Joo Ok
Korean restaurant · Midtown West ·
Korean tasting menu with creative dishes and views of city
Korean tasting menu with creative dishes and views of city
"Located in New York City’s Koreatown, this restaurant now holds Two MICHELIN Stars and is celebrated for its Korean tasting menu and skyline views." - Julia Eskins
"Promoted to Two Stars, this restaurant in the heart of Koreatown blends minimalist design with views of the Manhattan skyline, but it’s the striking food that stands out: Chef Chang-ho Shin offers a Korean tasting menu that feels both traditional and contemporary and exudes calm, collected refinement." - The MICHELIN Guide
"Rising fast, this Korean 16th-floor restaurant from Hand Hospitality moved up to two Michelin stars as a new New York entrant." - Melissa McCart
"This 16th-floor Koreatown restaurant, from the team behind Jua, Moono and Ariari, gives you just about everything you want from pricey, special tasting—with a killer view of the Empire State Building to sweeten the deal. Eleven courses feature a range of unexpected little vegetable and seafood-forward dishes. A tiny bowl of poached lobster is a highlight, but not because of the lobster. That’s just a vehicle for a frothy, sweet, and intensely nutty sauce made from pine nuts grown upstate. The colorful dessert cart is a nice little touch." - bryan kim, willa moore, neha talreja, molly fitzpatrick, will hartman
"If you can’t bring yourself to spend $500 on a meal at Atomix—or have trouble snagging a reservation—Joo Ok is a great alternative. Designed to look like a traditional Korean home, complete with a communal garden area, the restaurant serves an 11-course tasting on the 16th floor of a building on 32nd Street. The $190 meal revolves around bite-sized portions of flawless seafood with unique, assertive broths and sauces. Picture geoduck with perilla seed oil, langoustine four ways, and lobster in a silky foam made of pine nuts grown upstate. That lobster’s fantastic, but it’s the foam that’ll stick with you after your three-hour dinner." - bryan kim, kenny yang, willa moore, will hartman
