How Many Three-Star Michelin Restaurants Are There? All 162 in 2026, by Country and City, Plus Prices and Booking Windows

There are 162 three-Michelin-star restaurants in the world as of 24 September 2026, by the guide's own count: France has 30 (plus Le Louis XV in Monaco), Japan 20, Spain and the United States 16 each, Italy 15, Germany 12 and the United Kingdom 10, and Tokyo, with 11, has more than any other city. Below are all 162 by country and town, followed by the cities with the most, what 36 of them charge, how far ahead their books open, which take the longest to reach, and the promotions and losses of the past twelve months.

Verified 24 September 2026 · Michelin Guide listings for all 25 countries and territories · 2025-26 selection announcements · menus, prices and booking rules re-read at each restaurant's own site · euro figures at ECB reference rates of 23 September 2026

How many 3-star Michelin restaurants are there in 2026?

The Michelin Guide lists 162 three-star restaurants worldwide on 24 September 2026: 0.8 per cent of the 19,740 restaurants in its selection and 4.2 per cent of the 3,882 that hold at least one star. The guide's restaurant search shows 545 restaurants with two stars and 3,175 with one. Michelin describes three stars as its highest honour, for restaurants where "the cooking elevates the craft to an art form, with some dishes destined to become classics". Its inspectors, full-time employees who visit at lunch and dinner across the seasons, judge ingredient quality, harmony of flavours, mastery of technique, the chef's personality in the cooking and consistency across the menu and over time.

The table groups all 162 the way the guide publishes them, by country or territory, with each restaurant's town. Every restaurant name opens its location on Google Maps, and each count links to the Michelin listing or announcement it was taken from.

France's 30 are spread more widely than its capital suggests. Paris has nine and Marseille two, and the other 19 are in 19 different towns, from Menton on the Italian border to L'Herbaudière on the island of Noirmoutier. Japan's 20 are in three cities: Tokyo 11, Kyoto six and Osaka three. California holds ten of the 16 American three-stars, New York five and Chicago one. Italy's 15 are in 15 different towns, and Spain's 16 cluster in Barcelona (four) and the Basque Country (four: Akelaŕe and Arzak in San Sebastián, Martín Berasategui in Lasarte-Oria and Azurmendi in Larrabetzu). Counting Hong Kong's seven and Macau's two with the mainland's four gives China 13.

Girona has one, El Celler de Can Roca. For where to eat in the city beyond it, our Spanish-language Girona ranking scores 63 restaurants from 47,775 cross-checked Google, Tripadvisor and TheFork reviews, and puts El Celler de Can Roca first.

One chef's name is on three of the 162: Björn Frantzén, with Frantzén in Stockholm, Zén in Singapore and FZN in Dubai. No other chef's name appears on more than two. Pairs include Thomas Keller (The French Laundry and Per Se), Yannick Alléno (Alléno Paris and Le 1947 in Courchevel), Arnaud Donckele (Plénitude and La Vague d'Or), Alain Ducasse (Le Louis XV in Monaco and The Dorchester in London) and Pierre Gagnaire (his Paris restaurant and Sketch in London).

Which city has the most three-star Michelin restaurants?

Tokyo has the most three-star Michelin restaurants of any city, with 11 in September 2026, followed by Paris with nine, Hong Kong with seven, Kyoto and London with six each, New York with five, and Barcelona and San Francisco with four each. Tokyo also leads on stars overall: its 2026 selection, published on 24 September 2025, named 160 starred restaurants, which Michelin calls the highest number of any city in the world. It had 12 three-stars that day; Sézanne's listing was withdrawn in the spring after its chef left, which leaves 11.

Fourteen more towns and cities have two each: Baiersbronn, Bangkok, Beijing, Bray, Copenhagen, Dubai, Hamburg, Macau, Marseille, Munich, San Sebastián, São Paulo, Taipei and Vienna. Tokyo's count is the next likely to move: its 2026 selection appeared on 24 September 2025, so the next one could land within days of this update. For the city itself, our Tokyo Michelin guide and the Tokyo pre-arrival checklist cover neighbourhoods and logistics.

How much does a three-star Michelin meal cost in 2026?

A three-star tasting menu costs from about €208 to €589 per person before drinks in September 2026, and 32 of the 36 menus checked for this guide cost between €280 and €450: Atrio in Cáceres charges €295, Osteria Francescana in Modena €350, The French Laundry $425 (about €372) and Geranium in Copenhagen DKK 4,400 (about €589), the highest. The lowest figure, Quintessence in Tokyo at ¥37,500, is before tax and a 10 per cent service charge; with tax it is ¥41,250. Every price below was read on the restaurant's own website or official booking page on 24 September 2026; euro figures use the European Central Bank's reference rates of 23 September 2026.

Two things move the final bill. The first is how service is quoted: Californios includes service and tax in its $450, Atelier Crenn includes a 20 per cent service charge, while Benu adds 22 per cent to $425 and Enclos 20 per cent to $325; in Singapore, "++" means service charge and GST are added. The second is drink: pairings at the European restaurants checked run from €155 at De Librije to €240 at Osteria Francescana, and DiverXO's go up to €900. Lunch is the cheaper way in: Troisgros serves a €170 lunch menu on Thursdays and Fridays, Pierre Gagnaire a €190 lunch menu, Kei a €195 Discovery menu at Friday and Saturday lunch, and Le Petit Nice its Maldormé menu at €230. For good cooking at lower prices, our Bib Gourmand guide compares the guide's value tier with its stars.

How far in advance do you need to book a three-star Michelin restaurant?

