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New restaurants added to the one-Micheline-starred list in Atlanta. Pictured: Ryan Smith, Daniel Crawford, Brian So, Leonard Yu, Jason Liang, Ching Yao Wang, and Jasmine Yates.
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4 New Atlanta Restaurants Awarded Michelin Stars

Sushi and omakase experiences dominate at this year’s Michelin Guide Awards

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New restaurants added to the one-Micheline-starred list in Atlanta. Pictured: Ryan Smith, Daniel Crawford, Brian So, Leonard Yu, Jason Liang, Ching Yao Wang, and Jasmine Yates.
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The 2024 Atlanta Michelin Guide results are in: four additional restaurants were awarded a one star this year, including O By Brush, Omakase Table, Spring, and Staplehouse. They join Atlas, Bacchanalia, Hayakawa, Lazy Betty, and Mujo in the total of nine Atlanta restaurants that are now one-Michelin-starred. Outside the perimeter (OTP) restaurants received some love this year, and sushi omakase experiences dominated in cuisine.

The new additions to the Bib Gourmand distinction include Masterpiece, Superica, Table & Main, and Whoopsie’s. There are now 14 Bib Gourmand restaurants in Atlanta.

No new Green Stars were awarded; Bacchanalia and the Chastain retained their distinctions from last year. Four new restaurants were added to the recommended category, including Hen Mother Cookhouse, Little Sparrow, Nàdair, and Woo Nam Jeong, bringing the total to 34 places. All restaurants from 2023 retained their distinctions.

Here are Atlanta’s one-Michelin-starred restaurants.

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A new addition to Atlanta’s one-Michelin-starred restaurants (OTP, at that), Spring in Marietta is a highly acclaimed spot for a special night out. The dinner menu is simple and finely tuned, along with a stellar wine list. The Michelin Guide says, “Skillful but simple cooking is the dictum here, where ingredients speak for themselves, and plates are stunning without ever being showy. The house-made sourdough with garlic chive butter is delicious, but don’t fill up, as the pan-seared wild king salmon topped with Hollandaise sauce and trout roe is equally appealing.”

The peach tart from Spring in Marietta, GA
The peach tart from Spring in Marietta, GA
Spring

Staplehouse

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Staplehouse is a new addition to the one-Michelin-starred restaurants in Atlanta. Kara Hidinger and chef Ryan Smith took ownership of the restaurant in 2020 and created the national nonprofit Giving Kitchen, which aids restaurant workers with financial and resource support in a crisis. The restaurant functions as a tasting menu restaurant to a neighborhood market with food served daily from the back counter near the kitchen. The food remains as seasonal, creative, and thoughtfully composed as ever. For lunch, don’t skip the Grinder — a meaty and mighty sandwich with milk bread, pepperoni, mortadella, and olive tapenade, easily shared between two people. Dinner is a prix fixe five-course seasonal menu of about $200 a person on Fridays and Saturdays. Reservations for dinner are required. Check out Staplehouse’s melon salad, which made our Best Things Eater Atlanta Ate roundup.

A wedge of chicken liver mousse tart at Staplehouse
A wedge of chicken liver mousse tart at Staplehouse.
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Omakase Table

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Omakase Table, owned by chef Leonard Yu, is one of the new additions to the one-Michelin-starred restaurants in Atlanta. It offers two seatings per night at its sushi bar for up to 12 people. An omakase here includes course after course of otsumami (small bites), fresh nigiri, dishes like atsuyaki tamago castella (multi-layered omelet), temaki (hand roll), and dessert. Reservations required.

Shima-Aji (stripe jack) at Omakase Table.
Shima-Aji (stripe jack) at Omakase Table.
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O by Brush

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Led by chef Jason Liang, Brush Sushi was awarded a star this year primarily for its dry-aged fish program. O by Brush is the omakase experience in a private room that seats about ten people. The Michelin Guide says, “a tasting of dry-aged hirame and kanpachi is a delightful surprise, as is the tamago tasting, featuring the classic style alongside a tender, cake-like version. The wide-ranging sake selection, also available by the glass or carafe, is the perfect complement.”

In Eater Atlanta’s best dishes we ate in October roundup, the steamed egg dish topped with roe was a unique standout. Plated in a bowl that resembles a cracked egg held by a porcelain hand, the presentation was just as elegant as the dish itself. The umami eggs with the salinity from the roe paired perfectly with sake. 

