--- title: The Restaurant Inside a Trump Hotel Got a Michelin Star description: Sushi Nakazawa was one of four new one-star restaurants on this year’s Washington Michelin list. canonical: https://time.com/5690499/sushi-nakazawa-michelin-star/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-10-01T20:03:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T07:28:35.809Z article:section: Business og:title: The Sushi Restaurant Inside D.C.’s Trump Hotel Just Got its First Michelin Star og:description: Four restaurants received their first star on this year’s Washington list og:url: https://time.com/5690499/sushi-nakazawa-michelin-star/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt641791d3784bd500/698a03af8fd2ee084b3602f9/daisuke-nakazawa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Profile of chef Daisuke Nakazawa og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Sushi Restaurant Inside D.C.’s Trump Hotel Just Got its First Michelin Star twitter:description: Four restaurants received their first star on this year’s Washington list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt641791d3784bd500/698a03af8fd2ee084b3602f9/daisuke-nakazawa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Sushi Restaurant Inside D.C.'s Trump Hotel Just Got its First Michelin Star > Sponsored content. 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He is photographed on February 03, 2018\. Sushi Nakazawa has earned its first Michelin star while its the location in the Trump International Hotel causes controversy. Profile of chef Daisuke Nakazawa, who worked with famous sushi chef Jiro Ono in Tokyo and has an acclaimed restaurant in NYC that he's bringing to Washington, DC. He is photographed on February 03, 2018\. Sushi Nakazawa has earned its first Michelin star while its the location in the Trump International Hotel causes controversy.The Washington Post—The Washington Post/Getty Images by [Kate Krader / Bloomberg](https://time.com/author/bloomberg/) ## Kate Krader / Bloomberg Contributor Oct 1, 2019 8:03 PM UTC The Michelin Guide is not running a popularity contest in Washington. The international restaurant rainmaker just-released its star rankings for the U.S. capital, and it included several major surprises. The insanely popular Filipino spot Bad Saint—one of the country’s best new restaurants in 2016, according to _Bon Appétit_, with a wait to get in that has inspired a TaskRabbit industry of line-standers—fell off the list completely. In the 2019 guide, it earned a Bib Gourmand (good value for quality) designation. [Sushi Nakazawa](https://www.sushinakazawa.com/washington-dc/), a restaurant that did make the list, is one of the most divisive in the country. It’s not the quality of the fish that causes controversy; it’s located in the Trump International Hotel. “There was no pause about the hotel that it’s located in. It’s all about the food on the plate for the star,” says the chief inspector of the U.S. Michelin team, speaking on condition of anonymity. The restaurant also holds a Michelin star for its New York flagship. The inspector adds that for $150, the value for the fish on the plate was good, relatively speaking. Sushi Nakazawa was one of four new one-star restaurants on this year’s Washington Michelin list. Another is [Little Pearl](https://www.littlepearldc.com/), an innovative breakfast and dinner spot from chef Aaron Silverman. The seven-course tasting menu—a series of snacks, including a deviled egg crafted from meringue called “angel eggs”—is one of the great deals in the country. “The expertise that’s going into the menu, for $49, is astounding and clearly indicative of a star,” says the Michelin inspector. Also claiming a star is the Middle Eastern [Maydan](https://www.maydandc.com/), which has won accolades for its dramatic live-fire cooking setting, and was promoted from a Bib Gourmand. This is the fourth year the guidebook has recognized Washington. “We are pretty certain to add new destinations in the U.S., but we expand step by step. We don’t want to compromise,” says Michelin Guide international director Gwendal Poullennec with regard to the future. Indeed, while many people consider Washington to be the most exciting food city in the country, there’s still just one three-star for the nation’s capital, the 41-year-old [Inn at Little Washington](http://theinnatlittlewashington.com/restaurant/) helmed by chef Patrick O’Connell, and only two two-star restaurants, [Minibar](https://www.minibarbyjoseandres.com/), the avant garde tasting counter from save-the-world chef José Andrés, and Pineapple and Pearls from Silverman, who now has four Michelin stars total, the most in DC. “It’s like Christmas here today. You have no idea going into it, and they don’t tell you what criteria is, so it’s a big surprise. But the overall feeling in this city is that Michelin brings positive, it brings conversation about the D.C. dining community,” says the chef, whose empire also includes the one-star [Rose’s Luxury](https://www.rosesluxury.com/). The 2020 guide now offers 18 starred restaurants, up from 15 in the previous edition. Still, it seemed there were more losers than winners for a town so rich in culinary talent. [Kith & Kin](https://kithandkindc.com/), which has received praise for the quality of its Afro-Caribbean food and whose chef Kwame Onwuachi won the James Beard rising star award, was not recognized by Michelin, nor was the well-regarded Spanish spot Del Mar. In fact, for all the places to eat in the $2 billion, dining-heavy project Wharf, the closest it got to a star was a Bib Gourmand for the Southeast Asian [Kaliwa](https://www.kaliwadc.com/). The guide’s value-dining destinations, Bib Gourmands are loosely defined as “quality restaurants that have menu items that offer two courses and a glass of wine or dessert for $40 or less,” although the inspector notes that the guide gives “leeway” and that a better description is “around $40.” Last year, the guide’s former international director, Michael Ellis, noted that Michelin inspectors were monitoring ethnic restaurants, notably Bad Saint, to see if they could move up from Bib Gourmand status. “Filipino food has not lent itself to Michelin stars the way some of the great cuisines, like Chinese, have,” he said. “We looked at it this year, but the meals didn’t line up with the quality for value. It’s a great restaurant but not a Bib,” says the Michelin inspector who oversaw this year’s judging. Here is the full list of Washington’s Michelin-starred restaurants. An asterisk (\*) denotes a new entry. ## Three Stars The Inn at Little Washington ## Two Stars Minibar Pineapple and Pearls ## One Star Bresca The Dabney Fiola \* Gravitas Kinship Komi \* Little Pearl Masseria \* Maydan Métier Plume Rose’s Luxury \* Sushi Nakazawa Sushi Taro Tail Up Goat ## Bib Gourmand Winners Ambar \* American Son \* Astoria DC Bidwell \* Cane Chercher China Chilcano Chloe Das Fancy Radish \* Federalist Pig \* Hanumanh Hazel Ivy City Smokehouse Jaleo Joselito’s Casa de Comidas Kaliwa \* Laos in Town Lapis Maketto Millie’s Mola Napoli Pasta Bar Ottoman Taverna Oyamel Pearl Dive Oyster Palace \* Primrose The Red Hen Royal Sababa Sfoglina Spoken English \* Stellina Pizzeria Succotash Supra \* Taqueria Habanero Thip Khao Tiger Fork Timber Pizza Co. 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