Taste the Best of Tokyo: 35 Michelin Star Restaurants in Tokyo (2025)

Tokyo is a sprawling metropolis, and one that claims the title of the largest city in the world. As if that weren’t already impressive enough, it holds another title of acclaim — Tokyo is the city with the most Michelin star restaurants and it’s held that spot since 2007 with over 200 restaurants in the Michelin Guide.

With that in mind, somewhere in our 7-day itinerary of Japan for first-time visitors (ideally the part where you’re in Tokyo!), it’s an absolute must that you make time for the culinary delights and masterpieces of Japanese cooking.

Welcome to the exquisite wonders of the Michelin Guide Tokyo 2025.

1. Three Michelin Stars: SEZANNE
2. Two Michelin Stars: Tempura Motoyoshi
3. One Michelin Star: Primo Passo
4. One Michelin Star: Yakitori Takahashi
5. One Michelin Star: Heritage by Kei Kobayashi
6. One Michelin Star: Yama
7. One Michelin Star: Sanosushi
8. One Michelin Star: Kappo Muroi
9. One Michelin Star: Yotsuya Minemura
10. One Michelin Star: CYCLE by Mauro Colagreco (and the Michelin Service Award)
11. One Michelin Star: apotheose
12. One Michelin Star: hortensia
13. One Michelin Star: Higashiyama Muku
14. One Michelin Star: Daigo
15. One Michelin Star: Saucer
16. One Michelin Star: Hakunei
17. Michelin Mentor Chef Award: Sushi Kanesaka (Two Michelin Stars)
18. Michelin Sommelier Award: ESqUISSE (Two Michelin Stars)

ByFood host Shizuka Anderson visits Michelin-starred restaurant Hommage in the heart of Tokyo.

From the more traditional Japanese food, like ramen, yakitori and soba to the more unexpected, like Michelin star vegetarian and vegan restaurants, affordable Italian food, and omuhayashi — which we’ll tell you all about a little later — there really is a Michelin star restaurant in Tokyo for every group, occasion, and dietary requirement.

To get you started, here a list of the latest Michelin star restaurants in Tokyo!

When two cultures known for their awe-inspiring cuisines collide, you get a fusion of flavors that even Michelin Guide inspectors can’t resist.

Every plating at Hommage embraces four things to become worthy of its two Michelin Stars, an accolade this French-Japanese fusion restaurant has held since 2018: simplicity, minimalism, accuracy and gratitude, with the latter held high on a pedestal within the restaurant’s own name; “hommage” means “gratitude” in French.

Only the finest, freshest produce, meat and seafood graces head chef Arai Noboru’s kitchen each day, allowing the ingredients to take center stage without being distracted by unnecessary additions. Each dish is designed to give you space to truly appreciate the unique flavors and beauty of the hand-selected ingredients within.

Located in the leafy Chiyoda district of Tokyo, and only a 5-minute walk from Tokyo Station, SEZANNE was already turning heads with its marble-topped setting in the swanky Four Seasons Marunouchi Tokyo hotel — recently awarded a Michelin Key, the newest accolade the Michelin Guide offers.

Find out more: Michelin Key 2024: Unlock Japan’s Best Hotels & Restaurants

But now, SEZANNE’s innovation French fusion cuisine has been taken from two Michelin Stars to three, making it one of the exclusive 12 restaurants in the Michelin Guide Tokyo 2025 to receive such an honor.

Heritage is so much more than a name; it’s a promise. Kobayashi Kei uses his expertise to craft innovative variations on French classics, honoring both the origins of this decorated cuisine and the future of gastronomy as an art form.

With unique twists on timeless classics like pate en croute, roast dovelet and vacherin, no wonder Heritage has been recognized with a Michelin Star. Now there’s one more reason to splurge with a stay at The Ritz Carlton, Tokyo.

Named after its concept of “circular gastronomy” — in which chefs focus on the cyclical nature of natural, in-season ingredients and make efforts to reduce food waste — CYCLE by Mauro Colagreco creates French fare with local Japanese ingredients, earning it one Michelin Star in the 2025 guide.

