Which tasting-menu restaurant has a Michelin star?

The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil in Rutherford is the Michelin-starred restaurant on this list. It sits on a 33-acre olive grove above Rutherford and holds one Michelin star. Chef Robert Curry's menu is contemporary French, prix fixe and a chef's tasting menu, with seasonal local ingredients and a Provençal sensibility. Our guide's citywide total is one starred restaurant and one star.

Which tasting menus hold Wine Spectator awards?

On this list, La Toque holds the Wine Spectator Grand Award for 2026. The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil in Rutherford and Torc in downtown Napa hold a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for 2026. La Toque's program has 2,500 selections and 23,000 bottles across California, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Piedmont, the Rhône, Spain and Port. Auberge's wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led. Torc's program is exceptional, with an extensive list.

What formats do these tasting menus use?

The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil in Rutherford uses prix fixe and a tasting menu. Kenzo in Downtown Napa uses a tasting menu and prix fixe. La Toque uses a tasting menu and prix fixe. Torc in downtown Napa uses a tasting menu and small plates. Morimotos in Downtown Napa Riverfront and Morimoto Napa in Downtown Napa use omakase. FARM in Carneros serves tasting menus. Osha Thai Restaurant Napa in Downtown Napa uses a tasting menu and a set menu.

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Best Tasting Menus in Napa

This list is the tasting-menu restaurants in our Napa guide. The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil in Rutherford holds the Michelin 1 Star for 2026, with prix fixe and a chef's tasting menu, plus a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for 2026. Kenzo in Downtown Napa serves kaiseki as a tasting menu and prix fixe, with ingredients flown daily from Japan's Toyosu Market. Kenzo's latest Michelin award is a Plate for 2026.

La Toque serves seasonal tasting menus with the Wine Spectator Grand Award for 2026. Torc in downtown Napa pairs a tasting menu with a Best of Award of Excellence for 2026. Morimotos in Downtown Napa Riverfront and Morimoto Napa in Downtown Napa both offer omakase. FARM in Carneros serves tasting menus from an on-site garden. Osha Thai Restaurant Napa in Downtown Napa lists a tasting menu and a set menu from Executive Chef Lalita Souksamlane.

How this list is chosen: Restaurants serving a tasting menu or omakase, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.

FARM
Deep wine list
FARM Napa elevates California's farm-to-table tradition through Executive Chef Aaron Meneghelli's seasonally-driven cuisine, served in an intimate resort setting where herbs are snipped from adjacent gardens and five-course tasting menus showcase the valley's agricultural bounty.
Kenzo
La Toque
Wine Spectator Grand Award · Deep wine list
Among Napa Valley's serious dining rooms, La Toque occupies a distinct position: French-American technique at a $$$$ price point, with a wine program spanning 2,500 selections and 23,000 bottles across California, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Piedmont, Rhône, Spain, and Port. Ranked #158 on Opinionated About Dining's North America list for 2025 and holding a Michelin Plate, it draws as much attention for its cellar as its kitchen.
Morimoto Napa
Deep wine list
On Main Street in downtown Napa, Morimoto Napa brings the precision and theatricality of Japanese-American cuisine to the heart of wine country. The restaurant channels chef Masaharu Morimoto's broader culinary framework, technique-led, visually considered, and rooted in Japanese tradition reinterpreted for an American context. Its riverfront setting and broad menu range place it among Napa's more ambitious dining options outside the French Laundry tier.
Morimotos
Morimoto's Napa outpost sits on Main Street in the heart of the Oxbow district, bringing a Japanese-inflected menu to one of California's most wine-focused dining corridors. Ranked #451 in Opinionated About Dining's North America list in 2024 and #514 in 2025, it draws, a consistent signal in a city where dinner reservations compete with wine country itineraries.
Osha Thai Restaurant Napa
Osha Thai Restaurant Napa is the right call when you want polished Thai cooking in Downtown Napa without committing to a formal wine-country tasting-menu night. Expect a lively, smart-casual room, a Napa-specific menu from Chef Lalita Souksamlane, useful dietary range, and strong group appeal. Lunch is the value move; dinner is better for dates and celebrations.
The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Perched on a 33-acre olive grove above Rutherford, The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil has held a Michelin star since 2024 and a place in Napa's fine-dining conversation since 1981. Chef Robert Curry's California-rooted menu leans into local sourcing and Provençal sensibility, with a wine list that reads as a survey of the valley below. Ranked #560 on the 2024 Opinionated About Dining North America list.
Torc
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Ranked #522 on Opinionated About Dining's 2024 North America list, Torc on Main Street in downtown Napa represents the quieter, more personal end of the valley's fine dining spectrum. Chef Sean O'Toole brings years in fine dining kitchens across America and Europe to a room where the emphasis is on cooking rather than ceremony, making it a reliable counterpoint to Napa's more theatrical dining options.

Planning tasting menus in Napa

Which tasting-menu restaurant has a Michelin star?: The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil in Rutherford is the Michelin-starred restaurant on this list. It sits on a 33-acre olive grove above Rutherford and holds one Michelin star. Chef Robert Curry's menu is contemporary French, prix fixe and a chef's tasting menu, with seasonal local ingredients and a Provençal sensibility. Our guide's citywide total is one starred restaurant and one star.
Which tasting menus hold Wine Spectator awards?: On this list, La Toque holds the Wine Spectator Grand Award for 2026. The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil in Rutherford and Torc in downtown Napa hold a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for 2026. La Toque's program has 2,500 selections and 23,000 bottles across California, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Piedmont, the Rhône, Spain and Port. Auberge's wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led. Torc's program is exceptional, with an extensive list.
What formats do these tasting menus use?: The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil in Rutherford uses prix fixe and a tasting menu. Kenzo in Downtown Napa uses a tasting menu and prix fixe. La Toque uses a tasting menu and prix fixe. Torc in downtown Napa uses a tasting menu and small plates. Morimotos in Downtown Napa Riverfront and Morimoto Napa in Downtown Napa use omakase. FARM in Carneros serves tasting menus. Osha Thai Restaurant Napa in Downtown Napa uses a tasting menu and a set menu.