Putting the finishing touches on a roll at Brush Sushi.
Putting the finishing touches on a roll at Brush Sushi.
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Located at the swanky St. Regis hotel in Buckhead, this one-star restaurant led by chef Freddy Money is always a solid choice for a celebratory, splurge-worthy dinner. Think Kristal caviar, Westholme wagyu, and desserts like a take on Chocolate Rocher. For a real treat, book the chef’s table experience at Atlas, an elaborate tasting menu feast that also comes with dessert and wine pairings. Afterward, pop over to the Garden Room next door for one last drink. Dress code.

Seared snapper surrounded by colorful array of vegetables including zucchini, squash, and tomatoes. Atlas

Lazy Betty

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Owned by chefs Ron Hsu and Aaron Phillips, Michelin-starred Lazy Betty offers fine dining at their new location in the heart of Midtown at 999 Peachtree (the former Empire State South space.) The tasting menu is ever-evolving with six to eight courses for $225 a person with optional wine or nonalcoholic pairings, and a vegetarian menu. There’s also champagne and caviar service, which comes with steamed milk buns and scallion pancakes, and an a la carte food menu at the bar lounge (walk-in only). The foie gras donut with raspberry coulis, which made our Best Things Eater Atlanta Ate in June video, for an umami, unexpected treat. Reservations are required for the dining room, though walk-ins are welcome to enjoy the tasting menu at bar seats.

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Bacchanalia

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Bacchanalia, the fine dining stalwart from James Beard award-winning chef Anne Quatrano, was granted one star by Michelin, thanks in part to the restaurant’s epic tasting menu. Look for dishes like the crab fritter (a perennial favorite), Maine lobster with caviar and brioche, and a rotating array of seasonal entrees and desserts. Located next to market and cafe Star Provisions on Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard, reservations are necessary for a table at Bacchanalia. Don’t have reservations? Head to the bar for cocktails, a glass of wine, and the a la carte menu. Michelin also granted Bacchanalia a green star, given to restaurants with excellent sustainable and environmentally friendly practices.

Maine lobster with English peas Bacchanalia

Put nabbing a coveted reservation at this Michelin one-star omakase restaurant on your Atlanta dining bucket list. Built around an intimate and highly personalized dining experience, Mujo is a splurge-worthy destination for omakase. Reservations go fast when released each month, but for those who secure a seat at the sushi bar, patience (and the hefty price tag) pay off, thanks to the attention to detail and personalized touches they experience throughout the meal. Led by chef J. Trent Harris, who trained under master sushi chefs at Michelin-star establishments Sushi Ginza Onodera and Shuko in New York and Tokyo, this 15-seat omakase restaurant gives a nightly master class in hospitality and the nuanced art of Edomae-style sushi.

Hayakawa

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Chef Atsushi “Art” Hayakawa relocated his beloved eponymous Buford Highway restaurant to Star Metals on Howell Mill Road in 2023. Now simply called Hayakawa, the new location in the city is much more intimate, with just a small sushi bar focused on the omakase experience. Even with its one-star status from Michelin, people can still expect to see the charming Chef Art behind the counter preparing extravagant courses of sushi throughout the meal with interludes of other Japanese small bites and cooked dishes. 

Spring

A new addition to Atlanta’s one-Michelin-starred restaurants (OTP, at that), Spring in Marietta is a highly acclaimed spot for a special night out. The dinner menu is simple and finely tuned, along with a stellar wine list. The Michelin Guide says, “Skillful but simple cooking is the dictum here, where ingredients speak for themselves, and plates are stunning without ever being showy. The house-made sourdough with garlic chive butter is delicious, but don’t fill up, as the pan-seared wild king salmon topped with Hollandaise sauce and trout roe is equally appealing.”

The peach tart from Spring in Marietta, GA
The peach tart from Spring in Marietta, GA
Spring

Staplehouse

Staplehouse is a new addition to the one-Michelin-starred restaurants in Atlanta. Kara Hidinger and chef Ryan Smith took ownership of the restaurant in 2020 and created the national nonprofit Giving Kitchen, which aids restaurant workers with financial and resource support in a crisis. The restaurant functions as a tasting menu restaurant to a neighborhood market with food served daily from the back counter near the kitchen. The food remains as seasonal, creative, and thoughtfully composed as ever. For lunch, don’t skip the Grinder — a meaty and mighty sandwich with milk bread, pepperoni, mortadella, and olive tapenade, easily shared between two people. Dinner is a prix fixe five-course seasonal menu of about $200 a person on Fridays and Saturdays. Reservations for dinner are required. Check out Staplehouse’s melon salad, which made our Best Things Eater Atlanta Ate roundup.