With roots in southern France — the three Michelin-starred restaurant Mirazur, to be specific — Mauro Colagreco takes influence from his native Argentinian cuisine to create fusion menus of tapas and asado, while still making room for four key themes of roots, leaves, flowers and fruits.

CYCLE also received another accolade in 2025; The Michelin Service Award went to Yasui Rie, the restaurant’s manager and sommelier. Known for her warm hospitality, fluency in multiple languages and international expertise, some may say it’s a long time coming.

With a name that can either mean “highest compliment” or “apex,” apotheose was perhaps destined to make Tokyo’s Michelin Guide 2025 list — especially once you take into account their enviable place in the sleek TOKYO NODE building, the sweeping city views it offers, and their three-fold mindset towards their dishes: “respect for French culinary culture; a deep spirit of inquiry into Japanese ingredients; and devotion to knowing the present moment.” 

Another tantalizing trinity of French fusion cuisine comes from hortensia, another new addition to the Michelin Guide Tokyo 2025 with one Michelin Star; here, three harmonies take the center stage: harmony of color, composition and taste.

Take a seat at their curved counter and watch these harmonies come to life before your very eyes.

Gaining one Michelin Star in this year’s Michelin Guide for its sensationally saucy creations, Saucer takes the French verb of “saucer,” meaning to pour sauce or drizzle sauce of bread, to give to-be diners an idea how far this concept can be taken.

Indulge in freshly baked bread on one plate and a sauce on the other, ideally for dipping and soaking the bread. Savor the depth of consomme drawn over a period of three days, and get a taste of Japan’s distinct seasons with morel mushrooms in spring and sweetfish in summer.

Oven-roasted and straw-smoked meats; bonito stock-infused sauces; unripe pepper seasoning in place of the usual black pepper. Every element of hakunei is carefully selected to elevate its foundation of French fare, best embodied by its dessert of millefeuille de crepes, requiring patient layer after layer of freshly made ingredients.

Blending “haku,” a pure feeling, and “nei,” meaning peaceful or tranquility, you’re sure to be left with a sense of the patient, perfected craft of this newly Michelin-starred restaurant.

Although ESquiSSE is well known within the Tokyo culinary scene for holding two Michelin Stars, it features in the Michelin Guide Tokyo 2025 for another reason.

General Director and chef-sommelier Wakabayashi Eiji has been awarded the Michelin Sommelier Award; a lofty accolade indeed, as this is the first time it’s been given to someone in Japan. 

“Wakabayashi has dedicated himself to advancing wine culture in Japan. He teaches at wine schools, writes for magazines, and appears on cooking TV programs to showcase the art of pairing food and fine wine. His knowledge and expertise are matched by his ability to read the tastes of his guests and enhance their dining experience with thoughtful, expertly chosen wine pairings.” Source.

Well, you can’t argue with that.

If you’re in Japan, you’ll probably sit down for sushi at least once, so you might as well make it an experience to remember! That’s where these Tokyo Michelin star sushi restaurants come in.

Craving sushi in Tokyo with three Michelin stars? Allow us to introduce you to the intimate Ginza Harutaka, helmed by Takahashi Harutaka. He trained for 13 years at Sukiyabashi Jiro, meaning he has the skills to back up every Michelin star, dishing up fresh, seasonal sushi on a bed of perfectly vinegared and salted sushi rice.

Even the shop’s interior design is a feast for the eyes, with black marble floors, handcrafted furniture, and only twelve seats around the counter for a suitable exclusive dining experience.

Exquisite Japanese sushi is often the epitome of the “less is more” mindset, and nowhere encapsulates this quite like Sanosushi — a choice which has now been rewarded with one Michelin Star.

Embodying traditional sushi restaurants of previous decades, this no-nonsense sushi shop shows off their freshest sushi dishes on a wooden menu board hung on the wall and boasts sloping counter seating with a unique groove that prevents soy sauce spillage.

Amidst the glitz and glamor of Ginza, Sushi Kanesaka has been elevating sushi for years, as shown by their two Michelin Stars. However, the Tokyo 2025 Michelin Guide sees the restaurant picking up another accolade worth shouting about…

Kanesaka Shinji has been awarded the Michelin Mentor Chef Award for his tireless efforts in training the next generation of sushi chefs across Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and the UK.

