Masa

Masa is a three-Michelin-starred sushi restaurant at the Time Warner Center, presided over by chef-owner Masa Takayama, and consistently regarded as one of the most exclusive and technically refined Japanese dining experiences available anywhere outside Japan. The restaurant offers a single omakase format — no menu, no choices, a sequence of courses entirely at the chef’s discretion — built around the finest and rarest seafood sourced globally, with significant quantities of fish flown directly from Tsukiji and Toyosu fish markets in Japan to ensure uncompromising ingredient quality at every service. Masa became, in 2009, the first Japanese restaurant in the United States to earn three Michelin stars — a recognition that validated what serious diners had long understood: that this was a kitchen operating at the very summit of its discipline, with no concessions to accessibility or compromise. The intimate dining room is starkly beautiful — natural hinoki wood, minimalist design, and a layout that places each group of guests in a quiet, focused world. Service is discreet, precise, and profoundly attentive. The price point is one of the highest in American dining. Masa is an experience of pure craftsmanship for those who pursue it at its highest expression.