Kochi turns Korean skewers into a starred tasting menu.
Sungchul Shim’s nine skewer courses on Tenth Avenue.
On Tenth Avenue in Hell's Kitchen, Kochi's narrow, wood-lined room draws diners into an intimate dining corridor animated by the glow of the yakitori hearth.
Chef Sungchul Shim reimagines traditional Korean skewers through royal court cuisine: skewered sea eel with gochujang glaze, pork belly with perilla chimichurri, and black truffle bibimbap.
Dynamic and flavorful; nine sequential skewer courses arrive with swift, polished hospitality and creative cocktail pairings.
Holding a Michelin star, Kochi established a new genre in Manhattan: elevated Korean skewer gastronomy that balances street-food soul with fine-dining finesse.
- Sungchul ShimChef, Kochi and Mari
From the MICHELIN listing
- Distinction
- One MICHELIN Star · 2025 USA
- Price band
- $$$$
- Cuisine
- Korean
- Address
- 652 Tenth Ave., New York
Sources
- MICHELIN Guide · Kochi (2025 USA) · checked Sep 28, 2026
Distinction, address, cuisine and price band come from the listing above. Descriptions of rooms and dishes are from Dine Digest’s earlier reporting and were not re-checked for this issue.
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