Yamazato in Michelin Guide

Hotel Okura Manila said this week that Yamazato has been included in the Michelin Guide 2026 as a Selected Restaurant. (manilatimes.net) The Michelin Guide’s inaugural Philippines edition was published on October 30, 2025, covering Manila and Environs and Cebu. In that first list, Michelin counted 62 Selected Restaurants in Manila and Environs, 12 in Cebu, 19 Bib Gourmand picks in Manila and Environs, six in Cebu, eight one-star restaurants, and one two-star restaurant. (guide.michelin.com) Yamazato appears in Michelin’s Pasay listing at Hotel Okura Manila, 2 Portwood Street, Newport City, with inspectors describing a Japanese dining room, sushi counter, and private teppanyaki room. Michelin’s write-up also points to signature dishes including kurobuta kakuni and tamago yaki, and notes that the lunch bento often carries a celebration theme. (guide.michelin.com) “Selected” is Michelin’s broad recommendation tier, separate from stars and Bib Gourmand. Michelin says its anonymous inspectors use stars for exceptional cooking and Bib Gourmand for high-quality cooking at moderate prices, while Selected marks restaurants included in the guide without those additional distinctions. (guide.michelin.com) That distinction places Yamazato inside Michelin’s first formal map of Philippine dining, which only expanded to the country in the 2026 guide. For Manila hotels, that means recognition is no longer limited to room inventory and service standards; restaurants inside the property are now being judged in the same public ranking as standalone dining rooms. (guide.michelin.com) Hotel Okura Manila tied the Michelin mention to its fourth anniversary campaign, “Four Years of Timeless Omotenashi,” announced on April 19, 2026. The hotel said the promotion centers on dining and accommodation offers and cited Yamazato’s Michelin inclusion alongside a Tatler Best 2026 ranking among the Philippines’ top 10 hotels. (manilatimes.net) The property is part of Newport World Resorts in Pasay City and lists 185 rooms and suites on its website. Its dining page says Yamazato serves Japanese fine dining, operates Wednesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner, and is one of three Yamazato restaurants worldwide featured in the 2026 Michelin Guide. (hotelokuramanila.com 1) (hotelokuramanila.com 2) Yamazato is also part of a longer Okura restaurant lineage. Hotel Okura Manila’s press materials say the brand began at Hotel Okura Tokyo in 1962, opened its first overseas branch in Amsterdam in 1971, and that the Amsterdam outpost became the first Japanese restaurant in Europe to win a Michelin star in 2002. (hotelokuramanila.com) For now, the Manila restaurant’s Michelin status is “Selected,” not starred. But its appearance in the guide gives Hotel Okura Manila a new credential to market as it marks four years in operation. (guide.michelin.com) (manilatimes.net)