Hiden
Japanese restaurant · Miami Fashion District
313 NW 25th St, Miami, FL 33127
Highlights
Intimate 8-seat counter serving refined omakase & sake
Intimate 8-seat counter serving refined omakase & sake
"Hiden is one of Miami’s most expensive and hard-to-book omakase restaurants—but it’s also one of the most interesting dining experiences in the city. The eight-seat restaurant is located in the back of The Taco Stand, and you need a special code to even get in the door. You’ve got to book your seat weeks in advance and dinner here costs about $300 per person. The sushi is excellent, but it's really the entire experience—which makes you feel like a secret agent on a raw fish mission—that makes it all so special." - ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo, mariana trabanino
"The food at Hiden is very good. But what makes this place special is the whole experience. A few hours before dinner, you get an email that contains a secret code to get in the door. Hiden is located inside The Taco Stand, a casual restaurant in Wynwood where no one is dressed like they’re about to eat a very expensive omakase. You walk to the back in your suspiciously fancy clothes, enter the code, and watch as a secret door silently slides open. Then, you’re in for two hours and 16 to 18 courses of the usual suspects—uni, otoro, A5 wagyu, and more." - ryan pfeffer
"There will be about 20 to 30 seconds where you’ll feel terribly overdressed at Hiden, one of Miami’s best sushi omakase restaurants. It will happen in the dining room of The Taco Stand, a casual taco spot you must walk through in order to access Hiden. Diners wiping al pastor from their mouths might gawk and wonder what your deal is. Then—as you enter a code on a keypad and disappear behind a secret door—they’ll think you’re in the CIA. And once you enter the soundproof bunker where Hiden lives, no one will give a second thought to your tailored outfit." - ryan pfeffer
"Perfect for: a comforting curry that’ll keep you full till 10pm. This brave little spot opened in the midst of the pandemic, and the Coal Drops Yard restaurant scene is all the better for it. It’s a tiny little Japanese curry shop with a super concise menu. We’re talking literally three things: beef curry, chicken curry, and vegan curry - all of which come with rice, and all of which are under a tenner. The curry sauce here is the kind of rich, thick sauce that has all the same wellbeing benefits of a weighted blanket. It’s comforting, nap-inducing, and, overall, a great experience. This is a lunch that keeps you going until the evening, whether you get it to takeaway, or eat at one of the outdoor tables on Stable Street, with an ice-cold Ramune to wash it down with." - rianne shlebak
"Chisme is unavoidable at Hiden, because eight of you are trapped in a small, soundproof room. It sounds like the setup to a Saw movie, but it’s actually the setup to one of Miami’s best sushi omakase meals, which also happens to cost $300 per person. So expect some quality one percenter chisme such as: who got embarrassingly drunk on the yacht today, whose castle is in danger of being foreclosed on by the French government, and which local politicians are currently accepting bribes. Also, the sushi is very, very good." - julia malave, ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo, mariana trabanino
