Michelin New York 2015 Ratings

The Michelin New York 2015 ratings were announced last week. We’re back with our annual tabular listing of stars won and lost over the ten-year history of the Guide.

The Michelin Guide offers the best single list of New York’s best restaurants, mainly because the list is updated annually. Most of the city’s professional critics review a restaurant once, within its first year in business, and do not return for many years, if ever—even if the restaurant has changed substantially.

To give three examples from the 2015 Guide, Aquavit was promoted from one star to two, under its new chef, Emma Bengtsson. The NYT displays Sam Sifton’s 2010 review under former chef Marcus Jernmark. Saul lost its Michelin star after moving to the Brooklyn Museum. The NYT displays Pete Wells’ 2007 review, when Saul was in a much smaller dining room in Boerum Hill. Lastly, A Voce Columbus lost its star after losing its chef, Missy Robbins. The NYT still displays Sam Sifton’s 2009 review, when Robbins was there.

Similar examples from earlier years are abundant. The NYT still displays Frank Bruni’s 2007 review of Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Perry St. Michelin took away its star in 2011, after Mr. Vongerichten’s son Cedric took over the kitchen. The NYT still displays William Grimes’ 2002 review of Vongerichten’s Jo Jo. The restaurant lost its Michelin star for the second and final time in 2010.

We don’t think the Michelin inspectors are more competent at reviewing restaurants than the city’s other professional critics. They’re just more nimble.

In the 2015 Guide, there are no new three-star restaurants, three promotions to two stars (Aquavit, Blanca, and Ichimura), and fifteen new one-star restaurants, most of which opened within the last year or two. Picholine got its star back, after a year’s absence. There were no restaurants starred out of nowhere, after many years unstarred, such as Caviar Russe and Telepan in the 2014 Guide.

Particularly notable demotions include Daniel (three stars to two); Annisa and Oceana (one star to zero), both of which had been starred for nine consecutive years, since the first Guide.

Starred restaurants that have never had a New York Times review of any kind, include Andanada, Caviar Russe, Danny Brown, Juni, and ZZ’s Clam Bar.

Promotions (all one star to two):

• Aquavit
• Blanca
• Ichimura

Star Regained:

• Picholine (lost its star in 2014, got it back after a year)

Demotions (three to two):

• Daniel

Demotions (one to zero):

• Annisa
• A Voce Columbus (lost chef)
• A Voce Madison (ditto)
• Danji
• Lan Sheng
• Oceana
• Saul (restaurant moved to location)
• Tamarind Tribeca

Starred in First Year Eligible:

• Bâtard
• Betony
• Casa Enrique
• Delaware and Hudson
• Juni
• Meadowsweet
• M. Wells Steakhouse
• Piora
• ZZ’s Clam Bar

Other Restaurants Starred for the First Time:

• Andanada
• La Vara
• Luksus at Tørst
• Pok Pok Ny
• Take Root
• Zabb Elee

Restaurant	20 06	20 07	20 08	20 09	20 10	20 11	20 12	20 13	20 14	20 15
15 East								★	★	★
Adour				★★	★	★	★	★
Ai Fiori							★	★	★	★
Alain Ducasse	★★★
Aldea						★	★	★	★	★
Allen & Delancey				★
Alto				★	★★	★★
Andanada										★
Annisa	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★
Anthos			★	★	★	★
Aquavit								★	★	★★
Aska									★
Atera								★★	★★	★★
Aureole	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★
A Voce Columbus						★	★	★	★
A Voce Madison		★	★		★	★	★	★	★
Babbo	★	★	★						★	★
Bâtard										★
Betony										★
Blanca								★	★	★★
BLT Fish	★
Blue Hill			★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★
Bouley	★★	★★	★★		★	★	★	★	★	★
Breslin, The						★	★	★	★	★
Brooklyn Fare						★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★
Brushstroke							★	★	★	★
Café Boulud	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★
Café China								★	★	★
Café Gray	★	★	★
Carbone									★	★
Casa Enrique										★
Casa Mono					★	★	★	★	★	★
Caviar Russe									★	★
Convivio					★	★
Corton					★★	★★	★★	★★
Country		★	★
Craft	★	★
Cru	★	★	★	★
Daniel	★★	★★	★★	★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★
Danji							★	★	★
Danny Brown						★	★	★	★	★
Danube	★★	★	★
Delaware and Hudson										★
Del Posto		★★	★★	★★	★	★	★	★	★	★
Dévi		★	★
Dovetail						★	★	★	★	★
Dressler			★	★	★	★	★	★
Eighty One				★	★
Eleven Madison Park					★	★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★
Etats-Unis	★	★	★	★	★
Fiamma (Osteria)	★	★		★
Fleur de Sel	★	★	★	★
Gilt			★	★★	★★	★★	★★	★★
Gotham Bar & Grill	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★
Gordon Ramsay			★★	★★	★★	★★	★★	★★
Gramercy Tavern	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★
Hakkasan								★	★	★
Heartbreak							★
Ichimura									★	★★
Insieme				★	★
Jean Georges	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★
Jewel Bako	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★
JoJo	★		★	★
Jungsik								★	★★	★★
Juni										★
Junoon							★	★	★	★
Kajitsu					★	★★	★★	★	★	★
Kyo Ya				★	★	★	★	★	★	★
Kurumazushi		★	★
L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon			★	★	★	★	★★
La Goulue	★	★
La Vara										★
Lan Sheng								★	★
Le Bernardin	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★
Le Restaurant									★
Laut						★	★
La Vara										★
Lever House	★	★
Lincoln									★	★
Lo Scalco	★
Luksus at Tørst										★
Marc Forgione					★	★	★
March	★
Marea					★	★★	★★	★★	★★	★★
Masa	★★	★★	★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★
Meadowsweet										★
Minetta Tavern					★	★	★	★	★	★
Modern, The	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★
Momofuku Ko				★★	★★	★★	★★	★★	★★	★★
Musket Room, The									★	★
M. Wells Steakhouse										★
Nobu	★
NoMad, The								★	★	★
Oceana	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★
Perry St.		★	★	★	★
Per Se	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★	★★★
Peter Luger	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★
Picholine	★	★	★★	★★	★★	★★	★	★		★
Piora										★
Pok Pok Ny										★
Public				★	★	★	★	★	★	★
Rhong-Tiam					★
River Café					★	★	★	★	★	★
Rosanjin							★	★	★	★
Rouge Tomate					★	★	★	★	★
Saul	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★
Scalini Fedeli	★
Seäsonal					★	★	★	★	★	★
Shalizar/Shalezeh					★	★
SHO Shaun Hergatt					★	★	★★
Soto					★	★★	★★	★★	★★	★★
Spotted Pig	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★
Sushi Azabu					★	★	★	★	★	★
Sushi of Gari		★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★
Take Root										★
Tamarind Tribeca							★	★	★
Telepan									★	★
Tori Shin							★	★	★	★
Torrisi Italian Specialties								★	★	★
Tulsi							★	★	★	★
Veritas	★	★	★	★	★	★	★
Vong	★	★	★
Wallsé	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★
WD~50	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★	★
Zabb Elee										★
ZZ’s Clam Bar										★

Color Key:

Green: Restaurant promoted, or starred in first year of eligibility
Yellow: Restaurant demoted, but still starred
Red: Restaurant demoted, and now unstarred
Gray: Restaurant closed, moved, or opened too late in year to be rated