The 2025 OAD Top Restaurants in North America

Genki Omakase on LaGuardia Place operates in a tier of New York sushi that prioritises craft over ceremony, earning a place on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Top Restaurants in North America list with a 4.8 rating across more than 1,300 Google reviews. The format is counter omakase in Greenwich Village, where the kitchen sets the pace and the fish does the talking.

Inside Denver's Dairy Block, Brutø operates at the upper tier of American tasting-menu dining, holding a Michelin star and a 2024 James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurateur. Chef Byron Gomez leads a program built around hearth cooking, fermentation, and hyper-local sourcing, with Japanese and Nordic inflections threading through each seasonal course. Google reviewers score it 4.6 from 325 ratings.

Established in 1937 and revived in 2024 by Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr of Frenchette, Le Veau d'Or is the Upper East Side's clearest argument for classical French cooking as a living discipline. A prix-fixe menu anchored by pâté en croûte and poulet à l'estragon, a 100-label all-natural wine list, and a 2025 James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurateur mark it as the most credentialed bistro revival in New York.

Chef's Counter at MAASS holds a Michelin star and an Opinionated About Dining North America recognition, placing it at the top of Fort Lauderdale's contemporary dining tier. Chef Andrew Castelan leads an intimate counter format that rewards committed eaters with technically precise, produce-driven cooking. At the $$$$-price level, it competes against major-city tasting counter peers rather than anything else on the local beach strip.

On Bleecker Street in the West Village, The Noortwyck occupies the neighbourhood-restaurant tier that sits well below the grand-tasting-menu circuit yet above the casual bistro crowd. Opened by Eleven Madison Park alumni Andy Quinn and Cedric Nicaise, it earned a place on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Top Restaurants in North America list and draws a wine-serious, repeat clientele with a France-anchored list of 400 selections.

Lazy Betty holds a Michelin star and a place on Opinionated About Dining's North America list, operating from a Midtown address on Peachtree Street with a contemporary French-American tasting format. Chefs Ron Hsu and Aaron Phillips run both the kitchen and the business, keeping the program tightly owner-operated. A wine list of more than 1,000 bottles, led by France, California, and Italy, gives the dining room weight beyond its modest exterior.

NUBIANI brings Korean BBQ to Midtown Manhattan with a format that draws on the communal grill traditions of Seoul's night markets while operating at a register that earned Opinionated About Dining recognition in its 2025 North America list. Located on the third floor of 315 Fifth Avenue, the restaurant sits in a competitive Korean BBQ tier that includes both neighbourhood stalwarts and destination-grade operators. Chef Ian Kittichai's involvement gives the kitchen a cross-cultural foundation.

Nobu Palo Alto brings the global brand's Japanese-Peruvian fusion framework to the heart of Silicon Valley, earning a spot on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Top Restaurants in North America list. Under Chef Ryan Mendoza, the Hamilton Avenue address translates Nobu's menu architecture — built around raw preparations, signature sauces, and wood-fired technique — into a dining room that reads more neighborhood anchor than corporate outpost.

Occupying a corner of the Starrett-Lehigh Building in West Chelsea, DDOBAR by Joomak NYC brings a sharp, technique-driven perspective to Korean cooking in a neighborhood better known for gallery openings than banchan. Chef Jiho Kim's kitchen earned recognition on the Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in North America list for 2025, placing it alongside New York's most closely watched Korean addresses.

Where the Lower East Side meets Northern Mexico: Corima opened in 2024 at 3 Allen St and quickly earned recognition on Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in North America list. Chef Fidel Caballero runs both à la carte and a 13-course tasting menu, anchored by agave spirits, sourdough tortillas made with Sonoran wheat, and technique that draws on Basque and Japanese influences as readily as Chihuahuan desert tradition.

Sublime Restaurant sits in Guatemala City's Zona 14 with a 12-course tasting menu that traces Guatemalan history from pre-Columbian origins through Spanish colonial syncretism to the country's culinary present. Chef Sergio Díaz and anthropologist Jocelyn Degollado collaborate on a format that places Guatemala City on the regional tasting-menu circuit, recognised by Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Top Restaurants in North America list.

Housed inside NoMad's Fifth Avenue Hotel, Café Carmellini is Andrew Carmellini's return to formal fine dining after more than a decade building a more casual portfolio. The room, designed by Martin Brudnizki, sets a Gilded Age register with double-height ceilings and jewel-toned banquettes. The menu moves between Italian and French traditions, anchored by signatures like Duck-Duck-Duck Tortellini and squab en croûte with foie gras.

Acru on MacDougal Street occupies a specific tier in Greenwich Village dining: contemporary American with enough editorial recognition to warrant attention, including a 2025 Michelin Plate and placement on Opinionated About Dining's North America list. The wine program carries a White Star from Star Wine List. At the $$$$ price point, it competes in a bracket defined by ingredient discipline and sourced-product credibility.