Find out more: Where to Eat in Ginza: Tokyo's Michelin Star-Studded District

Udatsu Sushi is the Michelin Select sushi restaurant of owner-chef, Udatsu Hisashi, famous for his signature dish: the “herb maki.” This unique sushi roll combines seaweed, fish and herbs, to create an eye-catching and flavorsome creation, often with a single sprig of flowers sprouting gracefully from the center. 

With fresh fish chosen every morning from trusted suppliers at Toyosu Market and herbs that vary by season, you’ll discover new flavor combinations every time you visit. Now we’re starting to see how Udatsu Sushi earned its Michelin Select accolade.

Note: Please note that on Wednesdays, Sundays and public holidays, Chef Udatsu will not be present at the restaurant. 

Book on the 1st floor for Chef Udatsu: While counter seating is available on both the 1st and 2nd floors, Chef Udatsu does not personally make the sushi on the 2nd floor counter, even if he is working that day.

For a taste of traditional Japanese food prepared by the best in the business, you simply have to try shojin ryori, kappo and fresh seafood at these Michelin-starred restaurants in Tokyo.

Minimal in interior design and anything but in cuisine, Higashiyama Muku features all the hallmarks of Mishima Tatsuki’s esteemed approach. As a native of the nature-rich Shimane Prefecture, the chef uses his experience at a fishmonger’s to select the season’s freshest crab, abalone and rosy sea perch from that very shop. 

Mishima also isn’t afraid to give a playful update to traditional dishes like takikomi-gohan (rice dish seasoned with soy sauce and boiled with various ingredients), somen noodles and Japanese curry.

"‘Shojin-ryori’ is a culinary tradition based on the Buddhist precept of wasting nothing. This diet of vegetables and grains is good not only for your health but also for the environment, honoring natural digestive processes and giving thanks for the bounty of each season. Shojin-ryori teaches appreciation for the important things in life, the things we must never forget."

With this appreciation behind every dish they make, it was only a matter of time before the fourth-generation Daigo joined the elites in the hallowed halls of the Michelin Guide, earning themselves one Michelin Star and a Michelin Green Star for their sustainable practices. 

Kappo Muroi may have begun as homage to the chef’s father, who ran a kappo before him, but it has become so much more. In this newly awarded one Michelin-starred restaurant, temperature is considered and curated to a level that most can’t match, serving dishes when they’re at their most aromatic and flavorful.

Rice is served while still steaming and fragrant oolong tea is served to end the meal, with only the finest of dishes and ingredients making their way over to you in-between.

With only six prized seats along its counter, offering direct views in the kitchen and its award-winning kappo cuisine, Yotsuya Minemura promises an intimate Michelin-starred dining experience.

Their diverse omakase set meal takes diners through a journey of traditional Japanese dishes, beginning with soup dishes and picturesque sashimi before swerving into steamed seafood sushi, handmade buckwheat soba, and ending on a rolled omelet, intriguingly served as a dessert.

For only the crispiest, most exquisite tempura in Tokyo, explore these Michelin tempura restaurants…

Tempura is a traditional Japanese cuisine that’s been delighting diners for decades, for not quite like this… Motoyoshi Kazuhito uses liquid nitrogen to create something new: ‘molecular tempura’. 

This unexpected evolution of a classic dish has awarded Tempura Motoyoshi with one Michelin Star in the latest Michelin Guide, putting their light, crispy and innovative tempura into the spotlight.

Italian cuisine is almost always good, but it’s not always Michelin Star-worthy… Until now.

Meaning “first step,” Primo Passo has aptly taken its first step onto the Tokyo Michelin Guide, earning one Michelin Star for its “Italian cuisine with a Japanese twist.”

Taking everything he learned at the celebrated Quattro Passi restaurant in Naples, you can be sure to discover specialty pasta that blends Italian and Japanese ingredients to create something altogether new and award-winning.

Along with our list of the best yakitori restaurants in Tokyo, we’ve also got some Michelin star yakitori and yakiniku restaurants in Tokyo, just waiting for that next night out in Japan’s capital city.

