MICHELIN Guide honors Toronto & Region with new Two Starred restaurant in 2025 selection

This evening, the MICHELIN Guide announced the 2025 restaurant selection for the MICHELIN Guide Toronto & Region at a ceremony that took place at the Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex.

Restaurant Pearl Morissette was promoted to Two Stars in this year's selection. Additionally, aKin was welcomed into the selection with One MICHELIN Star and Sundays joined the ranks as the newest Green Star, awarded for their efforts in sustainable gastronomy.

"2025 marks another impressive year for the Toronto restaurant scene as we welcomed a new Two Star restaurant into the selection, highlighting the region's burgeoning talent," said Gwendal Poullennec, International Director of the MICHELIN Guide. "With a new Green Star establishment, we continue to see the local culinary scene's passion and commitment towards a more sustainable and creative gastronomy scene."

In addition to the new Starred restaurants, the Guide boasts six new Bib Gourmands: 7 Enoteca, Barrel Heart Brewing, Mhel, Ricky + Olivia, Sundays and The Cottage Cheese. The full selection, including Green Stars and Recommended eateries, totals 106 restaurants and 31 cuisine types represented.

Here are the new MICHELIN Star and Green Star restaurants, with Inspector notes from each (Inspectors' comments in full on the MICHELIN Guide website and mobile app):

Two MICHELIN Stars

Restaurant Pearl Morissette (Lincoln; Contemporary cuisine)

This 42-acre destination in the picturesque Niagara region is the full experience. A restaurant, winery, orchard, farm and bakery, Restaurant Pearl Morissette is a powerhouse. With great pride for Canadian ingredients and respect for the seasons, Chefs Daniel Hadida and Eric Robertson make the most of their surroundings to enhance their spontaneous tasting menu's dishes, as in roasted guinea hen with chanterelles, mokum carrot and fig. Yes, there is plenty of wine available, but don't miss the accomplished juice pairing either. The meal may conclude sweetly with a deliciously creamy hogweed ice cream sandwich followed by terrific, freshly baked madeleines. Meanwhile, the warm team keeps the tasting moving at a friendly clip.

One MICHELIN Star

aKin (Toronto; Chinese cuisine)

Chef Eric Chong has set out to do what few others in the region dare to. Drawing inspiration from across Asia, he taps into his own heritage and delivers a modern tasting menu that reimagines what is possible using top-shelf ingredients sourced from Nova Scotia to British Columbia. Tables run down the length of a stylish room framed with gold-leaf finishes, and an intimate, four-seat chef's counter offers an even closer look at the refined excellence coming out of this kitchen. Past highlights include lobster cheung fun, char siu bao with Iberico secreto and grilled langoustine with silver needle noodles. Gorgeous desserts, creative cocktails and personable service enhance this memorable experience.

MICHELIN Green Star

Sundays (Uxbridge; Creative cuisine)

Initiatives: sourcing ingredients directly from their local farm and other nearby farms; educating the next generation of farm workers; evolving menu based on seasonality; locally sourced wine selection.

Bib Gourmand

The MICHELIN Guide Inspectors added six restaurants to the Bib Gourmandlist, which recognizes eateries for great food at a great value: 7 Enoteca, Barrel Heart Brewing, Mhel, Ricky + Olivia, Sundays and The Cottage Cheese.

MICHELIN Special Awards

In addition to the Bib Gourmand 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 Toronto and throughout the world. Each hotel 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 Toronto features the city's most spectacular hotels, including sustainability pioneers like 1 Hotel Toronto (One MICHELIN Key), standouts from the "Plus" collection like the Hazelton (Two MICHELIN Keys) and the SoHo, and cutting-edge boutiques like Ace Hotel(One MICHELIN Key) and the Drake.

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 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) and Philadelphia (2025).        

About the MICHELIN Guide 
Recognized globally for excellence and quality, the MICHELIN Guide offers a selection of world-class restaurants.  

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• ​The famous one, two and three MICHELIN Starsidentify establishments serving exceptional cuisine that's rich in flavor, remarkably executed and infused with the personality of a talented chef.  

• ​The Bib Gourmandis a designation given to select restaurants that offer good quality food for a good value - often known as personal favorites among the inspectors when dining on their own time.  

• ​The MICHELIN Green Starhonors restaurants that are pioneers in sustainable gastronomy.  

• ​Recommended restaurants and special professional awards are also highlighted by the MICHELIN Guide inspectors.   

​The MICHELIN Guide remains a reliable companion for any traveler seeking an unforgettable meal and hospitality experience. The Guide was first publishedin France at the turn of the 20th century to encourage the development of car mobility as well as tire sales by giving practical advice to motorists. Progressively, the Guide has specialized in restaurant and hotel recommendations. Michelin's inspectors still use the same criteria and manner of selection that were used by the inspectors in the very beginning. 

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​The restaurant selections join the MICHELIN Guide selection of hotels, which features the most unique and exciting places to stay around the world. Visit the MICHELIN Guide website, or download the free appfor iOS and Android, to discover every restaurant in the selection and book an amazing hotel. 

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​Thanks to the rigorous MICHELIN Guide selection process that is applied independently and consistently in more than 60 destinations (60+ Guides), the MICHELIN Guide has become an international benchmark in fine dining.  

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​All restaurants in the Guide are recommended by Michelin's anonymous inspectors, who are trained to apply the same time-tested methods used by Michelin inspectors for many decades throughout the world. This ensures a uniform, international standard of excellence. As a further guarantee of complete objectivity, Michelin inspectors pay all their bills in full, and only the quality of the cuisine is evaluated.  

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​To fully assess the quality of a restaurant, the inspectors apply five criteria defined by Michelin: product quality; mastery of cooking techniques; harmony of flavors; the personality of the chef as reflected in the cuisine; and consistency over time and across the entire menu. These criteria guarantee a consistent and fair selection so a Starred restaurant has the same value regardless of whether it is in Paris, New York or anywhere else in the world. 

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