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 2024
Three Stars
Addison (San Diego)
Atelier Crenn (San Francisco)
Benu (San Francisco)
Quince (San Francisco)
SingleThread (Healdsburg)
The French Laundry (Yountville)
Two Stars
Acquerello (San Francisco)
Aubergine (Carmel-by-the-Sea) — NEW
Birdsong (San Francisco)
Californios (San Francisco)
Commis (Oakland)
Harbor House (Elk)
Hayato (Los Angeles)
Lazy Bear (San Francisco)
Mélisse (Los Angeles)
Providence (Hollywood)
Saison (San Francisco)
Sons & Daughters (San Francisco) — NEW
Vespertine (Los Angeles) — NEW
One Star
7 Adams (San Francisco) — NEW
715 (Los Angeles)
Angler SF (San Francisco)
Aphotic (San Francisco)
Auberge du Soleil (Rutherford)
Auro (Calistoga)
Bell’s (Los Alamos)
Camphor (Los Angeles)
Caruso’s (Montecito)
Chez Noir (Carmel-by-the-Sea)
Chez TJ (Mountain View)
Citrin (Los Angeles)
Cyrus (Geyserville)
Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura (Beverly Hills)
Gwen (Los Angeles)
Hana re (Costa Mesa)
Heritage (Long Beach)
Hilda & Jesse (San Francisco) — NEW
Holbox (Los Angeles) — NEW
Jeune et Jolie (Carlsbad)
Kali (Los Angeles)
Kato (Los Angeles)
Kenzo (Napa)
Kiln (San Francisco) — NEW
Kin Khao (San Francisco)
Knife Pleat (Costa Mesa)
Le Comptoir at Bar Crenn (San Francisco)
Localis (Sacramento)
Madcap (San Anselmo)
Meteora (Los Angeles) — NEW
Mister Jiu’s (San Francisco)
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)
Osito (San Francisco)
Osteria Mozza (Los Angeles)
Pasta | Bar (Encino)
Plumed Horse (Saratoga)
Press (Saint Helena)
Protégé (Palo Alto)
R|O-Rebel Omakase (Laguna Beach) — NEW
San Ho Won (San Francisco)
Selby’s (Atherton)
Shibumi (Los Angeles)
Shin Sushi (Encino)
The Shota (San Francisco)
Six Test Kitchen (Paso Robles)
Soichi (San Diego)
Sorrel (San Francisco)
Ssal (San Francisco)
State Bird Provisions (San Francisco)
Sushi Ginza Onodera (Los Angeles)
Sushi Inaba (Torrance)
Sushi Kaneyoshi (Los Angeles)
The Kitchen (Sacramento)
The Progress (San Francisco)
The Restaurant at JUSTIN (Paso Robles)
The VIllage Pub (Woodside)
Uka (Los Angeles) — NEW
Valle (Oceanside)
Wakuriya (San Mateo)
Green Star
Aphotic (San Francisco)
Atelier Crenn (San Francisco)
Caruso’s (Montecito)
Chez Panisse (Berkeley)
Chi Spacca (Los Angeles)
The French Laundry (Yountville)
Harbor House (Elk)
Heritage (Long Beach)
Le Comptoir at Bar Crenn (San Francisco)
Osteria Mozza (Los Angeles)
Pomet (Oakland)
Providence (Hollywood)
Quince (San Francisco)
The Restaurant at JUSTIN (Paso Robles)
SingleThread (Healdsburg)
Vespertine (Los Angeles) — NEW
Special Awards
MICHELIN Exceptional Cocktails Award: Trevin Hutchins of Aphotic (San Francisco)
MICHELIN Sommelier Award: Ian Krupp of Anajak Thai
MICHELIN Outstanding Service Award: Rachel Sillcocks of Hilda & Jesse (San Francisco)
MICHELIN Young Chef Award: John Wesley of Kiln (San Francisco)
To book these restaurants and explore all the MICHELIN Guide-rated restaurants, download the MICHELIN Guide iOS app.
Visit one of these restaurants for yourself. Book a table at one of California’s MICHELIN-Star restaurants on OpenTable now.
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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.