Opened in July 2024 in a former Hudson Street printing house, César earned two Michelin stars and a spot on North America's 50 Best Restaurants within months of its debut. Chef César Ramirez's 13-course tasting menu draws on Mexican, French, and Japanese influences to place rare seafood and luxury ingredients at the centre of one of New York's most closely watched new openings.

Micaela Mar & Leña brings coastal Mexican cooking to the heart of Mérida's Centro, with a focus on fire and seafood that earns it a place on the Opinionated About Dining 2025 list for North America. Chef Vidal Elias Murillo works within a tradition that connects Yucatán's Gulf access to its wood-fire heritage. A 4.7 rating across more than 3,300 Google reviews confirms the kitchen's consistency.

March holds a Michelin star and an Opinionated About Dining North America ranking, positioning it at the top tier of Houston fine dining. Chef Felipe Riccio and wine director June Rodil bring a Venetian-inflected Mediterranean menu to Westheimer Road, backed by a 10,000-bottle cellar with particular depth in Burgundy, Champagne, and Piedmont. Dinner runs Tuesday through Saturday from 5:30 PM.

Monkey Bar has occupied its East 54th Street address since 1936, making it one of Midtown Manhattan's most durable American dining rooms. The 2025 Opinionated About Dining recognition places it in serious company for a restaurant of its era and format. The kitchen works within a classic American idiom where sourcing and seasonal discipline carry more weight than theatrical technique.

Clover Hill New York City transforms intimate Brooklyn Heights dining into culinary artistry, where James Beard Award-winning chef Sam Rogers crafts Latin American-inspired tasting menus for just twenty guests. This Michelin-starred sanctuary combines French technique with vibrant global flavors in a candlelit setting that epitomizes Brooklyn's finest dining.

Sushi by Scratch Restaurants in Montecito operates as a ticketed omakase experience on Coast Village Road, earning consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025 alongside an Opinionated About Dining North America listing. Chef Philip Frankland Lee runs a format built around sourcing and preparation rather than spectacle, placing it in the more serious tier of California's growing omakase circuit.

Kame sits on West Spring Mountain Road inside Las Vegas's Chinatown corridor, operating as an omakase counter helmed by Chef Eric Kim. A 2025 Opinionated About Dining listing for North America places it in a competitive tier well above the Strip's sushi mainstream. With a 4.8 Google rating across 254 reviews, it draws serious sushi diners who have moved past showmanship and toward precision.

ANQI has earned consecutive recognition on the Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in North America list from 2023 through 2025, making it one of the more consistently cited Asian fusion addresses in Orange County. Chef Tony Nguyen's kitchen operates on Bristol Street in Costa Mesa, where the dining scene punches well above its suburban footprint. A 4.3 Google rating across 850 reviews supports its standing.

Aziza brings Moroccan cooking to San Francisco's Richmond District with a commitment to California ingredients and North African technique that has earned consecutive Michelin Plate recognition in 2024 and 2025, alongside inclusion in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in North America for 2025. Situated on Geary Boulevard, it operates in a different register from the city's Michelin-starred fine dining tier, holding a 4.6 Google rating across 728 reviews.

Set within the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel on Ashford Avenue, 1919 Restaurant places Puerto Rico's farm-to-table movement inside one of San Juan's most historically significant properties. Chef Juan José Cuevas leads the kitchen with a Modern American menu recognized by Opinionated About Dining in 2025. The wine program, managed by sommelier Luis A. Dos Santos Simoes, spans 725 selections across 2,500 bottles, with particular depth in California, France, and Spain.

Nikutei Futago brings Japanese yakiniku and meat-focused cooking to SoHo, earning recognition on the Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in North America list for 2025. Under chef Shinichiro Noguchi, the restaurant operates in a tier of Japanese specialists in New York that prizes precision and sourcing discipline over spectacle. A 4.7 Google rating across 156 reviews points to consistent execution rather than novelty-driven buzz.

On First Avenue in the East Village, HAGS runs two tasting menus — one vegan, one omnivore — sourced partly through a network of local queer farmers and priced sensibly against New York's top-tier contemporary tier. The kitchen's seasonal focus earned it a place on the Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in North America list for 2025. On Sundays, a pay-what-you-want format opens the room to a broader cross-section of the city.

Casa Playa brings ingredient-driven Mexican cooking to the Las Vegas Strip, earning a spot on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Top Restaurants in North America list. Under chef Sarah Thompson, the kitchen works within a tradition where daily sourcing determines what reaches the table. Rated 4.3 from nearly 400 Google reviews, it occupies a distinct position among Strip restaurants that take Mexican cuisine seriously.

