MICHELIN Guide Reveals First-Ever Southwest Restaurant Selection in the U.S.

The MICHELIN Guide revealed the inaugural restaurant selection for the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Southwest at a ceremony that took place at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. The Guide’s return to Las Vegas brought and electric atmosphere to the ceremony, where Restaurant de Joël Robuchon earned Two MICHELIN Stars.

The celebrations continued with four restaurants earning One MICHELIN Star: é by José Andrés in Las Vegas, Guy Savoy Las Vegas, L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon Las Vegas and Monte located in South Salt Lake, Utah. This year's selection also recognized four MICHELIN Special Awards, which highlight the exceptional passion and expertise of selected professionals. The full selection including Bib Gourmands and Recommended restaurants totals 64 eateries across 24 cuisine types.

Two MICHELIN Stars

Restaurant de Joël Robuchon (Las Vegas, NV; French Contemporary cuisine)

Leave behind the casino cacophony and settle in for a world-class dining experience at this sumptuous enclave on the ground floor of the MGM Grand. Fashioned to evoke an intimate salon with Art Deco panache, the opulent space is deeply carpeted and dressed up in regal aubergine velvet, gilded accents and sparkling crystal. Dinner here is an event; you'll progress through a series of courses driven by contemporary French cuisine and global inspiration, beginning with a tableau of house-baked breads and ending with a chariot of mignardise. Expect creations like crustacean gelée with crabmeat and caviar; crisped daikon with dashi; and roasted venison with red wine-poached pear. The menu is enhanced by an extensive and impressive wine list.

One MICHELIN Star

Guy Savoy Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV; French Contemporary cuisine)

Ensconced in a quiet corner on the second floor of the Augustus tower of Caesar’s Palace, guests will find a private world of elegance and luxury. Enjoy the graciously poised service and turn your eyes to lovely views of the city lights, or the stately procession of carts loaded with Champagne, breads, cheeses and sweets. The cuisine offers a vintage French sensibility and can be had either à la carte or as a tasting. In both cases, the signature dishes are the highlight, like the indulgent black truffle and artichoke soup, accompanied by toasted mushroom brioche. A truly epic wine list, the size of a medieval manuscript and arriving on its own side table, boasts both legendary bottlings and surprising finds.

é by José Andrés (Las Vegas, NV; Spanish Contemporary)

Secreted away in a vividly surreal space inside Jaleo, on the third floor of the Cosmopolitan, this private counter offers a window into the imagination of Chef José Andrés and his team. The intricate multicourse menu spans a procession of beautifully presented dishes suffused with whimsy and drama. A sense of theater is omnipresent, stewarded by attentive service and the backdrop of the dynamic kitchen team, with nary a dull moment. Cleverly devised bites might include a "PB&J" consisting of feather-light meringue "bread" with a filling of foie gras mousse, pine nut butter and huckleberry jam, or a course mirroring the flavors of Spanish vermouth: a Santa Barbara prawn paired with briny olive spheres and a mandarin snow. The ingenuity continues to the end, with a flurry of playful sweets.

L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV; French cuisine)

Globetrotting gastronomes will need no introduction to this distinct concept. The iconic counter-dominated design with its red-and-black color scheme is familiar territory; particularly since this Las Vegas location has been in operation since 2005 (it is located on the ground floor of the MGM Grand). Offering contemporary French cuisine, à la carte dining is an option, but the menu découverte is truly the best way to experience the distinct cuisine. In the hands of this team, the humble potato is transformed into a luxe salad dressed with black truffle vinaigrette; a plump sea scallop is seared a la plancha and presented with a coconut and citrus foam; and gorgeously roasted quail is accompanied by a side of the late chef's world-famous pommes purée.

Monte (South Salt Lake, UT; American Contemporary cuisine)

Located within the Beehive Distillery in South Salt Lake, this ambitious restaurant charts its own course in the region. Gin barrels stacked high, concrete floors and a handful of widely spaced tables set the stage, as Chef Martín Babio draws on decades of experience to prepare a refined tasting menu that leans on local producers. French, Italian and South American influences weave in and out of view, as dishes arrive carefully presented and boldly flavored. Past highlights include a riff on French onion soup, coffee-cured venison with truffled potato purée and rabbit ravioli with ginger and lemongrass. Moving dinner along at a smooth clip is the chef's wife, Karen, who oversees a professional, attentive service team.

Bib Gourmand

The MICHELIN Guide Inspectors identified 18 restaurants to receive a Bib Gourmand distinction, which recognizes eateries for great food at a great value. The full list can be found below.

Southwest’s 2026 Bib Gourmand restaurants

MICHELIN Special Awards

In addition to the Bib Gourmands and Stars, the Guide announced four Special Awards:

The MICHELIN Guide Ceremony is presented with the support of Capital One.

Hotels

The restaurants join the MICHELIN Guide selection of hotels, which features the most unique and exciting places to stay in the Southwest and throughout the world.   

Each hotel in the selection has been chosen by MICHELIN Guide experts for its extraordinary style, service and personality — with options for all budgets — and each can be booked directly through the MICHELIN Guide website and app. The selection for the Southwest features the region’s most spectacular hotels, including Edgewood Tahoe (One MICHELIN Key) with a front-row view of Lake Tahoe; Amangiri (Three MICHELIN Keys) Aman’s otherworldly desert outpost in southern Utah; Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Organic Farm (Two MICHELIN Keys) a 1930s inn with a 25-acre farm located in Albuquerque, NM; or lastly the Under Canvas Grand Canyon (selected), which brings luxury camping to the heart of the Grand Canyon.

The MICHELIN Guide is a benchmark in gastronomy. Now it’s setting a new standard for hotels. Visit the MICHELIN Guide website, or download the free app for iOS and Android, to discover every restaurant in the selection and book an unforgettable hotel.

The 2026 MICHELIN Guide Southwest selection:

Southwest’s 2026 MICHELIN-Starred restaurants

Southwest’s 2026 Recommended restaurants

The MICHELIN Guide in North America  

Michelin announced its first North American Guide in 2005 for New York. Guides have also been added in Chicago (2011); Washington, D.C. (2017); California (San Francisco in 2007, statewide 2019); Florida (Greater Miami, Orlando and Tampa in 2022, adding Greater Fort Lauderdale, The Palm Beaches and St. Pete-Clearwater in 2025, statewide in 2026); Toronto (2022); Vancouver (2022); Colorado (2023); Atlanta (2023), Mexico (2024), Texas (2024), Québec (2024), the American South (2025), Boston (2025), Philadelphia (2025), the Southwest (2026) and the American Great Lakes (2027).

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