles)
Vespertine (Los Angeles) — NEW
Special Awards
MICHELIN Exceptional Cocktails Award: Bar team at Eylan (Menlo Park)
MICHELIN Sommelier Award: Chris Barnum-Dann at Localis (Sacramento)
MICHELIN Outstanding Service Award: Nick Peyton at Cyrus (Geyserville)
MICHELIN Young Chef Award: Ki Kim at Restaurant Ki (Los Angeles)
To book these restaurants and explore all the MICHELIN Guide-rated restaurants, download the MICHELIN Guide iOS app.
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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.
