Michelin Guide names 60+ Orlando

Michelin Guide’s 2026 Florida selection put more than 60 Orlando-area restaurants on its lists when the guide was revealed on May 28. The Orlando tally included one two-star restaurant, five one-star restaurants, 14 Bib Gourmand picks and 41 restaurants in the Recommended category, according to Michelin and Visit Orlando. Michelin said the 2026 Florida guide now covers the entire state for the first time, expanding beyond the cities and regions it had previously highlighted. Orlando’s count underscored how large the city’s footprint has become within the Florida guide, even as Michelin’s top awards remained concentrated among a smaller group of restaurants. ### Which Orlando restaurant still has the highest Michelin rating? Sorekara in Orlando retained two Michelin stars in the 2026 guide, making it one of only two two-star restaurants in Florida, according to Visit Orlando and Michelin’s Florida stars list. Michelin’s inspectors describe Sorekara, in Baldwin Park, as a Japanese contemporary restaurant led by chef-owner William Shen. (visitorlando.org) Michelin’s listing says Sorekara’s tasting menu draws on Japan’s 72 micro-seasons and unfolds over multiple rooms during a meal lasting several hours. The guide kept the restaurant at two stars rather than moving it higher or lower in this year’s selection. ### Which Orlando restaurants have one Michelin star? Five Orlando-area restaurants held one Michelin star in the 2026 guide: Kadence, Ômo by Jônt, Soseki Modern Omakase, Victoria & Albert’s and Capa, according to Visit Orlando’s summary of the local results. (visitorlando.org) Those restaurants account for the rest of Orlando’s starred dining total beneath Sorekara’s two-star ranking. (guide.michelin.com) Michelin’s Orlando restaurant pages show Kadence and Victoria & Albert’s continuing in the one-star category, while Visit Orlando said the city has seven total stars across its recognized restaurants. That count combines Sorekara’s two stars with the five one-star restaurants. ### What does Bib Gourmand mean in Orlando’s results? Michelin counted 14 Orlando-area restaurants in its Bib Gourmand category for 2026, a designation the guide uses for restaurants it considers good value. (visitorlando.org) Michelin said Florida now has 45 Bib Gourmand restaurants statewide after adding 10 new Bib Gourmand spots in the 2026 selection. Visit Orlando said Orlando’s 14 Bib Gourmand picks sit alongside 41 Recommended restaurants, a broader category that captures places Michelin inspectors want to highlight even without stars or Bib Gourmand status. (guide.michelin.com) Michelin’s Orlando dining pages list those categories separately, allowing diners to sort the city’s recognized restaurants by distinction. (guide.michelin.com) ### Why is the 2026 Florida guide different? Michelin said on May 28 that the 2026 Florida selection covers the entire state for the first time. Previous Florida coverage had centered on Miami, Orlando and Tampa, and later expanded to Greater Fort Lauderdale, The Palm Beaches and St. Petersburg-Clearwater before this statewide edition. (visitorlando.org) The 2026 Florida guide includes 26 starred restaurants in total, Michelin said. Within that statewide field, Orlando remained one of the biggest clusters of recognized restaurants, with more than 60 listings across all categories. ### Where can readers check the full Orlando list? (guide.michelin.com) Michelin publishes the full Florida and Orlando selections on its official guide website, where each restaurant has an individual listing and inspector summary. Visit Orlando also published a local breakdown on May 28 that identifies six new Orlando-area additions for 2026, including Smoke & Donuts, 1921 Mount Dora, June, Kappo Tsan, Osteria Ester and Sparrow. Michelin’s Florida guide pages remain the primary source for updated restaurant status, including stars, Bib Gourmand and Recommended designations. The 2026 selection is already live there, alongside Orlando-specific category pages and restaurant profiles. (guide.michelin.com) (visitorlando.com)