The Destination Brief
Explore Bend and the surrounding Central Oregon region, including Redmond, Sisters and Sunriver. Discover restaurants, craft breweries and places to stay across the high desert and Cascade foothills.
Seattle’s wine programs include Grand Award cellars, a France-and-Italy-focused restaurant list and a wine bar with extensive local and international selections.
East Queen Anne fine dining with tasting menu and à la carte formats, plus a Wine Spectator Grand Award and an exceptional wine program. The room pairs its Pacific Northwest focus with one of Seattle’s most decorated cellars.
Atoma serves modern New American cooking in a Craftsman house in Wallingford with a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence and an exceptional wine program. The 190-selection list is weighted toward France and Italy.
Metropolitan Grill is a classic steakhouse in the Central Business District with a Wine Spectator Grand Award and Star Wine List recognition. Its 1,400 bottles in inventory lean heavily into California, alongside custom dry-aged USDA Prime beef.
Purple Café & Wine Bar occupies a large modern room in the Central Business District, with a spiral wine tower and extensive local and international selections. Its sommelier-led wine program has Star Wine List recognition.
Portland has Thai and Japanese tasting menus alongside seasonal American cooking and French bistro dining, with wine lists across these restaurants.
Langbaan serves Thai tasting menus in the Northwest District, combining Pacific Northwest ingredients with longstanding Thai traditions. Its wine list includes natural wine, and the restaurant holds a James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant.
Nodoguro serves a Japanese kaiseki tasting menu in Downtown, combining seasonal Pacific Northwest ingredients with Japanese traditions in a room seating 16 guests. Chef Ryan Roadhouse’s restaurant has a wine list and repeated Opinionated About Dining recognition.
Coquine serves modern American cooking in Mt. Tabor, with tasting menu and à la carte formats supported by an extensive wine list. Katy Millard’s seasonal cooking draws on Oregon produce, alongside James Beard semifinalist recognition for its beverage program.
Lower Burnside French bistro cooking with small plates and à la carte service, backed by a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. The 2,500-bottle inventory is weighted toward France, Champagne, and Burgundy.
Seattle and Portland have specialist drinking rooms devoted to whiskey, Scotch, rum and French-inspired cocktails.
canon combines a whiskey and bitters collection with craft cocktails in Minor. The restaurant serves American small plates and à la carte dishes alongside inventive cocktail presentations, with recognition from North America’s Best Bars and Opinionated About Dining.
Scotch Lodge is a whisky-focused bar in the Central Eastside Industrial District with a 1,000-plus whisky selection. Craft and classic cocktails accompany a modern Pacific Northwest food menu, and the bar holds a James Beard Outstanding Bar award.
Roquette serves French-inspired craft cocktails and classic drinks in a cobalt-coloured room in Belltown. Personalised service accompanies inventive drinks, and the bar has North America’s Best Bars recognition alongside James Beard Award semifinalist distinctions.
Rum Club specialises in rum in the Central Eastside Industrial District, serving craft and classic cocktails from a horseshoe-shaped mahogany bar. An exceptional rum selection, expert mixology and vintage hummingbird wallpaper define the drinking room.
Regional ingredients shape The Herbfarm’s tasting menus and the restaurant programs at The Ritz-Carlton, Portland and Lotte Hotel Seattle.
The Herbfarm serves seasonal themed tasting menus with beverage pairings in Woodinville. Regional foraged ingredients and seasonal cycles shape its farm-to-table cooking, supported by an extensive wine list, sommelier-led service and AAA Diamond recognition.
The Ritz-Carlton, Portland has Bellpine, a restaurant focused on Pacific Northwest producers, in Downtown. The hotel combines this regional dining program with raw timber and copper detailing in its design and holds a Michelin Key.
Lotte Hotel Seattle combines a Pacific Northwest restaurant with Philippe Starck interiors in the Central Business District. The hotel holds a Michelin Key, and its restaurant sits within a glass tower above a Beaux-Arts landmark.
