Yoshino

Tadashi Yoshida of Nagaoya’s impossible-to-reserve Sushi No Yoshino, decamped from Japan to open this 10-seat sushi counter here a year and a half ago, and it’s now one of only four restaurants in the Big Apple to have earned a perfect four star review from The New York Times. Yoshino’s spot marks the very first time a true master from Japan (as opposed to a protégé) has relocated to open in Manhattan. Located on the Bowery, chef is serving a $646 omakase (including tax and tip) of around 21 courses with seafood sourced from the same Japanese mongers (Toyosu, Kanazawa’s Omicho, and other markets) that supplied his counter in Japan, with fish coming in two to three times per week. With a uniquely Japanese French-inspired omakase (chef spent some time working at a French restaurant in his youth), patrons experience a series of appetizers accented western and luxury ingredients like cream, olive oil, caviar, before moving into a more classically Edomae 10-course nigiri series.
Cost: $646
How to book: Reservations available via Tock