Joo Ok
New York, USA
$$$$ ・ Korean,Contemporary
MICHELIN Guide's Point Of View
One Star: High quality cooking
This Seoul transplant has an unusual entrance—via freight elevator up 16 floors—but the elegant space is instantly inviting. Echoing a traditional Korean home, guests are welcomed with savory crackers and drinks before being escorted to the dining room, where a minimalist design is juxtaposed with views of the Manhattan skyline. Joo Ok delivers a Korean tasting menu that is rooted in tradition but presented through a modern lens. Dishes are stunning, as in the jat jeup chae - tender lobster and Korean pear tucked inside salted cucumber slices. A puff of deeply savory soy sauce-braised chicken thighs is texturally effervescent, but their signature deul gi reum with diced geoduck, spotted shrimp, and a whole quail egg in house-pressed perilla seed oil is equally memorable.
Facilities & Services
- Air conditioning
- Interesting wine list
Credit cards accepted
