Dozens of chefs from the GTA and beyond traded their chef whites for suits and dresses at the Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex on Tuesday night in hopes of seeing stars, well, Michelin stars, at the fifth annual ceremony for the dining guide.
The 2026 edition was largely unchanged from last year, with no new stars being added to the culinary scene. The top-rated restaurant remains Jordan, Ont.’s Restaurant Pearl Morissette, which retained its two stars from last year.
Fourteen restaurants retained their one-star designations, down from 16 last year. Oakville’s Hexagon restaurant closed earlier this summer after its chef, Rafael Covarrubias, moved to 20 Victoria in December (20 Victoria retained its Michelin star from last year). Meanwhile, Japanese restaurant Aburi Hana, which closed last fall for renovations and reopened this week with a new concept, is not on this year’s list.
Perhaps the biggest additions are to Michelin’s Recommended and Bib Gourmand lists. The Recommended list saw the addition of 11 restaurants: 156 ONEFIVESIX, Bar Allegro, Bar Ardo, Bar Eugenie, Liliana, Pho Ngoc Yen, PUNCH and Takja. Three new entries are from outside Toronto: LORE in Collingwood, oddBird in St. Catharines and Revé in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Koh Lipe and Dil Se were taken off from last year’s list, while seven restaurants from last year including Famiglia Baldassare, Bar Chica, Azura and Yukashi have since closed.
As for Bib Gourmand, Michelin’s designation for good-quality, good-value cooking, five new spots made this year’s list. Toronto entries include Golden Horseshoe Barbecue, The Lunch Lady of Saigon and Antylia. Restaurant Pearl Morissette’s bakery offshoot, RPM Bakehouse, was also added to the Bib Gourmand list along with Les Incompetents in St. Catharines.
Here’s a look at all of the restaurants recognized in this year’s guide:
Two Stars
Restaurant Pearl Morissette (3953 Jordan Rd, Jordan Station, Ont.)
One Star
Akin (51 Colborne St.)
Alo (163 Spadina Ave.)
DaNico (440 College St.)
Don Alfonso 1890 Toronto (1 Harbour Square, 38th floor)
Edulis (169 Niagara St.)
Enigma Yorkville (23 St Thomas St.)
Kaiseki Yu-zen Hashimoto (6 Sakura Way)
Kappo Sato (575 Mt Pleasant Rd.)
Osteria Giulia (134 Avenue Rd.)
Quetzal (419 College St.)
Restaurant 20 Victoria (20 Victoria St.)
Shoushin (3328 Yonge St.)
Sushi Masaki Saito (88 Yorkville Ave.)
The Pine (7535 County Rd 9, Creemore, Ont.)
Bib Gourmand Restaurants
7 Enoteca (216 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakville)
The Ace (231A Roncesvalles Ave.)
Alma (1194 Bloor St. W.)
Antylia (1059 Bloor St. W.)
Bar Raval (505 College St.)
Barrel Heart Brewing (104 King St. W., Unit 1, Dundas, Ont.)
BB’s Diner (5 Brock Ave.)
Campechano (504 Adelaide St. W.)
Cherry Street Bar-B-Que (275 Cherry St.)
Chica’s Chicken (2853 Dundas St. W.)
Conejo Negro (838 College St.)
Enoteca Sociale (1288 Dundas St. W.)
Favorites Thai BBQ (141 Ossington Ave.)
Golden Horseshoe Barbecue (657 Dupont St.)
Grey Gardens (199 Augusta Ave.)
Guru Lukshmi (7070 St Barbara Blvd. #50, Mississauga)
Indian Street Food Company (1701 Bayview Ave.)
Les Incompetents (386 St Paul St, St. Catharines)
The Lunch Lady of Saigon (93 Ossington Ave.)
Mhel (276 Havelock St.)
Puerto Bravo (1425 Gerrard St E.)
R&D (241 Spadina Ave.)
Rasa (196 Robert St.)
Ricky + Olivia (996 Queen St E.)
