Best Michelin-Starred Restaurants in Taormina
Our guide counts 5 Michelin-starred restaurants citywide and 6 Michelin stars. St. George by Heinz Beck, in Taormina, holds two Michelin stars and a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. It serves a tasting menu in The Ashbee Hotel's villa.
Principe Cerami and Otto Geleng, both in Taormina, hold one Michelin star. Principe Cerami also holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence, and the list runs to 1,190 selections, with particular depth in Sicily, Italy, and France. Otto Geleng's terrace faces Mount Etna and the Ionian Sea.
La Capinera, in Taormina, and Vineria Modì, in historic centre, hold one Michelin star. La Capinera's wine list spans Sicily, Italy, and Europe, and its tasting menus organise Sicilian produce as sea, air, earth, and fire. Vineria Modì grew from a wine bar, and chef Dalila Grillo keeps the list sommelier-led.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants holding Michelin stars, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
La Capinera
1 Michelin star
A Michelin-starred address on the coastal road below Taormina, La Capinera channels Sicilian produce through tasting menus that map the island's four elements: sea, air, earth, and fire. Dishes named after films and raw Mazzara prawns paired with mozzarella foam signal a kitchen working at the intersection of regional tradition and contemporary technique. The wine list spans Sicily, Italy, and Europe with uncommon depth.
Otto Geleng
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
A Michelin-starred terrace on via Teatro Greco 59, Otto Geleng distills the Sicilian fine-dining proposition into eight tables, an Etna-facing view, and a tasting menu format that re-reads regional classics through a precise modern lens. Among Taormina's upper-tier restaurants, it occupies one intimate end of the €€€€ bracket, where format discipline and a 400-label wine list carry as much weight as the cooking itself.
Principe Cerami
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Principe Cerami holds a Michelin star inside the San Domenico Palace, a former monastery perched above the Ionian Sea in Taormina. Chef Massimo Mantarro's kitchen draws from across Sicily, with seasonal produce, coastal ingredients, and the island's volcanic interior all represented. The wine list runs to 1,190 selections, with particular depth in Sicily, Italy, and France.
St. George by Heinz Beck
2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Set within The Ashbee Hotel's early-20th-century villa on the edge of Taormina's historic centre, St. George operates under a dual-chef model: Heinz Beck's two Michelin stars and La Liste recognition (84pts in 2026) sit alongside resident chef Salvatore Iuliano's Calabrian-rooted Mediterranean sensibility. The terrace, framing the Straits of Messina through palms, is among the more considered dining settings in southern Italy.
Vineria Modì
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
A Michelin-starred address on Via Calapitrulli that evolved from a wine bar into one of Taormina's most considered contemporary Sicilian kitchens. Chef Dalila Grillo's cooking leans on Sicilian provenance with broader Mediterranean influences, supported by a wine list that remains the programme's spine.
Planning Michelin-starred restaurants in Taormina
- How many Michelin-starred restaurants does the guide count?
- Our guide counts 5 Michelin-starred restaurants citywide and 6 Michelin stars in total across the city. This page lists St. George by Heinz Beck, Principe Cerami, Otto Geleng, La Capinera, and Vineria Modì. St. George by Heinz Beck holds two of those stars.
- Which starred restaurants hold Wine Spectator awards?
- Two restaurants on this list hold a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence: St. George by Heinz Beck and Principe Cerami, both in Taormina. Both awards are dated 2026. Principe Cerami's list runs to 1,190 selections, with particular depth in Sicily, Italy, and France.
- Which neighbourhoods are the starred restaurants in?
- Four starred restaurants on this list are in Taormina: St. George by Heinz Beck, Principe Cerami, Otto Geleng, and La Capinera. Vineria Modì is in historic centre, the only other neighbourhood among the starred restaurants on this list in the guide.
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