BRAND-NEW! The MICHELIN Guide goes to Washington! The iconic red-covered restaurant guide, covering the renowned dining scene of the nation’s capital, helps both locals and visitors find great places to eat. All tastes and budgets are represented, with a great diversity of cuisines. Anonymous professional inspectors carefully select restaurants using Michelin’s famed food star-rating system. Lots of photos and great maps accompany the objective reviews. Everything in the guide is recommended, so diners can feel confident in their choices.

Looking for a great meal? Discover a selection of 500 tasty restaurants, all recommended, in the MICHELIN Guide San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country 2018. Trained anonymous inspectors use the famous Michelin food star rating system to create the ultimate restaurant guide to the city, offering a variety of cuisines for all budgets. Both visitors and locals can rely on this annually updated guide with its maps, thematic indexes and objective descriptions for a memorable culinary experience.

The Bangkok MICHELIN guide 2018 will launch by December this year, marking its inaugural recognition of the best restaurants and hotels in the Land of Smiles. Both fine-dining restaurants as well as street food stalls are expected to be covered in the Bangkok guide. Its launch also marks the start of a 5-year project between Michelin group and the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) "The launching of the French-based MICHELIN guide will lure more international tourists," says TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn in an interview with Bangkok Post. Tourism and Sports Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul also highlighted that the guide will add value to the restaurants and eateries that will receive stars. "It's a good time to drive Thailand to become a quality leisure destination over the next five years," says Kobkarn. Thailand will be the seventh Asian territory to be rated by the hallowed dining guide, after Shanghai, Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Seoul. The selection of restaurants in the guide are done by anonymous Michelin inspectors, who are trained to rigorously apply the same inspection process used globally for close to a century. To make your stay memorable, the MICHELIN guide has an easy-to-use format, \ Thematic indexes to help you make the right choice \ Cultural and practical information \ Cuisines from around the world, in all price bands \ City map locating the guide's hotels and restaurants \* Photos and lively description for each entry, including prices