Yakitori Ando on Oʻahu brings the disciplined skewer traditions of Japan's izakaya circuit to Honolulu's Kaimuki-adjacent dining corridor, earning back-to-back Opinionated About Dining recognition in 2024 and 2025. Chef Takashi Ando runs an evening-only format, six nights a week, at 1215 Center Street. A 4.7 Google rating across 90 reviews points to a tight, consistent operation rather than a high-volume crowd-pleaser.

Primo sits on two acres of mid-coast Maine farmland, running one of the most self-contained kitchens in American dining. Chef-owner Melissa Kelly built the restaurant around a genuine farm-to-table circuit — vegetables, livestock, and oysters all raised on-site — with a Sunday menu composed entirely of zero-kilometre production. Recognized by Opinionated About Dining's 2025 North American rankings, Primo is the clearest argument Rockland makes for destination dining.

Maligne is a Californian restaurant at 600 Broadway Ave in Seaside, CA, earning consecutive Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025 alongside an Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in North America nod for 2025. Under chef Abisai Sanchez, it brings focused, produce-driven cooking to a stretch of the Monterey Peninsula that rarely draws this level of critical attention. Google reviewers rate it 4.5 across 171 reviews.

Hutong Miami brings northern Chinese cooking to Brickell's financial corridor, earning a place on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Top Restaurants in North America list. Under chef Martin Mak, the menu draws from the roasting traditions and bold, charred flavors of Beijing and beyond. At 600 Brickell Ave, it occupies a distinct niche in Miami's increasingly ambitious Asian dining scene.

Shinn East on East 7th Street in the East Village represents the quieter, more considered end of New York's omakase spectrum. Under chef Mike Lian, the counter earned a place on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Top Restaurants in North America list, positioning it among a tight cohort of sushi counters that trade on precision and restraint rather than spectacle. A 4.7 Google rating across 539 reviews confirms the consistency that recognition implies.

Reached by freight elevator on the 16th floor of a Koreatown building, Joo Ok strips away the noise of Midtown to deliver a Korean tasting menu of disciplined precision. Chef Shin Chang-ho holds a Michelin star and an Opinionated About Dining North America recognition for 2025, placing the restaurant inside a small tier of Korean fine dining that bridges tradition and contemporary technique without fanfare.

Tucked behind a Hell's Kitchen grocery store, The Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare operates at the top of New York's counter-dining tier — two Michelin stars, a La Liste score of 91 points in 2026, and a ranked position in Opinionated About Dining's North America list. Chefs Max Natmessnig and Marco Prins lead a seafood-forward Japanese-French tasting menu served at a walnut counter where the kitchen has nowhere to hide.

Counter- occupies a converted space on West Morehead Street in Charlotte's Biddleville corridor, operating at the upper tier of the city's New American dining scene. A 2025 Michelin Plate recipient and Opinionated About Dining North America honoree, it runs a dinner-only format with a wine program spanning roughly 1,540 selections and a Star Wine List #1 ranking in 2024. The $66+ price point places it among Charlotte's most serious independent tables.

A Koreatown institution on Vermont Avenue, Soowon Galbi is recognised by Opinionated About Dining's 2025 North America list for galbi that spends 48 hours in marinade before it reaches the tabletop grill. The set combos, stews, and cold noodles round out a menu built around communal cooking at its most deliberate. With a 4.5 Google rating across more than 1,200 reviews, it earns its place as a serious reference point in LA's Korean BBQ tier.

Among Los Angeles's most restrained fine-dining formats, Le Comptoir operates from Koreatown on a vegetable-forward tasting menu anchored by an organic garden and strict seasonality. Chef Gary Menes holds a Michelin Plate, three We're Smart Radishes, and an Opinionated About Dining North America listing for 2025. The schedule runs to four services per week, making advance planning essential.

Beckon Denver transforms fine dining into intimate counter theater, where Chef Duncan Holmes' Michelin-recognized cuisine celebrates vegetables with unprecedented creativity. This 18-seat RiNo destination offers both vegetarian and omnivore tasting menus in a Scandi-cool space that redefines Colorado's culinary landscape.

At 12 E 22nd St in Flatiron, COQODAQ pairs gluten-free Korean fried chicken with a 950-label Champagne list across 4,440 bottles — a combination that earned a 2024 Michelin Bib Gourmand and the top spot on Star Wine List 2025. The format is deliberately compact: a set bucket meal with consommé, two rounds of chicken, perilla noodles, and yogurt soft serve. Demand routinely outpaces reservations, and a walk-in line forms most evenings.

Le Jardinier sits at 610 Lexington Avenue in Midtown, where a produce-driven French menu plays out across a dining room of olive-green velvet and green-veined marble. Seasonal vegetables, sustainably sourced fish, and carefully chosen meats form the structure of the menu, earning the restaurant a place on Opinionated About Dining's North America rankings in both 2024 and 2025. For occasion dining at the upper tier of New York's French table, it occupies a considered, specific niche.