Ômo by Jônt

Verdict

Book Ômo by Jônt if you want the most technically serious dinner in Winter Park. This is a Michelin-starred contemporary Japanese tasting menu from chef Ryan Ratino, priced at $$$+ per head, in a city where that level of ambition is scarce. If you are celebrating something, this is the clearest answer in the area. If you are looking for a casual drop-in or a quick weeknight dinner, look elsewhere.

What to Expect

Ômo by Jônt sits at 115 E Lyman Ave in Winter Park, Florida, and earned its first Michelin star in 2025, making it one of the very few starred addresses in the Orlando metro. The restaurant operates as a tasting menu format under chef and owner Ryan Ratino, whose flagship Jônt in Washington D.C. also holds Michelin recognition. That lineage matters when you are deciding whether a $$$+ dinner in Winter Park is credible: this is not an Orlando restaurant that happens to have a Japanese menu. It is a serious tasting menu operation that happens to be located here.

The room matters for a special occasion decision. The visual setting on East Lyman Avenue places you in one of Winter Park's quieter, more composed blocks, a deliberate contrast to the busier Park Avenue strip. What you walk into is designed to signal that the meal is the event, not the surroundings. For a date night, anniversary, or a client dinner where the venue needs to do some of the work, that framing is useful. The room communicates intent before the first course arrives.

The wine program is a genuine strength and worth factoring into your total budget. Sommelier Juan Valencia oversees a list of approximately 250 selections with 530 bottles in inventory. The list skews toward California and France, with many bottles above $100. Corkage is $100 if you bring your own, which is on the higher end and reflects that the house list is where they expect you to spend. If wine is central to your occasion, budget accordingly. The wine pricing is $$$, which means the full evening at Ômo can move well past the base tasting menu price once you account for a thoughtful pairing or a bottle from the French section.

On the question of whether the food travels well for takeout or delivery: it does not, and that is not a criticism. A contemporary Japanese tasting menu built around precise temperature, texture, and sequencing is designed to be eaten in the room, in order, as served. Ômo is not a delivery option and should not be evaluated as one. If you need food from this caliber of kitchen in a format that travels, you are in the wrong category. What Ômo offers is an in-room experience where the occasion, the service, and the progression of the meal are inseparable. General Manager Tracy Grady oversees front-of-house, and at this price point, service coordination matters. A Michelin-starred kitchen at this level is staffed to execute the full experience, not a component of it.

Booking is hard. With only 87 Google reviews at a 4.7 average, the room is clearly small and the covers per night are limited. A Michelin star earned in 2025 will tighten availability further as the recognition spreads. Expect to plan four to six weeks out for a weekend table, and further in advance for milestone occasions. If you are trying to book for a specific date, treat it like a reservation at a D.C. or New York tasting counter, not a Florida restaurant. Ratino's background gives Ômo a national-tier demand profile that its Central Florida zip code does not fully telegraph.

For context on how Ômo sits relative to comparable tasting formats nationally: it occupies the tier below destination venues like The French Laundry in Napa or Alinea in Chicago, but the Michelin credential puts it in the same conversation as Lazy Bear in San Francisco or Single Thread Farm in Healdsburg in terms of ambition and execution standard. For contemporary tasting menus with strong wine programs, Le Bernardin in New York City remains the reference point for service precision at this price tier, and Jungsik in Seoul shows how a contemporary format can anchor an entire city's fine dining identity. Ômo is doing something analogous for Winter Park: it is the address that makes the city worth flying into for dinner.

One practical note for first-timers: the address is Central Florida, which means the surrounding dining scene does not match the ambition of what is inside. Do not anchor your expectations to the neighbourhood. Judge Ômo against its Michelin peer set, not against what else is on East Lyman Avenue.

Quick reference: Michelin 1 Star (2025) | $$$$+ | Contemporary Japanese tasting menu | Dinner only | Wine list: 250 selections, 530 inventory, California and France strengths | Sommelier: Juan Valencia | Chef/Owner: Ryan Ratino | GM: Tracy Grady | Corkage: $100 | Book 4–6 weeks out minimum.

How It Compares

See the comparison section below for how Ômo sits against Soseki, AVA MediterrAegean, and other Winter Park options at different price points.

For a broader view of what is available in the area, see our full Winter Park restaurants guide, our full Winter Park bars guide, our full Winter Park hotels guide, our full Winter Park wineries guide, and our full Winter Park experiences guide.