Said to be a man of few words, you can simply watch the master at work from the comfort of Yakitori Takahashi’s spacious counter. 

While you watch mouth-watering yakitori dishes being prepared without a care in the world, Takashi will be carefully curating every element that creates Michelin-starred yakitori, from the condition of the charcoal and the assembling of skewers to the subtle seasoning that elevates every mouthful.

Yakitori grilled chicken is in no short supply in Tokyo, but few do it as well as Torishige — a restaurant that’s known for its grilled chicken and more, also featuring high-quality beef and pork on its menu, setting it apart from other yakitori restaurants.

With a selection of affordable set-course meals and even the somewhat daring pork, chicken, and beef sashimi, there are more than a few reasons why Torishige is a Michelin-recognized yakitori restaurant worth visiting.

Book early: To land a successful reservation, guests are recommended to try booking at least a week in advance.

Even with all this Michelin star cuisine, you still saved room for Michelin star desserts in Tokyo, right? Spoil your sweet tooth with some of the finest desserts in Japan!

Sitting atop an enviable of its own creation, Yama is the first dessert-only restaurant to be given a Michelin Star since the inception of the Michelin Guide Tokyo.

Chef Katsumata Koichi gathers only the finest of fruits from throughout Japan, using them as the flavorful foundation of desserts including citrus fruits, mangoes, peaches, figs and chestnuts — varying along with the changing seasons.

Six is the magic number at Roku (meaning “six” in Japanese) in Yoyogi. Run by a husband-wife duo who share June birthdays, this small French restaurant also has six seats per service, creating an intimate atmosphere that’s ideal for savoring their Michelin-recognized French cuisine.

A standard and special omakase course menu is offered at both lunch and dinner, with special options for diners who come in after 8 pm. 

Even if you just feel like stopping by for the Bib Gourmand desserts you’ve been hearing so much about, that’s fine by Roku.

Just when you thought ramen in Japan couldn’t get any more delicious, you found out about Michelin star ramen in Tokyo.

Ramen Break Beats is a combination of head chef Yanase Takuro’s favorite things: ramen and DJ-ing. After honing his skills with a blend of French and Japanese cuisine in Toronto, Canada, Chef Yanase’s bold exploration of flavors is his calling card.

Ramen Break Beats’ broth is “yobi-modoshi” style, a Kyushu-born technique that keeps the broth boiling while a new broth is added, compounding flavors from previous broths to create a deeper flavor. Seasonal ramen make an appearance, but their shoyu (soy sauce) ramen is often put in the spotlight for its complex blend of five different sauces.

Full disclosure: Ramen Break Beats actually has a Bib Gourmand, not a Michelin star, but that’s likely because it’s too affordable to earn a star! Both lunch and dinner average at ¥1,000–¥2,000, making this one of the cheapest Michelin ramen restaurants in Tokyo.

Another ramen restaurant in Tokyo with the coveted Michelin Bib Gourmand is Iruca Tokyo Roppongi, upgrading its diners’ experience with elegant interiors and luxurious kaiseki vibes. As the line outside the restaurant near Roppongi Station would attest, Chef Ogawa Kazuhiro is serving up ramen worth waiting for, with signature dishes like yuzu shio ramen bringing people in all year round.

Their top-selling ramen, though? Porcini shoyu ramen, blending together four different broths: Nagoya cochin chicken, mussels, Satsuma kurobuta (black pork) and ise-ebi (Japanese spiny lobster). This won’t be like any ramen you’ve tried before!

Soba is a noodle for all seasons, as delicious cold in the summer as it is in a bowl of hot broth in the winter. 

Based in Omotesando, Tamawarai can make a claim that not every soba restaurant can make: they grow their own buckwheat before harvesting and turning it into the fresh soba you’d see before you, should you be lucky enough to take a seat at this Michelin star soba restaurant.

If you turn up without a reservation, expect to join the line of excited diners outside, before making it into a waiting room inside the restaurant itself. From there, dream of the next-level soba noodles you’ll soon discover, topped with everything from herring, natto, and radish to tempura and raw egg.

