2021

Tokyo Michelin Star Restaurants

Looking for the best restaurants in Tokyo? Browse the list of Michelin Star Restaurants in Tokyo for 2021 compiled directly from the Official Michelin Guide.

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The Michelin Guide released its latest ranking for 2021. Tokyo is once again leading as the city with the most Michelin-starred restaurants. Flaunting its 212 restaurants, you can dine on French, Italian, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, and Thai along with traditional Japanese dishes.

Besides diversity in flavor, Michelin announced that the 2021 guide includes 6 restaurants with its new sustainability award Green Star. As always, if you’re looking for quality and cost, they have added 35 new reasonably priced Bib Gourmand restaurants.

The 2021 Tokyo Michelin Guide at a glance:

12 Three Star restaurants (2 new)
42 Two Star restaurants (2 new)
158 One Star restaurants (18 new)
234 Bib Gourmand restaurants (35 new)
6 Green Star restaurants
34 hotels and ryokans (7 new) 

The New 2021 Three Star Tokyo Restaurants

Two new restaurants were added to the coveted Three Star category, making the total number of three-star restaurants jump to twelve.

Sazenka is the first Chinese restaurant in Tokyo to be awarded three stars. It’s their first appearance on the Michelin Guide. According to the guide, its lead chef Tomoya Kawada “combines traditional Chinese flavors with Japanese techniques.”

L’Effervescence, a French restaurant that earned its two stars back in 2015, was promoted this year. Chef Shinobu Namae impressed Michelin inspectors with their Sowa-ryu tea ceremony performed at the end of the meal.

Eye-catching Restaurants

The 2021 selection added 18 newly Michelin-starred restaurants to the one-star category, 2 to the two-star, and 2 to the three-star, meaning Tokyo has 158 one-star restaurants, 42 two-stars, and 12 three-stars.

Within these highly exquisite restaurants are some unique ones to check out:

Sazenka (3 stars)

  • Combines traditional Chinese flavors with Japanese techniques
  • Must-try: pheasant soup

L’Effervescence (upgraded to 3 stars)

  • Serves a unique cuisine with French influences accented by top-quality local ingredients
  • Must-try: Sowa-ryu tea ceremony

NARISAWA (2 stars and a Green Star for gastronomy and sustainability)

  • Serves “innovative mountain-village cuisine” that expresses the essential landscape of Japan through food
  • Must-try: “Essence of Mountain Village Scenes and Forest” dish

These are just three of the 212 total Michelin-starred restaurants in Tokyo. Check out the listing below or save the Google Map collection here.

If you want Japanese Michelin star restaurants, check out this section!

Japanese Cuisine

Azabu

Kanda ***

Azabujuban

Azabu Yukimura ***

Yurakucho

Ryugin ***

Nishi Azabu

Usukifugu Yamadaya **

Akasaka

Akasaka Kikunoi **

Ginza

Ginza Koju **

Ginza

Sawada **

Mita

Seizan **

Atago

Daigo **

JIngumae

Higuchi **

Minami Aoyama

Oryori Miyasaka **

Ginza

Kobikicho Tomoki **

Ginza

Sushi Kanesaka *

Nishiazabu

Azabu Wakei *

Minato City

Onarimon Haru *

Ginza

Shigematsu *

Shinjuku

Kagurazaka Ishikawa ***

Shinjuku

Kohaku ***

Ginza

Sushi Yoshitake ***

Hiroo

Tentempura Uchitsu **

Setagaya

Sushi Kimura **

Shinjuku

Kaiseki Komuro **

Nishi Azabu

Jushu **

Akasaka

Kaiseki Tsujitome **

Kamata

Hatsuzensushi **

Kioicho

Kioicho Fukudaya **

Ginza

Ginza Fukuji **

Ginza

Adachi Naoto *

Akasaka

Akasaka Ogino *

Ginza

Oryori Katsushi *

Minato City

ShinoiS *

Minato City

Sushi Sugaya *

Azabujuban

Kadowaki ***

Shinagawa

Makimura ***

Toranomon

Okamoto **

Shirokane

Tempura Ginya **

Nishi Azabu

Goryukubo **

Ginza

Tempura Kondo **

Roppongi

Sukiyabashi Jiro Roppongiten **

Minami Azabu

Seisoka **

Higashi Azabu

Higashiazabu Amamoto **

Ginza

Harutaka **

Ginza

Ginza Shinohara **

Ginza

Kutan **

Ginza

Juko *

Minato City

Series *

Ginza

Sushi Murayama *

Minato City

Sushiya Shota *

If you want French Michelin star restaurants, check out this section!

French Cuisine

Ginza

L’Osier ***

Ginza

Esquisse**

Mita

La Table de Joël Robuchon **

Shinjuku

Le Mange-Tout **

Jingumae

Florilège **

Ginza

Les Alchimistes *

Ginza

Makiyaki Ginza Onodera *

Shinagawa

Quintessence ***

Roppongi

Édition Koji Shimomura **

Roppongi

L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon **

Akasaka

Pierre Gagnaire **

Nishiazabu

L’Effervescence ***

Komagata

Nabeno-Ism **

Minami-Aoyama

L’Intemporel *

Ebisu

Joël Robuchon ***

Asakusa

Hommage **

Ginza

Beige Alain Ducasse **

Roppongi

Ryuzu **

Ginza

Dominique Bouchet **

Shibuya

Au Deco *

Marunochi

Esterre *

If you want Italian Michelin star restaurants, check out this section!

Italian Cuisine

Ginza

Aroma Fresca *

Ginza

Faro *

Meguro

Antica Braceria Bell’Italia

Minami Aoyama

Prisma

If you want innovative Michelin star restaurants, check out this section!

Innovative

Fujimi

Inua *

Minami Aoyama

Narisawa **

Jingumae

Den **

If you want Spanish Michelin star restaurants, check out this section!

Spanish Cuisine

Nagatacho

Sant Pau **

Ginza

Zurriola **

If you want Chinese Michelin star restaurants, check out this section!

Chinese Cuisine

Mita

Mitamachi Momonoki **

Minami Azabu

Sazenka ***

Minami Azabu

Itsuka *

If you want Korean Michelin star restaurants, check out this section!

Korean Cuisine

Ginza

Yunke **