This article is a list of Michelin-starred restaurants in Wales.
As of the 2024 guide, there are six restaurants in Wales with a Michelin-star rating, a rating system used by the Michelin Guide to grade restaurants based on their quality.
Name | Location | Cuisine | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
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Place | County | |||||||||||||
Beach House | Oxwich | Swansea | Contemporary | — | — | — | — | — | TBA Feb 10, 2025 | |||||
Home | Penarth | Vale of Glamorgan | Contemporary | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Restaurant James Sommerin | Penarth | Vale of Glamorgan | British | — | — | Closed | ||||||||
Sosban & The Old Butchers | Menai Bridge | Anglesey | Contemporary | — | — | |||||||||
SY23 | Aberystwyth | Ceredigion | Contemporary | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Closed | |||
The Checkers | Montgomery | Powys | French | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
The Whitebrook | Whitebrook | Monmouthshire | British | |||||||||||
Tyddyn Llan | Llandrillo | Denbighshire | Welsh | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
Walnut Tree | Llanddewi Skirrid | Monmouthshire | British | |||||||||||
Ynyshir | Eglwys Fach | Ceredigion | Japanese | — | ||||||||||
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Indicates a restaurant with one Michelin star | |
Indicates a restaurant with two Michelin stars |
The Michelin Guides are a series of guide books that have been published by the French tire company Michelin since 1900. The Guide awards up to three Michelin stars for excellence to a select few restaurants in certain geographic areas. Michelin also publishes the Green Guides, a series of general guides to cities, regions, and countries.
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