Beverly Hills now claims two Michelin-starred restaurants after Miura, the intimate omakase counter on Two Rodeo Drive, earned its first star in the 2026 California guide on Wednesday, June 24.

Nozawa Bar, which has held its Michelin star since 2019, retained the one-star rating the same evening at the ceremony in San Diego.

Miura occupies the former Urasawa space at 218 N. Rodeo Drive, a second-floor perch above the pedestrian-only Two Rodeo shopping galleria. Owner Yamato Miura took over the address after legendary chef Hiroyuki Urasawa closed his two-starred restaurant in 2020 and returned to Japan. Urasawa selected Miura to take over the space, according to the restaurant's website.

Executive Chef Derek Wilcox leads the 18-course, $320-per-person omakase. According to his bio on Miura's website, Wilcox is the first and only Westerner to complete a full seven-year apprenticeship at a traditional Japanese kaiseki restaurant, training at three-Michelin-star Kikunoi in Kyoto. He previously earned three stars (out of four) from The New York Times for Shoji in New York City's Tribeca neighborhood.

"I came to Japan not to reinterpret its cuisine, but to submit to it," Wilcox wrote on Miura's website. "For more than a decade, I trained within the traditions of kaiseki and Edomae sushi, learning that true mastery is quiet and built through discipline, repetition, and respect for time."

Michelin inspectors praised the restaurant's snow crab grilled over charcoal, wild bluefin tuna smoked over rice straw, and nigiri featuring cuttlefish from Kagoshima and needlefish from Miyagi, according to Forbes.

Nozawa Bar, at 212 N. Cañon Dr., first earned its star in the inaugural 2019 California Michelin Guide. The Michelin Guide describes it as a "jewel box" operating independently of the Sugarfish chain it sits behind, serving an omakase of nigiri, sashimi, and handrolls.

The two entries give Beverly Hills its strongest showing since the guide began covering California in 2019. Statewide, Michelin awarded nine new one-star restaurants and promoted two to three stars, according to the Los Angeles Times. In the broader Los Angeles area, Kato earned a rare second star, while Providence and Somni retained their three-star designations from 2025.

Miura seats a maximum of six guests per seating, Thursday through Saturday, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Reservations are accepted only through Tock.