The 2025 Michelin Guide has been released, and there are some Atlanta favorites that made the recommended list for the first time, as well as some beloved spots that maintained their star for another year in a row! Keep scrolling to learn all about Michelin’s 2025 Guide in Atlanta!
Which Atlanta restaurants earned a 2025 Michelin Star?
You’ll recognize these restaurants from the 2024 Michelin Star list!
- Lazy Betty (Contemporary)
- Hayakawa (Japanese)
- Mujō (Japanese)
- Bacchanalia (American)
- O by Brush (Japanese)
- Atlas (American)
- Omakase Table (Japanese)
- Spring (Contemporary) – located in Marietta
An Atlanta restaurant has yet to earn two or three stars. So far, ATL restaurants have only earned one star or other Michelin honors, like the Bib Gourmand, for affordable, high quality cooking, or the Michelin recommended.
Which Atlanta restaurants have been added to the Michelin recommended list for 2025?
- Avize in West Midtown
- Best BBQ in Chamblee
- Fawn in Decatur
- Lucky Star on Howell Mill Road
- Madeira Park in Virginia-Highland
- Pho House in Duluth
- Ryokou on Northside Drive
If you want to check out all of the Michelin-recommended restaurants in the ATL area, you can see the full Michelin Guide on their website, here!
Wait… what even is a Michelin Star?
The Michelin Guide’s star rating system is based on five things:
- quality of ingredients
- harmony of flavors
- mastery of techniques
- personality of the chef expressed through their cuisine
- consistency across the menu and over time
As expected, it’s pretty hard to earn a Michelin star at all, and the maximum a restaurant can earn is three stars.
- One star means that the restaurant is a “very good restaurant in tis category.”
- Two stars indicates “excellent cooking, worth a detour.”
- Three-star review from Michelin means “Exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey.”
In other words, earning a Michelin Star is a huge honor, given only to the best of the best! & we’re so proud of our star-earning restaurants!