How many Michelin-starred restaurants does San Francisco have?

The 2026 MICHELIN Guide lists 25 starred restaurants in San Francisco: 3 three-star, 7 two-star, and 15 one-star. Another 12 hold a Bib Gourmand for outstanding value, and the wider guide adds dozens more Selected restaurants.

Which San Francisco restaurants have three Michelin stars?

Three: Atelier Crenn on Fillmore Street, Benu in SoMa, and Quince in Jackson Square. Only New York has more three-star restaurants in the United States — and Atelier Crenn and Quince both carry a Green Star on top.

What is a Bib Gourmand?

A Bib Gourmand recognizes restaurants the Guide's inspectors rate for quality cooking at a moderate price. In San Francisco that covers everything from dim sum at Yank Sing to Outerlands out by Ocean Beach.

How far ahead do I need to book?

The three-star tasting menus — Atelier Crenn, Benu, Quince — typically open reservations one to two months ahead and fill the day they drop. Most one-star rooms are reachable two to four weeks out, and several Bib Gourmand spots take walk-ins.

Michelin Star Restaurants in San Francisco (2026) — Map, Stars & Bib Gourmand

Three stars · 3 restaurants

Atelier Crenn
Contemporary
Dominique Crenn's poetic seafood-and-vegetable tasting menu on Fillmore Street — three stars and a Green Star.
4.6(768 reviews)
Michelin · Green Star
Benu
Asian
Corey Lee's SoMa dining room, where Korean and Chinese technique meets French precision.
4.6(752 reviews)
Michelin
Quince
Contemporary
Michael Tusk's Jackson Square flagship — Californian-Italian cooking with a Green Star for its sourcing.
4.6(786 reviews)
Michelin · Green Star

Two stars · 7 restaurants

Acquerello
Italian
Suzette Gresham's Nob Hill Italian, in a converted chapel, more than thirty years on.
4.6(656 reviews)
Michelin
Birdsong
Contemporary
Wood-fired Pacific Northwest cooking on Mission Street, plated with foraged detail.
4.6(471 reviews)
Michelin
Californios
Mexican
Val Cantu's Mexican tasting menu in SoMa — the only two-star Mexican restaurant in the United States.
4.7(562 reviews)
Michelin
Kiln
Contemporary
A spare Hayes Valley counter cooking a contemporary Californian menu over live fire.
4.8(159 reviews)
Michelin
Lazy Bear
Contemporary
David Barzelay's Mission dinner party — communal tables, two seatings a night.
4.7(1,190 reviews)
Michelin
Saison
Californian
Hearth-cooked Californian tasting menus in a South Beach brick warehouse.
4.6(652 reviews)
Michelin
Sons & Daughters
Contemporary
Green-starred contemporary tasting menu, much of it grown on the restaurant's own farm.
4.7(389 reviews)
Michelin · Green Star

One star · 15 restaurants

7 Adams
Californian
Serena and David Fisher's Californian tasting menu, in a narrow railway-style room built around the open kitchen.
4.4(452 reviews)
Michelin
Angler SF
Contemporary
Live-fire cooking on the Embarcadero — embered oysters, aged fish, a hunter's cabin gone Nordic.
Michelin
Hilda and Jesse
American
The Bay Area's most ambitious brunch, from Ollie Liedags and Rachel Sillcocks — no menu, dishes arrive as a surprise.
Michelin
Kin Khao
Thai
Pim Techamuanvivit's fiercely flavored Thai in a Parc 55 alcove — plain room, uncompromising spice.
4.2(2,162 reviews)
Michelin
Le Comptoir at Bar Crenn
Contemporary
A marble counter beside Atelier Crenn seating a handful a night, each course plated in front of you.
Michelin · Green Star
Mister Jiu's
Chinese
Brandon Jew's Californian Cantonese in Chinatown — the scallion milk bread and the Peking duck are the point.
Michelin
Nari
Thai
Pim Techamuanvivit's contemporary Thai inside Hotel Kabuki, served family style with real complexity.
4.2(568 reviews)
Michelin
Niku Steakhouse
Steakhouse
Ultra-luxe wagyu steakhouse in the Design District, best from the 18-seat counter over the coals.
4.5(865 reviews)
Michelin
Nisei
Japanese
David Yoshimura's tasting menu built on Japanese-American heritage, ending at the wagashi cart.
4.6(236 reviews)
Michelin
O' by Claude Le Tohic
French
The fine-dining crown of Claude Le Tohic's six-floor ONE65 — French technique on Californian produce.
Michelin
San Ho Won
Korean
Corey Lee and Jeong-In Hwang's refined Korean barbecue — one of the hardest tables in the city.
4.6(728 reviews)
Michelin
Sorrel
Contemporary
Alexander Hong's pasta-driven Italian in Pacific Heights, with a rooftop garden feeding the kitchen.
4.5(527 reviews)
Michelin
Ssal
Korean
Hyunyoung and Junsoo Bae's Korean tasting menu — familiar flavors pared back to a refined simplicity.
4.7(227 reviews)
Michelin
State Bird Provisions
Californian
Californian cooking served dim-sum style off roving carts — you build the meal as it passes.
4.5(2,442 reviews)
Michelin
The Progress
Californian
NorCal-meets-Nordic sharing plates by the Fillmore — someone at the table has to order the duck.
4.6(1,324 reviews)
Michelin