Olivea and Lunario Earn Michelin Stars in Mexico’s Valle de Guadalupe

On June 3, at the Foro Codere in Mexico City, the Michelin Guide México held its annual award ceremony in which five one-star restaurants were added to the guide, including two from Valle de Guadalupe in Baja California. A new green star was awarded to one Valle de Guadalupe restaurant and all Michelin-starred restaurants featured in last year’s inaugural Michelin Guide México retained their stars.

The Michelin Guide has recognized restaurants in Mexico City, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Quintana Roo, Nuevo León, and Oaxaca. In Valle de Guadalupe, which is a community in the municipality of Ensenada, both Olivea Farm to Table and Lunario were awarded a star for the first time.

Olivea Farm to Table also earned a green star, which the Michelin Guide awards to restaurants dedicated to sustainability (Lunario was given a green star in 2024). Both Lunario and Olivea tout their own gardens for sourcing produce, with Lunario also boasting an animal pen and apiary. Lunario claims to produce all of its own dairy products. Olivea practices organic farming methods, recycles greywater for irrigation, and powers its operations with sustainable solar.

Awarded the previous year, Damiana, Animalón, and Conchas de Piedra held on to one star, while the latter, along with Deckman’s En El Mogor, remain green star selections. Other Valle de Guadalupe restaurants that remain in the Michelin Guide as Bib Gourmands are Villa Torél and La Cocina de Doña Esthela. They are joined by Ensenada-based restaurants Sabina, La Concheria, Humo y Sal, and Casa Marcelo, plus Tijuana’s lone Bib Gourmand entry: La Carmelita Molino y Cocina.

In Mexico City, both Pujol and Quintonil retained their two Michelin stars, while Máximo, Expendio de Maíz, and Masala y Maíz were also awarded one star for the first time. The new additions in Baja California and Mexico City make a total of 23 starred restaurants in the guide’s six regions. Previous one-star restaurants retained their designation, but no other regions added stars this year. There are no three-Michelin-starred restaurants, the guide’s highest designation, in Mexico.

In all, Baja California counts 31 entries in the 2025 publication of the Michelin Guide México, a slight downsize from the guide’s debut in 2024, which listed 51 honorees. Most of the restaurants that lost their placement were previously listed as only “Michelin-recommended.”

The new stars for Lunario and Olivea Farm to Table bolster the dining scene for Mexico’s most celebrated wine, which now has five overall starred restaurants.

Bill Esparza

Matthew Kang

Matthew Kang