How to book Nōksu

Nōksu is a Korean tasting counter set below Herald Square, behind an unmarked door in the subway entrance at Broadway and 32nd Street, in a space that once held a newsstand and a barbershop^3,4. It opened in October 2023 with chef Dae Kim, a Per Se alum, in the kitchen and Bobby Kwak and Joseph Ko, the owners of nearby Baekjeong and Sundaes Best, as co-owners³. Diners get a door code on the day of their booking^1,3.

The kitchen has changed hands since then. Ng Jing Wen, who had been chef de cuisine, took over from Kim in September 2025⁵, and by spring 2026 the menu was led by Aaron Chang, a former chef de cuisine at Atera, who joins Korean flavours with New Nordic technique⁶. The Michelin Guide describes a menu with a "Korean bearing and Nordic accent" under Chang², and the restaurant lists a Michelin star in 2024 and 2025¹.

There is one menu of 10 courses, mostly finned fish and shellfish with one meat course, served at a 15-seat counter; the restaurant asks guests to allow up to 2.5 hours and lists the price as $255 before tax and tip¹. Michelin names sea scallop, steamed langoustine, crisped octopus and seared beef striploin with torched gjetost-topped eggplant among recent dishes². The room is built around a glossy black stone counter², and Grub Street's 2023 review described gray-veined marble, no windows and a feeling of being sealed off from the station outside⁴.