Orlando Earns New Michelin 2 Star and More at 2025 MICHELIN Guide Florida Ceremony

- Michelle Snow
2025 MICHELIN Guide Florida Ceremony
Visit Orlando

Foodies have always known Central Florida has a lot of great restaurants, and last night (April 18) at the 2025 MICHELIN Guide Florida Ceremony, 59 total restaurants were recognized. including Orlando’s first 2 Star Michelin recipient, and four new One MICHELIN Star restaurants. The ceremony took place at the Four Seasons Resort Orlando at the Walt Disney World Resort.

Here are the new MICHELIN Star restaurants, with Inspector notes from each:

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New Stars:

Two MICHELIN Stars

Sorekara (Orlando; Japanese cuisine)

“In a world of uniformity, Sorekara proudly forges its own path. This Baldwin Park restaurant is unlike anywhere else you’ve been, offering a surprising and delightful culinary journey that revels in turning expectations on their head. Chef/owner William Shen’s tasting menu highlights Japan’s 72 micro seasons with highly original dishes infused with a sense of whimsy (note the course designed to mimic a convenience store snack run or the “nigiri”). Whether it’s madai sporting a distinctive riff on tradition or a deeply savory bowl of kegani sourced from Hokkaido, there is an elegance and refinement threaded throughout the meal, which progresses through multiple rooms across several hours. Another hint that this is far from typical? Sorekara is open for one seating only a few nights a week.”

Sorekara
credit: Sorekara

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One MICHELIN Star

Ômo by Jônt (Orlando; Contemporary cuisine)

“Chef Ryan Ratino’s lauded D.C. restaurant, Jônt, is more than just the inspiration for this offshoot. This Winter Park restaurant echoes that spirit and sensibility (think classic French techniques married with pristine Japanese ingredients), albeit with a few Florida touches. The space allows for discrete moments at each meal, while three tasting menus run the gamut from tightly edited and more affordable to loaded with luxury ingredients. No matter the selection, expect Chef Mike Commins’ refined dishes punctuated by the seasons, as in chawanmushi with an autumnal twist of braised sweet potato, kombu, and a brown butter sauce. Scallop prepared two ways demonstrates the kitchen’s deft hand while chocolate and hazelnut kakigori is an elegant tribute.”

Ômo by Jônt

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Bib Gourmand

The MICHELIN Guide Inspectors gave 15 Orlando restaurants the Bib Gourmand distinction, which recognizes eateries for great food at a great value.

Orlando’s 2025 Bib Gourmand restaurants

  • Bánh Mì Boy — Mills 50 (NEW FOR ‘25)
  • Coro — Audubon Park (NEW FOR ‘25)
  • Smokemade Meats + Eats — Curry Ford West (NEW FOR ‘25)
  • UniGirl — Mills 50 (NEW FOR ‘25)
  • Bombay Street Kitchen — South Orlando
  • Domu — Audubon Park Garden District
  • Isan Zaap — Millenia
  • Norigami — Winter Garden
  • Otto’s High Dive — The Milk District
  • The Ravenous Pig — Winter Park
  • The Strand Food & Drink — Mills 50
  • Sushi Saint — City District
  • Taste of Chengdu — Baldwin Park
  • Z Asian — Mills 50
  • Zaru — Mills 50

MICHELIN Special Awards

In addition to the Bib Gourmands and Stars, the Guide awarded the MICHELIN Outstanding Service Award to Austin Joseph of Sorekara.

Orlando’s 2025 MICHELIN-Green-Starred restaurant

  • Kaya — Mills 50 district.

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The full line-up of 2025 Michelin Guide Picks:

Orlando’s 2025 Two MICHELIN-Starred restaurant

  • Sorekara— Baldwin Park

Orlando’s 2025 One MICHELIN-Starred restaurants

  • ÔMO by Jônt — Winter Park (NEW FOR ‘25)
  • Capa Steakhouse & Bar — Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World® Resort
  • Camille — Baldwin Park
  • Kadence — Audubon Park Garden District
  • Natsu — North Quarter District
  • Papa Llama — Curry Ford West
  • Soseki Modern Omakase — Winter Park
  • Victoria & Albert’s — Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

Orlando’s 2025 Recommended restaurants

  • Bar Kada — Winter Park (NEW FOR ‘25)
  • Gyukatsu Rose — Audubon Park (NEW FOR ‘25)
  • Kai Kai — Mills 50 (NEW FOR ‘25)
  • Nami — Lake Nona Wave Hotel (NEW FOR ‘25)
  • Walala Hand-Pulled Noodle House — West Orlando (NEW FOR ‘25)
  • AVA MediterrAegean — Winter Park
  • BACÁN — Lake Nona Wave Hotel
  • Black Rooster Taqueria — Mills 50
  • Chuan Fu — Winter Park
  • Citricos — Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
  • EDOBOY — Mills 50
  • Four Flamingos, A Richard Blais Florida Kitchen — Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress
  • JUJU — The Milk District
  • Kabooki Sushi — The Milk District (Second Location on Restaurant Row)
  • Kai Asian Street Fare — Winter Park
  • Kaya — Mills 50
  • Knife & Spoon — The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes
  • Maxine’s on Shine — The Milk District
  • Morimoto Asia — Disney Springs®
  • The Pinery — Ivanhoe Village Main Street
  • The Polite Pig — Disney Springs
  • Prato — Winter Park
  • Primo by Melissa Kelly — The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes
  • Ravello — Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort
  • Sear + Sea — JW Marriott Orlando Bonnet Creek Resort & Spa
  • Se7en Bites — The Milk District
  • Shin Jung — Mills 50
  • Toledo – Tapas, Steak & Seafood — Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort
  • Tori Tori — Mills 50
  • Pizza Bruno — Curry Ford West
  • Selam Ethiopian & Eritrean Cuisine — SeaWorld® Orlando Area
  • Sticky Rice — Mills 50
  • Swine & Sons — Winter Park
  • Twenty Pho Hour — International Drive Entertainment District
  • YH Seafood Clubhouse — International Drive

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“Florida has proven to be an international culinary destination, with the expansion to three new cities and five restaurants being welcomed into the MICHELIN Star family in this year’s selection,” said Gwendal Poullennec, International Director of the MICHELIN Guides. “Our anonymous Inspectors continued to be delighted by Florida’s culinary community, and we congratulate all of the chefs and restaurants being honored in this year’s selection.”

“This marks the fourth year of the MICHELIN Guide in Florida, and we’re proud to see Orlando’s culinary scene continue to shine with the first-time recognition of a two-star restaurant and the second year in a row for the Michelin Outstanding Service award in our destination,” said Visit Orlando President & CEO Casandra Matej. “Now recognized with one two-star restaurant, eight one-star, 15 Bib Gourmand and 35 Recommended restaurants, our destination’s dining landscape reflects the rich diversity of our community, with chefs and restaurateurs who consistently push boundaries and deliver exceptional experiences.”

Are any of your favorites on these lists? Are there any that aren’t but should be? Let us know in the comments!

More photos of the event courtesy of our friends at Tasty Chomps:

About Michelle Snow

Michelle is the owner and editor of CitySurfing Orlando. She also owns Zengrrl.com, is a freelance writer specializing in travel and entertainment, has authored/co-authored four guidebooks on Orlando and Florida, and was head editor/writer at TheDisneyBlog.com for 10 years. She's lived in Orlando near Walt Disney World since 1995, and still finds there's so much fun to be had in Central Florida.
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