Best Tasting Menus in Tampa
This tasting menu list includes three Michelin-starred restaurants: Kōsen in Tampa Heights, Koya in Hyde Park, and Ebbe in North Franklin Street. Each holds a Michelin star for 2026. Kōsen serves Japanese omakase of more than 20 courses at a chef's counter. Koya serves omakase with seafood from Toyosu Market. Ebbe serves a tasting menu with Scandinavian influences and Florida ingredients at a U-shaped marble counter.
Lilac in Gilchrist's A W Oak Grove serves a prix fixe and tasting menu from chef John Fraser, modern Mediterranean cooking with Greek influences and a wine list shaped around France, Italy, and Greece. Noble Rice in The Channel District serves omakase and sushi flown in from Japan, with sake and a Michelin Plate. Mise en Place in South Nebraska and Restaurant BT in Palma Ceia serve tasting menus, as does Rooster and the Till in Old Seminole Heights.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants serving a tasting menu or omakase, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
Ebbe
1 Michelin star
Ebbe holds consecutive Michelin stars for 2024 and 2025, making it one of a small number of restaurants in Tampa earning that recognition back to back. Chef Donovan Cooke leads a contemporary program at 1202 N Franklin St that sits at the upper end of the city's fine dining tier, where the price point is $$$$ but the credential-to-cost ratio compares favorably against single-star peers in larger American markets.
Kōsen
1 Michelin star
Kōsen holds back-to-back Michelin stars (2024 and 2025), making it one of a small number of Florida restaurants to earn consecutive recognition from the guide. Under chef Thomas Deli, the Japanese kitchen at 307 W Palm Ave operates in the upper tier of Tampa's increasingly serious fine-dining circuit, with a price point and format that signal serious culinary intent rather than casual experimentation.
Koya
1 Michelin star
Koya holds a Michelin star for 2024 and 2025 at its Hyde Park address on W Platt St, placing it among Tampa's small cohort of star-rated Japanese restaurants alongside Kōsen. The $$$$-tier pricing signals an omakase or kaiseki-format experience rather than casual ramen, and the kitchen operates seven days a week from 10 am to 10 pm. A 4..
Lilac
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Exceptional wine program
Lilac brings John Fraser’s plant-forward Mediterranean language to Tampa’s Channelside dining corridor, with a prix fixe format and a serious wine program shaped around France, Italy, and Greece. The draw is not spectacle but control: seasonal Florida ingredients, olive-oil logic, polished hotel service, and a room built for a splurge dinner rather than casual grazing.
Mise en Place
Holding a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025, Mise en Place occupies a distinct position in Tampa's Ybor City dining scene, where international cooking meets a neighbourhood known more for history than haute cuisine. With a 4., the restaurant draws a consistent crowd across both lunch and evening service, making it a useful reference point for the city's mid-to-upper dining tier.
Noble Rice
Noble Rice occupies Tampa's Channelside with a dark, club-like atmosphere and a Japanese menu that earns consecutive Michelin Plate recognition for 2024 and 2025. As the sister restaurant to Michelin-rated Koya, it draws the city's most committed raw fish audience and holds a 4.. At the $$$$ price tier, it sits at the upper end of Tampa's Japanese dining options.
Restaurant BT
Restaurant BT holds consecutive Michelin Plate recognition for 2024 and 2025, making it one of Tampa's most decorated Vietnamese addresses. Positioned on South MacDill Avenue in the South Tampa corridor, it operates at the $$$ price point where fine-dining ambition meets Southeast Asian technique. A 4..
Rooster and the Till
Rooster and the Till sits on North Florida Avenue in Tampa's Seminole Heights neighbourhood, holding a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand for quality that outpaces its price point. The international menu draws a loyal crowd, reflected in a 4.,200 reviews. At the $$ price tier, it occupies a position few Bib Gourmand recipients manage: credibly ambitious cooking without the tasting-menu tax.
Planning tasting menus in Tampa
- Which restaurants on this list are Michelin-starred?
- Three restaurants on this list hold a Michelin star: Kōsen in Tampa Heights, Koya in Hyde Park, and Ebbe in North Franklin Street. Each holds a Michelin star for 2026. Kōsen serves Japanese omakase and pours sake. Koya serves omakase with seafood from Toyosu Market and an extensive wine list. Ebbe serves a counter tasting menu with Scandinavian influences and Florida ingredients.
- What tasting menu and wine award does Lilac hold?
- Lilac in Gilchrist's A W Oak Grove serves a prix fixe and a tasting menu and holds Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for 2026. Chef John Fraser cooks modern Mediterranean food with Greek influences and Florida ingredients. A sommelier leads a wine list shaped around France, Italy, and Greece. The restaurant also holds a Michelin Plate for the same year.
- Where is omakase on this list?
- Omakase on this list is at Kōsen in Tampa Heights, Koya in Hyde Park, and Noble Rice in The Channel District. Kōsen and Koya hold a Michelin star for 2026. Noble Rice holds a Michelin Plate and a Star Wine List for the same year, and it serves sushi flown in from Japan. Kōsen, Koya, and Noble Rice pour sake.