Sonoma Magazine's Best New Restaurants of 2025

Enclos earned two Michelin stars in its first full year on Sonoma's East Napa Street, placing contemporary Californian cooking at the top of the town's dining tier. Chef Brian Limoges and Wine Director Ian Cobb run a tight, focused operation with a 320-label list strong in California and France. For serious dining in Wine Country, this is the address that matters in 2025.

Named one of Sonoma Magazine's Best New Restaurants of 2025, Folia arrives in Healdsburg at a moment when the town's dining scene is broadening beyond its established fine-dining anchors. Located at 101 Dovetail Lane, the restaurant enters a competitive field that includes both Michelin-decorated tasting counters and relaxed wine-country bistros, staking its own position in that range.

Named one of Sonoma Magazine's Best New Restaurants of 2025, Rosso Pizzeria & Wine Bar has quickly registered as a serious entry in Santa Rosa's dining scene. Located on Montgomery Drive, it pairs wood-fired or artisan pizza with a wine program positioned squarely within Sonoma County's producer-rich backyard. For a city that sits at the intersection of California agriculture and wine country, the format fits with precision.

Waterhawk Lake Club arrived on Rohnert Park's Roberts Lake waterfront and earned a spot on Sonoma Magazine's Best New Restaurants list for 2025 before most locals had found it. The lake-club format positions it differently from Sonoma's wine-country dining corridor, trading vineyard views for open water and a setting that draws a loyal crowd back on rotation.

Bijou arrived on Petaluma's Kentucky Street in 2025 carrying two of the year's most competitive regional endorsements: Sonoma Magazine's Best New Restaurants and the San Francisco Chronicle's Best New Bay Area Restaurants list. That double recognition places it inside a small cohort of new openings that earned cross-market notice simultaneously. For Sonoma County dining, it is a signal worth tracking.

Named one of Sonoma Magazine's Best New Restaurants of 2025, Bistro Lagniappe brings a Louisiana-inflected sensibility to Healdsburg's Avenue dining corridor. The name itself signals intent: lagniappe, the New Orleans tradition of giving a little something extra, frames a kitchen philosophy rooted in Southern generosity within a wine-country setting. It sits in a Healdsburg dining scene that runs from three-Michelin-star precision to casual wine-bar plates.

Named one of Sonoma Magazine's Best New Restaurants of 2025, Stella sits on Sonoma Highway in Kenwood at the edge of wine country's working corridor. The recognition places it among a small cohort of newer openings drawing serious attention in a county where established names have long dominated dinner reservations. Booking ahead is advisable given its early-recognition status.

Named one of Sonoma Magazine's Best New Restaurants of 2025, Poppy sits in Glen Ellen on Arnold Drive — a stretch of the Valley of the Moon where produce-driven cooking and wine country informality set the tone for the whole corridor. The recognition lands it in the company of the most-watched newcomers in the county, at a moment when Sonoma's dining scene is drawing sharper national attention.