Here’s a look at the Michelin Starred Restaurants in Los Angeles for 2024

The list of Michelin-starred restaurants for Los Angeles is officially out! While each year appears to be a little less shiny than the last, you’ll see some new brilliance in the one-star category and some maintenance work done in the two-star category. Unfortunately, Southern California retains only one 3-star, which is Addison in Orange County. The real winners can be found in the Bib Gourmand category, with eight new additions of affordable luxury that represent more diversity than seen from the starred restaurants.

Below is your list of ALL two—and one-star restaurants in Los Angeles, as well as the NEW Bib Gourmand.

Two Star

• Vespertine (Culver City)
• Melisse (Santa Monica)
• Hayato (DTLA)
• Providence (Hollywood)

The changes for 2024 included the downgrade of Sushi Ginza Onodera (West Hollywood) and N/Naka (West LA/Palms) and the reappearance of Vespertine (Culver City), now reopened.

One Star

The notable newcomers are in bold.

• 715 (DTLA)
• Camphor (DTLA)
• Citrin (Santa Monica)
• Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura (Beverly Hills)
• Gwen (Hollywood)
• Heritage (Long Beach)
• Holbox (DTLA)
• Kali (Hollywood)
• Kato (DTLA Arts District)
• Manzke (West Los Angeles) – now closed
• Meteora (West Hollywood)
• Morihiro (Atwater Village)
• n/naka (West LA/Palms)
• Nozawa Bar (Beverly Hills)
• Orsa & Winston (DTLA)
• Osteria Mozza (Hollywood)
• Pasta | Bar (Encino)
• Shibumi (DTLA)
• Shin Sushi (Encino)
• Sushi Ginza Onodera (West Hollywood)
• Sushi Kaneyoshi (DTLA)
• Uka at Japan House (Hollywood)

Unfortunately, n/naka (West LA/Palms) lost one star but promises a return to its dazzling self. Q Sushi in Downtown Los Angeles completely fell out of the sky as did Hatchet Hall in Culver City.

Bib Gourmand

Below, you’ll find the new Bib Gourmands in Los Angeles.

• Cedro Italian Restaurant (Thousand Oaks/Newbury Park)
• Grá (Echo Park)
• Little Fish (Echo Park)
• Liu’s Cafe (Koreatown)
• Mae Malai Thai House of Noodles (Thai Town)
• Manohar’s Delhi Palace (La Puente – city in L.A. County)
• Pollo a la Brasa (Koreatown)
• Quarter Sheets (Echo Park)

The best part about the Bib Gourmand is that it’s affordable! The rules are, “a Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand restaurant must offer two courses and a glass of wine or dessert for around $50.” This encompasses restaurants of both “good quality and value.” This year also brought along a new category below the Bib which is called Selected Restaurants for “good cooking.” Los Angeles has 109 of those including La Cha Cha Cha, Q Sushi, Girl & The Goat, and Bestia.

So, while we can all keep reaching for the stars, it’s nice to know you can eat well with a bib tied around your neck.

Michelin Guide Los Angeles 2019

It’s official! The Michelin Guide is back in California, and 24 restaurants in Los Angeles are considered stellar!! While we might not have earned any three-star nods, here is your guide to the new one and two Michelin Star Restaurants in Los Angeles.

One Star

• Bistro Na’s (SGV)
• Q Sushi (DTLA)

As featured in my Oh my Omakase story, Q Sushi in DTLA offers a meal that will overwhelm your senses as well as some of the best Sake in the city.

• Shibumi (DTLA)
• Kali (Hollywood)
• Le Comptoir (Koreatown)

The 7-course vegetable tasting at Le Comptoir will leave you wondering why you ever needed meat in the first place.

• Hayato (Row DTLA)
• Trois Mec (Hollywood)

One of my favorite meals of 2017, Trois Mec from Chef Ludo Lefebvre, is like a slice of Paris in Hollywood. While it’s a tasting menu you should reserve for special evenings, it’s still an affordable luxury by comparison to some of the others on this list of the Michelin Star restaurants in Los Angeles.

• Osteria Mozza (Hollywood)

I love to say this is my favorite restaurant in Los Angeles because despite being open since 2007, the pasta tasting at Osteria Mozza never gets old, and I melt at just the thought of the bread with Olive Oil.

• Nozawa Bar (Beverly Hills)
• Cut (Beverly Hills)
• Maude (Beverly Hills)

Another standout tasting menu, Maude from Chef Curtis Stone, centers on a different ingredient or wine region and changes seasonally.

• Mori Sushi (West LA)
• Shin Sushi (Encino)
• Kato (West LA)
• Shunji (West LA)
• Orsa & Winston (DTLA)
• Dialogue (Santa Monica)
• Rustic Canyon (Santa Monica)

Two Star

• Providence (Hollywood)

Always lauded as our shining Michelin star long after the guide was gone, Providence from Chef Michael Chimarusti is a great place to dip your toe into the waters of two-star dining.

• Sushi Ginza Onodera (West Hollywood)
• Somni (Mid-City at the SLS Hotel)
• Urasawa (Beverly Hills)
• Vespertine (Culver City)
• n/naka (West LA/Palms)

I can best describe a dinner at n/naka as both ritual and relaxation. Chef Niki Nakayama will make you feel like you’re a guest in her home, but the kaiseki presentation will feel like you’re out of this world.

I hope this gives you a jumping-off point for your exploration of the Michelin star restaurants in Los Angeles. While it’s a stellar distinction many don’t feel we need, it’s nice to feel this city’s dining scene is on the map with the rest of the world.