Michelin Guide Toronto skips new stars in 2026
Toronto's 2026 selection hands out zero new stars, drops Aburi Hana and Hexagon, and crowns five first-time Bib Gourmand restaurants instead.
The Michelin Guide Toronto hands out zero new stars in its 2026 selection, unveiled Tuesday at the Liberty Grand. The city's star count slips from 16 to 15.
It is the first time since the Michelin Guide Toronto launched in 2022 that no restaurant earns a debut Star. Previous years brought steady movement: four new one-Star restaurants in 2024, then aKin's first Star and Restaurant Pearl Morissette's promotion to two Stars in 2025.
Michelin says it does not work on a quota. Inspectors judge restaurants on five criteria: ingredient quality, cooking mastery, flavour harmony, the chef's personality in the food and consistency. When they disagree, inspectors return before confirming or denying a Star.
Zero new stars still reshuffles a list: two addresses fall, five climb aboard.
Michelin Guide Toronto loses two addresses
Two Stars disappear from the list. Hexagon drops out after closing earlier this year, and Yorkville's Aburi Hana loses the single Star it held in 2025. Aburi Hana shut for nearly a year after chef Ryusuke Nakagawa's departure and reopened on September 17, five days before the ceremony, under new chef So Sakata with a reworked menu.
Also absent is Onze, the reworked successor to LSL, the fine-dining collaboration between Masaki Saito and French chef Christian Le Squer that held Recommended status in 2025. Onze relaunched earlier this year after original chef Didier Leroy's departure. Neither name appears in the 2026 guide.
Sushi Masaki Saito keeps its single Star, a rating it has held since dropping from two Stars in the 2025 edition. Restaurant Pearl Morissette, in Jordan Station, remains the only two-Star address in the region for a second straight year.
Five restaurants join Bib Gourmand list
Five restaurants earn a first Bib Gourmand, Michelin's award for good food at moderate prices: Antylia, Golden Horseshoe Barbecue, Les Incompetents, RPM Bakehouse and The Lunch Lady of Saigon. Andrew Golden, 25, chef at Golden Horseshoe Barbecue, wins the Young Chef Award.
Antylia chefs Aldo Camarena and Ashley McKay become the first honorees of Michelin's new Mindful Voices initiative, recognised for sourcing from local farmers and Indigenous growers. Sharon Chan of 156 ONEFIVESIX wins the Cocktails Award, Toni Weber of Restaurant 20 Victoria the Sommelier Award, and Eric Roell of Collingwood's LORE the Service Award.
The guide keeps reaching past downtown Toronto: LORE in Collingwood, oddBird in St. Catharines and Revé in Niagara-on-the-Lake, while Mississauga's Pho Ngoc Yen makes its debut. The Michelin Guide Toronto now lists 111 restaurants across 33 cuisines. Michelin's calendar moves elsewhere too, including Mero's entry in Antwerp this week. A quiet ceremony changes little for diners who already know where to book.
