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The Michelin Guide began in 1900, published by the tyre makers André and Édouard Michelin to get people driving. Three stars mean cuisine worth a special journey; two mean it is worth a detour. Ever since they arrived, these stars have set and ruled the benchmark of brilliance in the food and beverage business. Keeping the stars in mind, we have collated a list of some top Michelin-starred restaurants around the world, each holding at least two Michelin stars, for you to check them out and see if they live up to the stars studded on their chest panel.
Chef Alain Passard runs Arpège at 84 rue de Varenne, in the 7th arrondissement. Since July 21, 2025, the kitchen has been entirely plant-based, working with vegetables, fruit, herbs, flowers and honey from its own beehives. The restaurant draws on three vegetable gardens, and its dinner menu, Cuisine de la Terre, changes with the harvest. It opens for lunch and dinner, Monday to Friday, publishes a separate lunch menu and an à la carte list, and offers no valet parking.
Price: €380 (approx. Rs 41,200) per person, dinner menu, service included.
Chef Yoshihiro Narisawa cooks what he calls innovative satoyama cuisine, inspired by Japan’s rural hillscapes. The restaurant is at 2-6-15 Minamiaoyama and has 15 seats. Michelin notes that he visits depopulated mountain villages every year to plant trees and clear litter. Bookings go through the Omakase platform only, for parties of two or more, with a ¥390 reservation fee per seat. Nobody under 18 is admitted, and it closes on Sundays and Mondays. The current booking round runs until 30 November; the next opens on November 1 at 10am Japan time. Cancelling five days ahead costs 50 per cent; two days ahead, 100 per cent.
Price: ¥78,200 (approx. Rs 47,900) per person from November visits, tax and service included; ¥68,000 (approx. Rs 41,600) plus service charge until then.
Michelin promoted Myojaku from two stars to three in its 2026 Tokyo selection. Chef Hidetoshi Nakamura seasons with only water and sea salt. The restaurant sits in a Nishiazabu basement with eight main counter seats, six sub-counter seats and two private rooms for four and six guests. It opens from 5pm to 11pm and closes on Sundays. Guests are asked to dress smart casual and to skip perfume. Cancelling within seven days costs 50 per cent of the price; within two days, 100 per cent.
Price: ¥49,500 (approx Rs 30,300) per person, omakase.
Sorn became the first Thai restaurant in the world to earn three Michelin stars, in the 2025 Thailand guide, and it holds them in the 2026 edition. Chef Supaksorn “Ice” Jongsiri serves southern Thai cooking at 56 Soi Sukhumvit 26, with ingredients sourced directly from farmers and fishermen across the south. The cellar holds more than 500 labels. Dinner runs from 6pm to 10pm, Sunday to Friday, and the restaurant manages its own bookings. A separate Seasonal Menu runs on selected dates in October and November, at ฿8,900 before service charge and VAT.
Price: ฿7,800 (approx Rs 22,400) per person, Classic Menu, before 10 per cent service charge and 7 per cent VAT.
Chef Julien Royer named Odette after his grandmother. It serves modern French cooking inside the National Gallery Singapore and holds three stars in the 2026 Michelin Guide Singapore. The menu is tasting-only: Épicure at dinner, and a four-course Delight or six-course Indulgence at lunch. Deposits are non-refundable but count towards the final bill, and changes need 72 hours’ notice. Only children above nine are admitted, and the dress code is smart casual. Royer’s debut book, Odette: Terroir to Table, Heart to Plate, is sold in English and French through the restaurant’s website.
Price: S$498 (approx. Rs 37,600) per person, Épicure dinner menu, before GST and service charge.