RPM Bakehouse (3839 Main St, Jordan, Ont)
SumiLicious Smoked Meat and Deli (5631 Steeles Ave E #5, Scarborough)
Sundays (58 Brock St W, Uxbridge, Ont.)
Sunnys Chinese (60 Kensington Ave. Units 6-14)
The Cottage Cheese (64 Oxford St.)
Tiflisi (1970 Queen St. E.)
White Lily Diner (678 Queen St. E.)
Michelin Recommended Restaurants
156 ONEFIVESIX (1100 Queen St. W.)
Aanch (259 Wellington St. W.)
Actinolite (971 Ossington Ave.)
Adrak Yorkville (138 Avenue Rd.)
Alder (51 Camden St.)
Alobar Yorkville (57A-162 Cumberland St.)
Aloette (163 Spadina Ave.)
Amal (131 Bloor St. W. 2nd Floor)
Antler (1454 Dundas St. W.)
Arbequina (325 Roncesvalles Ave.)
Ardo (243 King St. E.)
Bar Allegro (597 College St.)
Bar Ardo (169 King St. E.)
Bar Eugenie (89 Harbord St.)
Bar Goa (36 Toronto St.)
Bar Isabel (797 College St.)
Bar Vendetta (928 Dundas St. W.)
Canoe (66 Wellington St. W., 54th floor)
Chubby’s Jamaican Kitchen (104 Portland St.)
Down Home (135299 9 Line, Markdale, Ont)
Dreyfus (96 Harbord St.)
Fat Rabbit (34 Geneva St, St. Catharines, Ont.)
FK (770 St. Clair Ave. W.)
George (111C Queen St. E.)
Gia (1214 Dundas St. W.)
Giulietta (972 College St.)
Henry’s (922 Queen St. W.)
Jacobs & Co. Steakhouse (81 Bay St., 4th floor)
Kiin (326 Adelaide St. W.)
La Banane (227 Ossington Ave.)
Langdon Hall (1 Langdon Dr, Cambridge, Ont.)
Liliana (1198 Queen St. W.)
Linny’s (176 Ossington Ave.)
LORE (100 Pine St., Collingwood, Ont.)
Lucie (100 Yonge St.)
Madrina Bar y Tapas (2 Trinity St.)
Maha’s (226 Greenwood Ave.)
Mama Fatma (6970 Financial Dr., Mississauga)
Mimi Chinese (265 Davenport Rd.)
Mother’s Dumplings (421 Spadina Ave.)
Musoshin Ramen (9 Boustead Ave.)
Northern Smokes (371 Old Kingston Rd #12, Scarborough)
OddBird (52 St. Paul St., Saint Catharines, Ont.)
Odd Duck (93 Ontario St. S., Kitchener, Ont.)
Okeya Kyujiro Toronto (26 Bellair St. 2nd floor)
Pai (18 Duncan St. and 2335 Yonge St.)
Parquet (97 Harbord St.)
Pho Ngoc Yen (1090 Kamato Rd., Mississauga)
Pho Tien Thanh (57 Ossington Ave.)
Prime Seafood Palace (944 Queen St. W.)
Punch (30 Mercer St.)
Quatrefoil (16 Sydenham St., Dundas, Ont.)
Revé (242 Mary St., Unit 4, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.)
Sammarco (4 Front St. E.)
Sara (98 Portland St.)
Scaramouche (1 Benvenuto Pl.)
Som Tum Jinda (76 Gerrard St. E. and 1800 Sheppard Ave. E., North York)
Takja (962 College St.)
Taline (1276 Yonge St.)
Tamarind Modern Indian Bistro (33 City Centre Dr, Mississauga)
Trius Wintery & Restaurant (1249 Niagara Stone Rd, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.)
Union (72 Ossington Ave.)
Viaggio(1727 Dundas St. W.)
The Wood Owl (1380 Danforth Ave.)
Zen(7634 Woodbine Ave., Markham)
