The wine guide to 15 Michelin star restaurants in Tokyo 2026
Enjoy the best of two worlds in Tokyo. We've found some restaurants that offer both Michelin's food recommendations and also Star Wine List's wine recommendations. It's a guarantee you're in for a special experience.
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![L’Effervescence, a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan.]()
Phone: +81 03-5766-9500
Address: 2-chōme-26-4 Nishiazabu, Minato City
L’effervescence is the culmination of chef Shinobu Namae’s vision for sustainable gastronomy. In addition to its three Michelin stars, the restaurant also boasts a Green Star for its efforts to promote eco-conscious practices in the dining room as well as the kitchen. One of the pioneers behind the farm-to-table movement in Japan, Namae was among the first to display the names of the farmers, fishers, and purveyors that supply the restaurant with ingredients on the menu. The kitchen’s thoughtful and meticulous cooking highlights the best of the seasons. In winter, duck breast is roasted over a...
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![Sézanne, a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan.]()
Phone: +81 03-5222-5810
Address: PACIFIC CENTURY PLACE MARUNOUCHI, ７階, 1-chōme-11-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda City
Best Long List Japan 2026
One of Tokyo’s buzziest restaurants, bagged its first Michelin star within months of opening in 2021 and has since gained more. British-born executive chef Daniel Calvert aims to merge the “timeless elegance” of a Parisian grand maison with the “open-minded lack of preciousness” that characterises the American approach to French cuisine he encountered during his tenure as sous chef at Per Se in New York. The seasonal menu is polished, precise, and technically astonishing: Riesling-poached foie gras with apricot and verbena sauce has the perfect buttery texture, while drunken Shanghai crab is...
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![Interior of Hyakuyaku by Tokuyamazushi, Tokyo, Japan.]()
Phone: +81 355 799 760
Address: Chuo City, Ginza, 4-chōme−4−2 松屋通り安田ビル 9階
Best Medium-Sized List Japan, presented by Dreissigacker 2026
Tucked into the ninth floor of a Ginza high-rise, the minimalist, earth-toned interior at Hyakuyaku provides an elegant backdrop for chef Hitoshi Sato’s precise Japanese cuisine. Opened in 2024, the restaurant earned its first Michelin star within a year – a testament to the young chef’s talent and his devotion to sourcing, often visiting producers on his days off. The omakase menu highlights pristine seasonal seafood: succulent grilled kinki (thorny head rockfish) brushed with sweetened soy and wrapped around julienned matsutake, or seared Spanish mackerel served simply with wasabi and suda...
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![Dish at restaurant Kibun Tokyo, Japan]()
Phone: +81-364 335 063
Address: Minato City, Nishiazabu, 4-chōme−11−28 2F
Kibun occupies a former wine bar in Nishiazabu, now reworked into a compact 10-seat counter framed by volcanic stone, a blond hinoki wood counter, and a single Hiroshi Sugimoto photograph. The intimate space suits chef Ugo Perret-Gallix’s approach, which blends French technique with Japanese culinary logic. The dishes showcase layered umami, and Perret-Gallix plays with texture and acidity throughout the tasting menu – think a Seiko-gani crab soup accented with spinach pesto and sencha (green tea), or venison finished over straw smoke and paired with eucalyptus, liquorice, and beetroot taglia...
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![Interior of restaurant Esterre, Tokyo, Japan.]()
Phone: +81 332 115 317
Address: Chiyoda City, Marunouchi, 1-chōme−1−1 パレスホテル東京 6階
Best Medium-Sized List Japan, presented by Dreissigacker 2026
Overlooking the gardens of the Imperial Palace from its elegant perch inside the iconic Palace Hotel Tokyo, Esterre delivers French fine dining with a distinctly light touch. Chef Kei Kojima, who honed his craft for over two decades under Franck Cerutti – Alain Ducasse's longtime right hand man – lets pristine ingredients speak for themselves. Vegetables take centre stage, sourced fresh from Kamakura market each morning and featuring in dishes like Hokkaido veal with tender turnips and black rice, or a seasonal salad alongside sautéed botanebi shrimp and grilled tuna. The dining room, designed...
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![Restaurant Ryuzu, a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan.]()
Phone: +81 3-5770-4236
Address: アーバンスタイル六本木三河台 B1F, 4-chōme-2−３５ Roppongi, Minato City
Best Japanese Wine List Japan, presented by Craft Wine Shop 2026
While there are numerous French-based restaurants in Tokyo, Restaurant Ryuzu, in the Roppongi district, stands out for their truly thoughtful philosophy. Here they sublimate traditional French technique using much less salt, butter and oil to achieve absolute transparency and pureness of the finest ingredients, with a wellness of the guest firmly in their mind. The gentle approach extends to interiors and table wares as well. Warmth of walnut, liveliness of flowers, soft touch of wooden cutleries is all carefully rendering magically comfortable dining room. The wine selection here is also a...
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![Est, a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan.]()
Phone: +81 03-6810-0655
Address: 1-chōme-2-1 Ōtemachi, Chiyoda City
Located on the 39th floor of Tokyo’s Four Seasons Otemachi hotel, Michelin-starred Est examines French cuisine through the lens of Japanese terroir. Ever since executive chef Guillaume Bracaval launched the restaurant in 2020, the two have taken a sustainability-driven, locavore approach in the kitchen, with 90 percent of the ingredients sourced domestically. Creamy soybean hummus is served instead of French butter, and Japanese honey and wasanbon are used to sweeten pastry chef Michele Abbatemarco’s artful desserts. Signatures such as soy milk flan, flavored with a broth made from vegetable t...