Yuan Yamori is the Michelin star soba restaurant that is known for doing things a little differently, putting a focus on historic soba dishes that you may struggle to find elsewhere. In his quest for exquisite Edo-period soba, owner-chef Yamori Akihisa also uses a mix of differently milled flour for his noodles, giving them a unique texture you’re sure to love. 

For a full display of the different types of soba on offer here, we’d recommend going for their course menu — you can thank us later!

Bring cash (and clean socks!): Yamori is a cash-only restaurant, so make sure you bring some cash along with you. As you’ll also be asked to remove your socks, make sure you’re wearing a fresh pair of socks!

Japanese bars, known as izakaya, are mostly seen as cheap and cheerful places to relax over a few drinks and quick bar snacks, but Tokyo even has a Michelin star izakaya for that elevated izakaya experience.

Washokuya Taichi is the Michelin Bib Gourmand izakaya where worlds collide: an intimate bar setting that seats 13 for that izakaya atmosphere, while still serving up Michelin-worthy dishes and daily sashimi and dessert specials, hand-picked for that latest seasonal ingredients.

Two specials keep people coming back for more: a signature salad, made of fresh vegetables, bitter melon, and Brussels sprouts, and a thick-cut pork cutlet sandwich, fried to order and crafted with melt-in-your-mouth tenderloin. So, hungry?

Nabe, known as Japanese hot pot, is a wonderfully warming dish throughout the colder months, but when it comes to enjoying Michelin star nabe hot pot restaurants in Tokyo, we’d say there’s never a bad time!

Back in the Edo Period, before modern refrigeration existed, tuna would quickly spoil. To attempt to reduce wastage (and sell more!), fishermen used the offcuts in a dish called negima-nabe, consisting of a soy sauce broth, onion and local greens. This became somewhat of a comfort dish and a symbol of working-class Japanese home cooking.

Keeping this tradition alive is a single female chef, working away in the kitchen of the Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant, Negima. From the second you step into this eight-seat restaurant, you’ll feel like you’ve traveled back to 20th-century Japan, with the chef wearing a traditional kimono and serving sake the old-fashioned way.

Bring cash: This restaurant is cash-only, so make sure you stop at an ATM on the way, or you’ll be missing out on this cozy delicacy.

Being vegetarian or vegan in Japan can be difficult at times, but it can also be delicious, as proven by these Michelin star vegetarian and vegan restaurants in Tokyo.

Noeud.Tokyo is the proud owner of both a Michelin Select and a Michelin Green Star, signaling to diners everywhere that their French cuisine is sustainable and incredibly delicious. Based in Chiyoda's Nagata-cho district, owner-chef Nakatsuka Naoto’s restaurant creates an unforgettable experience with an 11-course meal for dinner, along with an equally memorable interior style.

Take a seat at the thick hardwood counters for a front-row view of the culinary magic on display, watching the season’s freshest ingredients become Michelin Select French cuisine before your very eyes.

For vegetarian or vegan dining: For a fully vegetarian or vegan set-course menu, please book at least three days in advance and let the restaurant know at the time of booking.

Two Michelin stars and a Michelin Green star is impressive enough, but the owner-chef of Narisawa, Narisawa Yoshihiro, has a culinary path that’s equally as impressive. At 19, he learned his craft under the guidance of some of the most prestigious chefs on the continent, before returning to Japan and opening his own restaurant, now considered one of the best in the country for European-Japanese gastronomy. 

Narisawa’s signature dish is the Satoyama Scenery appetizer — an edible model of the terrain representing its hills, trees, and moss-covered rocks. Never one to stray from unique cuisine, one of his soups even features the actual soil of the Nagano Prefecture, so you’re sure to discover a few dishes here that you’ll find nowhere else.

Omuhayashi is the lesser-known friend of omurice (omelet and rice), combining a Japanese specialty and a Western specialty to create something newly delicious, especially if you visit a Michelin star omuhayashi restaurant in Tokyo.

There’s no other place like grill GRAND in Asakusa, the Bib Gourmand yoshoku (Japanese-style Western food) restaurant near Senso-ji Temple and Kaminarimon Gate.

