List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Taiwan

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In the 2025 Michelin Guide , there are 53 restaurants in Taiwan with a Michelin-star rating. [1] The Michelin Guides have been published by the French tire company Michelin since 1900. They were designed as a guide to tell drivers about which eateries they should to visit and to subtly sponsor their tires. This was done by encouraging drivers to use their cars more and therefore need to replace the tires as they wore out. Over time Michelin stars became more valuable. [2]

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Before a star is given, multiple anonymous Michelin inspectors visit the restaurants several times. They rate the restaurants on five criteria: "quality of products", "mastery of flavor and cooking techniques", "the personality of the chef represented in the dining experience", "harmony of flavor", and "consistency between inspectors' visits". [2] [3] Inspectors have at least ten years of expertise and create a list of popular restaurants supported by media reports, reviews, and diner popularity, for them to inspect. If the Michelin inspectors who have eaten at the restaurant reach a consensus, Michelin awards the restaurant from one to three stars. One star means "high-quality cooking, worth a stop", two stars signify "excellent cooking, worth a detour", and three stars denote "exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey". [4] The stars are not permanent and restaurants are re-evaluated every year. If the criteria are not met, the restaurant will lose its stars. [2]

The 2018 edition was the inaugural edition of the Michelin Guide for Taipei, Taiwan. [5] Taipei was the eighth Asian city or region to have a dedicated Michelin Guide, after Tokyo, Hong Kong and Macau, Osaka and Kyoto, Singapore, Shanghai, Seoul, and Bangkok. [6] [7] Michelin began reviewing restaurants in Taichung in 2020, [8] with Tainan and Kaohsiung being added in 2022. [9] Michelin announced it would further expand its coverage area in Taiwan for the 2025 guide, to also rate restaurants in New Taipei City, Hsinchu County, and Hsinchu City. [10]

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Key
Etoile Michelin-1.svg One Michelin star
Etoile Michelin-2.svg Two Michelin stars
Etoile Michelin-3.svg Three Michelin stars
MichelinGreenStar.svg One Michelin green star
The restaurant did not receive a star that year
ClosedA defunct restaurant
Clefs Michelin.svg One Michelin key
Michelin-starred restaurants
NameCuisineLocation20182019202020212022202320242025
A French TaipeiDa'an Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg
A Cut Steakhouse TaipeiZhongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Ad AstraContemporary TaipeiZhongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
aMazeCreative Taipei Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Ban Bo (斑泊) Taiwanese TaipeiZhongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Chuan Ya Sichuan Taipei Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Circum-Creative TaipeiZhongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Danny's Steakhouse (教父牛排) Steakhouse TaipeiZhongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Da-Wan (大腕) Barbecue TaipeiDa'an Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
De Nuit French TaipeiDa'an Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Eika (盈科) Japanese TaipeiDatong Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg
Fleur de Sel (鹽之華) French TaichungXitun Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Forchetta European TaichungXitun Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Frassi Italian Taipei Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Fujin Tree Taiwanese Cuisine & Champagne (Songshan) Taiwanese TaipeiSongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
GEN () Cantonese KaohsiungCianjhen Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Golden Formosa (金蓬萊遵古台菜) Taiwanese TaipeiShilin Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
HAILIModern KaohsiungCianjin Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
HoltContemporary TaipeiSongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Closed [11]
Hosu Taiwanese Taipei Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Impromptu by Paul LeeInnovative TaipeiZhongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
INITA Italian TaipeiSongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
JL Studio Singaporean TaichungNantun Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-3.svg Etoile Michelin-3.svg Etoile Michelin-3.svg
Ken Anhe (謙安和) Japanese TaipeiDa'an Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Kitcho (吉兆割烹壽司) Japanese TaipeiDa'an Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon (侯布雄) French TaipeiXinyi Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg
L'Atelier par Yao French TaichungTaiping Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
La Cocotte by Fabien Vergé French TaipeiDa'an Etoile Michelin-1.svg Closed [12]
La Maison de Win (文公館) Taiwanese TaichungXitun Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
La Vie by Thomas Bühner European Taipei Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Le Palais (頤宮) Cantonese TaipeiDatong Etoile Michelin-3.svg Etoile Michelin-3.svg Etoile Michelin-3.svg Etoile Michelin-3.svg Etoile Michelin-3.svg Etoile Michelin-3.svg Etoile Michelin-3.svg Etoile Michelin-3.svg
LibertéModern KaohsiungCianjhen Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Closed [13]
Logy Asian TaipeiDa'an Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg
LongtailInnovative TaipeiDa'an Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Ming Fu (明福台菜海產) Taiwanese TaipeiZhongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
MINIMAL Modern TaichungWest Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Mipon (米香) Taiwanese TaipeiZhongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Molino de Urdániz (渥達尼斯磨坊) Spanish TaipeiZhongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg
Motoichi Japanese Taipei Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Mountain and Sea House (山海樓) Taiwanese TaipeiZhongzhen Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Mudan (牡丹) Tempura TaipeiDa'an Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg
MUMEContemporary TaipeiDa'an Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
NOBUOContemporary TaipeiZhongzhen Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Oretachi No Nikuya (俺達的肉屋) Barbecue TaichungWest Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Paris 1930 de Hideki Takayama French TaipeiZhongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
RAW Innovative TaipeiZhongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg
Sens French TaipeiSongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Shin Yeh Taiwanese Signature (欣葉 鐘菜) Taiwanese TaipeiZhongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Shoun Ryugin (祥雲龍吟) Japanese TaipeiZhongshan Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Closed [14]
Sho () Japanese KaohsiungCianjhen Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Sur- () Taiwanese TaichungCentral Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Sushi Akira (明壽司) Japanese TaipeiZhongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Sushi Amamoto (鮨天本) Japanese TaipeiDa'an Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg
Sushi Nomura (鮨野村) Japanese TaipeiDa'an Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Sushi Ryu (鮨隆) Japanese TaipeiZhongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Sushiyoshi (壽司芳) Japanese TaipeiDa'an Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Tainan Tan Tsu Mien Seafood (台南担仔麵) Seafood TaipeiWanhua Etoile Michelin-1.svg
T+T [15] Asian TaipeiSongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Taïrroir (態芮) Taiwanese TaipeiZhongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-3.svg Etoile Michelin-3.svg Etoile Michelin-3.svg
The Guest House (請客樓) Huaying TaipeiZhongshan Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Three Coins (大三元) Cantonese TaipeiZhongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Tien Hsiang Lo (天香樓) Hangzhou TaipeiZhongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Wok by O'BONDCreative TaipeiZhongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Ya Ge (雅閣) Cantonese TaipeiSongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Yu Kapo (彧割烹) Japanese TaipeiSongshan Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg
YUENJI (元紀) Taiwanese TaichungXitun Etoile Michelin-1.svg
ZEA Latin American TaipeiDa'an Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-1.svg
Reference [5] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [12] [1]

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