Restaurant Review: Noksu - The New York Times

At Noksu, dinner is served below the street, a few yards from the subway turnstiles. But the room and the food seem unmoored from any particular place. By Pete Wells When you make a reservation at an independently reviewed restaurant through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. I can’t remember the last New York restaurant that frustrated me as much as Noksu. My frustration won’t be widely shared, given how few people can afford to eat there. Dinner is $225 for about 12 courses, before tax, tip or drinks. Drinks can be paired with each course for another $175 (with alcohol) or $100 (without). It would be easier to dismiss Noksu if it weren’t for the cooking of its chef, Dae Kim. This is the first kitchen he has run and he’s full of talent, a star in the making. But his ideas need to be shaped and formed, and the setting he’s working in is so generic that it distracts from what’s distinctive in his cooking. Most of what holds Noksu back are things it shares with, and may have copi

At Noksu, dinner is served below the street, a few yards from the subway turnstiles. But the room and the food seem unmoored from any particular place. By Pete Wells When you make a reservation at an independently reviewed restaurant through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. I can’t remember the last New York restaurant that frustrated me as much as Noksu. My frustration won’t be widely shared, given how few people can afford to eat there. Dinner is $225 for about 12 courses, before tax, tip or drinks. Drinks can be paired with each course for another $175 (with alcohol) or $100 (with