Follow the yellow-brick wall and you’ll find this popular spot for Japanese home-style cooking, founded in 1941 and dishing up cozy favorites like katsu sandwiches, gratin, and beef stew. However, it’s the omuhayashi rice that sets this restaurant apart. 

Fluffy egg is gently laid over a dome of steaming rice, then drenched in homemade demi-glace, a sweet, rich sauce that takes the restaurant over two weeks to create.

Every Japanese restaurant is unique in its own way, but here are a few especially unique Michelin star restaurants that we think you’re going to want to try while you’re traveling around Tokyo.

Falo is a unique Michelin Bib Gourmand-winning Italian restaurant based in Daikanyama. Falo, meaning “bonfire” in Italian, gives a nod towards the importance of communal dining in head chef Kashimura Noritaka’s vision. 

With an open-style kitchen and a charcoal grill at its center, Kashimura has created a welcoming, intimate atmosphere that draws people together. From skewered fish to slow-grilled porchetta, there are sure to be a few conversation starters being prepared before your very eyes.

Hungry for quality food, but already spent all your money in the arcades at Akihabara? We’ve been there. 

Il Ballond’oro is another Michelin Bib Gourmand Italian restaurant with a name that’s as famous as its Michelin-recognized cuisine. Named after the Ballon d’Or, the award given to the best footballer every year by the sports magazine, French Football, it’s a reminder of Chef Iwata Masaki’s youth as an aspiring football player.

Luckily for us, he decided to use his fancy footwork in the kitchen of this beloved Ebisu trattoria. His signature dish, golden risotto, brings together a hat trick of saffron rice, Parmigiano Reggiano, and a dish worth pairing with the restaurant’s selection of vintage reds or whites. And yet, Il Ballond’oro is still one of the most affordable Michelin restaurants in Tokyo!

La Bettola da Ochiai is the passion project of Chef Ochiai Tsutomu, a man who many consider to be the grandfather of Italian food. It holds three titles: Michelin Bib Gourmand Italian restaurant, one of the “hardest restaurants to reserve in Japan” (unless you book through our platform!), and one of the most affordable Michelin restaurants in Tokyo.

For authentic Italian dishes like rigatoni with red wine-stewed beef cheek, pork cutlet with rucola and tomato, and daily seafood specials without breaking the bank, this is the place to go.

With our VIP Gourmet Concierge service, make Tokyo’s best Michelin star restaurants come to you! Tell us what you’re looking for and our team will create a personalized itinerary that suits your needs, budget, schedule, and dietary restrictions.

What are you in the mood for while you’re in Japan? With the help of our experts, hop from Michelin star vegetarian or vegan restaurants to Michelin star ramen, sushi, soba, tonkatsu and anything in-between.

No matter what you choose, there’s a Michelin star restaurant in Tokyo waiting for you.

Hungry for more? See our curation of the latest Bib Gourmand restaurants in Tokyo and the best restaurants in Tokyo. Interested in Michelin star cuisine beyond Tokyo? Discover the best Michelin star restaurants in Osaka and Kyoto.

Every year, potential Michelin-worthy restaurants are scouted ahead of the release of that year’s Michelin Guide. Within this guide, there are three categories of Michelin star they can award:

One star: “A very good restaurant in this category.”

Two stars: “Excellent cooking that’s worth a detour.”

Three stars: “Exceptional cuisine that’s worth a special journey.”

Bib Gourmand: A restaurant that’s been recognized for high-quality ingredients and standards, yet still retains affordable prices.

Michelin Green star: A restaurant that has been recognized for its eco-friendly and sustainable practices.

When Michelin inspectors start searching for new additions to the annual Michelin Guide, they’re looking for high-quality ingredients, considered presentation, and chefs who dare to go the extra mile within their culinary space. Japanese restaurants tick a lot of these boxes, with culinary expertise that takes years to train and decades to hone.

Tokyo is the city with the most Michelin stars in the world. In fact, Tokyo has held this title for 18 consecutive years as of 2007. From Michelin star sushi and ramen to Michelin star soba, tempura, tonkatsu and more, you’ll never get bored of wining and dining in Tokyo!