Between one and eleven months: Eleven Madison Park and SingleThread release each month's tables on the 1st of the month before, Geranium and Quintessence open three months ahead, Mirazur about four, Osteria Francescana about six and El Celler de Can Roca up to eleven, at midnight on the 1st of each month. The twelve restaurants in the table publish their booking rules online, and most ask for a card guarantee, a deposit or the full price at booking. The rules below are the ones each restaurant states.

How to make a reservation at a Michelin Guide restaurant

Book on the restaurant's own site or the platform it names, at the hour its tables are released, with the card you will pay with. Check the release rule first: El Celler de Can Roca opens at 00:00 CET, Mirazur at 9:00 CET, Osteria Francescana at 10:00 on dates it announces, and The French Laundry's next Tock release is at 5:00 pm Pacific time on 1 October 2026. Read the cancellation terms before paying: free cancellation ends ten days before the meal at El Celler de Can Roca and 96 hours before at Osteria Francescana, and SingleThread and Eleven Madison Park do not refund at all. In Japan, several three-stars now take bookings in English online: Quintessence through OMAKASE, and Kikunoi Honten through TABLE ALL and MY CONCIERGE; for the rest of a Kyoto trip, our sister site Things to Do Kyoto times the city's busiest temples by hour. Our guide to booking a three-star covers waiting lists, cancellations and when a concierge earns its fee.

Which three-star Michelin restaurants are hardest to reach?

The three-stars that take the longest to reach are in villages and valleys rather than cities: Hiša Franko in Kobarid is 1 hour 20 minutes by road from its nearest airport, Trieste; Troisgros in Ouches is 1 hour 30 minutes from Lyon-Saint-Exupéry; L'Enclume in Cartmel is about two hours from Manchester Airport by train; and Miyamaso is a ryokan that cooks with what is foraged from the satoyama, Kyoto's rural mountain country. These are the restaurants the guide's long-standing description of three stars, "worth a special journey", fits best. The table gives each one's own directions.

Others ask for a similar effort: El Cenador de Amós in Villaverde de Pontones (Cantabria), Casa Marcial in Arriondas (Asturias), Reale in Castel di Sangro (Abruzzo), Schloss Schauenstein in Fürstenau (Graubünden), Restaurant Marcon in Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid, Les Prés d'Eugénie in Eugénie-les-Bains and Auberge du Vieux Puits in Fontjoncouse. Plan the return as carefully as the arrival: L'Enclume asks guests to book station taxis in advance, Flocons de Sel lists the Megève altiport 7 km away, and Hiša Franko can take a helicopter. The secondary airports that save hours and our comparison of luxury airport transfers cover the last stretch, and for the three-stars in wine country there is our guide to the best luxury wine lodge stays.

Is a three-star Michelin restaurant worth the journey?

A third star is worth planning a trip around when three things hold: the chef whose cooking earned it is still in the kitchen, the restaurant has kept it through at least one new edition, and its menu suits the way you eat. The 2026 selections show why the first test matters. L'Ambroisie in Paris, three-starred since 1988, dropped to two stars in March 2026, months after founding chef Bernard Pacaud left. Sézanne in Tokyo lost its listing after chef Daniel Calvert's departure in April 2026 and is being re-inspected. Continuity can also hold: Épicure at Le Bristol kept its three stars after Arnaud Faye succeeded Éric Frechon in 2025, and De Librije in Zwolle kept its three in October 2025 after the death of co-founder Jonnie Boer that April, with head chef Nelson Tanate leading the kitchen.

The second test is time. Thirteen of the 162 were promoted in the past twelve months and have not yet been through a second edition at three stars. The third test is the menu. Most of the menus in the price table are fixed tasting menus, so dietary needs have to fit them, and some restaurants publish alternatives: Per Se offers a Tasting of Vegetables at the same $425 as its chef's menu, and De Librije a vegetable menu at €299. Eleven Madison Park, fully plant-based from 2021, put fish and meat back on its menu on 14 October 2025, while Arpège in Paris went the other way: since 21 July 2025 its cooking has been exclusively plant-based. Give allergies and restrictions when you book, not on the night.

Three planning rules for a three-star trip

1 · Book the hardest table first and build the route around it. Release rules set the order: El Celler de Can Roca opens up to eleven months ahead, Osteria Francescana about six, Mirazur about four, Geranium three and Eleven Madison Park one. Put the release times in a calendar: Mirazur's February 2027 tables open at 9:00 CET on 5 October 2026, and The French Laundry's next Tock release is at 5:00 pm Pacific time on 1 October 2026. Our lead-times guide covers booking windows for the rest of the trip.

2 · Eat at one three-star a day at most, and use lunch. Pic's menus run to seven or ten courses, which fills an afternoon or an evening. Lunch is also cheaper: €170 at Troisgros on Thursdays and Fridays, €190 at Pierre Gagnaire, €195 at Kei on Fridays and Saturdays. On pacing a trip across several countries, see slow travel against a multi-country trip.

3 · Arrange the ride back before you choose the wine pairing. Flocons de Sel is 100 km from Geneva airport, Troisgros 1 hour 30 minutes by road from Lyon-Saint-Exupéry, and L'Enclume asks guests to book station taxis in advance. Book the driver when you book the table. For the wider food and wine map, see the best foodie travel destinations of 2026 and the best wine regions.

What changed for three-star Michelin restaurants in 2026

Thirteen restaurants were promoted to three stars in the selections published between September 2025 and September 2026, including Brazil's first two, Evvai and Tuju, and Californios in San Francisco, the first Mexican restaurant with three stars; the best-known departures were Alinea, L'Ambroisie, Aqua and Sézanne. The table lists each change by date with its source. Next on the calendar is the Dubai selection, with its ceremony set for 6 October 2026 (Gulf News).