Hinoki Counter
Every course placed before you by Chef Okabe, cut and finished within reach.
江戸前Edomae Omakase · Greenwich Village
Hinoki Counter
Eleven courses. Ten seats. One counter of Japanese cypress, planed each morning before service.
Chef Ren Okabe serves a single progression drawn from Toyosu Market and the season — no menu to order from, nothing decided twice.
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Est. 2019 · New York
体験The Experience
Two hours, held in silence and cedar
Service begins when the last guest is seated. Each course is set on the counter by hand, one piece at a time, at the temperature it was made to be eaten.
Rice is seasoned with two vintages of red vinegar and served body-warm. Fish is aged from three days to three weeks. Conversation is welcome; phones are asked to rest.
献立The Progression · Late Summer
Eleven courses, in the order they arrive
The progression changes with the market. What follows is tonight’s intention.
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Sakizuke
Chilled winter-melon dashi, junsai, a single yuzu blossom.
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Zensai
Five small dishes of the season, arranged on a hinoki board.
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Otsukuri
Isaki aged three days, cut thick, fresh-grated wasabi.
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Owan
Clear soup of hamo, pickled plum, green yuzu peel.
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Yakimono
Nodoguro grilled over white charcoal, salted sudachi.
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Nigiri · First Flight
Akami zuke, marinated twenty minutes in soy and mirin.
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Nigiri · Second Flight
Hokkaido uni — aka and bafun, tasted side by side.
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Agemono
Sweet-corn kakiage, brown-butter dashi for pouring.
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Nigiri · Third Flight
Anago brushed with a nitsume reduced for ten years.
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Shokuji
Sea-bream rice cooked tableside in donabe; red miso soup.
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Kanmi
Warabi mochi, roasted soybean flour, thick-whisked matcha.
Marks an ingredient at its seasonal peak
Omakase$325 per guest
一皿From the Counter
Four moments of the progression
席Choose Your Seat
The counter, or the tatami room
Tatami Room
A private room for one party, served the same progression by our second chef.
予約Reservations
Two seatings nightly
Seats are released on the first of each month for the month following. Reservations are prepaid and named.
5:30 PM
- Tuesday – ThursdaySeats open
- FridayWaitlist
- SaturdayWaitlist
8:30 PM
- Tuesday – ThursdaySeats open
- FridaySeats open
- SaturdayWaitlist
Counter seats 10 guests · Tatami room by request
Dietary restrictions
With one week’s notice we can accommodate shellfish and most fish allergies. The progression cannot be made vegetarian, and we are unable to substitute the rice.
Cancellation policy
Reservations may be moved or refunded up to 72 hours before your seating. Inside 72 hours, seats are transferable to another guest but not refundable.
Dress
There is no formal code — most guests dress smartly. We ask only that you arrive without strong perfume or cologne, which carries across ten seats.
Punctuality
Service begins for all ten guests at once. Doors open fifteen minutes before each seating; courses cannot be repeated for late arrivals.