Nine Florida restaurants in Miami, Orlando and Tampa win Michelin stars. Here’s a list
Nine Florida restaurants have just earned Michelin stars for 2024.
On Thursday night at the Tampa Edition hotel, the internationally famous guide added three restaurants in Miami, four restaurants in Orlando and two in Tampa to lofty starred status, bringing the total in the state to 26 starred restaurants. All of the newly starred restaurants earned one star: Florida’s only two-star restaurant remains the luxurious French spot L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon in Miami.
Gwendal Poullennec, international director of the Michelin guides, said that for the past three years, Florida’s dining scene has exploded.
“Since the arrival of the Michelin Guide to Florida in 2022, there has been significant growth in the state’s local culinary scene, proving Florida is a leading gastronomic destination for travelers near and far,” he said in a written statement.
There are 149 Florida restaurants in the guide, covering 38 types of cuisine. Once again, Michelin shows its affection for omakase-style dining: Each Florida city had at least one restaurant with an omakase menu that earned a star.
These Florida spots each earned a star.
Miami: EntreNos, Ogawa and Shingo.
ORLANDO
Camille: Formerly a pop-up, this Vietnamese spot just off Lake Baldwin offers a 10-course FrenchVietnamese tasting menu. Michelin applauds the Dungeness crab curry and salmon over king trumpet noodles in a tamarind and pineapple sauce.
Natsu: There are only two seatings a night at this 10-seat omakase counter, which serves chawanmushi (Japanese egg custard) and truffle kampachi served with potato straws and a yuzu truffle vinaigrette as well as “impressive” sushi.
Papa Llama: This Peruvian spot run by a husband-and-wife team offers a nod to Japanese fusion but also serves up a chicken thigh roulade with aji amarillo aioli that is “spectacular,” according to the guide.
Victoria & Albert’s: Getting a reservation at this famous spot at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort is tough, but the wait is worth it, with Chef Matthew Sowers using influences “from Asia to the Nordics.”
TAMPA
Ebbe: In Swedish chef Ebbe Vollmer’s cuisine, you’ll find Scandinavian elements — and fine food, according to Michelin, which praised the beet roulade with a brown butter and black cheer sauce and braised oxtail with seared foie gras.
Kosen: This omakase restaurant, part of a twoconcept spot that includes Ko, a space for kaiseki dining, offers dishes such as sea bream wrapped around sprouts with shaved black truffle as well as unfussy nigiri.
OTHER AWARDS
Four special awards were also given for exceptional work. Justin Levaughn, of Otto’s High Dive in Orlando, won the Michelin Exceptional Cocktails Award, while Miami’s Gabriela Ospina, of Boia De, won the Michelin Sommelier Award. The Outstanding Service Award went to Israel Perez, of Victoria & Albert’s in Orlando, and Tam Pham, of Tam Tam in Miami, earned the Young Chef Award.
BIB GOURMANDS
Florida also has 33 restaurants dubbed Bib Gourmands, a designation that pays tribute to restaurants with quality cuisine at a good value. Here are Florida’s:
Miami: Bachour, Chug’s Diner, Doya, El Turco, Ghee Indian Kitchen, Hometown Barbecue, Jaguar Sun, La Natural, Lucali, Mandolin Aegean Bistro, Michael’s Genuine, Phuc Yea, Rosie’s, Sanguich de Miami, Tam
Tam, Tinta y Cafe, Zak the Baker and Zitz Sum.
Orlando: Bombay Street Kitchen, Domu, Isan Zaap, Norigami, Otto’s High Dive, Strand, Sushi Saint, Taste of Chengdu, The Ravenous Pig, Z Asian and Zaru.
Tampa: Gorkhali Kitchen, Psomi, Rooster and the Till, Streetlight Taco