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Yamada
Japanese
An L-shaped counter for a handful of diners, a dry garden visible through the window, and ikebana completing the pale, earthy room: kaiseki at this scale is intimate by design. Chef Isao Yamada runs a tasting menu that moves through the classical sequence of courses while leaning into local sourcing, Nantucket corn and Catskills mushrooms folded into the rice course. One Michelin star, and the New York Times placed it second on their 100 Best Restaurants list for 2026.
The awards strongest first
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- The New York Times 2025 · 4 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- The New York Times 2026 · The Restaurant List
- The New York Times #2 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
- The New York Times 2025 · Ajisai Wagashi · The 14 Best Restaurant Desserts We Ate Across the U.S. in 2025
- The New York Times 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in New York in 2025
One number, weighted & current 92
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Wagashi
“this wagashi — a kind of Japanese sweet that traditionally accompanied the tea ceremony, to ease the bitterness of the tea — is molded from shiro-an (white bean paste)”
The New York Times, 2025
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