MICHELIN Guide Northeast Cities · 2025
13 restaurants are listed in Philadelphia in the 2025 guide: 3 with one star, 10 with a Bib Gourmand. Each one comes from Michelin's announcement and the press that covered it, checked by a person at Meez.
13 restaurants in Philadelphia
Photo: Friday Saturday SundayContemporary · Rittenhouse · $$$$
Chef Chad Williams
A long-loved Rittenhouse Square corner, taken over by chef Chad Williams and his wife Hanna in 2015. Upstairs, an eight-course tasting menu focuses on seasonal contemporary American cooking. Start with a cocktail at the first-floor bar, known for some of the city's best drinks. Won a 2023 James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant.
4.7903 Google reviews
Photo: Donovan VogelFrench · Rittenhouse · $$$$
Chef Amanda Shulman
Chef Amanda Shulman, a Food & Wine Best New Chef, hosts a dinner-party-style evening in an intimate 24-seat Rittenhouse room. The seasonal prix fixe leans French and Italian and changes often, with dishes such as lamb marguez or chitarra all'amatriciana, served on quirky vintage-style china.
4.7268 Google reviews
Photo: Rick FairbankFrench · $$$$
Chef Nicholas Bazik
Chef Nicholas Bazik cooks modern French seafood with a subtle Korean influence in a 25-seat room inside a 200-year-old Society Hill rowhouse. The tasting menu runs 20-plus courses, served at the open-kitchen counter or in candlelit rooms, and a custom Molteni stove anchors the kitchen.
4.7184 Google reviews
Photo: Angelo's Pizzeria$
A cash-only, takeout-only South Philly pizzeria near the Italian Market, run by Danny DiGiampietro. Hand-mixed dough and house-baked seeded rolls carry the cheesesteaks, hoagies and thin-crust, grandma and Sicilian pizzas. There's no seating, so eat on a nearby bench or stoop.
4.65,005 Google reviews
Photo: Uno Roro$
A Roxborough cheesesteak counter on the same corner since 1960, run by Steve and Margie Kotridis since 2009. Fresh-cut rib-eye is chopped fine on the grill and piled on soft rolls with American, provolone or Whiz and free toppings. Deli-style hoagies and 20-plus beers too.
4.413,690 Google reviews
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Cheesesteaks and pizza on North 4th Street. The steaks use pasture-raised, hormone-free, hand-cut rib-eye, including a long hot version cooked with pickle juice and a chipotle one with house sauce. Pizzas come from a long-fermented dough, from Margherita to a Brooklyn-style grandma pie finished with 18-month-aged parmesan.
4.67,060 Google reviews
Photo: Dizengoff$$
Mike Solomonov and Steve Cook's Tel Aviv-inspired Rittenhouse spot is built around hummus in many varieties, served with house-baked pita. Now full service with a 12-seat walk-in bar, it adds roasted vegetables and fries with tehina ketchup. Chef Joseph Howard leads the kitchen.
4.51,209 Google reviews
Photo: Monika Paciorek$$
Chef Carlos Aparicio
Chef-owner Carlos Aparicio reimagines Mexican cooking in South Philadelphia with bold flavors. Come for the cemita sandwiches, tacos on house-made sourdough tortillas, and starters like elote and choripapas. It's a lively, bring-your-own-tequila spot.
4.7595 Google reviews
Photo: Nawel Thomas (Dr.)A corner Jewish deli in Queen Village, serving Philadelphia since 1923. Expect a large menu of hand-brined corned beef, house-smoked pastrami and matzo ball soup, made on the premises from family recipes. It's also a longtime Election Day gathering spot for local politicians.
4.62,691 Google reviews
Photo: Fiorella Pasta$$
Chef Marc Vetri
Marc Vetri's South Philly pasta bar sits in a former sausage shop near the Italian Market, serving a short, seasonal à la carte menu of antipasti and handmade pasta. Order the rigatoni with Fiorella sausage ragù or the Roman-style cacio e pepe, with focaccia alongside.
4.7980 Google reviews
Photo: Pizzeria Beddia$$
Joe Beddia's Fishtown pizzeria serves crisp 16-inch pies, tomato pie, a few small plates and soft serve, with natural wine to drink. Walk-ins are welcome, and a private Hoagie Room can be reserved for six people for two hours. It began in 2013 as a tiny standing-room shop.
4.61,919 Google reviews
Photo: Grant Braeuer$$$$
Chef Jesse Ito
Jesse Ito's Queen Village Japanese spot pairs a lively, unfussy izakaya, with comfort food and punchy cocktails, with an 8-seat sushi counter tucked behind a curtain. There, Ito prepares a 17-course omakase himself, nightly. His father Masaharu, a tamagoyaki specialist, cooks alongside him.
4.61,148 Google reviews
Photo: Sally