"A three-Michelin-starred restaurant known for highly refined, farm-driven multi-course tasting menus that anchor the town's upscale culinary scene; it's the sort of special-occasion dining experience visitors seek while exploring nearby wineries and galleries." - Stacey Leasca Stacey Leasca Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist and co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel journalists. Her photos, videos, and words have appeared in print or online for Travel + Leisure, Time, Los Angeles Times, Glamour, and many more. You'll usually find her in an airport. If you do see her there, please say hello. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines
"This upscale restaurant takes note from Japanese traditional fine dining, with attentive-but-unstuffy service and beyond-elegant plating. Embracing the kaiseki style, diners start with a playful selection of amuse-bouches and then move through a progression of 10 courses that bring together the owner-chef’s Japanese training and locally-grown produce from the restaurant’s farm. Dishes change constantly and are in tune with the seasons: during winter you might find freshwater eel and braised konbu over brothy koshihikari rice, while summer brings in fresh peas and celtuce to liven up steamed black cod. At $453 per person, a meal here isn’t cheap, but it’ll be one to remember your whole life." - team infatuation
"The highly acclaimed SingleThread’s focus on hyper-seasonal food meticulously plated with moss and flowers remains a stunner. The restaurant also has a Green Star designation. (3 stars)" - Eater Staff
"Here, in the bucolic loveliness at the heart of Sonoma Wine Country, sense of place combines exquisitely with the deeply personal vision of owners Chef Kyle Connaughton and head farmer Katina Connaughton. The nearby 24-acre farm provides much of the bounty prepared in the kitchen, and the couple’s time in Japan informs the restaurant’s ethos and the kaiseki-influenced cuisine. The menu begins memorably with a botanical landscape interspersed with impeccable first bites that introduce the central themes of the meal: impeccable ingredients, precise knife technique, artistic presentation and pure, harmonious flavors. The expert use of the donabe (Japanese clay pot) is also a trademark and transforms seafood and vegetables alike into true delicacies." - Michelin Inspector
"Dropped from No. 46 in 2024 to No. 80 on the 2025 World’s Best extended list." - Erin DeJesus