Seattle’s East Queen Anne, Wallingford and Central Business District have award-recognised wine programs at Canlis, Atoma, Metropolitan Grill and Purple Café & Wine Bar. In Portland, Canard holds a Wine Spectator award in Lower Burnside, as does Kann in the Central Eastside Industrial District.
There are no Michelin-starred restaurants and no Michelin restaurant stars in total in our Pacific Northwest guide. These counts cover Seattle, Portland and Bend, the cities included in the guide’s regional Michelin totals.
Canlis in East Queen Anne and The Herbfarm in Woodinville serve tasting menus in our Seattle guide. Portland’s options include Langbaan’s Thai tasting menu in the Northwest District, Nodoguro’s Japanese kaiseki in Downtown and Coquine’s seasonal American cooking in Mt. Tabor.
Canlis and Metropolitan Grill hold Wine Spectator Grand Awards. Atoma, Spinasse and Kann hold Wine Spectator Awards of Excellence, while Canard holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
Awards in Bend & Central Oregon Region
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Bend & Central Oregon Region
Selected entries from the current guide for Bend & Central Oregon Region.
Bend, United States
Brickhouse earned a White Star recognition from Star Wine List in August 2022, placing it among Bend's more seriously considered dining addresses. For a city better known for craft beer, that signal carries weight.
Bend, United States
Aina Kauai Style Grill brings Hawaiian plate-lunch sensibility to Bend's Northeast side, operating out of 1424 NE Cushing Dr as one of the few Pacific Island-inflected kitchens in Central Oregon. The format sits squarely in the casual, ingredient-driven tradition of Hawaiian comfort cooking, where sourcing and cultural authenticity carry more weight than fine-dining presentation.
Bend, United States
Ariana Restaurant on NW Galveston Avenue brings a considered dining sensibility to Bend's westside, where the city's growing appetite for serious, ingredient-led cooking has quietly taken root. The address sits within a neighborhood that rewards those willing to look beyond downtown's more obvious corridors, placing Ariana among the restaurants reshaping what Central Oregon expects from a dinner out.
Bend, United States
A Westside Bend fixture at 1288 SW Simpson Ave, Bangers & Brews trades in the kind of casual dining ritual that defines Oregon's craft-beer culture: sausages paired with rotating local taps, in a format built for lingering rather than rushing. The format suits both afternoon drop-ins and group evenings, placing it squarely in the relaxed, ingredient-forward tier of Bend's neighborhood dining scene.
Bend, United States
On NW Minnesota Avenue in Bend's compact downtown core, Bos Taurus occupies a position in the upper tier of the city's dining scene, drawing comparisons to ambitious independent restaurants across the Pacific Northwest. Where Bend's casual brewpub culture dominates the block, Bos Taurus tilts toward a more focused, ingredient-led approach that sets it apart from the neighbourhood norm.
Bend, United States
BOSA Food & Drink serves Regional Italian and French dinner in a historic building, with local sourcing and an extensive wine list for a conversation-led pace.
Bend, United States
On Tap pairs an American beer garden format with food trucks, a beer program, and mountain views at 1424 NE Cushing Dr in Bend.
Bend & Central Oregon Region
Selected entries from the current guide for Bend & Central Oregon Region.
Redmond, United States
Michelin Selected for 2025, SCP Hotel Redmond sits in Oregon's high desert gateway to Smith Rock and the Cascades. The property occupies a renovated building in downtown Redmond, operating within the SCP brand's wellness-forward, low-footprint design ethos. It represents the quieter end of the Pacific Northwest's independent hotel tier, where location utility meets considered interiors.
Sisters, United States
A Michelin Selected lodge on the shores of Suttle Lake in Oregon's Deschutes National Forest, The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse occupies a niche where wilderness access and considered design meet without apology. Positioned within the small-footprint, place-rooted tier of American outdoor hospitality, it draws visitors who want proximity to the Cascades without the generic resort formula that dominates most mountain destinations.
Bend & Central Oregon Region
Selected entries from the current guide for Bend & Central Oregon Region.
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Bend & Central Oregon Region
Selected entries from the current guide for Bend & Central Oregon Region.
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