Noz 17 seats seven and asks for your full attention.
Aged fish, red-vinegar kohada and meditative stillness on West 17th Street.
Behind an unmarked subterranean door on a quiet Chelsea side street, Noz 17 holds just seven guests at a hand-carved cedar counter lit by delicate rice-paper lanterns.
Chef Junichi Matsuzaki executes uncompromising fish aging: wild kohada cured in red vinegar, aged shima aji with fresh grated wasabi, and simmered octopus yielding like butter.
Hushed, reverent, and deeply focused; every knife stroke and rice press is performed in meditative stillness directly before the seven diners.
Earning a Michelin star, Noz 17 is Manhattan's ultimate counter for sushi connoisseurs seeking deep Edomae aging traditions in total seclusion.
- Junichi MatsuzakiChef, Noz 17
From the MICHELIN listing
- Distinction
- One MICHELIN Star · 2025 USA
- Price band
- $$$$
- Cuisine
- Japanese
- Address
- 458 W. 17th St., New York
Sources
- MICHELIN Guide · Noz 17 (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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