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![Maz, a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan.]()
Phone: +81 03-6272-8513
Address: 東京ガーデンテラス 3F, 1番3号 Kioichō, Chiyoda City
Special Jury Prize Japan 2026
With the opening of Maz, the younger sibling of acclaimed restaurant Central in Lima, Peruvian star chef Virgilio Martinez has added an entirely new category of cuisine to Tokyo’s food scene. The 25-seat restaurant offers a deep dive into Peru’s diverse food culture and traditions. Organised by altitudes, the seasonal tasting menu explores the country’s topography and microclimates in nine inventive courses. “Desert coast,” for example, features sweet king crab layered atop a spiced pumpkin stew, served alongside a beignet crowned with sea urchin and drizzled with sea urchin caramel; a dish of...
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![Esquisse, a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan.]()
Phone: +81 03-5537-5580
Address: 5-chōme-4-6 Ginza, Chuo City
At two-Michelin-starred Esquisse, chef Lionel Beccat weaves together French techniques with Japanese ingredients and sensibilities. His dishes are a study in subtle contrasts and harmonies, where textures and flavours interplay in unexpected ways. For example, kelp-marinated spiny lobster is paired with bitter greens from Kyūshū, fermented raspberry paste, and wild anise foam in an intense wild fennel dashi. Equally intriguing is Beccat's interpretation of turnip and cuttlefish, where each element is carefully prepared to enhance its essence – the turnip poached in its own liquor, the cu...
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![Nogizaka Shin, a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan.]()
Phone: +81 3-6721-0086
Address: エクレール乃木坂 関根ビル １F, 8-chōme-11−１９ Akasaka, Minato City
Best Medium-Sized List Japan, presented by Dreissigacker 2026
If you would like to enjoy the best Japanese “Kaiseki” tasting menu, with the knowledge and creativity of one of the best sommeliers in the country, Yasuhide Tobita, Nogizaka Shin is your choice. This 24-seats Japanese restaurant in the Nogizaka area will charm you deeply, successfully offering top quality food at a fairly reasonable price. Their food is firmly based on traditional techniques, but chef Shinji Ishida combinates them with contemporary ideas. Here they use much less sugar, salt and soy sauce than traditional recipes to enhance the natural flavour.
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![Ginza L`écrin, a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan.]()
Phone: +81 3-3561-9706
Address: ミキモトビル, B1F, 4-chōme-5−５ Ginza, Chuo City
In the heart of Ginza district, one of the true pioneers, Ginza L’Ecrin has been accommodating both high society and gastronomy enthusiasts since 1974. In this underground Grande Maison, everything you’ll see, décor, silver cutleries, plates and marble, is literally extraordinary. While they conserve classic values and techniques, Ginza L’Ecrin always follows true French philosophy while continuing to evolve. In 2020s, sustainable operation and great respect to nature is in their mind, stronger than ever. For wines, you can make an exciting journey through 15,000 bottles of fine Burgundies...
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![L’Aube, a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan.]()
Phone: +81 3-6441-2682
Address: Ark Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower 1F, 1-chōme-9-10 Roppongi, Minato City, Tokyo
L’Aube, a contemporary French restaurant located in Higashi Azabu, is the fruit of the talents from the trio of Chef Hideaki Imahashi, Pastry Chef Shoko Hirase and Sommelier Hiroshi Ishida. While they all can individually cast a serious magic, this trio always work as a perfect team. Their French based contemporary cuisine puts strong focus on expressing the beauty of Japanese seasonal greetings, often with a unique touch of oriental spices such as indigenous “Island” peppers from Okinawa and Arabic Dukkah. Quite interestingly, dessert here plays an equal role to the other parts. After th...
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![CYCLE, a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan.]()
Phone: +81 03-6551-2885
Address: Otemachi One, 1-chōme-2−１ Ōtemachi, Chiyoda City
Best Medium-Sized List Japan, presented by Dreissigacker 2026
Mauro Colagreco, the Michelin-starred chef of Le Mirazur on the French Riviera, has brought his culinary genius to Tokyo with the opening of Cycle. Located on the ground floor of a gleaming office tower in Otemachi, the glass-encased space, outfitted with 8-meter ceilings, echoes the panoramic views from Mirazur's interior in Menton, with the blue of Tokyo's sky standing in place of the azure Mediterranean Sea. The restaurant offers a tasting menu that revolves around the cycles of the season, exploring themes of leaves, roots, flowers, and fruits, inspired by the biodynamic calendar. Under t...
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![Bulgari Il Ristorante Niko Romito, a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan.]()
Phone: +81 03-6262-6624
Address: 2, 2-1Yaesu, Chuo City
Best Long List Japan 2026
Niko Romito's eponymous restaurant, located on the 40th floor of the Bulgari Hotel in Tokyo's business district, offers a stunning backdrop for the chef's minimalist Italian creations. The space, designed by architects Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel, features a fireplace lounge, window walls with views of the Imperial Palace, and a magnificent vaulted ceiling adorned with wood panelling. The kitchen crafts modern Italian fare, from velvety vittelo tonnato to chitarra spaghetti topped with sea urchin and roasted garlic powder, complemented by an impressive wine selection from Italy and be...
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![Crony, a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan.]()
Phone: +81 03-6712-5085
Address: 1-chōme-20-3 Higashiazabu, Minato City
Nestled within a renovated townhouse, the inviting, houseplant-adorned interior of two-Michelin-starred Crony eschews the typical minimalist of high-end Japanese restaurants. Chef Michihiro Haruta, drawing from his experiences in acclaimed kitchens across France and the United States, crafts creative tasting menus that showcase Japanese ingredients through a global lens. Dishes like delicate Hokkaido scallop tartare nestled in crisp cucumber-lined tartlets, and magochi flathead adorned with custom caviar and edible blossoms in a chilled kombu dashi, exemplify his delicate approach. A perfect...