A wedge of chicken liver mousse tart at Staplehouse
A wedge of chicken liver mousse tart at Staplehouse.
Bill Addison

Omakase Table

Omakase Table, owned by chef Leonard Yu, is one of the new additions to the one-Michelin-starred restaurants in Atlanta. It offers two seatings per night at its sushi bar for up to 12 people. An omakase here includes course after course of otsumami (small bites), fresh nigiri, dishes like atsuyaki tamago castella (multi-layered omelet), temaki (hand roll), and dessert. Reservations required.

Shima-Aji (stripe jack) at Omakase Table.
Shima-Aji (stripe jack) at Omakase Table.
Omakase Table/Instagram

O by Brush

Led by chef Jason Liang, Brush Sushi was awarded a star this year primarily for its dry-aged fish program. O by Brush is the omakase experience in a private room that seats about ten people. The Michelin Guide says, “a tasting of dry-aged hirame and kanpachi is a delightful surprise, as is the tamago tasting, featuring the classic style alongside a tender, cake-like version. The wide-ranging sake selection, also available by the glass or carafe, is the perfect complement.”

In Eater Atlanta’s best dishes we ate in October roundup, the steamed egg dish topped with roe was a unique standout. Plated in a bowl that resembles a cracked egg held by a porcelain hand, the presentation was just as elegant as the dish itself. The umami eggs with the salinity from the roe paired perfectly with sake. 

Putting the finishing touches on a roll at Brush Sushi.
Putting the finishing touches on a roll at Brush Sushi.
Jonathan Phillips/Eater Atlanta

Atlas

Located at the swanky St. Regis hotel in Buckhead, this one-star restaurant led by chef Freddy Money is always a solid choice for a celebratory, splurge-worthy dinner. Think Kristal caviar, Westholme wagyu, and desserts like a take on Chocolate Rocher. For a real treat, book the chef’s table experience at Atlas, an elaborate tasting menu feast that also comes with dessert and wine pairings. Afterward, pop over to the Garden Room next door for one last drink. Dress code.

Seared snapper surrounded by colorful array of vegetables including zucchini, squash, and tomatoes. Atlas

Lazy Betty

Owned by chefs Ron Hsu and Aaron Phillips, Michelin-starred Lazy Betty offers fine dining at their new location in the heart of Midtown at 999 Peachtree (the former Empire State South space.) The tasting menu is ever-evolving with six to eight courses for $225 a person with optional wine or nonalcoholic pairings, and a vegetarian menu. There’s also champagne and caviar service, which comes with steamed milk buns and scallion pancakes, and an a la carte food menu at the bar lounge (walk-in only). The foie gras donut with raspberry coulis, which made our Best Things Eater Atlanta Ate in June video, for an umami, unexpected treat. Reservations are required for the dining room, though walk-ins are welcome to enjoy the tasting menu at bar seats.

Lazy Betty

Bacchanalia

Bacchanalia, the fine dining stalwart from James Beard award-winning chef Anne Quatrano, was granted one star by Michelin, thanks in part to the restaurant’s epic tasting menu. Look for dishes like the crab fritter (a perennial favorite), Maine lobster with caviar and brioche, and a rotating array of seasonal entrees and desserts. Located next to market and cafe Star Provisions on Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard, reservations are necessary for a table at Bacchanalia. Don’t have reservations? Head to the bar for cocktails, a glass of wine, and the a la carte menu. Michelin also granted Bacchanalia a green star, given to restaurants with excellent sustainable and environmentally friendly practices.

Maine lobster with English peas Bacchanalia

Mujō

Put nabbing a coveted reservation at this Michelin one-star omakase restaurant on your Atlanta dining bucket list. Built around an intimate and highly personalized dining experience, Mujo is a splurge-worthy destination for omakase. Reservations go fast when released each month, but for those who secure a seat at the sushi bar, patience (and the hefty price tag) pay off, thanks to the attention to detail and personalized touches they experience throughout the meal. Led by chef J. Trent Harris, who trained under master sushi chefs at Michelin-star establishments Sushi Ginza Onodera and Shuko in New York and Tokyo, this 15-seat omakase restaurant gives a nightly master class in hospitality and the nuanced art of Edomae-style sushi.

Hayakawa

Chef Atsushi “Art” Hayakawa relocated his beloved eponymous Buford Highway restaurant to Star Metals on Howell Mill Road in 2023. Now simply called Hayakawa, the new location in the city is much more intimate, with just a small sushi bar focused on the omakase experience. Even with its one-star status from Michelin, people can still expect to see the charming Chef Art behind the counter preparing extravagant courses of sushi throughout the meal with interludes of other Japanese small bites and cooked dishes. 

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