The Michelin Guide, the French tire company’s international dining rating system, announced the second crop of New York restaurants added to its directory this week. This means the 15 newly Michelin-recommended restaurants are under consideration for
the organization’s Bib Gourmand or coveted stars.
This group leans heavily on Manhattan restaurants, with nine entrants as opposed to three apiece for Brooklyn and Queens. Also, two of the Queens spots aren’t new at all.
Earlier in April, the anonymous inspectors announced their first batch of nine additions of the year, which included Bong, Le Chêne, and Vato.
A Michelin rep notes that there are “no details to share at this time” about this year’s Michelin ceremony date or location. Last year’s took place in November in Philadelphia, merging the announcements of New York, D.C., and Chicago, along with first-time ones for Boston and the host town.
Arthur
132 Franklin Street, between Milton Street and Greenpoint Avenue, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
The new bistro-ish neighborhood restaurant, from co-owners and couple chef Kevin Finch and Alexa Finch, opened in April in the former Fulgurances space. Michelin called entrees such as the New York beef and the tilefish with summer squash and trout roe “memorable.”
Confidant
127 Atlantic Avenue, near Henry Street, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
Chefs and co-owners Brendan Kelley and Daniel Grossman originally opened their New American restaurant in Industry City back in 2025, but moved it into these cozy digs in Brooklyn Heights this past February. Michelin notes that the dishes are “seriously leveled up” and also highlights the prawn pot pie.
Balera
442 Graham Avenue, near Frost Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
The new two-floor pizzeria with a playful approach opened in April with Roman-style thin pizza and a disco ball. Michelin calls the diavola pizza, a red-sauced pie with mozzarella, Calabrian soppressata, Pecorino Romano, hot honey, and basil, “spot-on.”
Odo East Village
536 E. Fifth Street, between Avenues A and B, East Village, Manhattan
Two-Michelin-starred omakase Odo spun off this casual Japanese restaurant in February. Michelin says that dining there feels “leisurely and intentional,” singling out the “charcoal-kissed mackerel with ponzu as well as dashi egg with rice, Hokkaido uni and seaweed.”
LenLen
40 E. 20th Street, near Park Avenue South, Flatiron, Manhattan
Co-owners Wanisa Torboonsitikorn and chef Peter Ki Suk Tondreau — known for a bunch of food stands in Chelsea Market — opened this fun Thai restaurant in August 2025. Michelin calls the drinks just “as thoughtful as the kitchen,” and, for food, points to the “rich crab curry that balances sweetness, spice, and coconut milk with surprising finesse.”
Bistrot Ha
137 Eldridge Street, between Delancey and Broome streets, Lower East Side, Manhattan
Chefs Sadie Mae Burns and Anthony Ha’s follow-up to their hit Ha’s Snack Bar expands their menu thanks to a full kitchen, which opened in December 2025. Michelin describes it as a “rambunctious hot spot where Vietnamese and French ideas swirl about on a single plate,” and highlights the “dazzling, celebratory, vol-au-vent loaded with pristine seafood flecked with fiery chiles.”
Kjun
334 Lexington Avenue, at East 39th Street, Murray Hill, Manhattan
Chef Jae Jung expanded with this larger restaurant dedicated to her thoughtful Korean Cajun dishes in February that, per Michelin, “reinterpret familiar ingredients and preparations without losing sight of either influence.” The original Kjun, located nearby on East 39th Street, is now only open for private events.
Oyatte
125 E. 39th Street, near Lexington Avenue, Murray Hill, Manhattan
Hasung Lee, a notable fine-dining chef and contestant on Netflix’s Culinary Class Wars, opened his two-floor tasting menu restaurant in May. Michelin points to dishes like the green porridge and “inventive desserts” like mugwort ice cream.
Marcel
945 Madison Avenue, at East 75th Street, Upper West Side, Manhattan
Design studio Roman and Williams and chef Marie-Aude Rose (of the team’s Soho French restaurant La Mercerie) opened this fine dining spot within the new Sotheby’s headquarters in April. Michelin says that the “roast beef tartine with cornichons and dressed greens channels the spirit of a Left Bank cafe.”
Yūgin
767 Fifth Avenue, between Madison and Fifth avenues, Midtown West, Manhattan
Chef Eugeniu Zubco opened his high-priced, $475-per-person Japanese omakase in a 12-seat space on the 37th floor of the General Mothers building in October 2025. Michelin writes that “pristine seafood, carefully sourced ingredients and restrained seasoning take center stage.”
Wild Cherry
38 Commerce Street, near Bedford Street, West Village
A24’s dining collaboration with notable restaurateurs Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson (Frenchette, Le Rock, Le Veau d’Or) opened inside the revamped Cherry Lane Theatre in October 2025. Michelin highlights this chic restaurant’s “particularly impressive fried frog legs with garlic butter.”
Cynthia
32 Jones Street, at Bleecker Street, West Village, Manhattan
Executive chef Sherry Cardoso opened this tasting menu restaurant in April, centered on cooking that aims not to waste products and ingredients. The “superb, just-set egg custard boosted with corn dashi and black truffles” was a recent standout dish for Michelin. It costs $165 for six courses or $205 for seven.
Abuqir
24-19 Steinway Street, near Astoria Boulevard South, Astoria
One of the two restaurants in this Michelin batch that aren’t brand-new, this Egyptian seafood spot opened in 2015. People pick their fresh seafood from the ice displays at the counter, and then the staff cooks ‘em up. Michelin admires the “confidence of the cooking,” leading to “[b]eautifully seared sea scallops,” “fried shrimp [that] are remarkably crisp beneath a dusting of spice,” and “[w]hole grilled branzino [that] carries fragrant notes of cumin and curry-like spices.”
Bolivian Llama Party
44-14 48th Avenue, between 44th and 45th streets, Sunnyside, Queens
The second of the two not-new restaurants comes from brothers Alex, Patrick, and David Oropeza, who started Bolivian Llama Party as a Smorgasburg stand in 2012, then turned it into a seasonal pop-up, then opened a food kiosk at the Columbus Circle subway station in 2016, a downtown Brooklyn food hall stand in 2018, and finally, opened this restaurant in 2020. Michelin enjoyed the salteñas, calling them “standouts” because of their “carefully crimped pastry shells holding rich, soupy fillings of chicken or beef alongside hard-boiled egg and spicy llajua salsa.”
Pierogi Boys
57-34 Catalpa Avenue, at Onderdonk Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens
The titular Pierogi boys, co-owners and life partners Krzysztof Poluchowicz and Andrzej Kinczyk, started their business as a DeKalb Market stand in 2017 and expanded with this lovely full-on restaurant in September 2025. Now with a fuller menu with non-Polish dumpling dishes, Michelin notes that still the “pierogi remain the main attraction.”
